Your new assignment is to create an album cover design. Photography is provided, but you can add original design, illustration or alteration. Use all of your skills you have learned this semester. This is a preliminary exercise to compare your skill advancement near the end of our coursework.
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Assignment Details:
You will be creating a CD album artwork. Think about how you can visualize the physical and emotional response the music creates inside of you... how can you put those influences into a visual representation? They key to this assignment is to make sure the artwork on the album cover is representational of the music it is showcasing. Although in this case the music doesn't exist, and neither do the musicians. You must design an album cover based on your own interpretations of the album and artist name that you will be given through a randomized method.
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| Design by Nic Milcevski, Graphic Design Student, 2016 |
Assignment Specifications:
Utilize all of the skills you have learned this semester. This project should be a shining example of your graphic design skills for your portfolio. We will design another album from scratch at a later date to compare our skill development. When you design your cover
Follow the steps below to discover your artist and album title:
- First, go here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random The title of the article is now the name of your band.
- Next, go here: http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3 Go to the bottom of the page. The last three to five words of the last quote are the title of your first album
- Lastly, go here: http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days Select the 3rd image. It is now the photo for your album cover. Manipulate the picture, resize it, add some other color, whatever. Manipulate the image digitally as you see fit to match the type of music your "group" makes. Do the same with the band name and album title typography
- Finesse your design until you think it's perfect within the deadline allowed.
- Complete your design with Photoshop or Illustrator, your choice. If you use Photoshop, make sure the resolution is at least 800 pixels wide/tall
- Export a JPG and post to your blog when complete
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| This album topped the charts in 1978, a powerful solo album of acoustic love ballads by the russian folk artist, Aryeh Shander. Just kidding! It never existed, and was created by me with a random selection of artist name and album title. |
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Designs are due on tuesday, have fun!
- Mr.W
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