Finished Album Artwork

Final Artwork -

Front -

Back -

Spine -

Creating The Album Artwork (Spine)

Above is a video showing exactly how I managed to create the spine of the album artwork. I used the program Photoshop to put the cover together.

Creating The Album Artwork (Back)

Above is a video showing exactly how I managed to create the back cover of the album artwork. I used the program Photoshop to put the cover together.

Creating The Album Artwork (Front)

Above is a video showing exactly how I managed to create the front cover of the album artwork. I used the program Photoshop to put the cover together.

It's Christmas!

Yesterday was Christmas Day which is why I have not progressed in my album artwork. Soon I will be investigating some more album artworks and showing the process of creating my own. I will need to consider the name of the band, the name of the album, colours, and symbolic imagery.

Ideas For The Main Image On The Front Of The Artwork

All album artwork has a dominant image on the artwork. I need to think of what the image could be and how I will position it on the artwork. To get some ideas I decided to think about how the audience will associate the band name 'Forgetting Last Friday' with an images.

I asked a number of people what is the first image they think of when I say 'Forgetting Last Friday' and 'Bring Me To Life".

Amy: "Well I think of a huge house party if I am honest"

Ben: "A calender of some sort, quite a dark coloured one to match the genre"

Andrew: "The view of Earth from space, like you are on a different planet and are looking down and trying to forget. Also a coffin would make sense for the title 'Bring Me To Life'"

Jess: "A sunset or a sunrise to symbolise the end of a day (Friday) or the beginning of a new day.

James: "'Bring Me To Life' obviously must involve something like the living dead, a zombie or a graveyard, and for the band name I agree with Jess and it should involve the sun."

After receiving and reading back through these answers I decided that the main foc
us on my album artwork would be the sun and a zombie. The sun symbolises a new day and the zombie symbolises a person who is literally 'brought back to life'. Below is a quick sketch I drew of the initial composition of the images on the front of the album.

After this drawing I felt that it would be necessary to ask others what they thought about the initial image. The response I got from the majority of people was that they liked the idea of the sun and zombie however something else needed to be added. Danielle then suggested a tree or some kind of plant should be put into the image to give it more depth and make it more interesting for the buyer. So I decided to add a tree into the artwork image.

When I finished my drawing I looked closely at the composition of tree, the sun and the zombie and decided to have an apple hanging from the tree. I believe this could be what the zombie was walking towards. The apple also could represent life/new life and link back to the beginning of time in Christianity where one apple hanging from a tree was very important in the story of Adam and Eve.

My finished drawing of the main image on the front of the album can be seen below

Font Ideas For My Album Artwork

Before I begin and start planning my album cover for the band I decided to use, edit and create my own fonts. I decided to research a number of different fonts and needed to insure I keep the codes and conventions to the rock genre.

1)

 

I liked this font because of the use of the circles around the 'R' and 'A'. The circles look like moons which represents night and darkness. This is a convention of the genre rock. I also choose to make the font colour black as this too is a code for darkness and a convention of the genre rock.

2)



I like this idea because of the use of the patterns inside and between the letters. I believe this makes the text look quite gothic and suitable for our chosen genre.

3)

I like this font as it looks like it is hand written and spontaneous. It looks as though this was used on an album artwork then it gives the audience the feeling that this artwork was created with passion and personal to the members of the band. It is not a serious font either which is suitable for the age group of teenagers - young adults.

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The reason I like this font is because it has a fade out effect on the edges of some of the letters. I also like the way the font looks like a medieval font which could be used in a variety of different album artworks. I also like the fact that not all the letters are straight, instead they are slightly jolted, as if they have been placed randomly on the page. This makes the words seem more personal to the band.

5)

This is the last font I considered for my album artwork. I like this font because of the use of the lines scattered across the letters, as though they have been scratched into the font. However I do not like the excessive use of spirals on the edges of the letters and fact that all the letters are lined up perfectly.

6)

Before moving onto the production of my album artwork I decided to change my previous font as I was not completely happy with the layout and design of the letters. I edited the font one letter at a time and had them on separate layers so I can position them easily. One problem I faced while editing the font was the fact that the previous idea was saved as a .jpeg therefore when imported into photoshop a white background was placed behind each letter. This was easily sorted out by using the magic wand tool to remove the default white background. I then positioned and rotated the letters however I wanted. After doing this I still was not happy with the overall shape of the letters, therefore I used the eraser tool and removed the excess spirals from some of the letters and stretched some of the letters tails. When I was completely satisfied I saved the file as a .jpeg and a .psd so I could adapt this font with the final album artwork later.

By this stage I was happy I had looked and created enough fonts. Therefore I decided to ask my group which font they though was the best and the most suitable for the genre rock. Both Faye and Elliott choose font 6, which is what I also decided on. I am now happy that I have a suitable font for my album artwork which I will be creating soon.