Advertising Design ALBUM COVERS

The Project You will be designing an original album cover for your favorite musician using Adobe Illustrator and or Photoshop You will do some research before you begin the artwork You will listen to your artist’s music while doing the research to get the feel for the entire album so that you can create artwork that reflects what the artist was trying to say in the music You will create artwork for the front and back of the album cover, as well as the round label that will go on a fake album

Album Cover vs. CD Jacket The Beatles Abbey Road Album Cover CD Jacket 12”X12” size 5.5”X5” size You will create the 12”X12” Cover

Album Cover Analysis https://www.slideshare.net/meganalghailani/front-and-back-album-cover-analysis

Requirements Your design must be original – it may not have any familiar qualities of any other album covers. You will need to design the front and back of the album jacket. You will need to design the inner circle label that will go on a fake round album that will be displayed sticking out of the album cover itself.

Requirements The following items must be on the album cover (you figure out where to place them in the design) The musician’s name Name of the album Track list of all the songs on the album Website (fictional) Release date (look to see if you can find the real date of release) Special Bonus feature section (optional) Design a logo for a fictional record label – use your name here

Requirements You will use Adobe Photoshop for photographic images – look for high resolution images only! Ask me if you don’t know how to do this. You will use Adobe Illustrator to include graphic elements.

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https://www.awwwards.com/the-forgotten-beauty-of-vinyl-album-cover-art.html http://mentalfloss.com/article/82016/12-famous-artists-who-designed-album-covers http://blog.sonicbids.com/10-tips-for-designing-album-art-in-the-digital-age