Creating the Digi-pack
I liked the 'white denim - D' album because of the colage effect contrasted agaisnt nothing, i thought that was quite a good, slightly abstract idea. I was planning on doing a similar image, instead with bumber stickers, signs and words.
I loved the fatboy slim cover for it's simplicity, and the sunglare effect which has been theme in my video. Yet again there is a sharp contrast, which i think I am planning on using.
I really love the idea behind The verve album cover, and at the same time provides a interesting image to look at at. An album cover should reflect the album and the band in some way, send some sort of idea or feeling out.
Trying out the colage effect
I attempted creating a similar effect to the white denim album cover. I used skate stickers, signs (road and warning stickers), and general images. I collected these images in a bank.
These were the style of images i was going to use to hopefully build up a 'retro style' colage. However when it came to piecing the images together I came across a few problems. The images, download from the internet, tended to have a border round the outside of them, and cutting around the edges of each image took a fair deal of time. When it came to adding these together colour clashes occured and i found it was hard to put text over the images. So before I fully comitted to the idea and process lots of images, I decied it would not be effective and their were other, more efficent ways of conveying a similar feeling.
I decided to take a camera, out into the forest on a warm ( orange coloured ) evening and take some photos of the leaves and general nature. I came across a pile of leaves, threw them up against a sunlit background and managed to captuure a single leaf in the centre of the shot. Using an out-of-focus effect to blur the shot.
I processed this image through the online editing software 'Picnik', to add more warmth to the shot, and to soften the background. This is what i ended up with.
This was the image than i chose to represent the album, and became the album cover.
The poster
For the poster we have been asked to create, I am debating whether i should used the same image from album cover however slightly edited, or use a different image completely ( mabey a image of the band.) I'm personally more inclined to use the same image to keep conituity and to keep a running theme through the project, as it gives the album and the band a image. Something that when people see the picture they will instantly relate it to the band/ album.
Updated
I sat down to have a think about the poster image, as i thought, although keep continuity between the poster and digi-pack would be effective. However I felt I should really get another image, which also conveys the orangy, autum feel. So once again i ventured out into the wider world with a camera, and with no real general direction, apart from the idea of capturing this 'feeling' i set off. I walked around taking photos of the silouette of trees and other various kooky nature stuff. Untill yet again I came across a pile of leaves, and took about 5 photos.
That sort of stuff. After returning to school, I decided to take the second photo listed through, to the editing stage. And it turned out abit like this......
Updated - again
As I started to add Writting and images I came a across a few probelsm. Due to the different shades and colours of the leaves, there were only select areas where I could add text where it would be clear to read.
As you can see, there are select areas where text would work. In the end to add the 'The courtiers" I added a banner to help highlight the band name . I thought this actually added a new layer to my poster, in the sense of an 'extra something' .
Updated
I sat down to have a think about the poster image, as i thought, although keep continuity between the poster and digi-pack would be effective. However I felt I should really get another image, which also conveys the orangy, autum feel. So once again i ventured out into the wider world with a camera, and with no real general direction, apart from the idea of capturing this 'feeling' i set off. I walked around taking photos of the silouette of trees and other various kooky nature stuff. Untill yet again I came across a pile of leaves, and took about 5 photos.
That sort of stuff. After returning to school, I decided to take the second photo listed through, to the editing stage. And it turned out abit like this......
Updated - again
As I started to add Writting and images I came a across a few probelsm. Due to the different shades and colours of the leaves, there were only select areas where I could add text where it would be clear to read.
As you can see, there are select areas where text would work. In the end to add the 'The courtiers" I added a banner to help highlight the band name . I thought this actually added a new layer to my poster, in the sense of an 'extra something' .
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