1.
Design an
album Cover

2.
Snow Day!
Materials:
- Paper
- Pencil
- Markers, Colored pencils,
- Magazines for collage
purpose
What will we do:
- You will look at different album
covers and design your own.
-We will discuss what makes an
album cover so distinguishable?
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3.
Examples of Album Covers
What makes these album covers so
distinguishable?
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-The ink drawing created by
George Hardie of the Hindenburg
airship (adapted from a photo
taken by Sam Shere in 1937)
- This created Led Zepplin’s
popularity
-George Hardie was paid
$76

4.
Examples of Album Covers
What makes these album covers so
distinguishable?
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-Instant hit in 1984
-The title track, Purple Rain, is 8
minutes long (this was cut down
from a whopping 11 minutes)
- This cover image was
photographed at the Warner Bros
studio in California, and the
background was purposefully
made to look like a New York City
tenement.

5.
Examples of Album Covers
What makes these album covers so
distinguishable?
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-This famous album cover is
packed with bright, psychedelic
colors and prominent figures. 58
celebrities, to be exact. How many
do you recognize?
- The album cover cost around
$3,000 to make. That amount
might not sound like much, but
that would be about $50,000
today. At that time, no album
artwork had ever cost that much
to create

6.
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-The pink and green
letters and unusual font
were an interesting choice
by this album cover's
creative team. This image
was snapped in 1955 while
Elvis was performing at the
Fort Homer Hesterly Armory
in Florida.
-The Clash created this
album as a direct
imitation of Elvis Presley’s
debut album cover art.
The cover embodies rock
and roll and is a perfect
representation of the rock
and roll scene of the late
70s and early 80s.

7.
1.
Album title
-Think of a title of your album,
what will you name it? How can
you personalize it? Is there a
story to it?
-Think about font types.

8.
2. Create your album cover
- Create your album cover design by
drawing something that focuses on
the title, your personal story, an
impact of headlines. You can draw,
color, cut out images, just be
creative!
3.Songlist (optional)
Create a songlist that goes along with
your album.