1. Digipak practise posters
Based on the information: Jean Ralphio featuring Tommy Fresh: ‘Flush With Cash’
and
Mouse Rat: Snake Juice: 5000 Candles in the wind, (Li’l Sebastian) andThe Pit
Hip-Hop
Rock
2. Adobe Photoshop
• When creating my A4 poster, I decided to use Adobe Photoshop because it is easy-
to-use and user-friendly. It is also a widely used and highly prominent software,
helping hundreds of thousands of people and businesses alike to create visually
appealing material (including band artwork designs).
• Though it appears simple, there are however many professional features to apply,
such as the use of filters and the ability to add and manipulate text from a variety
of different fonts and styles. Using the appropriate features is crucial for creating
the ‘right’ image for your band.Therefore, for my A4 poster and CD cover I have
tried to emulate the specific genres of music I am portraying (Hip-Hop and Rock
respectively).
3. A4 Poster
Hip-Hop
To create the glow and highlighted effect, I chose the
‘Diffuse Glow’ tool in the ‘Filter Gallery’ tab. I utilised this
effect because it represents the lead singer featured as
someone of importance to the album and furthermore it
increases the aesthetic appeal of the poster. It also
evokes the ‘cool’ and modern genre of Hip-Hop which I
am presenting.
For the font I used the ‘Reprised Stamp’ option.This
made the font easy to read, whilst also being tall to
clearly convey my information. It is black so as not to
detract the eyes attention to the primary image.
I also erased the corner edges of the ‘Entertainment
7wenty logo’ and the social media icons so that they
could blend in with the image and give the poster a
seamless, professional aspect.
I incorporated three of the most popular social media
logos.This is because they are widely used by millions of
people and as a result, with my poster being located in
public areas, this will publicise the band and their image
to a wide, modern audience which will increase sales.
This image shows how I tweaked
and perfected the glow effect using
the many adjustment tabs featured.
Making my poster appeal to the
audience will, as a result, incline
them to purchase the album.
4. CD Cover
Rock
For the font I decided to utilise the ‘Niagara Solid’ type.
This is similar to the ‘Reprised Stamp’ font I used for my
poster which is easy to read and yet it also represents
the discreet, yet striking rock image. Also, to create the
black and white effect with highlighted tones, a running
theme that I used for the A4 poster, I applied the
‘Reticulation’ filter to emphasise the gritty nature of the
rock genre.
Regarding the image choice, throughout my A4 poster
and the CD cover, there is a unifying theme of the
subject being on the right side of the frame. This helps
create a specific image for the band so that the public
will identify with their style when they see the CD in the
shops and when purchasing online.
To make the ‘entertainment 7wenty’ logo be in-keeping
with the rest of the CD cover, I applied a ‘grain effect and
made it black and white to correlate with the
background and theme of the cover. I also erased the
corner edges of logo to blend it into the image. I am
pleased my choice of the location of a brick wall because
it is a common, stereotypical sight in the Rock genre.
5. CD Cover - reverse
For the back of my CD cover, I continued the
running theme of the brick wall location to enable
the audience to identify with the band’s specific
‘Rock’ image.
I removed the subject by ‘highlighting’ the area I
wanted to remove.This left me with the left-half
of the wall. I selected this, ‘flipped’ it vertically and
placed it on the right-half of the frame.This
therefore gives the effect of symmetry and the
emphasis that the songs featured in the album do
not follow a linear fashion.
For the font I decided to utilise the ‘Niagara Solid’
type which was used in the front cover. It is easy
to read and I further presented the ‘Rock’ image
by selecting the ‘strong’ feature for the text,
making them stand out to the reader.
