Final CD Digipak

This is my final edit of my CD Digipak. I have now incorporated the big letter 'D' into my CD inner cover from my magazine advert just so my designs flow into each other. It also adds "spice" to my album and makes the seemingly unimportant inside cover jump out towards the audience. I have also added my main image onto my CD with 'Distinct mix tape' and a nice aesthetically pleasing flick underneath 'Tape'.  I believe my digipak will attract a Hip hop audience but also people who are experimenting with different genres of music. 

Final CD Cover

This is my final CD cover design. Throughout my design process, I kept the black and white effect on one side and coloured on the other. I did go through a lot of designs but overall this design comes out on top as it is original and stylistic. My CD cover appeals to a more stylistic and simplistic audience. My CD cover appeals to a Hip hop audience but could also appeal to an indie audience as the design is rustic and original. It is also something different from normal conventional designs. 

Final Magazine Advertisement

This is my final Magazine Advertisement for my CD Album. I have kept a simplistic design with the font and keeping to conventions of a grid layout when designing my advert. I have included a date and legal writing at the bottom of the advert to make it seem more authentic. I have also added in a big letter 'D' as just a stylistic form. Compared to my previous Advert, I believe this comes out on top as it is simplistic and looks a lot more authentic. 

Magazine Advertisement - Creation

CD Digipak - Creation

CD Back Cover

This is my final version of the back of my CD cover. I have added in small legal writing at the bottom. I haven't changed much of the back as I think it looks fine being simple. I have kept to a quadrant design in my back cover, hence why it is simple and straight down the middle. I didn't want my back cover to be very glamorous and wanted all the attention on the main image on the from. I also wanted it to be effective and simple is what i believe I have achieved. I removed the barcode from the back as my CD would benefit from a stuck on barcode. This is because the design looks more slick and professional without it. 

Magazine Advertisement - Draft

This is my magazine draft. I have incorporated the same image from my CD cover as I want all my designs to flow into one and have the same promotion. If i added in a different design from my CD cover, then my audience wouldn't know the product i am promoting. I have added a short message at the bottom of the page as if the advert was signed by our artist 'Distinct'. This is a hint into our music video as the message is addressed to 'Taylor', whom the song is based around.  

CD Digipak Template - Draft

This is my first draft of my CD Digipak. I have added in the main image onto the CD inner as most CD covers I have viewed have done the same thing. On my back cover, I have included the barcode but this is something I might remove as it doesn't fit in with the design. This is because I like the design being simple and straight down the middle.  For my CD, I have included one side being a musty blue next to a grey with the writing of the album on the top. I feel my Digipak would appeal to a Hip hop audience between the ages of 16 and 25.  

CD Cover - Draft

This is my draft for my CD cover.  I have gone with the wet paint idea as if the paint has dripped  down and dried up.  I have also taken into consideration the layout of my cover. This includes me keeping to a four quadrant grid and keeping everything down the middle so it is nice and symmetrical.  I believe my CD cover will attract my target audience as it simple and effective. It is also aesthetically pleasing to other genres like indie.  

CD Back Cover - Draft

This is my back cover for my draft. This is similar to what my finished product is going to look like. I might space out the the writing so it isn't as close as it is at the moment. I am not going to add a barcode as i dont think it is going to suit the look, But, if i find a barcode that will look nice and stylistic, then i will keep it. I also need to add legal writing onto my back cover. This will probably be in the bottom right or left corner of the back cover. 

Photoshop - CD Cover Idea

This is one idea i have had  for my CD  Cover. I feel that this is stylistically pleasing, and that money and the  golden watch both link into the Hip-hop genre. I like the use of the dusty, green background as it gives off this old, unused vibe which i think works nicely with the old stack of money and the  faded folded watch. The title i used for the design was 'Time is Money.' This is just a play on title used as the watch (Time) is sitting on the pile of money. 

Photoshop - CD Cover Polaroid Idea

This is one design i have had for my album. This is a Polaroid design that i put a tear through.  i feel that this can have multiple effects and meanings. This design was  actually really easy to make as i just overlay a Polaroid  template and change the blend mode. To make this design, i got a Polaroid template off google along side a simple frame. I then placed the  image inside the frame with a clipping mask and then placed over it the Polaroid template. I then changed  the blending mode to 'overlay.' I then added a hue saturation and clipping masked it to the  Polaroid to make the image look older than it is. I then turned this into one image and hid the layers. i then downloaded a tear effect on google for the 'paint brush.' I then applied a layer mask to the image and put  it on white. I then placed the paint brush (with the  tear brush selected) on black and pressed the tear across the images face. I  then selected  each broken part and filled each one with white to create the white rip. 

CD Cover Production - Photoshop Ideas

For my CD cover, I am hoping to have a wet paint effect, but with part of it being black and white and another part being colored. This is because i think the contrast between the two is going to look really cool, adding an extra effect onto the picture which makes it stand out to my audience. 

To do this, I looked at various Photoshop tutorials on YouTube and watched how they de-saturated part of the image and then saturated the other half.