I've completed my final assignment in Graphic Design, the retro CD cover design project. I ended up choosing this design as my final cover, because I liked the play on the title of the album and the visual aesthetics of the piece. I think out of my thumbnails and solutions this one has the most relevance to the album, band and era, while remaining an interesting design.
{front cover}
The process I followed in creating this design was to start with a photo I took while on holiday in Victoria, add a picture of an eyeball I found online and blend it into the background using layer masks in Photoshop, and add the text in interesting fonts. I used the font 'Orator' for a retro feel, and 'Chopin Script' to contrast with the other font and add some visual interest. Overall I'm quite happy with this design.
{back cover}
I designed the back cover similarly to the front cover of this design, adding an image of the band to the base photo and then adding the band members names and the song titles to the design, using a simple font. I had to play around with colours a lot in this design, because when I printed the design the colours were very different to how it looked on the computer. I changed the text of the song titles from white to brown so they would stand out against the background, and altered the tones of the photo of the band to make it more brown so it would fit with the rest of the design.
This was a fun assignment and I enjoyed designing this CD cover and working with influences from retro design.
