Project: Thematic CD Jewel Case Design
Goal:
This project concentrated on creating a design that thematically represents
the client's needs.
The images, fonts and layout combine to tell a story or evoke a feeling related
to their musical genre.
Part One
List five words that express the sounds of your musical category.
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Part Two
List five images that are associated with your musical category
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2. ______________________
3. ______________________
4. ______________________
5. ______________________
Front Cover Image
Images in color
Must include the use of layer masks in your work
Try using quick mask for selecting your images
Front Cover Text
Title of CD
Artist or Group Name
Back Cover Image
Black and White version of front cover
Manipulate this black and white version using one of the following Image adjustments
Posterize
Threshold
Back Cover Text
Title of CD
Song Titles, see below
All of you will have the same song tiles. All of these titles are composed from non English words because I want you to focus on your typographical skills. It is up to you to design a layout that is original as well as easy to read.
The following song titles.
1. Kanarese yi visayan sibo
2. Maori
3. Frisian Faroese gaelic
4. Kikuyu lingala sotho nyanja twi
5. Tlingit quiche
6. Komi mari ostyak yakut
Back Cover Extras:
Must be included for an A
Record label logo (created in Illustrator)
Barcode
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Readin: Looking at album covers
Choose 5 albums that you feel are the best and then answer the questions below.
Why did Michael Ansaldo pick this album?
What style of font(s) are used?
What elements of the design do feel make it worthy of being in the top (i
ages, layout, fonts, color)