I these are my final CD covers. For my front I used a very similar image to what I had made for my Promotional poster and had just resized it and played a bit with the tool to get a better contrast. I had decided to keep the front very similar to the promotional poster because to me it would make the most sense and would be easier to identify. If I had more time though I would have like to retake some images based on my new skill set and gave the artist more movement in facial expression and body language, as she look quite stiff. I decided to move the artists name rather from under the title where it was before to the bottom right corner because I think it had more of an effect and popped out under her skin tone. I kept the contrast quite high to make her stand out but as said before was not very happy with the lighting of the photograph. I had also enlarged the album title and stretched it out, I thought it looked better this way as it took up the space more nicely and although less legible than before I thought you could still understand what it said and if need could read the side cover.
For my back I used a photograph I had taken on the shoot but never used in my promotional poster. I'm actually quite happy with how my back turned out. I decided to make the back in the same style as the front but not the same picture. I think it reminds me a lot of Adele's 25 CD cover. One thing I was not very happy though is the test for the songs, I didn't really know how to make it fit without making the text to be but not leaving to much not used area. I'm also not sure about the font I used, I tried to correlate it with test from my promotional poster but not very happy with the result. Now that I think about it I feel I should've used something more simple. I do on the other hand like the font for the numbers that I used, I think it stands out nicely and fits with the over all theme. Oddly I really like the bottom of my poster, my QR code, copyrighting and record label, I think it looks like it does on actual CD's and makes me happy of it simplicity. I am also pretty happy with my sides although they don't actually have much on it, but I somewhat like the simplicity and the space on either sides. The genre and audience stay the same so I won't repeat myself.
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This is my final piece. I am quite happy with it. I decided to create a modern promotional poster inspired by pop artists like Adele as well as alternative artists like Florence+The Machine. Both artists whilst different have similarities as they quite simplistic features and work with bold statements. My promotional poster has a futuristic look with the shinning golden lips and glitter across the side of her face. I decided to keep her face clean and simple showing her bare, more vulnerable and real. I also showed only her top half by taking a close up in which looks like shes topless, this also provokes vulnerability. To contrast the vulnerability I made sure she gave the camera direct eye contact to look fierce. I kept the background simple and clean too to have all attention on her. If I were again though I would try lighten it up a bit. I made the title big and the font simplistic but bold. I chose a this font because it gave a millennium look and to me showed power. I gave it a 3-D look to make it pop more. I feel it almost reminds me of game of thrones. I had the artists name, Olive, In the same font but in black and reasonably smaller than the title. The release date how ever I decided to mix up and had in a different font, cursive more fancy, or else the bold, same font would be overwhelming to look at. In the corner I added a QR code and a Itunes label to make it look more professional and realistic. I also purposely decided to crop my poster in this original way to make it more unique.
If I were to redo my promotional poster I would try work with the lighting better so the models left face wouldn't be covered as much in shadow. I would also try make her eyes pop more again by adjusting lighting and also, maybe giving her some mascara. As I already mentioned I would have liked the background to look a bit brighter to hive the image a crisper look, on the other hand I like how it look against the title. I would maybe also give the model a bit of a glow. I would also just lighten the whole poster and give it more contrast. It may not have turned out exactly how I expected but I think it did work well together and maybe I could even imagine seeing this as a actual poster. I think it worked because I didn't have an over the top idea in my head, as I knew what I was capable of and worked with that. The audience this promotional poster is created for are young adults such as myself. Although I feel like it could be suitable for a wide range of ages. First of all I considered young adults because the cover is quite modern and inspired by modern music. Young adults can relate to the artist more, as they too sometimes feel overwhelmed and bare. In addition the model herself is around their age. The genre of this promotional poster is alternative pop. I think this because pop music is very modern, sleek, clean and that is what I tried to show in my poster. They also like to focus on the artist face any many use eye contact to grab attention like I did. I think it also has a bit of an alternative, futuristic vibe to it because of the gold incorporated on her face and the blank expression her face holds. Pop is usually upbeat and quite let me say 'basic' alternative is similiar but usually has its own flare to it. |
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