DC: Reflection 8

Tasks:

Complete final Digipak mock up:
- Edit front cover, Back cover, Inside 1 and Inside 2
- Ensure images fit artists metanarrative, genre conventions and feature artist
to put across his 'Star Image'

Front Cover

I wanted to create an image that focused on the artist as it would convey the star image to the audience, furthermore it relates to similar digipak covers by the artist:



Starting Image:

Starting Image involves the artist making eye contact with the audience, fitting my idea for the cover

The steps I took to edit are:
- Remove background, then adjust the colour balance to bring out magenta (colour prevalent in artists   artwork)
- Fill background in white
- Duplicate the layer
- Place the 'Poster Edges' filter over the lower layer

- Use both the splatter eraser, and the lasso tool to remove segments of the image, leaving the 'Poster Edges' effect behind

- I then placed the artists logo in the top left corner, and the name of the album using the artists unique font

Final Image:

Back Cover:

The back cover would feature the track listing, therefore I wanted to select a landscape image with little content to draw away from the tracks. I chose a nature shot, taking an image of a tree in the morning before school.

Starting Image:

-I first placed a colour overlay of magenta over the image, then altering the opacity to ensure the first image remained visible
- Altered the brightness / opacity to ensure the image remained in the background of the frame

- When incorporating text into the back cover, I decided to use simple white text, I felt this minimilist style was effective, particuarly when juxtaposed against the bright nature shot in the background
- I  used an image of the artists logo and placed it over the top of the image, removing the background with the magic wand tool
- Placed the tracks over the image using the artists signature font

Final Image:

Inside 1:

For the first inside shot, I wanted to once again use a shot of the artist, something that is conventional of the genres digipaks (they often heavily feature the artist as the artists image usually isn't presented in their other forms of media)

Starting Image:

- I started by cropping the image to form a square shape, allowing it to fit the Digipak template
- I used a similar technique used in the Front Cover to form a link between the two
- Starting by applying the poster edges effect

-Then removing parts of the artist, and the chair he is sitting next to

Inside 2

The second inside shot would feature underneath the CD, therefore it was important to not feature too much detail. I decide to take a surreal shot of a piece of jewellery taken on a white sheet

Starting Image:

-First I heavily cropped the image down to ensure focus was on the piece of jewellery
-I wanted to keep the images style minimalist, so I did little editing
-I selected the sheet using the magic wand/ select tool, I used the adjustment - colour balance and increased the magenta to ensure the image fit with the artists metanarrative of using the colour

Final Mock Up: