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What: This album cover assignment lets you create album artwork for a CD, song or movie. Look at the examples below and think about how an artist uses photography and illustration to create a tone or mood to match the music.
What: This album cover assignment lets you create album artwork for a CD, song or movie. Look at the examples below and think about how an artist uses photography and illustration to create a tone or mood to match the music.
How: Create and image from scratch that represents a specific album by your favorite band by taking the photos and using Photoshop. Create an image that is 8 inches x 8 inches in size (or 10x10). Keep the .psd file on your computer but submit as .jpg on Canvas.
How: Create and image from scratch that represents a specific album by your favorite band by taking the photos and using Photoshop. Create an image that is 8 inches x 8 inches in size (or 10x10). Keep the .psd file on your computer but submit as .jpg on Canvas.
Follow these steps to complete this assignment.
Follow these steps to complete this assignment.
TODAY (MONDAY) PART 1:
TODAY (MONDAY) PART 1:
Choose your favorite band, artist, or movie.
select multiple options
(TUESDAY) PART 2:
(TUESDAY) PART 2:
get ONE APPROVED BY TEACHER!
(BLOCK) PART 3:
(BLOCK) PART 3:
Decide which elements should be included to represent the album.
Find the artwork that already exists for your album as a reference.
Recreate the band's logo or signature look or create your own interpretation from scratch.
Write up your plan:
- What band?
- What album?
- Who is the model/ models?
- Where?
- Need props/ makeup?
- Outfits? What day?
- Lighting?
- What order will you do the editing? What effects will you use?
(Friday and on...) PART 4:
(Friday and on...) PART 4:
Bring in props, take photos, upload them to desktop, and begin editing!
Examples:
Examples:
Helpful Reminders:
Helpful Reminders:
More student examples:
More student examples:
Tyler The Creator Album Cover
Example: Breaking Down the Image
Example: Breaking Down the Image
Work from the background to middle ground, to foreground (closest to the camera/ front)
Make sure to include:
Your name
Artist's Name
The album name
Write down in DETAIL, the steps you need to take complete this. You will be turning this in along with your finished project.
Start from the background, to the middle ground, and finally the foreground.
Tyler The Creator Album Cover Example (how-to):
Tyler The Creator Album Cover Example (how-to):
Background
Background
Sky
Sky
yellowish to orange to red gradient layer
gradient tool or paint brush
Clouds
Clouds
take photo of clouds, select and mask them out
use a cloud brush by downloading a brush
Paint in a rainbow on a new layer (or internet or photo)
size and adjust blending mode
Middle Ground
Middle Ground
Mountains
Mountains
Take or find a photo of mountains with a trail.
PS a car or bike into it
PS a car or bike into it
Take or find a photo of car or bike.
Foreground
Foreground
Bees
Bees
take or find a photo of a bee
cut it out (SELECT AND MASK) and duplicate (command J)
Sunflowers
Sunflowers
Take multiple photos of a sunflower, or other flower
select it and duplicate the different flowers to creat e field
Person
Person
ask your friend/model to wear dark pants, a light shirt and a baseball hat
Where is the light coming from in the album? (read the shadows!)
It is brighter on the left and gets darker at the bottom right, therefore, the light must be upper left
Use the studio to take a photo representing the same person with same lighting/outfit
APPROVED ALBUM IDEAS:
APPROVED ALBUM IDEAS:
NOT APPROVED: (too easy or inappropriate)
NOT APPROVED: (too easy or inappropriate)
TOO EASY
Too easy n ot allowed
it's a cartoon!
TOO EASY! NOT
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