1. Front cover
2. Back cover
3. CD
4. Lateral part
Written Explanation:
For this assignment, I chose the band One Direction. They are a young group and each singer is about 20
years old. They started to sing in 2010. This band became famous when they went
to “The X Factor” in this year and
people loved them singing. This group includes Niall Horan; Zayn Malik; Liam
Payne; Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson. They sing Pop and Pop-Rock music.
Their style and their personality are kind of the same as other singers, but
they have something special: they are all nice; cute; handsome; sing well; they
like their fans and take photos with them; and their clothes are nice. Their
music is modern and their videos are normal and funny (they don’t say bad words
or show their body, like Miley Cyrus).
I chose the title “Just do it!” for my CD because I wanted to transmit, with this band, that people can have the power to do what they want and don’t have to be scared of anything. Everything is possible if they believe!
The adjectives I chose were: funny; young; nice and attractive; popular; modern and intense; (and maybe colourful). Teenagers are usually the ones who love this band (especially girls) and buy their CDs.
To make all this process, I first had some ideas and I sketched them, like Ms. Silverman asked to do. Then, I made three roughs of the front cover. I changed the position and the colour of some little things, so they could be different. Then, I chose one and made my final front cover. After, I used some fancy things I put on the front cover, and put them on the back one, so they could have some relation and be simple. Also, I created the name of some songs. For the CD, I used the template Ms. Silverman gave us, and I also used the fancy and curly things I had used before on the other covers. Moreover, I put the name of the band and the title of the CD. I wanted these drawings and design to match and make a good CD that looked modern, but also kind of mysterious, romantic, funny, nice and that has something to do how the band feels, it’s like a dream.
I chose to do the final work in black, white, grey and green, because it looked good to me, and it was something that I wanted to be. These colours also combine with the themes of the songs.
I used lots of lines and shapes in my work, like circles filled with colour and curly lines. Also, the photo I manipulated shows a little bit of texture when those black and white colours were added. It has more positive space than negative, so it’s not really balanced. The pattern (rhythm) I used in all the parts of my work has movement and the shapes and lines are repeated. My covers also have value; I used different tones of black. They show movement because of the curved lines, it’s like there is wind “struggling” in there. There is contrast too, because I used a lot the opposite colours; black and white. Proportion is also visible because of the different sizes of the same elements I used.
I think that when I look to the front cover, the focal point that shows emphasis is the group of singers; then comes the name of the band and then the curly lines and the title of the CD. On the back cover, the focal point is the name of the band, then the curly lines in the middle that are big and transparent and then comes the rest. I think that my covers and my CD also have unity, because all the parts together equal a whole vision of the story.
In the area of typography, I tried to give some antique style to the words I wrote, because the type of letter I chose is called Monotype Corsiva and gives that special visual and design. They have a romantic taste. Also, the composition I used tries to make some relation with the music and intensive, attractive, funny thoughts.
All the work I did was improved on the program Adobe Photoshop, because I wanted to manipulate the photos I used and give them another vision with the tools I used (brush tool, magic wand tool, eraser, smudge tool, blur tool, horizontal type tool, move tool, and other functions to take out the background of the original photos).
I think the results I achieved are close to the ones I wanted because it had to look like there was movement and sound and different things that could match music, love, life, freedom, mystery and happiness. This assignment took me a long time to improve the photos and move everything to find the right position. I liked to do it because it is one of my favourite things that includes music, art, and photography.
Graphic Design Culminating Ms. Silverman Grade 11
