Album Cover Design
This album cover design is going to an assignment where you decide a majority of the specifics. The musical artist, band, or compilation is your choice. You can make an imaginary artist, redesign an existing album, or design a new record for a local band. It is completely up to you. There are some simple design requirements to guide you. As always, you want to achieve visual unity in your composition. We want you to use visual emphasis to highlight typographic treatments. Ensure that all of the type you use is legible and all of the wordforms are readable. As for color, you will be required to use a compound color scheme for your design. Finally, there are several application specific requirements to ensure that you are utilizing the Photoshop tools available to you.
Album Cover Design
Technical Requirements
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12.375 in. x 12.375 in.
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Use sourced imagery of appropriate quality and resolution
Design Requirements
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Create a visually interesting design
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Achieve visual unity for the entire composition
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Use visual emphasis to highlight typographic treatments
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Make sure all type is legible and readable
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Use a compound color scheme
Skill Requirements
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Use a smart object that contains a vector graphic for imagery in each ad
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Use the crop tool to non-destructively crop your images
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Apply a global adjustment layer on all images
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Use only non-destructive image editing techniques: smart objects, smart filters, and adjustment layers
Bonus Requirements
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No more and no less than two typefaces (artist/title)
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Create a color variant of the album cover another compound scheme
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Use a blur filter, opacity, fill adjustment layer, or transparency.