I began to use Photoshop to create some potential digipak front covers. I started by choosing a simple photo which was of the guitar Glenn used whilst filming in the tunnel. I then added the gradient which Jay had created before-hand; this was a turquoise colour fading into orange. Before applying the gradient to the photo I changed the opacity of the gradient to around 20%, this was so it wasn't too bold and was still subtle.
The next stage was to add the text of the band "Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds" and the song title "AKA...What A Life" to the cover. The group and I agreed to use the fonts Coaster and Mistral for the text on the page, as both looked similar to what is used for Noel's artwork yet still looked unique for our work. We also wanted to follow Noel's style by having a smaller sized "o" with an underline beneath it. To achieve this we highlighted the "o", then chose the "superscript" option below the font options on the right hand side of the screen.
Below is a potential idea for our digipak, we wanted to keep a simple style through-out with the cover as we feel it is difficult to represent the song title "What A Life" with a single image. For this design we opted to have the guitar used for the song, as it promotes the instruments used by Noel to create the song. I also changed the rotation of the "AKA...What A Life" slightly as many of the other fonts on Noel's singles have slightly slanted font as it is handwriting, which is scrawly. I then decided that adding a stroke to both texts would make them stand out more from the wall in the background.
No comments:
Post a Comment