Digipak creation
- 1. Digipak Creation Throughoutmy creationof my Digipak,Iwentthroughvariousstagesof havingdifferentcovers.One of which contained no actual artist as they were just concept arts for my final piece. During the creation of my final piece, pictures were needed to be included in the digipak. As I was playing the artist,pictureswere neededof myself andourfeaturedartist,Joel Roberts.The pictureswe thengot were thenconvertedintoblackandwhite. Once we gotthe pictures,IthenworkedonmakingmyCD Cover.I wasintriguedbylogic’salbum‘UnderPressure’andI lovedthe use of the Graffiti againstthe wall.Thisis whenI wantedtodo a similarthing,butinsteadof havingitagainst the wall, I wantedto have it against a white background. This is because I wanted all the attention added onto the main artist. However,Idid try it nextto some grey wallsto see what it lookedlike.Unfortunately,itlooks fake and too photoshoped.Ialso wasn’tconfidentonputtingit against a wall as all I did was reduce the opacity of the picture. Designs These are some designs I went through whilst playing around withPhotoshop so I could learn basic tools and advanced designs so I could produce my work.
- 3. The Creation – CD Cover Whilst making my final design, I had to use a raw photo of myself, which I turned into black and white. This is the image which I used. Once I had the image, I then added a layer mask onto the image and I cut around the image with the paint brush to get rid of the background. I could have used the lasso tool or the magic wand, but I wanted to have it more exact. I zoomed in pixel deep, so I could get a realistic crop. Once I had this image cropped out, I then went into photo gallery and I added an effect to make the image look less realistic. Once I had this, I then realised I needed to turn it back into colour as I wanted my CD Cover to be bright and vibrant. Once I had the picture back in colour, I then downloaded some wet drip paint brushes off the internet. I made my coloured image its own separate layer, and applied a layer mask to it. This is when I placed the layer mask as white and the brush as black. This is so you can cut out the model. I set the hardness of the brush on 100% and the opacity as well. I then cropped out the whole lower waist of my model image, then replaced the brush with a wet paint brush, turned the colour of the brush onto white (so the cropped areas reappeared again) and then began to place the wet paint onto areas I wanted. I then accidentally placed the wet paint onto my characters face. This is when I thought about having the paint run down from the face and onto the clothes. I then made this image into its own copy and duplicated it a bunch of times Within each copy, I added a huh saturation onto it and targeted different sections of the face. This then change the colours of those parts.
- 4. Once the colours were changed, I then made this into a separate image and placed it into the gallery and added a paint effect to make it look like its wet paint. Before this, I did add a vibrant effect and created a Clipping mask onto the image so part of the white dripping down the face turned yellow. This is the yellow which can be seen in the final product. This effect made the picture look more realistic and makes it look more as is the paint was running. Once I had my main image, I then just added in the text and the parental advisory sticker. I also added in the title of the album ‘Judicial Independence Vol 1’ in a different font. In total, I used three fonts: Arial, Freehand and then comic sans but the comic sans font was bold. This is just to add a stylistic and aesthetically pleasing effect to the CD Cover. CD Back Cover The CD back cover was easy to make. As my cover was simplistic, I wanted to match this. I stuck to my rule of thirds and had the listed song names all down the middle with the same distance from the edge and from other songs. At the start of my creation, my group had to decide on the song names. A lot of the names were just thought of on the spot, but we did include our chosen song ‘Moment of Silence’ and also the album name ‘Judicial Independence.’ As this is a Hip-hop album, we decided to add some skits as they are very popular within the genre. At the very start, I added in the title at the top. This is just to add the name of the album where ever the reader or buyer looks. This is because Distinct is an upcoming artist and It looks stylistically pleasing with the title at the top. After this, I added in the songs on the back and the legal writing at the bottom. I used an actual copy of a CD to use the legal writing as an influential idea. The font side on the back looks realistic and it didn’t look fake which was something I was really hoping I would avoid.
- 5. Digipak Now that I have my CD Cover and back Cover, I just used the cover for the Cd and the inside cover. On the CD, I added a simple bit of text ‘Distinct mix tape.’ I also applied a flick on the bottom of ‘Tape’ just because it looked stylistically pleasing for the reader. With the main image on the CD, I placed it over one side and the text on the other. I thought this distinguishes the text from the image and just makes it different from the other covers I have used. On the inside cover, I added a big letter ‘D’ and turned down the opacity. This design came from my magazine advertisement but that also came from an advertisement for Jay-Z. For the side of the Digipak, I just used a grey colour, matching the grey on my images top, and placed the institutional logo at the top. I also put the title of the album and the artist name on the side as well.