We have updated our Back cover, so that it looks more aesthetically pleasing, and took on board mr Earls comments. However we encoun tered a few problems, with a few letters appearing not to have Capital letters, they were infact actually capital letters (Sucha s the letter L), which means that we would have to change to text font in order to make it look capital, but that would become more hassle than it's worth and break the consistency of the font.
We also decided to change the size of the Logo's on the back(Studios logos)and change them to the same size as the QR code, however we objected tot his due the fact as thet it felt the logos were too big and overtaking a part of the picture, whereas the QR code is the smallest size we could use so that it work properly.
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Back Cover Updated
We have updated our Back cover, so that it looks more aesthetically pleasing, and took on board mr Earls comments. However we encoun tered a few problems, with a few letters appearing not to have Capital letters, they were infact actually capital letters (Sucha s the letter L), which means that we would have to change to text font in order to make it look capital, but that would become more hassle than it's worth and break the consistency of the font.
We also decided to change the size of the Logo's on the back(Studios logos)and change them to the same size as the QR code, however we objected tot his due the fact as thet it felt the logos were too big and overtaking a part of the picture, whereas the QR code is the smallest size we could use so that it work properly.
Tuesday, 29 January 2013
Thursday, 17 January 2013
Font selection
For our font, we found it difficult to find one we liked or could use for our album cover etc, and none really appealed to us much. We went from very bold writing, to outlandish writing that didn't work (as you can see from a our previous blog posts), however we feel that with the new album cover we have designed we could use a much more vibrant and more 'pop' style font to use, without it feeling out of place with the whole genre.So we may have decided to go with Baushaus 93, (Could change) Because it works well with our poster designs and album cover (although we decided not to use it on our album cover).
Examples:
Examples:
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Tweeda
Tweeda
Mainstream Poster design
For this we made a poster that would be more suited for a more mainstream magazine, and one a publisher would be more liekly to use. We added more information, suh as adding a 'Hit song' and added a few 5 star reviews, to try to appeal to those who feel like they need to listen to reviews to go out and listen to a band. We also added a Facebook icon, a twitter icon and a Itunes icon.
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'Indie' Poster Design
So we've dcided to do 2 designs for our poster, one that would be more likely to feature in a very small and indie magazine, and another to include in a more mainstream magazine, which would be more focused on telling the reader more about the artist and the reviews, whilst the indie one would be more about the art.
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For this one we merely just took our album design and placed it int photoshop and enlarged it, and then found some fonts (Bauhaus 93?)and used them to state the name and the date and the web address. For this one we wanted it to have a more simplistic effect, but for it to really stand out fromt he crowd and grab the readers eye, but also show that it's more about the music than the art rather than promoting.
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For this one we merely just took our album design and placed it int photoshop and enlarged it, and then found some fonts (Bauhaus 93?)and used them to state the name and the date and the web address. For this one we wanted it to have a more simplistic effect, but for it to really stand out fromt he crowd and grab the readers eye, but also show that it's more about the music than the art rather than promoting.
Poster Designs Research
In the poster we wanted to reflect the album cover simplistic design as well as have the iconic logo we have created, to be the dominant theme. So to start off we looked at other existing magazine ads, ranging from heavy rock to pop, to alternative music. We began to look at magazine ads that were similar for what we were going for, something with a strong visual look, with heavy reference towards their own iconography, and have something that appeals to the more niche and indie crowd.
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The ACDC may not be necessarily in our genre, but however I like the way it has been presented in a very simplistic way, in that the logo and the name of the album are the only things you can see, however it is important to note that ACDC are a massive band compared to the likes of Tweeda, whom is far more indie and low key.
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This advert is probably closer to our genre than ACDC, the Sex Pistols are known for their use of Newspaper tearouts, which shows their effective use of their iconography all over their posters. he advert effectively uses it's art style to almost 'shock' the audience and to catch their eye, with quotes like 'England can go to hell'. Obviously these are intended for the younger teenage audience, who want to be part of something more rebellious.
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This one is probably one of my favourites, it capture simplicity with hand drawn art, showing that it is more about the art/icons rather than shoving ti in your face about reviews etc.
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Although this is a double page, it's quite effective with having the artist filling the whole page and the next page just having reviews etc, although we were thinking of having just 1 page (I doubt a small indie label could afford 2 pages anyway).
<Placeholder ACDC>
The ACDC may not be necessarily in our genre, but however I like the way it has been presented in a very simplistic way, in that the logo and the name of the album are the only things you can see, however it is important to note that ACDC are a massive band compared to the likes of Tweeda, whom is far more indie and low key.
<Placeholder sex pistol>
This advert is probably closer to our genre than ACDC, the Sex Pistols are known for their use of Newspaper tearouts, which shows their effective use of their iconography all over their posters. he advert effectively uses it's art style to almost 'shock' the audience and to catch their eye, with quotes like 'England can go to hell'. Obviously these are intended for the younger teenage audience, who want to be part of something more rebellious.
<Placeholder the Vines>
This one is probably one of my favourites, it capture simplicity with hand drawn art, showing that it is more about the art/icons rather than shoving ti in your face about reviews etc.
<Place Holder la Roux>
Although this is a double page, it's quite effective with having the artist filling the whole page and the next page just having reviews etc, although we were thinking of having just 1 page (I doubt a small indie label could afford 2 pages anyway).
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