Album Cover assignment for the New York Institute of Art and Design
In this assignment we were asked to create an album cover for an existing band. I chose the album 'Alive' by Kiss. I drew inspiration from Andy Warhol when creating the grid of faces in this. I wanted the images to be subtle, so the opacity was decreased in each. I utilized the warm red hues of a compound color scheme for the background and brought in the purple hues for the lettering and lips.
The lips were creating in Adobe Illustrator using the paint tool- final album created in Adobe Photoshop.
Technical Requirements
• 12.375 in. x 12.375 in.
• Use sourced imagery of appropriate quality and resolution
• 12.375 in. x 12.375 in.
• Use sourced imagery of appropriate quality and resolution
Design Requirements
• Create a visually interesting design
• Achieve visual unity for the entire composition
• Use visual emphasis to highlight typographic treatments
• Make sure all type is legible and readable
• Use a compound color scheme
Skill Requirements
• Use a smart object that contains a vector graphic- illustrator- for imagery in each ad
• Use the crop tool to non-destructively crop your images
• Apply a global adjustment layer on all images
• Use only non-destructive image editing techniques: smart objects, smart filters, and adjustment layers