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

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


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