Album Cover Design
Description:
Design a visually interesting album cover.
This album cover design is going to be an assignment where you decide a majority of the specifics. The musical artist, band, or compilation is your choice, making an imaginary artist, redesign an existing album, or design a new record for a local band. You want to achieve visual unity in the composition. Use visual emphasis to highlight typographic treatments. Ensure that all of the type used is legible and all of the wordforms are readable. As for color, use a compound color scheme for the design.
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 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
