Album-Cover Design for Bands and Solo Artists
Presentation of the sketch
A course by Alejandro Ros , Graphic Designer
About the video: Presentation of the sketch
Overview
“I will explain how to present the sketches to the musicians and how they react to it. ”
In this video lesson Alejandro Ros addresses the topic: Presentation of the sketch, which is part of the Domestika online course: Album-Cover Design for Bands and Solo Artists. Learn to design album covers by translating music into images, from the initial idea to the finished artwork.
Partial transcription of the video
“Presentation of the sketch Now let's see what the presentation room is like to the musician of the sketches. It can be done by email or WhatsApp. We can print the sketches and have a meeting with the musician to see his reaction. That would be the best. So we see how they react to what one is showing. Many times what musicians say can be used to grow the project. They can mix the sketches. Maybe you like the typography of one and the photo of another, or maybe you like how a CD opens or how is the material of another. It is from this dialogue with the musician that the project grows. Some s...”
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Course summary for: Album-Cover Design for Bands and Solo Artists
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Category
Design -
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Art Direction, Graphic Design
Alejandro Ros
A course by Alejandro Ros
Originally from Tucumán, Argentina, Alejandro Ros is a graphic designer. His specialty is album covers and he has collaborated with great bands and singers from all over the world such as Soda Stereo, Cerati, Fito Páez, Julieta Venegas, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Juana Molina, Miranda! Babasónicos, Spinetta, Mercedes Sosa, and Bersuit, to name just a few.
His work was awarded the 2002 Konex platinum award in the graphic design category, as well as 7 Gardel awards, and 3 Grammy awards for album covers. He also gets creative through videos, performances, installations, book covers, magazine covers, and even costume parties.
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