Album-Cover Design for Bands and Solo Artists

Overview

“Now you will see what you need to produce the photo. Also, you will see how to think of different options if you decide that the design does not include a photo. ”

In this video lesson Alejandro Ros addresses the topic: Preproduction, 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

“Preproduction Here we will see how to produce the sketch that the musician approved. You have to take into account the budget issue, how much does it cost to produce a photo, if it is in a studio, if it is outdoors or if it's a drawing, you have to call an illustrator. You can illustrate it yourself or the musician, as in some cases that I will show now. This is the case of Babasónicos, "Jessico". It's a record that I drew by hand first and then I gave it to my assistant Silvia to do the vector drawing. Then this special edition came out that has this effect where there is a shine in the sp...”

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Course summary for: Album-Cover Design for Bands and Solo Artists

• Level: Beginner
• 79% positive reviews (19)
• 596 students
• 4 units
• 12 lessons (1h 39m)
• 6 downloads

• Category

  Design

• Software

  Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Art Direction, Graphic Design