Album-Cover Design for Bands and Solo Artists

Overview

“Now I will explain how to assemble the cover and the inner envelope. You will learn to prepare the original for printing and deliver the file to digital platforms. ”

In this video lesson Alejandro Ros addresses the topic: Arm the original, 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

“Arm the original Now let's see how the original is assembled. Do you remember that previously we had seen which were two separate photos? So I sent the retoucher to put them together. I also asked him to make them whiter, as if they were porcelain, which was the original idea, of porcelain dolls. I did not like the result. I thought they were too artificial. So we went back to the original color of the photo. Now I'm going to show you how the selected photos were used inside and how these coexist with the lyrics of the songs. I chose this Helvetica typeface for its legibility, clarity and b...”

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

• Level: Beginner
• 82% positive reviews (22)
• 623 students
• 4 units
• 12 lessons (1h 39m)
• 6 downloads

• Category

  Design

• Software

  Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Art Direction, Graphic Design