Art Direction for CD covers

Collage 1: Understanding the process

A course by Goster , Designer

98% positive reviews (163)

2,909 students

Audio: Spanish

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About the video: Collage 1: Understanding the process

Overview

“We will start experimenting with the collage technique and with the preselected images, at this point nothing is said. We will try and play a little. ”

In this video lesson Goster addresses the topic: Collage 1: Understanding the process, which is part of the Domestika online course: Art Direction for CD covers. Learn to design and conceptualize the emotions transmitted by music.

Partial transcription of the video

“Now we go straight to action. We will play, compose, cut, paste, to see all the possibilities that gives us this world of "cut and paste", right? How can we transform things that already exist into new things to use for all parts of the disk. And now, let's start. Let's start composing some collages. Let's go just a moment to our map. Let's start working on some. Now let's not think about what the cover is going to be, no matter. I think this could be, but it doesn't matter. Now let's see. It causes me to start working here. Let's see him build this retrofuturist image, and maybe we start m...”

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Course summary for: Art Direction for CD covers

Level: Beginner
98% positive reviews (163)
2909 students
5 units
15 lessons (2h 57m)
16 downloads

Category
Design
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
Areas
Art Direction, Branding & Identity, Collage, Graphic Design, Packaging

Goster

A course by Goster

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Designer

José Antonio Mesones, better known as Goster, is a cofounder of Partners, a graphic design and visual communication studio. Spanning more than two decades, his career includes work with brands such as El Comercio, Backus, Promperú, Adidas, and the Ministerio de Cultura.

He has received three Grammy nominations in the Best Recording Package category and has been recognized nationally and internationally by Padis, ATA, Society of Newspaper Design, DAFOS, and the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards for his work as an album cover designer. He has also participated in numerous art and design exhibitions in cities like Bogotá, Berlin, New York, Montreal, London, Barcelona, and Madrid.