Art Direction for CD covers
Vol 1: First sketches
A course by Goster , Designer
About the video: Vol 1: First sketches
Overview
“Now we have to design each of the pieces, let's play with typography, we will mix the images, colorize, compose and we will also give space to the error and let the process surprise us. Let's start!”
In this video lesson Goster addresses the topic: Vol 1: First sketches, 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
“Hello again. We are ready to start designing our cover, our back cover, our covers ... We already build our collages, we already play. Now we have to design. Let's start playing, anyway, With typography. Let's mix the images, let's color. We will compose. We will also give room for the error. Same as collage, You also have to give your little point there, right? May those things surprise us, May the process surprise us. We are ready, so ... Come on! Well, we start this new lesson. Remember What had we made these textures from? I have manufactured some others, I will show them. And now let's...”
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Course summary for: Art Direction for CD covers
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Category
Design -
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Art Direction, Branding & Identity, Collage, Graphic Design, Packaging

Goster
A course by Goster
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.
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