album cover design

Album Cover Design....

step1 

so within this post i will be talking about my process to achieve the out come i have chosen to use as my final design for my album cover this is going to be a long and painful post. but lets start from the begin. i used a templet for  this one i will add a link to the webpage at the end of the post.so like the small poster design i started with the background i used the same one from the small poster design but in a different witch you will see as i go thought after placing the design in to the templet i then start to map out guides to help me plan my imager out.   

step 2

after playing out with the guide i moved on to the background i wanted something different from the poster to have a link with the design its self so i played about with the levels and the colours  then placed a big block of blue using the block colour  tool  then overlaid it with the background and this was the outcome of the experiment i am really happy with the outcome and i think the colour really go well i really like how the blue really brings the texts out . 

step 3
after playing about with the level and filter i started using some patten that i made using ink. then i scanned them in and put them in to photoshop then i placed the design i was happy with then i cleared  them up using the magic tool and then i copied the patten over and over again and placed it allover the design to give it a feel of chaos. i feel that i have achieve.in step 4 i will be talking about  the imager and how i placed it.

step4
i started playing with imager and how i was going to place it i looked in my book to look for a image i could use and i found the one i could use i played around with the placement till i was happy with the over all look. 

step 5
i used the text from my laster design and my poster design to keep a link with my concept 

step6
 after adding the text to the design i played about with the full design and moved the text round the templet  and played with the background to get some of that patten coming through   because after placing the imager and text in i lose some of the background so i move somethings around to let the patten come through

step7
adding the songs  list to the back of the design 

small poster design and process

Small Poster Design...

i start adding my work in to photoshop taking drawing work out of my book and using the processes i have found out from the artist i have looked at for my research. i started with my small poster format seeing that this will be the samples  one out of the lot so lets begin. 

i started with adding  one of my design from my book and placing it in the box shape and played  about with the text over the top to give it a overweening feeling i feel i have achieve this with the use of txts and colour the yellow really brings out the texts.  

after i was happy with the over all outcome of the background i started to play about with some of my image from my book i need to find a image that would fit nicely with my background and that was a big challenge see that all the design and drawing i have done have very over powering colour . this main the image could get lose within the background or the background being to over powering for the imager i will play about with some image that i feel could work.

so after a really long time trying out how i can make the imager work with the background i found a image from my book that i was more then happy to use i tried it out with my poster design witch  i will talk about in the next post but yeah back to this i played about with placement of the image and see how it complement the background i was more the happy with the progress so far so i moved on to texted i what to keep a patten with my work so i used the texted i made form newspaper and over layer it with the image so it was bold and so it would stand out.and that is it for my process with the small poster design like i said a easy one to start with... 

editorial design

step1

for my editorial design i have used the same  pattens and ink teachers for the editorial i wanted to keep the same theme form the poster and album design to keep a link  with my work within this post i will be keeping it nice and simple as it was a easy process. i started with over laying the pattens to get a nice simple design.    

step2

after playing about with the layout i went on to add colour over the top of the image buy over laying and then playing with the level to get a nice toxic patten i feel that i have achieve this  but i also think i have lose the hand render feel so i will have to take it back and experiment with some more image if i have the time .

step3
after i was happy with the background i placed my imager in the box and played around with the placement of the image till i was happy 

step4
and then i added the text that i have used in every design 

printing process for prints

printing process.... 

in this blog post i will be talking about my scene printing process for my tow prints that i made i draw two of the band members  dale and Jordan 

i stated buy drawing two of the band members and then used a special type of paper called  coder. i stated buy drawing my images in three pasts i have done it this way to have a three colour pallet .then i used black ink to cover the imager.

then i repeated then same process with the other design i will be using 

and this is how it look i use blue pink and yellow with this print and i also made my imager offset to give it more of a 80s hairstyle disco style.

this is what one of my prints looked like after i added it to my poster design.

large poster process

large poster process....

This is one of my poster designs from working in the print room and i am going to talk you though the process of how i achieve this design.first step i draw a simple face outline on to so coder paper then i used the same process that i used on my small prints.after mapping out out the imager i used a small templet of the design i draw then mapped out colours that i would come to use.

after i was happy with the planing my process i moved on to prepping my screen with the design then a draw the image with the colours of my choosing.after i was happy with the colour choose i placed black over the imager then pulled the back ink over the image and this was the out come  i was really happy with the over tern out.of the design and i really like how textier really complements the design. 

drawings process 3

Drawing Process 3....

after playing about with different drawing styles i was happy to move on to using colour the process i used was masking off the back ground and then adding coloured ink in to the mix after adding the ink peeled the masking tip off it give the work a type of bored and really happy bring the image out. it was a really cool process to use and will probable be one i will use again in future work.

i used the same technician like the lasted one with the masking tip but i also played about with shapes and placing them around the image used red pen to make the shapes stand out .   

drawing concept 2

drawing concept 2...

page 1

after loosening up my draw style i have found that this way  of work  really works well and i am happy with this outcome and will continue to develop this style and posable try to develop it with colour...

page 2

after developing the drawing style that i was really happy with  i starter drawing the members of the band but i was  really drawn to dale the voiceless for the amazing sneak heads something thing about the expressions he gives when he sings is cool but creepy at the same time.

drawing concept 1

some after looking at artist really that really  inspired me  i started drawing some designs in my research i look in to the world of tedd boys and that furled my design i start with drawing some really simple faces. but put key thing like sunglasses and smoking to  give the face a character.

with the band being called the amazing sneak head i also started drawing half sneak heads to mirror witch i could use for a logo but its early day.

after drawing faces i moved on to drawing sneak i thought with the band being called the amazing sneak heads i experimented with drawing a lot of sneak but i didn't really like the i dear of using sneak with my concept so i desired not to use them with my work...

i moved on to illustration to the  songs and seeing if i can come up with a concept the the songs that have really inspired me are here it comes again/i'm a vampire/nighttime/flatlining.the song i was most inspired buy was here it comes again and i feel that could be come a big part of my work.

after getting some feedback on my work i could see that my work was becoming to much like tattoo work so i really need to experiment with new ideas and posable colour time will tell