ALBUM COVER ART DESIGN
Album covers are like any other vehicle, they are a means of illustrating a story |
Before you start your design process
Key components of designing your cover
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3. PLANNING & SKETCHES
This is the stage where you begin to put your ideas onto paper and map out different sketches. Thumbnails are small quick sketches of your different potential designs. Art directors, storyboard artists and graphic designers, as well as other kinds of visual artists, use the term "thumbnail sketch" to describe a small drawing on paper (usually part of a group) used to explore multiple ideas quickly. It may seem like you are working backwards because you'll moving from the computer to paper, but in reality this helps you get those ideas out into the open and you can see what might work. |
4. PROTOTYPE & DEVELOP
Your design will demonstrate you understand how to use the following Photoshop Tools and Features:
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