Today is quite possibly the shortest journal entry I have ever posted. This is merely because it is reading week, and through out the week so far I have been working on my CD artwork. Through out the week I have hit certain complications in software which has held me back a little. This is to do with installation. I have tried to re-install relevant software but Windows been the pain that it is, is disallowing my attempts saying I don’t have the relevant privileges. The funny thing is, I own the hardware and I am the administrator. But I intend to get back on track over the week and hand in the assignment completed and on time. So to all of you that are going through the same as I, I wish you good luck in this final assignment of the college year. And I will see you in college on Monday.
It would be a great help if I could gain some feedback for my current CD artwork. My apologies for the CD outer not containing the emit logo. I will sort this in the week when I have resolved the software implication. My artwork can be found in the directory of http://www.j-browne.co.uk/a7
Things to do for this week:
- The usual weekly comments.
- Problem solving with software application issues.
- The amendments of my CD artwork (if any)
- The addition of the emit logo to the CD artwork outer.
- The input of the assignment in to InDesign.
- And finally the evaluation.
skip to main |
skip to sidebar
Online Learning Journal
12 comments:
I'm really not sure about the back of the CD cover just being a gradient. To me it just seems like there was nothing else to put on there so you've just whacked that on. Personal preference though, I guess.
I also think you need to free up the text a bit on the inner. Maybe sort the text out into paragraphs that make sense to you. It all seems a bit clumped up at the moment.
I agree with tom, the text on the inner needs to be paragraphed, it looks bad when its just a big clump of text put onto it, the back of the CD does look a bit blank, it may need something to give it a bit more life.
Thanks for the comments guys. What I am proposing is that In corporate the upper blue text of the desing on to the back of the artwork. Have the lower black text of the design on the innder. And I think I will be losing the gradient.
John the design is coming together, however needs some refining. Have you thought about extending the white line across the back to the CD, this should balance the text better.
If you are intent on using you text as a block, why can’t you design it as silhouette of one of the buildings from the cover?
Your CD case is looking good. I think it looks good now that you have changed the light beam bigger again and the way you have put the artist name within the letter looks good.
Your CD back and front cover looks really good, the only thing that I can really comment on is the text on the back. In the seminar meeting we talked about the text not been too big as it could look a bit patronizing.
Your CD cover has come a long way since you original idea, I think you have done really good on this task for developing your work.
LOL, Funny thing is that.. The large burst is actualy a mistake from using an older version of the design. I am actually going to use a small glare which I'm sure most of you will have seen already.
Thanks for all the feedback up to press.
Typical Windows just when you need it to work, it decides to play up and be a pain. Hopefully you can get it sorted quickly.
I’m not sure what else I can say about you CD design, everything I’d have said has been said before. I really like the design and after some amendment from the feedback it should look great.
Just a few small things.
I would change the copyright text on the CD body to a sans-serif typeface. Serif typefaces will can cause problems at smaller sizes due to the serifs and it doesn't really match the rest of the CD artwork.
The other thing is that I would move the inner text to the bottom as I don't feel it currently has enough contrast.
I think your digipak outer has a good presence with your bold use of typography. It would definitely stand out on a display shelf.
However, there area couple of things with i would change to improve it further; firstly the actual image of the light bulb bothers me, it looks a little like clipart! I think you're light burst graphic is strong enough to stand alone, or possibly just add a glowing sphere in place of the bulb.
Secondly I'm not too sure about the album name's placement on the front. It breaks the horizontal flow of the image and also interrupts the light burst. I would try re-positioning it as a solid black typeface overlayed across violet text at the top.
I think your digipak outer has a good presence with your bold use of typography. It would definitely stand out on a display shelf.
However, there area couple of things with i would change to improve it further; firstly the actual image of the light bulb bothers me, it looks a little like clipart! I think you're light burst graphic is strong enough to stand alone, or possibly just add a glowing sphere in place of the bulb.
Secondly I'm not too sure about the album name's placement on the front. It breaks the horizontal flow of the image and also interrupts the light burst. I would try re-positioning it as a solid black typeface overlayed across violet text at the top.
Thanks guys, I am realy appreciating this, all the feedback is a huge godsend. Keep it coming guys and the designs will be altered asap.
Post a Comment