Typography

To get an idea of what style of typeface that I wanted to create, I drew out different letters in various techniques and styles. From this I could then see what worked well and what didn't. I liked the dry bush lettering the best as it gave an artsy but bold look to the lettering. 

Digi Pack Analysis

Colour Schemes

Complimentary: 

Monochromatic:

Triadic:

Poster Draft

First I chose an image and used the Magic Wand Tool to get rid of the background. I then created a bright pink background by using the Rectangle Tool and added a yellow circle by using the Ellipse Tool. I changed the blending mode of the model to multiply.

I added an artistic filter to the image to give the effect that it had been drawn or painted.

I then added the text using the text tool. I typed in the artists name and duplicated it so that I could make one bigger to use in the background. I changed the blending mode of the bigger text to 'Multiply so that it became faint against the background.

If I were to use this on my digi pack, I would add more layers of paint and scribbles to give texture and then maybe overlay a few of the lyric illustrations to give it a more detailed and interesting aspect to the poster.

Here is the finished piece:

Paint and Ink on Images

I decided to try layering paint and ink onto images. I did this by painting thick blobs of paint into my sketchbook and drawing the outline of photos in ink and then scanning them into the computer after they had dried. After that, I imported them into Photoshop and altered the hue and saturation to make them brighter. I then used the Magic Wand Tool to get rid of the background so that I could layer the paint over the images of the model.

Digi Pack Cover Draft

To start my draft, I imported an image of my model into Photoshop. I then created a large pink circle to sit behind her and imported an image of some paint that I'd scanned in earlier. I changed it's blending mode to Hard Light. 

After that, I changed the image of the model to a Halftone Pattern and then added the title of the album in a dry brush font. I increased it's size to contrast against the image of the model. 

I then continued to add more layers of texture, including smudges of paint and ink splatters that I scanned into the computer. I changed their colours to contrast against one another and then added some of Lucie Birant's work to see what it would look like to add some more detailed and delicate illustrations to juxtapose the bolder block colours. I think that it worked well and I would add my own drawings if I used this idea in my final digi pack.

Drafts

Here are my drafts for the front cover of the digi pack:

 Here are my drafts for the back cover of the digi pack:

Here is my final draft for the whole digi pack: