Tuesday 29 April 2008

Still a load left.

CD work
This week has been a tiring one, the most stress I found defiantly came from creating the CD work. The reason being that it took me ages before finding the right effect / amount of editing that I would be happy with.

In the end after much debate I decided to go for my first and last designs. The first was using a picture then creating an effect called cubism, this involved cutting out squares in a picture rotating them and putting little shades and edits on each piece. This was of cause very frustrating and took a lot of time but I think the end result looks good thus meaning it was worth it

My last design was something of a test of patience, it was to browse the internet for various tutorials on water and make my own image from manipulating the original factor. This in some ways took just as much time as the cubism method mainly, because of the research involved. The amount of research made me very tired most nights but it paid off in the final design making the overall affect look quite good, however there was still a little dissatisfaction for me as I did not like the end result as much as the cubism one.

New Font

To go with the Cd work I needed to find a new font that stood out and really made me think “Wow that’s good” however as the weeks went by I struggled to find the correct font which would make me smile.

However after intense research into fonts I found one which had some grate potential for my logo, however I did not see it working so well on the Cd design. The font is called LotusFlower and it is a free download at dafont.com.

So with much eager ambition I went to Steve with my designs, this turned out to be the best mover ever, mainly as then I found out about the font called avant guard, I really like this font it stands out and also is clear and easy to read making it the perfect font for my Cd work.



Flight Plan

This week was also a success story as I managed to complete my flight plan, I have been holding off doing the flight plan for ages thinking it would be hard, as much of my research showed people using software to complete there flight plans. But after the list we did on Monday I felt I knew what to do, this was helped along by a re lecture on print which included a lot of information that we would all need to no. I my self am glad the lecture was retold as it allowed me to think about the flight plan with a clear mind.

I did struggle at first but I kept typing and ended up with a list of things the printer might want to no which was the flight plan. Although I had some errors I still managed to get it done.

Work to be done

Although I feel I have accomplished a lot this week I know I still have a long way to go. This week I am aiming to get most the work complete as to stick to the original time plan which was to have all work complete 1 week before the hand in date.

I think overall my biggest struggle is going to be placing everything into Indesign without no trouble, I have heard / found out that when saving in EPS (ie the logo) there can be some difficulty when transferring the logo especially if you have it with a solid colour.

The Font still needs changing to avant guard.




This is my last design however i still think it needs a lot of work doing on it to make it industry standard.

5 comments:

Tom Smith said...

I like the concept for the first design using the squares over the photos. However, I'm not sure about the spine. It just looks a bit random and out of place. I think with a Digipak® it's always nice for it to all flow together nicely.

I'm also glad you're going to change the font, as I think the current typeface is just too standard and boring. As I've said to someone else this week, I think we need to use the print unit as an opportunity to explore different typefaces.

Greg Carrick said...

I’ve also found this week quite stressful and from the same reason, the CD artwork. As you know it took me a long time to choose a design for the CD Digipak® and I’m still not fully happy with the design I’ve chosen. It doesn’t seem to sum up what the music suggests to me, so it looks like I’ve got quite a lot to do this week, since I need to vastly improve my idea for the CD Digipak® or come up with another one.

Like Tom said and I mentioned before, I think you should try something different with the spine. That and the other changes you mentioned will really finish the design of and leave it at a high standard.

Webomatic said...

I know what you are saying about the spine, I have currently changed it to a black colour although it still looks slightly out of place. I think in I will end up making it a black cubism affect that way it will get the same feel across.

If you’d like to see my designs and how I have altered them visit: http://www.thecraigdomain.co.uk/forum/.

I know what you are saying about the correct design Greg I did about 4 in total then chose my final 2 and even they need improving but hopefully I’ve done enough to them this week.

Thanks, Martyn

Victoria Fisher said...

Your CD covers look really good. I like the cubism one, I don’t know if they are but the photos look like they were taken from the same location just at different times which creates consistency in the CD cover design. It would be good to see the ideas you have for the inner of the CD cover and the CD.

When I first looked at your second design I thought you had just got an image from the Internet, but when I read you had done the water effect I thought that was excellent as you have done it good.

Liam Corfield said...

If im honest, I really like your water effect, but it doesn't go with the theme of your music, but the "cubism" design is great, its a good design that goes with the name of the artist. and as tom said, the spine doesn't suit the design.