Unit 3 Evaluation

Final Piece- Arctic Monkeys CD digipak

I really liked the design I made for my screen print so I decided to include this in my final piece. Also, I decided to use my spray paints that I made but instead of them being coloured, I changed them to black and white and added the Halftone pattern used on my front so there was repetition throughout the pages.

I then did the same techniques to the rest of my pages, and added coloured circles- to add repetition from the colours on the front and back- to the pages.

I used the same colours as the text colours for the circles using the colour dropper tool.

This is what my design looked like at that point.

I then started added more text to my design to make it look more like a digipak.

Here is my final piece.

My Scamps

Screen printing

I decided to use the main singer in this picture (Alex Turner) for the front of my screen print design.

Using the selection tool, I cut around Alex Turner so I ended up with just this. I cut around him roughly instead of neat because I thought that it gave a good effect. I then desaturated the image and used the effect half tone to give a retro dotted design.

I then started to add text, at first I decided to use the album name 'AM' but I realised that it was hard to see the image behind if I used that name.

After thinking of different songs and album cover names, I finally decided to use the song 'Crying Lightning because it aligned easily with the band name.

I changed the text colour to pink and blue and multiplied it so it gave a purple colour when placed over. It was hard to see the text in front of the image so I had to change the opacity of the photo so it was easy to read.

I then changed the placement of the image to the right as I thought it looked better there. I considered white space as I didn't want my design to be cluttered.

When designing the back cover I decided that I wanted to use the full picture of them on the back. I used the same halftone pattern that I used on the front to include repetition and I copied the Arctic Monkeys text on to the back. I arranged the songs into a pyramid pattern but then  changed this design because I realised that there were 2 alignments going on.

I preferred the lightness of the image which I included on the front, so I adjusted the opacity of the image. I then realised that if I used the same colours and typefaces of the text on the front that would include repetition and I wouldn't need the name of the band on the back. I increased the size of the text and liked the way it went of the page.

Here is the design of the front and back album cover that I am going to screen print.

I then separated all the different colours of my design and changed then to black.

After changing all the separate colours to black, I then printed the design onto acetate and place it over a screen with light sensitive paint and left it over night.

The screen reacted with the paint and looked like the above so I placed it over a piece of paper and layered the ink onto the screen pressing down firmly.

This was the outcome which I was very pleased with. I did the same process for the other 2 colours. I mixed the ink my self to create the colours I wanted. By adding extender it altered the opacity of the ink which is what I wanted.

Here is the end result of my screen print. I was extremely pleased with the outcome.

Second Emulation

I chose to use this image for my emulation as I thought it would look great as a CD cover.

I then cut the image out so there was no background and used the effect halftone pattern. I also experimented as I liked the effect of copying the cutout and placing it behind.

I made a CD sized page and copied the image onto it changing the background colour to the same as the original. I added a large orange graphic for the back cover.

I then added a texture to the graphic.

I added a smaller star shaped graphic on the front.

I started to add things that are included on a CD cover like the barcode, spine title and songs.

At this stage my design was starting to look like a real CD cover.

I made some final adjustments such as adding 'Arabella' to the front of the design and adding more texture to the text.

Here is my final emulation.

Second Copy

This was the image that I chose for my second copy.

The first thing I did was to look on the internet for a photo similar which included one of the members of the Arctic Monkeys. I came across this photo of Alex Turner.

I flipped the image so Turner was facing the same way as the model in the original design and cut out the background of the photograph.

To create the effect similar to the one on the original, I used the halftone pattern effect on photoshop so it created a dotted effect.

I changed the background colour to the same colour as the original.

To recreate the star shaped graphic on the original design, I had to make it in Adobe Illustrator and the copy and paste the graphic back into Photoshop.

I changed the colour of the graphic an placed it into the correct position. I then started to add text. I found my chosen text of 'Dafont' and it is called 'BigNoodleTitling'.

I copied the text, changed the colour to the same colour as the background and place it behind the dark text. It created this effect.

I needed to create the same grunge effect that was on the graphic so I went online and looked for Photoshop textures and altered the colour and opacity and placed it over the graphic.

I added other things to the design such as more text and graphics.

I forgot to add text to the larger text, here is the copy.

Experimenting further with Stencil Spray- Monochromatic