Inside of CD: First Version

This is the inside of my CD cover before I have asked for feedback from my lecturer.

Creating back of CD cover

Process: 

Back of CD cover: First Version 

Progress

I have now completed my poster and the front of my CD cover, however I do wish to ask my lecturer and peers for their opinions incase any minor alterations can be made. I have also added to my pinterest in order to gain inspiration for the rest of my CD digi pack and will now begin to create the back cover.

Alterations to poster

left image: after edit 

I decided to edit the outline of my artists hair again as I believe that it ruined the final appearance of my poster.

I done this by using the 'Lasso tool'. After cutting out the photograph again I noticed that the outline of my artists hair appeared white. By using the 'clone stamp tool' I filled in those white areas with other parts of her hair. As I was essentially cloning hair onto a white background I had to use the 'Eraser tool' to tidy up the edges.

before 

after

This is my poster before I have asked for lecturer feedback. 

CD cover: First version

 

This is my CD cover before I have asked for lecturer feedback.

Aims for todays lesson

• I need to make a few alterations to my poster, experimenting with the fonts style and also rearranging it. I also wish to edit my main image, by making it sharper and cutting out the my artists outline again to make it neater. 
• I am struggling with my CD cover at the moment, I have made alterations yet still feel unsatisfied with the layout. Thus, I am going to research more CD covers in order to gain inspiration. 

The appearance of my CD cover at the moment: 

I decided to ditch my vintage, wallpaper like background as I wish to incorporate roses into my cd cover so it goes together with my poster.

















Layout experiment:

My initial idea was to fill my entire background with roses by duplicating a layer which contained a rose then rearranging it around my artist. However, it became apparent that the roses were too overpowering and detracted the attention away from my artist. 

Progress updated

At the moment I have rated the outcome of my poster as a 7. However, I do wish to improve this by preforming these particular steps: 

• I wish to edit the main photograph of my artist. I believe that using the spot healing tool and readjusting the levels slightly would make an apparent improvement.
• There is too much black space underneath 'Dakota Harper', therefore I am going to move the magazine quote to fill it in and maybe make the main image larger.
• I am going to experiment with different fonts for the text which is at the bottom.