I didn’t like the cover for the recent Depeche Mode album.

So I listened to the music.

And did my own.

Think spot varnish orgy.

Is that wrong?

WRONG.

Haroon Al-Qahtani cd cover

..just completed a cover for artist Haroon Al-Qahtani. Free download at http://bit.ly/4sOoLo

Well for my photography/design class we had to create a cd cover and I came up with this:

I used www.picnik.com for the edit and font. The album name is NomNomNom, and the artist (Me) is KatyyKaylerr.

I have to design 3 more, so I’ll post it soon :]

Peace xx

Jobbet med cd-cover, logo og plakat for et band – jeg jobbet med artisten og bandet Johnny Kahlua og her er hele prosessen dokumentert.

Oppgaven

Steg 1 i arbeidet med denne oppgaven var å lese gjennom oppgaven slik at jeg til en viss grad vet hva jeg skal lage for artisten. 1 Logo, 1 cd-cover for en singel, 1 plakat, og et pdf dokument som forklarer de visuelle designelementene og hvordan de skal brukes (en designprofil). Det skal jobbes i CMYK og det er naturlig å jobbe i 300 dpi siden dette er elementer som er ment for trykk, det er likevel spesifisert at innlevering skal skje i JPG som er et tapsformat og vil ikke kunne lagres i samme størrelse som arbeidet gjøres i da det ville oversteget det maksimale lagringsområdet som er tilgjengelig for innlevering.

Artisten og møte nummer 1

Artisten jeg valgte ble valgt fordi jeg kjenner han fra før og det var raskt og enkelt å få kontakt med han, Johnny Kahlua er frontfigur i bandet med samme navn. Jeg fikk ikke ordnet møte med han før på Mandags kvelden noe som tok en bit av den tiden jeg hadde tilgjengelig, eneste jeg gjorde før møtet var å se på noen fonter og muligheter for logoen, jeg kikket og på hans tidligere album cover og andre artister med liknende lydbilde sine cover.

Jeg møtte Johnny etter øvingen til bandet på Mandagskveld og forklarte oppgaven for ham og at han skulle nå være min ”klient” og derfor og sette krav som om det var en slik situasjon og ikke bare en venn som hjelper en venn.

Det første vi snakket om var logo, jeg foreslo å bruke navnet med minimalt med andre elementer noe som han var enig i og han selv kom opp med en ide om å føye en bokstav fra hvert navn inn i hverandre, 2-3 kladder på dette ble skriblet ned før vi gikk videre.

Jeg spurte om det var en spesiell låt som han ville jeg skulle jobbe ut fra med tanke på singel cover, svaret her kom raskt og inkluderte et syn på hva han så for seg, låten ”Beneath the Sun” (tittelsporet på albumet med samme navn som ble sluppet for 2 uker siden). Her så Johnny for seg et spedbarn som ligger på en klippe over et hav i stekende sol, han ville at det skulle være en situasjon som fikk den som ser det (om det var virkelig) til å ville løpe å redde dette barnet, stikkord han selv brukte her var ”varmt” og jeg la til stikkordet ”forlatt” selv for å ha et par ord å gå uti fra oppå selve ideen.

Når det gjelder plakat ble vi enige om at vi ville gå for noe enkelt gjerne i svart/hvitt og plakaten skulle kunne med enkle endringer bli en standard plakat som kunne brukes til flere enn bare en konsert eller en type konsert.

Arbeidet med logo og cd-cover

Det aller første jeg gjorde når jeg kom i gang med arbeidet på tirsdag morgen var å opprette 2 illustrator filer for henholdsvis logo og cd-cover. Det neste jeg gjorde var å finne frem skribleriene fra møtet med artisten og så tegne for hånd noen skisser av coveret, samt spørre om råd fra andre om hvordan det ville se best ut.

For å ikke kjøre meg fast i cd-cover delen byttet jeg over til logoen innimellom, på den måten får ideer og tanker tid til å sorteres for den ene delen mens jeg jobber med den andre. Jeg så tilbake på skribleriet fra møtet og fant ut jeg ville prøve å la den fremre foten til ”h” i første navn fortsette ned for så å bli en del av ”h” i det andre navnet, jeg brukte dafont.com for å finne font, skrev inn navnet Johnny Kahlua i forhåndsvisnings boksen slik at alle fonters forhåndsvisninger ble vist med det navnet. Det endelige valget ble Bauserif som jeg syntes så bra ut uten noen endringer. Jeg satte opp tekst og føyet de to bokstavene sammen, videre eksperimenterte jeg med farger og ytter-linje. Etter andre møtet med artisten på Onsdagskvelden ble det bestemt at logoen skulle ha kun en fast farge og denne skulle helst være svart eller hvit alt etter bakgrunn.

Logoen ferdig:

cd-cover hadde jeg egentlig flere muligheter for å få til, men siden jeg liker å være opphavsmann for mest mulig av det jeg lager selv, så ble et rent foto vanskelig, fordi jeg da ville ha plassert et barn på en ren flate (studiobakgrunn) og tatt bilde, samt tatt et av en klippe sett mot havet for så å sette sammen disse i photoshop, jeg kjenner ingen som har barn i passelig alder og jeg trives heller ikke med å jobbe med barn, to grunner til at jeg dyttet denne metoden fra meg. (resultatet ville likevel vært interessant å sett).

Årsaken i forrige avsnitt er grunnen til at jeg valgte å lage det hele i vektor grafikk og tegne al sammen selv, Jeg tegnet en klippe, hav, himmel, sol og en ”bylt” som skulle se ut som en unge inntullet i et klede, dette resulterte i at det var vanskelig å se at det faktisk var et barn når jeg viste det til andre elever og lærer. Jeg fant derfor et bilde av en naken unge og tegnet med frihåndsverktøyet i illustrator denne ungen.

To versjoner av dette første utkastet med ”ny” unge ble laget, den som er vist nedenfor og en som var en god del lysere i fargenyansene, igjen viste jeg versjonene til andre og basert på stikkordet ”varmt” ble den lyse versjonen utpekt til å være den som gav mest inntrykk av varme og at ungen var i ”fare” og var forlatt.
Den ”mørke” versjonen:

Så den lyse versjonen ble foretrukket av de som så på denne, samt læreren kommenterte at lyset eller refleksjonen fra en sol vil alltid komme rett under solen, derfor ble og refleksjonen flyttet mer til venstre i de neste versjonene.

Jeg ble og gjort oppmerksom på verktøyet ”flaretool” i illustrator som jeg da brukte 3 ganger for å få til lyseffektene som jeg brukte på de neste versjonene. Her er resultatet etter tirsdag:

Cd-cover dag 2 av arbeidet

Dag 2 og jeg fikk vist arbeidet fra tirsdag til andre mennesker og en annen lærer, noe som gav andre meninger som gjorde at resultatet ble en god del bedre enn hva jeg hadde håpet, det ble forslått å bruke mønstre og bilder av for eksempel tapeter til å få til litt bevegelse eller mønster i bildet og også få det til å passe mer til Johnny sine tidligere cover, dette resulterte i at jeg fant noen stein/fjell teksturer som jeg brukte på klippen, en på det lyse området og en annen på skyggen. En på sola og en på den øvrige bakgrunnen, den på bakgrunnen fant jeg på en astrologi side og resultatet ble spennende syntes jeg, små justeringer og oppsett i InDesign ble resten av dagen bukt til før jeg viste resultatet til Johnny senere på kvelden (onsdag)

Her føler jeg at jeg må forklare coveret jeg har laget, jeg har laget coverdesign til en 80 mm cd plate (mini-cd) fordi det bare er 2 sanger på platen og det er ikke nødvendig med en vanlig cd, coveret er designet fro å trykkes på gjenvunnet papp. På bildene har jeg vist hvordan det skal se ut om det var et trykt produkt, cd’en er festen inni den 4 siders ”innlegget” og all plast har blitt overflødig, coveret lukkes med en konvolutt flipp fra forsiden som festes i en flik på baksiden (dette designet har en svakhet så det vil være bedre å feste med en liten borrelås i stedet for designet jeg har levert).

Artisten var strålende fornøyd og mente og at han nå måtte gi ut denne som fysisk utgivelse.

cd-resultat forside:

Plakat

Kunden Johnny Kahlua ville ha en enkel plakat som kunne brukes til mye og i svart/hvitt for å senke trykke prisen. Derfor lagde jeg til oppgaven en rask plakat med 3 deler, 1 del til logoen, 1 til bandbildet og den nedre delen til tekst om konserten eller hendelsen som er aktuell. Til oppgaven satte jeg og inn cd-coveret i plakaten. Resultatet:

(konsert tider er fiktive)

Etter innlevering har jeg og laget en plakat som jeg baserte i større grad på cd-cover grafikken.

Jewelry from Cocoo.se, SNÖ of Sweden, Friis&Company and Didi

One of the most important things when working as a stylist is to always have options. It doesn’t matter how much you love one item, nothing says it’s going to work (or fit) when the day of the shoot comes. So it’s better to have too much than too little and find yourself with little or no options when the shirt, dress or skirt you that looked fabulous on the rack looks like a mess on the model.

Above is some of the jewelry I have borrowed for the shoot on Sunday. The girl I am styling is a neosoul artist and the style we’re going for is kind of ethno/african/soul-ish. Think Lauryn Hill/India Arie. The girl I’m styling doesn’t like gold jewelry, so as you can see I’ve chosen silvers over golds and mixed in some earthy tones and colors so I have options for spicing things up if I need to.

I’ve also got somewhere between 50-80 tops and dresses to work with. So like I said, a lot of options so that I’ll be able to put together something that satisfies both me and the artist (client) on Sunday.

Pure Sound. Music woofer with halftone wave in four different colors. Useful as cd cover, party flyer, background or clipart for your website, blog, etc… See all previews and download links further this post. Have fun using!

I was asked to came with an option for the new cover for the album of Cleopatra Stratan … for a Christmas Carols CD cover …. I guess I’m not that in the mood for Christmas … so this was what I came with ! Actually I like it very much … but I guess they had some other expectations ….

I think I’ll get back on my old habits and start shooting all over bucharest early in the morning and late at night …. this might be a good idea!

We Created a Experimental band and we design experimental CD-cover holder too.

It’s available  on 9 November at Fat-festival No.9 also you can contact us via e-mail or myspace.

http://myspace.com/1000excellent

try!!

Keys describes her new CD:

“The music is really strong, and the drums are really aggressive, but my voice is vulnerable and delicate. You can feel your freedom and express your freedom in every way you possibly can, and that’s what I did with this album…The sound of it is very different—it almost feels like you’re flying…It takes you there. It has that piano, heavy-drum feeling. But the song touches you in this way—you dream of having all these things, you dream of going all these places. But what’s the point of doing that, having that, if the one you want to be there isn’t with you?”

All the following works have been created for personal use only.

Every logo and all the graphic details have been created by me.

If you want to contact me please write here: lorenza.dona@gmail.com

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Tutti i seguenti lavori sono stati creati solo per uso personale.

Ogni logo e tutti i dettagli grafici sono stati ideati da me.

Se volete contattarmi per favore scrivete qui: lorenza.dona@gmail.com

Below is the final version of the CD Cover i created for the Ancillary Task. The CD Cover was created using Paint Shop Pro 9 with a number of effects and is the Cover for the Single which is the song which im using for my Music Video. The Cover has the same Theme as the Poster, as the Poster will be advertising the CD.

The first Cover is just the cover i made and the second Cover is the Cover on an actual CD Case so that we can see how it would look if it was a real CD for sale in a shop.

Click on the pictures to see them larger.

Name     Time     Album     Artist
Giant Steps     4:47     Giant Steps     John Coltrane
My Favorite Things     13:47     My Favorite Things     John Coltrane
Round Midnight     8:30     Winter In Europe 1967     Miles Davis
Rated X/Billy Preston (Bill Laswell Mix)     14:34     Panthalassa: Miles Davis 1969-1974     Miles Davis
Solitude (Alternate Take)     4:44     Money Jungle     Duke/Mingus/Max Roach
April in Paris     8:01     MONK     Thelonious Monk
‘Funny Beautiful’     5:18     Kind of Blue? live     Miles Davis
Olé     18:12     Under the influence     John Coltrane
Mademoiselle Mabry     16:36     Filles De Kilimanjaro     Miles Davis

Jazz.
A frightening word to some.
But it needn’t be. With a little bit of time and a pair of open ears, you too can be transported into a sensuous, shining, intelligent and limitless world where moods change, ideas are welcomed and instruments really speak.
Like anything really satisfying in life it might seem complicated compared to your usual diet, but it’s more than worth the trouble. So jump on board and let me be your guide to thing the call Jazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz….

We start our voyage with John Coltrane, building on a theme (like a chorus in a pop song) and then really flying at some speed but never making a mistake.
After this fizzing whizz through the city, we have a play around with ‘My Favourite Things’ the song from Mary Poppins with swings, rolls and bounces on a sea of sunshine.
Jazz at its most accessible.

Next up we get into Miles Davis: a magician. This is live. Starting slowly we suddenly slide into a complex world of shifting beats and labyrinthian solos.
This is a deep wood, unknown territory which gets darker, funky and electric. Wah wah guitars and Indian drums are stalking. A melding and mashing of rock, funk and world music where smoke swirls and sex is in the air.

You’ll feel a bit muzzy by now a and you’ll need the crisp, clean cocktail served up by a Duke no less. Duke Ellington and friends show us a different, more urbane style: a dash of blues, onto a pouring of show tunes, all lightly stirred to perfection by those nimble fingers.

Would you like a bit of romance? Here’s Thelonious Monk, a witty, funny, silly and friendly man to walk us round ‘April in Paris’. The way his piano skirts around and underneath the other players and the tune is one quite lovely. See you’ve got the spring in your step again, the sun is shining and a coffee on the Champs-Élysées is on the cards. C’est Magnifique!

Miles is back and now he’s in his role as seducer. Eloquent as a love letter, as soft as holding hands, as calming as glass of wine.

Now we’ve had a good rest and a drink or two, let’s kick of our sexy shoes and dance.
An irresistible beat raises up from our seat.
We are charmed into a torrid tango and doesn’t it feel fine!

After frugging with the beatniks, man, it’s time for BED. Miles wrote this for his lover and you can certainly feel it.

I’ll leave you now, hopefully with a smile on your face, and some memories to treasure. I’m glad you took the time. And remember fellow traveller, watch out for the jazz police; they watch out for you.

Yours most sincerely
Trevor x

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Apple’s Icons on screen

Example Apple’s Icons

Except the Love Story CD cover that I and Amplifier designed for Spicydisc then we also got the illustrate from the back side of itself to made icons for free download. All of them have 8 Icons.

นอกจากที่ผมกับคุณ Amplifier จะออกแบบปกให้ทาง Spicydisc แล้วเราก็ยังได้เอาภาพประกอบหลังปกมาทำเป็นไอคอนให้ลองโหลดกันฟรีๆ ไปใช้เล่นกันอีกด้วย มีทั้งหมด 8 ไอคอนด้วยกัน

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Graphic design and illustrate by Stylebless & Amplifier
Photo by Oom (Aperture Group) & Oul

Love story in stores

Eventually released the album Love Story by Spicydisc. It has long been made. This is a job that cooperate with Amplifier. In this album has a small collection of artists such as Pun Pibulkit, Nui Viriyapa, Oon Raorungfung, Kif Monotone, etc. With the content of this album is related to love like the name of this CD album so cover has been interpreted from a ball in a variety of apple that is like the symbol of love in different aspects.

ในที่สุดก็วางแผงซะที กับอัลบั้ม Love Story จากค่าย Spicydisc ที่ทำไว้นานมากแล้ว งานนี้เป็นงานที่ทำร่วมกับคุณ Amplifier ซึ่งภายในอัลบั้มนี้นั้นได้รวบรวมศิลปินรุ่นเล็กรุ่นใหญ่ไว้อย่างมากมาย อาทิเช่น พี่ปั่น-ไพบูลย์เกียรติ์ ,พี่นุ้ย-วิริยาภา ,ออน-ละอองฟอง, กิ๊ฟ โมโนโทน เป็นต้น ด้วยเนื้อหาเพลงในอัลบั้มนี้นั้นเกี่ยวเนื่องกับความรักดั่งเช่น ชื่อของอัลบั้ม ปกซีดี นี้ จึงถูกตีความออกมาเป็น ลูก apple ในแบบต่างๆๆ ที่เป็นเหมือนสัญลักษณ์ของความรัก ในแง่มุมที่ต่างกัน

First step : Trial and Error

Second step : Do it for real

After the prosecution’s interpretation of this album has already arrived at the steps. Initially, the most important thing is not to do covers, but a decorative device that will still shoot scenes for a booklet in this album which has not much time so factory fire must begin almost immediately. In section of interior equipment scene, Amplifier took almost responsibility. For me, I did the plenty apples in the picture above. In addition to apples to see above it also has other much whether a pair of three-dimensional apple, Giant apple red and green, Apple glass and more.

หลังจากตีความโจทย์ของอัลบั้มนี้ได้แล้วก็มาถึงขั้นตอนการทำ ช่วงแรกนั้นสิ่งที่สำคัญที่สุดไม่ใช่การทำปก แต่เป็น อุปกรณ์ตกแต่งฉากสำหรับถ่ายภาพนิ่งที่จะมาทำเป็น booklet ภายในปกซีดี ด้วยเวลาที่มีไม่มากนัก จึงต้องเริ่มเปิดโรงงานนรกแทบจะทันทีทันใด ซึ่งในส่วนของ อุปกรณ์ตกแต่งฉาก นี้ได้คุณ Amplifier รับผิดชอบซะส่วนใหญ่ ส่วนผมก็ทำไอ้ลูก apples เยอะๆ ในรูปข้างบนนั้นล่ะคับ เล่นเอาเหงือตกกันไปข้าง ซึ่งนอกจาก apples ที่เห็นข้างบนนั้นก็ยังมีอย่างอื่นอีกหลายอย่าง ไม่ว่าจะเป็น แว่น apple สามมิติ, Apple ยักษ์ สีแดง แล้วเขียว, กระจก apple และอีกมากมาย

Prop. design

After have done various devices, next step was taking the photo that process is pretty tangle because in the day is taken, we needed to join with music video team which is to feel like Cinderella but very lucky, Oom form the Aperture Group had came to take the photo of artist in the booklet for me so everything seem much easier.

หลังจากที่ทำ อุปกรณ์ต่างๆนาๆ จนเสร็จสมบูณ์ แล้วนั้น ก็มาถึงขั้นตอนการ ถ่ายภาพ ซึ่งก็ทุลักทุเล ทีเดียว เพราะว่าวันถ่ายนั้น เราต้องไปแอบถ่ายในกองมิวสิควีดีโอ ซึ่งก็ให้ความรู้สึกเหมือนลูกเมียน้อยมากๆ haha โชคดีได้ คุณอุ้ม จาก Aperture Group มาถ่าย ศิลปินใน booklet ด้านในให้ ทำให้อะไรต่อมิอะไรดูง่ายขึ้น

Behind the scenes and Some examples from the booklet

When everything was completed. Arrived at the most difficult step was to do a cover, it must be that so many-sided. so it was essential to make it in 3d which I haven’t done it before.

เมื่อทุกอย่างเสร็จสมบูรณ์ ก็มาถึงขั้นตอนที่ยากที่สุดนั้นคือการทำ หน้าปก ด้วยมันจะต้องมีเหลี่ยมที่มากมายนั้น จึงจำเป็นอย่างยิ่งที่จะต้องขึ้น 3d ก่อน แต่ด้วยทำ 3d ไม่เป็นก็ต้องมั่วๆกันไป ลองดูตามภาพแล้วกันคับ

First step : Trial and Error

Second step : Do it for real

After the completed, it was time to take the photo again. This time, the photographer Oul came to help me . He helped me to the full. He set up his house to be a studio in order to take the cover shot. Firstly, I think that it will take just a few time to completed but it is not.

หลังจากเสร็จสมบูณ์ตามรูปแล้วนั้นก็ต้องมาถ่ายกันอีกแล้วครับ คราวนี้ก็อีกเช่นเคยคับได้ ช่างภาพ อุล มาถ่ายให้ อุล เต็มที่มากถึงขนาดจัดชั้นด่านฟ้าบ้านเค้าให้เป็น studio ถ่ายทำกันเลยทีเดียว ตอนแรกนึกว่าจะถ่ายแปปเดียวก็เสร็จ แต่มันไม่ใช่อย่างนั้นนะซิคับ เพราะกว่าจะได้ภาพที่ผมถูกใจก็กินเวลาไปเกือบค่อนวันเลยทีเดียว

Cover shot

Back cover shot

When all completed. The next step is printing. In the first place when I  talk with the printer. The cost of cover is very expensive so I needed to talk with him again in order to find which way that is suitable and to be able to reduce the price down. With relatively close to the time required so I needed to redesign immediately.

และเมื่อทุกอย่างเสร็จสิ้น ก็มาถึงขั้นตอนสุดท้ายนั้นก็คือการส่งโรงพิมพ์คับ ตอนแรกที่ไปคุยกับโรงพิมพ์นั้น เค้าตีราคาปกนี้ออกมาแพงมาก จนต้องเข้าไปคุยกับพี่เค้าอีกรอบ ซึ่งก็ต้องหาวิธีกันว่าจะต้องทำยังไงถึงจะสามารถลดราคามันลงมาได้ และด้วยเวลาที่ค่อนข้างกระชั้นจนถึงกับต้องแก้แบบสดกันตอนนั้นเลยทีเดียว จนในที่สุดก็ผ่านพ้นไปด้วยดีคับ

Prove’s Checking

Studio 54 experimental background cover design. Based on the famous New York City Broadway theater and former discothèque. Useful as cd cover or as design background for your creations. Have fun using!

“Outside My Window” – Welcome Bony / Hanifah Walidah – 2008