Sunday, 11 September 2016

FP: Digipak Production Task



For the image of the artist on this digipak, I used a photograph I had taken on 35mm film.
I wanted to isolate the artist and the lower parts of his surroundings, so that I could add in a background.


In order to do this, I used the magic wand tool in Adobe Photoshop to remove the majority of his surroundings. With these out of the way, I was able to zoom in further and refine the edges of the remaining image using the eraser tool.


With the image of the artist isolated, i then began creating the background. To do this, I gathered three separate images, also shot on 35mm film. Employing a similar process as before, I isolated various parts of the backgrounds of each of these three photos, and placed the individual background sections to fill the background of the original image. The result looked jumbled and in-cohesive, so i used the blur tool the merge the edges of each individual background. The ensuing result was a smoother and more fitting background, that seemed almost as if it could be part of the same original images, while simultaneously incorporating a range of environments and colours.

Finally, for the text I researched early album artwork of the artist Mac DeMarco and found that he often used minimalist classical fonts. Therefore I selected an appropriate font from the range of Photoshop presets, colouring it white to contrast the overall darkness of the image.

I feel the vintage aesthetic of this cover fits well with the genre and artist, while the colours reflect the mood and romantic style of the album. This leads me to conclude that using 35mm film for the final digipak would be an appropriate decision.

1 comment:

  1. Useful exercise in photoshop although the font could be more creatively presented. You need to add the comments to go with this post.

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