Album Cover Design Ideas

Album Cover 1
One of my initial album cover designs was to have the band name covering the majority of the cover, with a still image of the band members within the letters. This will have a very plain colour scheme outside of the letters, most likely a plain background, and coloured text. However inside of the letters there will be a lot of colour, contrasting the plain cover, along with the artists, allowing us to sell them to the consumers, making the cover more engaging with the audience. 

The mock version I made below is used to demonstrate my idea, and give an impression of what the final version will actually look like. For this I simply used a still image I had of the girl from our music video, and a large font that was able to fit the face in while still allowing the audience to see what it is.

Album Cover 2

The second album cover idea was to have a very conventional cover, with the album name largely shown at the top, with the band members covering the bottom and centre of the cover, giving direct address to the audience.

This draft version below shows my idea; 3 people standing side by side, trying to sell them to consumers. In the real version I would expect them to have a more unique costume,  composition and facials expressions to help them stand out and portray the band image more closely. The background is a plain bright colour, however I added small particle effects to help fill the background and make it look fuller and more lively.

Album Cover 3

We also had the idea of having a tie being the main focus of our album cover, with the band name written in the stripes. This is due to our lead singer wearing a tie around his head, as such a tie would allow the audience to identify and relate the singer to the album cover.

In the draft the name of the band does not curve with the bends in the tie, as such for my real album cover I would have to research how to distort the text to make it look more natural and flow across the creases in the fabric. 

After making the album cover I learned how to make the text flow with the curves of the fabric. This will make the album cover look more professional if we were to use this idea, and nicer to look at.