2. Lesson 1 – Monday 23rd August
What have I done What I have learned
This lesson I received my During the lesson, I had
genre of music, which was learned that I should expand
‘disco’. In the lesson we on my planning. This can help
me in the later stages when I
brainstormed and made a
have a wider variety of
mood board to help us with
understanding and knowledge
ideas and planning skills to work from.
Why I did it Next steps
We made a mood board My next steps will be to
to help us set the theme review my mood board to
of music, and get the expand on ideas. I will also
feel of the genre which review previously made
we had been assigned. album covers of ‘disco’
genre
3. Lesson 2 – Monday 30th August
What have I learnt
What have I done I learnt to familiarize myself
In this lesson, I with the tools on Photoshop,
improved my skills on such as making text 3D. I also
Photoshop, testing out learnt how to use a gradient
different techniques effect as the background using
which were new to me. more that one colour at a
time.
Why I did it
Next steps
Working on Photoshop
For my next lesson, I hope to
was a great advantage as
make a start on the procedure of
I was able to see the
making an album cover. As my
effects it did which many
planning is already done, and I
other software's were not
have made a mood board, it will
capable of doing.
be simple for me.
4. Lesson 3 –Monday 6th September
What have I done What I have learnt
In this lesson, I did some I have learnt a variety of new
research into seeing techniques on Photoshop,
tutorials for techniques such as editing the quality of
photos, creating funky texts
and effects which could and cutting out the outline
be helpful on making of images to make them
my own CD album stand out. All of these
cover. aspects I will try and use for
my final CD album cover.
Why I did It
I searched up and watch Next steps
video tutorials so that it My next step after finishing
could give me ideas on and note taking the
designing my final
techniques which are
product. It was also
great help for helping relevant in for my final
me come up with effects album cover is to apply that
and techniques which I knowledge to my actual
didn’t already know. final CD album cover.
5. Lesson 4 – Monday 20th September
What I have learnt
What I did
I learnt many new
In this lesson, I started techniques such as
with my album cover,
referring back to notes adding shadows and
made by looking at the backdrop effects to
video tutorials. I also texts. I also leant from
did the title and the tutorial how to
inserted it in. insert pictures without
backing colours.
Why I did it
Next steps
I did it because I needed to
finish the CD album cover My next steps for next lesson is
using affects which I had to complete the back of the
learnt. It also had to be album cover, which can
relevant to my genre which somehow connect to the
was disco, so I tried using a front album to. They both
lot of colour and ‘groovy’ must be relevant to ‘disco’
font. theme.
