The document summarizes the process of designing album artwork, a poster, and merchandise for a tropical music album. Key steps included designing a black background with tropical leaves, adding rectangular frames for text, choosing fonts, and editing elements like logos. Photoshop tools like the magic eraser, marquee, and stamp tools were used. The final designs were intended to look professional, match the tropical theme, and appeal to the target audience of men and women aged 15+.

1. Production Reflection
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2. Process
• In this screenshot of my work, you can see that I have designed the
background using a solid black background. I then removed the
background of the leaves and then inserted them on top of the black
background which made my final background for all of my products. To do
this I used the magic eraser tool, which selects a single block colour and
removes everything which is that colour. I then used the same tool to
remove the background colour of the logo from Spotify and apple music. I
decided to remove the background from all of these different images
because it makes my overall final product more professional and
aesthetically appealing.
• I also made a rectangular outline in the middle of the album cover and at
the top. I have done this, because in the middle of the rectangle I am going
to include the name of the album and information the album. I did this by
using the rectangular marquee tool. This tool enabled me to make
rectangular shapes as thick and how ever long I wanted so that I could
make them in to a square on my album cover. I though that this was a good
tool to use for this because I was quickly able to make a thin rectangle
which I could fill in using the paint bucket tool. This was very quick and
simple to do which saved me time when completing more complex
elements in my work.
• To complete this background for my final cd cover, I chose to use the
program Photoshop, this allowed me to use all of the tools which I needed
to complete my final products.
• I personally think that my audience will like the beginning layout of my
album cover. They will be able to tell that my album is going to include
tropical genred music because of the background which I have designed
includes big tropical forest leaves which is what make the album look
tropical.

3. Process
• In this screenshot of my final front cover you can
see that I have taken time to choose the correct
font for my work. I used the website Da font and
spent a good amount of time choosing my font. I
finally chose this font because I personally think
that it suits the tropical theme of my album
cover. I then downloaded the font into
Photoshop so that I could use it in my work.
After writing the title I then moved the different
words in to multiple different positions so that I
could find the best layout for my album cover.
• After inserting my text on the front of my album
cover, I decided to use the stamp tool to fill In
any gaps from when I edited the leaves, I also
used the eraser tool to cut out any mistakes on
the CD cover. I did this so that my final album
cover was finished to a professional standard.
• I personally think that my final front cover for
my album looks aesthetically appealing to me
and my target audience which is one of my aims
to complete when I finish this project.
• My audience will like this stage of my process in
making my final album cover because took time
in decided which font to use. I finally chose to
use the font Mistral which I think perfectly
matches with the tropical genre of the album.

4. Process • This is a screenshot of my final back cover for my
album. I used many different tools to come out with
this full competed back cover. One tool which I used
was the rectangular marquee tool. This tool enabled
to place a coloured layer over the the back ground in
a specifically chosen place. I then used the opacity
tool to change how see through the layer is. I then
decided to change the blending options for the layer
so that I could alter the colour slightly to represent a
different between the front and the back cover.
• I also used the magic wand tool helped me to remove
the background for the “compact DISC digital audio”
logo. This has made my overall back cd cover
completed at a higher standard.
• I think that this back cover looks very nice, the way
that I have chosen the colour of the tropical leaves
match the colour of the background. I also like that
fact that I have not included a lot of information on
the rear of the cd.
• I think that my audience will like this process of me
creating my rear album cover because you call tell that
I have used the the same background as I used for the
front of the album cover however I have added a
linear light over the top of the original background
which think has changed the overall design of the
background, it is very vibrant and eye catching, which
means my audience will be able to spot out my CD
cover from others.

5. Process • in this screenshot of my work, you can see that I
have designed the main background and have added
basic features such as the ' tle and sponsers. For the
background I used the gradient tool which alowed
me to alter the background so that it faded from
dark grey to a lighter grey. I then used the paint
bucket tool to fill in the shade if grey in the middle in
white, ehich I think has made my bacground for my
poster look very effec' ve and finised at a proffesinal
standard.
• I also used the pollygon lasso tool to go around the
background of the spo'fy and apple music logo
which was a quick change to my work which made
my poster look a lot more appealing and completed
to a higher standard.
• I also spent a lot of time choosing a font (Mistral). I
took a while deciding on my final font because I
wanted a simple but but very aesthetically appealing
font which is unique to my poster.
• My audience will like this process of my final poster
because of how modern it looks. I have chosen to
design a very simple layout and background, in my
opinion I think that doing this makes my poster look
modern which is one layout which my audience
wants to see which I found out in my answers in my
questionnaire.

6. Process • In this screen shot of my finally finished poster I
used many different tools and techniques. One
technique which I used was using the blending
op' ons tool. I went through the posible op'ons
and ablied a stoke around the outside of the image
of my album cover. I then layer via copied my
album cover and decreased the overall size of the
cover. I did this so that there was a gap between
the image and the stoke, which I personally think
that it has improved my over layout and poster.
• I aslo used the magic wond tool which I used to
remove the background from the black 5 stars. I
chose to do this so that my postrer would look
more proffesinal and I also this it shows that I
understand the layout and presenta'onal features
used in posters.
• I think that this poster will appeal to my aaudience
because it is very simple however effective. This will
appeal to my audience because my audience is men
and women aged 15+ this mean that this audience
will be interested into my poster because it includes
information which is expectable to this age range.
• My audience will also like this process of me
designing my final poster. You can see that I have
inserted my final album cover into the middle of the
poster, this will help to genuinely advertise my
album. I think that my audience will like the overall
layout of my poster because it is very simple and
modern.

7. Process • This is a screenshot of my final merchandise logo on
one of my black hoodies for sale. To create this logo
for my merchandise I simply copied my final CD front
cover and edited it slightly to have a finished logo for
my merchandise. I firstly removed the sponsors such
as Spotify and apple music from the bottom left of
the album cover.
• I then removed the artists names along the top of the
cover so that I was left with just a plain cd cover with
only the name of the album on the logo.
• I personally think that this is a hoodie which will sell
well because it is has a modern design, which means
that it will be in fashion. I also thing the design and
layout of the hoodie is very aesthetically appealing.
• To design this hoodie I used the website RedBubble,
this allowed me to create my clothes with my album
logo on the front of my merhcnadise.
• My audience will like this design because it is the
same design as my album cover. My audience will also
like how simple the design layout of the hoodie is. My
audience will also agree with colour of the hoodie
because it matches perfectly with my album cover,
the colour doesn't change the the theme of the
album because black is a very mutual colour.