The student conducted research on graphic designers in the album artwork industry. They delved into the personal values and lives of designers like Hugh Syme. The student's work was inspired by Syme's artwork for Rush albums like Hemispheres. They also researched the alchemical symbolism in Clockwork Angels. For their piece Transition, the student argues it fits with concepts seen in album artwork from the 2020s and late 2010s of a common concept. The document discusses planning, time management, technical qualities, aesthetic qualities, audience appeal, and receiving peer feedback on their project. It provides feedback from three peers on what they liked and improvements that could be made. The student summarizes what they agree and disagree with from the peer

1. Evaluation
Kieran Johnson

2. Research
• The research helped me in that I delved into a deeper understanding of
the personal values and lives of graphic designers within the industry of
album artwork. I’m in the idea that my production was heavily inspired by
Hugh Syme’s work for Rush; I feel the cartoon-ish art present in Cat and
Moose does bare similarities to style that Syme undertook for the original
artwork for Hemispheres in particular, and the alchemical symbolism of
Elementals I was educated on through Clockwork Angels, although the
artistic stance I had in mind and produced for that one is more derived
from Daniel Tremonti’s work on AB III (which I did research on an anatomic
level).
• Comparing to the other two, Transition may seem to be more of an “on-
the-spot” piece, although I’d argue that the end result does fit in line with
a common concept I noticed when researching through albums in the
2020s and late 2010s, where there appeared to be a

3. Planning

4. Time Management

5. Technical Qualities

6. Aesthetic Qualities

7. Audience Appeal

8. Peer
Feedback

9. Feedback 1
• What did you like about the product?
• What improvements could have been made to
the product?

10. Feedback 2
• What did you like about the product?
• What improvements could have been made to
the product?

11. Feedback 3
• What did you like about the product?
• What improvements could have been made to
the product?

12. Peer Feedback Summary
• What do you agree with from your peer
feedback?
• What do you disagree with from your peer
feedback?

13. Peer Feedback Summary