My album cover mock ups.

1. Album Cover Mock Ups
I have decided to make some album cover
mock ups to experiment with my skills in
Photoshop. I used some of my existing
photos and just edited them then used a
couple of different fonts I like that I
could use on my own product.

2. For the first mock up, I decided to use a photo from my
photography work which I thought would look good if I
blurred it. To do this, I first went on filter then
converted the file for smart filters. After doing this I
selected motion blur (one of the many options out of the
blur section) and I selected the angle and how much I
wanted it blurred, which I can see in the preview above
before I press ok.

3. I then cropped the photo into a square, so it looked like
an album front cover. I did this by using the crop tool
which you can see above. I then pressed ok for the
cropping and you can see the result on the next
screenshot.

4. I then got one of the fonts from
the options I looked at and deleted
the white background so it was just
black text. I did this by using the
magic wand tool then selecting the
colour white then just clicking
delete. This then got rid of the
white background and I was able to
drag it across to the photo. I then
did the same with the album name.
Below is the final result.
This is the final result for
my first mock up. I really
like this and I think the text
is good because it stands out.
The only problem is if this
were a real product, the album
and artist name is quite
difficult to read at some
parts because it is in black
so I would have to change the
colour of it with it being on
such a dark background.

5. As I said, if this were a real product, I would have to
change the colour of the black text to make it more
visible. I decided to try this and use my Photoshop skills
to do so. I first got the paint bucket tool so that I
could fill in the album/artist name. I then clicked on the
colour picker so I could choose the colour I wanted. As
this is just a mock up, I decided to just choose the
colour white. I then pressed ok and was able to fill in
the letters.

6. I used the paint bucket
tool after choosing the
colour white to fill in
the black text. I did
this on both the album
name and the artist
name. Below is the
finished result.
This is the second mock up album cover. I
think this looks a lot better to the first
because you can actually see the text this
time so you are able to easily make out what
it says. If this were an existing product I
think it would be successful because even
though it is basic, I feel as though it is a
nice simple look and would work for an
upcoming artist. I like how the background
is blurred out, making the text the focus of
the album. Obviously these were only mock
ups so I haven’t included all the
conventions but if this were a real product
I was making I would know to add all the
other things to follow the conventions.

7. For this mock up, I
did similar and used
a blur effect but
decided to change it
up a bit and use
‘radial blur’
instead. On this one
you can’t preview how
much it will blur but
I decided to just do
it subtly as I hadn’t
done it before.
This is the finished
result. I obviously
followed what I did for
the text on the previous
screenshots to get the
text on. I really like
this one and even though
it is quite simple, I
think it still stands
out due to the colour.
When showing my friend,
he said it reminded him
of the existing artist
Miguel’s album
‘Kaleidoscope Dream’
album cover. I find this
really interesting
because I wasn’t
intending for it to look
anything like an
existing album.

8. This is another of my
mock ups. I took this
photo in New York and I
think it looks really
simplistic. I decided to
edit this by using
colour balance. I played
around a bit with the
colouring until I was
satisfied with a colour.
As you can see I
experimented a few times
with the colour red and
also a green/blue
colour.

9. As I said, I experimented a bit
with the colour until I was
satisfied and I really liked this
blue colour so I decided to use
it. I then followed the same way
to edit the text and then added
the text to the photo. Below is
the finished result.
This is the finished result.
I really like this one as I
think it looks really
professional and therefore
good enough for an existing
product. The only thing I
would change about it is
probably the font size as
normally albums have either
the artist or font name a
different size.

10. This is the final mock up and was
the most technical. This is
something I am looking at doing
for my own product. To do this I
got the brush and then went on
colour picker. The blue colour
and the pink colour signify the
sex of the person’s hand. As my
video involves a boy and a girl
as love interests I thought this
was a good idea. Also, the song
is called ‘Hold On’ and the hands
look as though they are fighting
to hold on. I then got the brush
and coloured the hands in. If I
were to do something like this as
my real product obviously I would
try a lot harder to make it look
more professional.