The document describes the design process for the inlay, front cover, and back cover of a music album. For the inlay, the artist's black and white image was enlarged and duplicated, lyrics were added, and lighting effects were used. The front cover used multiple copies of the artist's image at different opacities to create a reflective illusion. The back cover featured a ruined wall image and bright lights in the corners to convey the artist's down to earth atmosphere, with consistent typography and positioning of text elements based on research.

1. Creating Inlay design: Here I added a simply grey background then placed the image
of artist on the background, changed it to black and white then altered the
brightness and contrast. I then doubled her face and enlarged it to create a more
interesting image – I then added a bright white flash to help blend the image and
background. I then added the song lyrics to ‘the gospel’ along with some light effects
to create the inlay background design

2. Creating Front Cover design: Firstly I
filled the background layer with a
grey colour, similar to the inlay , to
keep the consistency in CD image I
then added an image of artist on
one half of the canvas – then edited
the colours, brightness and contrast.
I then copied and flipped the image
to create a reflection type style to
reflect the ‘reflective mood and
songs’ of the album. I then copied
each side two more time changing
the opacity of the image each time
to create a ghost/ illusion like
design. Furthermore to add the
artist name/logo I designed in adobe
illustrator and finally album name
‘hopeless intentions’ on a slight tilt
to re-create a hand written/signed
effect

3. Creating Back Cover design: Firstly I filled
the background layer with a grey
colour, similar to the inlay and front
cover , to keep the consistency in CD
image I then added an image of a ruined
wall to reflect the ‘down to earth/ real’
atmosphere the artist wants to create
about her album. I then added a border
and again bright white lights/flashes on
each corner to create a more interesting
design - and help show the more
‘popular/star’ side of the artist. Moving
on I then added the album name to the
design in the same typography used in
the front cover to keep image
consistency and simply changed the
opacity to not make it so dominate.
Furthermore then added the label
logo, track names, again in the same
typography as album name, and lastly
album production and legal information
at the very bottom in a smaller font size
due to its importance to a fan of the
artist and conventional positioning I
gathered from previous album cover
research.