CD Cover

CD Cover

For this week brief I have been asked to design a cover c.d. of my choice. I had so many songs I wanted to chose but I decided on Travis McCoy - Billionaire as it is one of my favourites. I thought the best idea was to go out and about for this brief instead of staying in the studio.
With the songs name being Billionaire and lyrics rapping about money I thought of the lottery. So I went and got some lottery ticket and scratch cards to take photos of. After many attempts I was still not entirely happy with my images even after post processing them.

First Attempt



Second Attempt 

I wanted to create an image that look like someone had just won the jackpot on the lottery and they are looking happy and excited, but after glancing at this image I have found the composition is all wrong. I am still not happy with the image after editing.

When setting up my camera I had taken a few test shot to get the correct exposure, these images were much better then my original ideal as they were more interesting.

In lightroom I applied a black and white preset and increased the blacks to give a scared vulnerable look. Then in Photoshop I added to text and cropped the image to fit a cd cover.



I tried out two examples for this song title The Recluse, I have chosen the first image to summit as I think it fits the brief best. I am happy with the outcome of both pictures than I was with my first thought.