Sunday, 9 February 2014

CD developement

For my CD the original idea was to just use the characters created for the music video itself but when I started experimenting with compositions of the characters on the CD case I wasn't sure about how it looked, I didn't think they suited being on the front cover even after coming up with a new design image featuring the lantern used in the video (This image was created by drawing it onto paper first and then scanning the image in and using a graphics tablet to enable me to draw it digitally to create a smoother and clear finish to the image).
First initial ideas: 

Looking into the fonts I decided that a script font would suit the album more, as with the song being acoustic it has connotations of it being more personal and emotional to the audience. Along with this, the lyrics are written as if they are talking to their lover so with script font it looks like its Handwritten and almost written like a letter to their lover.
Examples of possible fonts:
I started a new possible idea for the album which including using a drawing of a candle on the front with the text 'I will follow you into the dark' and when the album is opened There is a drawing of the candle being blown out to match the idea of the text in the front. I still plan to include the characters in the album in some way but I want the main focus to be on the candle, which is being drawn to match the idea of the video being animation.
Start of drawing of the candle using a tablet to allow for finer detail:


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