The document describes the process of creating artwork for a CD cover in Photoshop CC, including the front cover, back cover, and inserts. For the front cover, the artist cut out an actor from a music video screenshot to create a silhouette, then duplicated the layer and added text and a shape box. The back cover uses the same font and box with a simple spine and discreet barcode. The background is consistent to recognize the album. Inserts list songs and feature layered, opacity-reduced photos. Intertextuality between the video and cover was created through painting references.

1. Information:
The CD front cover, back cover and booklet were all created using Photoshop CC. I
created several different practice pieces but was left unhappy with the results until I
created my final pieces.
Above is an example of a practice CD front cover, back cover and an insert that I made also in
Photoshop CC.

2. Front cover:
The reason I chose this design was to create
intertextuality between the video which involves shots of
an artist creating a painting which contains lyrics to the
songs chorus.
In this screenshot you can see that
the layer 1 provides the background
for the whole picture.

3. In this screenshot, you can see that I
used the pen tool to essentially cut out
one of the actors in the music video
from a screenshot taken from the
music video to remove him from the
background.
Once I had successfully cut him out into
a silhouette I was pleased with, I then
duplicated the layers in order to create
this effect. Then I added the text and
created a box using the shape tool
which left me with the final product.

4. Back cover: I also used the same font and box created
using the shape tool on the back cover to
make sure the CD cover remained
consistent
The spine I
chose to leave
simple to
prevent the
cover
becoming too
overpowering.
I added a barcode in the
bottom left corner to make
sure it was discreet and
wouldn’t distract the
consumer from the rest of
the back cover.
The background
art is also the
same as on the
front cover in
order to add to
consistency and
so that the
consumer can
recognise the
album from
seeing this
artwork.
I created the production company ‘Throne
Cinema’ and therefore they would hold the
rights to this album.

5. Inserts:
The inserts consist of the songs listed on the back cover and a few photographs that I edited by
layering and reducing the opacity on photoshop CC.
Songs:
The reason I chose the paint brush
background was to create consistent
intertextuality between the music video
(having an artist) and the CD cover.

6. Album artwork: