CD Cover Print Screens

Print Screens of my CD Cover Development 

This is my first print screen where I have started devolving my idea; I opened adobe Photoshop; and began to design CD cover. I made a rectangle and filled it in with the colour black; I then created a new layer so that I could begin my design and start aligning, it correctly to make sure that my final design is all symmetrical, I created guides that automatically go across vertically and horizontally on my page.

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I then installed a font online called Park Lane, as their are many sites online, which allows you to install fonts which suit what you are tiring to design. I used 'font squirrel'; as it is a good site for finding fonts. Once installed I selected the font in Photoshop, I then typed out the name of my brand in that font.  

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Then I began to add more type, in a new layer, again in a similar retro styled font which I again found online and installed. 

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I also added other effects such as the inner glow this made the text

look more three dimensional, and made the silver stand out more against the dark background that's why i chose the colour white for the glow, and gave it a large 'range' of '71%'  so that it stood out more. 

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Here are some more effects I completed for my type, here I have added the lending option, as well as the inner and outer glow effect setting which give the type a more three dimensional effect. 

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This is a print screen for the adjustments, I made to my type layers, in order to give them a metallic looking effect. I did this by selecting the layer of my type, and right clicking on the 'blending options'; which allows me to make such changes, so that I can give the design its silver effect. I changed the structure and fill of the type by adding a gradient, using silvers and whites and increasing the occupancy to its fullest. All this contributes to the silver type effect. 

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Here I have added a slight drop shadow again giving the font more depth and structure making look more three dimension as if it really was metallic. 

   

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This is the final outcome for my effects on the type as you can see it looks good against the black background, and has a clear metallic effect, I also added a gold effect using the same techniques as the silver but a different gradient. 

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I then began to make the shapes for the background pattern, I did this by using the 'shape tool' then selecting the 'rectangle tool'. Also to make sure that the width and dimension of all my lines where the same. I would make a new shape each time but just 'Ctrl c' and 'Ctrl v' the previous line I made; then just rotate it into the correct position. 

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I carried on making new shapes and duplicating them; and transforming the so that i did not need to make them again. I then added a metallic effect to the shapes the same way I did to the fonts. I also had the original Great Gatsby design for inspiration, as something to work from when I was designing. 

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Another print screen showing my process through making my CD cover design.

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Here I have made some line effects by make lots of thin lines, then adding the metallic blending effect to them the grouping them together to make a more three dimensional looking effect. 

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I have added more lines to make the design look more complex, and more original then the Gatsby Design, once I was happy I reflected this design by copy and pasting it i.e (Ctrl c & v ' ing) it.  Then transforming it so it was on the opposite side of my canvas; this was effective as I did not need to re-make that part of my design, all over again.

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This is some further development of my CD cover design. I have began to focus on the top half of the image, and have started adding more lines and filing them with the gold metallic blending effect I had made. 

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Here I have added a more complex pattern, by overlapping and connecting lines; after I had finished this shape. I duplicated it then reflected it so it was symmetrically aligned with the other side on my canvas. 

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This is what the design had began to look like as I developed, it you can also see there are some light blue lines across by design, theses are rulers and alignments. I have emplaced these so that I can make sure, that my design in symmetrical, and that it is all aligned correctly.

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Here I have selected a few layer of the lines and shapes I had mad on one side on my canvas so that I can reflect them; I did this by going on 'edit', 'transform' and then 'flip horizontally'. I then have clear reflection of the pattern I made, this saved a lot of time. 

This is my final fully developed CD cover design.