Booklet

For my booklet, I chose to have it in the size of 8 x 14 cm. This size is appropriate so that it fits in perfectly within the CD case.
Previous attempt on making the booklet bigger wasn't successful hence 8 x 14 cm were the preferred size.  The booklet would consist of six pages which contains lyrics and self edited images which I would create my self.

These images are the prototype for the booklet that will go into the CD case. As you can see it is very small. I also wanted this booklet to be small despite the fact that a bigger booklet would fit in properly in the case but also that its small and handy.

<--- A comparison of size against a pen.

The booklet will be held together by staples, I decided to use this rather than the other methods I experimented earlier on because it's more secure and strong to hold the booklet.

Inside the booklet

inside the booklet there will be three song lyrics and three images that I created my self which relate to the lyrics or the artist. 

On the front cover of the booklet, I chose to put the dispersion effect of the silhouette walking away with the artist name beneath it.

On the first page, the lyrics to " Talking to the Moon" is shown. I chose this song because I enjoyed the lyrics and rhythm of the song. Title is also something odd. hence on the second page I decided to put the image of a previous image I created which included the moon like so:

On the middle two pages, I will have the lyrics to Grenade spread across two pages.

On the fifth page I  chose to have the image of someone playing the piano to represent "The Lazy song".

Finally, the back of the booklet will consist of stars and the list of songs included within the booklet along with bar code.

Development of Photos

I got inspired by the artist Adam Sund who has come up with this tutorial in youtube.
 On the left is a photo I took of me holding a guitar and wearing a suite. I did so to imitate Bruno Mars which later on I developed into the image on the right  .

I used Adobe Photoshop to cut out my body shape and then I imported the image into Adobe Illustrator to make the silhouette.


I then took it back to Photoshop to play around with the image. I found out how to make a dispersion effect on you tube  I then adapted this into my own image which gave me this final outcome. I like this effect because it's messy. It makes the image look a bit old and warn out which gives off certain characteristics.

Again I wanted to make a silhouette using this image I took my self. I wanted to use the me holding the guitar to imitate Bruno Mars and have the background with stars and the moon. I thought of this idea because I wanted it to relate to one of his songs I want in this album, "Talking to the Moon". 

Process:
I took my self out of the original image.
I turned it into a silhouette, adjusting the levels for the threshold and make the guitar look a bit worn out.
I took an image of the starts and put it behind the silhouette as a layer and the moon as another layer in front of the star layer. This was quiet simple and easy to make. In the end I found the outcome was very well done. People enjoyed this new image I created. Therefore I wish to use this as the poster.                                  

Typography

these are some attempts of creating the front cover title of Doo-Wop and hooligans. I tried to include the logo but that I found didn't work well. I also tried to change the first letter of the name so that it can become a iconic image that someone would remember.

The chosen typography I prefer is highlighted within a square. I combined my logo with the name to form letter mark. I thought this would be a good idea as it's simple and can also justify as another logo or icon which can be remembered.

Here is another experiment I attempted, I wanted to link the album name to the era of "Doo-wop".


Doo Wop was a type of music which was more or less rhythm and blues. This was formed in African American communities around 1940 which then hit the mainstream in the 50s and early 60s. This form of music was very common within those era.  Many famous cities like New York and Chicago were full of Doo Wop music.

I searched what typography was like back then, I then came across dinner lights. Dinners were popular places people used to hang out and outside, neon lights flashed bright so that the dinner would get the peoples attention. So, I thought about incorporating this this idea into the my front album title.  Although, there were some drawbacks to this, to make this typeface work, the background had to be darkened so that it would seem like a real neon sign. This caused a few problems with the colour of cover and the image that gave off. The background image was now darker which gave off a dark sad effect, this didn't fit in well with the music that Bruno Mars has.

initial Ideas

these are some design ideas for the front cover for the CD case. There are also some that i developed using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.

first prototype

These images show the first prototype for the package, many ways of making it function was developed here, for example for security, magnetic tape was used to secure the case. Also the first attempt in using the newly adapted mechanism to hold the poster and booklet at the top.

What makes a good album art work

Here are some ideas of what I think makes a good album art work

Development of final package and net

 Along side my research into packaging, I stumbled upon this type of packaging which I found to be very different to any other package. It was a very interesting concept that makes up the idea of how the CD is portrayed. For instance, when you open this package, the CD raises. This caught my attention and wanted to incorporate this concept into my final design.

 Here's the first experiment I tried. I tried to incorporate the mechanism into the fold of the current design of the CD case.

Its was a successful attempt which worked well and it was able to hold items.

I then made the final net for the inside layer with the width of 37cm and the height of 25cm. This was the inside layer of the CD case.

Finally this is the outer layer for the CD package with the width of 31 by 21.