Other Album Covers

For my research I decided to research some existing album covers which have already been in the charts to give me some idea off successful albums and what the front cover looks like to help me with my ideas.  To find some off the most recent albums cover or the most popular ones i typed into google images the top 40 albums and I chose three off them to write about.

I chose this album to look at first because it is very simple it shows a member off the band on stage this photo could have been taking whilst they where on stage performing, the writing on this album cover is very bold and plan but it stands out and catches your eyes as the name off the album cover is in colour and the rest is in black and white.

I like this album cover because it is in your face and bold which will catch your eye and you would likely remember this cover than the one above, as the one above it very plan. With this album cover it looks fun and interesting it will make you wondered what the songs are like on it if you haven't heard any off them before.

I like this album cover of Christina Aguilers even through it is literal, i think it is vey different to other peoples album cover. This makes it stand out as it different and if u was to see it on a shelf in a shop you would stop and look at it because it draws you in and it is very different to what Christine Aguilers normal does.

Gaussian Blur

Gaussian Blur allows you to blur a photo as much as you want.

To get this effect on photoshop click on filter, then scroll down to blur then click on gaussian blur.

How To Use The Spot Healing Brush, Healing Brush and Patch Tool

First off all select the spot healing brush, move it to the area you wish to heal and click, it will automatically get rid of any blemish.

This tool doestnt work very time, if u use it near an area of skin with different colours for example near hair or eyes

The healing brush is a better tool to use as it allows you to select a sample point to clone from. You do this by holding down the Alt key and clicking the mouse to select a refrence point.you can click and drag acorss the area you want to repair, it can look strange but when u release the mouse it will blend the effect together so it won't look so strange.

Once you have made a repair then go to edit, then click on fade healing brush. Bring the opacity fade bar to 80% or whatever suits the image you are working on. this way you can retain some of the original image.

The patch tool is essentially a lasso tool. you select the area to be repaired by drawing round it.

Four Ways To Convert Colour To Monochrome

The first way you can make your picture black n white is to click Image, scoll to mode and then to grayscale then click okay.

The second way that you can make a photo black and white is to click on image then scoll to adjustments and then click on desaturate.

The third way that you can make your photo black and white is to click on image then go to adjustments, then click channel mixer. after that u change the colours percentages: red 80%, green 20% and blue 0%.

For the fourth way to make your photo black and white, click on image then go to adjustments then scoll down to hue/saturation and change the level off - hue, satuation and lightless untill you are happy with the final outcome.



Lyrics to a song off the New York Dolls album

I have been looking at some off the lyrics from the New York Dolls album and this one inspired me the most because i feel now everyone is having botox and tucks so they are changing their appearance and the song is called Frankenstein, they say Frankenstein is made from different humans, this is how i got my idea for my album cover with two pictures on the front one being a face with dots ready to have a tuck/botox, and the other one which will be after the tuck/botox.

Lyrics to Frankenstein :

Something must have happened over Manhattan
Who can expound all the children this time
Could they ever, could they ever
Expect such a Frankenstein, Frankenstein
I remember when you were jammin'
You worked at 'em and any of them
There was never nothing you would eve understand
But you know who was there to be your master
Making his demands and plans
As though he's making his friends
And when those plans they don't mix your style
You get a feeling of your own ordeal
That's when he starts calling you, wow
Bud, you just don't know what to do
So now you come around here
And you're trying to take over the town
Just because of back home, baby
Oh, he puts you down
Oh, baby, how he puts you down
I know they put you down

So now, you're off starting 'round here
Here you ask and demand
In a place where they don't expect nothing
You're trying not to dirty your hands
When asking you as a person
Is it a crime, is it a crime
For you to fall in love with Frankenstein
Is it wrong, could it be wrong
Wrong, baby, don't you want a friend
Cause you're trying to be so selective
You never realize the whole time
Who's the one you're loving
Misunderstood like a Frankenstein
And down, down, down, just go just down
Like Frankenstein, like Frankenstein

So now you're telling me
What everytime you can get down home
Well don't you know there's place, it is my home
So where am I gonna go
You know, when you don't expect nothing
You know, when you're not alone, you know you're not alone
Cause something must have happened over them higher
Who can expound all the children this time
Could you ever, could you ever
Expect such a Frankenstein, Frankenstein, Frankenstein

And all this shoes are too big
And house jacket's too small
How you don't know Frankenstein, a Frankenstein
We're asking yu as a person
Is it a crime, is it a crime
For you to fall in love in with Frankenstein
Wrong, could it be wrong
Baby, don't you want a friend
Well, Frankenstein, oh, Frankenstein, Frankenstein
You're gonna get it, you're gonna get it
You're gonna get it, from Frankenstein
That's what I'm gonna shout about
Gonna scream about, I'm gonna shout about, scream about
Scream about, shout about a Frankenstein
Frankenstein, Frankenstein, Frankenstein

New York Dolls Original Album Cover

This is the album cover of the New York Dolls album, when I was looking at their album covers they was all pretty much the same it was just off them sitting around together. This seems boring to me as they could make it so it has something to do with the name of the album or make it a bit more interesting than them just sitting around.

Sketch four

For my final album cover idea, I came up with the idea of dressing a girl up so she looks like Barbie and the make up is the same too. In the photo I want to get the girl looking at the doll, to give the impression that how she wants to look.

Sketch Three

For my third album cover idea I came up with idea of having two pictures on the front one of a women with dots on her face as if she was bout to have a face lift and these was the bits she was having tucked. The second photo will be of the women after she has had her tuck/Botox so her face is smooth and has the plastic affect.

Sketch Two

My second idea that I had was to get a posh/well off girl to stand in the countryside around some trees like a forest so it looks like she is out off her comfort zone and it's a contrast to her typical style of living.

Sketch one

For my first idea I sketched a tall building with a young girl in front of the building but as if she was really tall too, so I might take more than one photo and put them together so that she is tall. To make her stand out and so that see didn't look really small against the building.