CD Cover drafts

Note that the figure in the smoke was an image taken from the Internet for draft purposes.

This was an experiment to test how I could use brushes to create a more dynamic image. However, it isn't a very exciting or relevant image, so will not be experimenting further with this.
I quite like this image, as I feel the use of light create a very abstract and new effect, although acknolege that it is too dull and empty to consider any further.
This is the same image as the one above it, only not inverted. Although I like the use of colour and lighting, it is very simple and has no depth to it, which prevents it from taking on a professional CD cover look.


These rough images were created with a similar technique to how the bands album cover was created, by creating unnatural lighting effects and inverting the image. I thought this would create a bond between the single and album covers, but really they look too different. Even if I changed the fonts and colour schemes (which I expect to have to), I don't think they would look similar enough due to the original album cover's striking simplicity, which makes it stand out. I am also not a big fan of the artwork, although I do appreciate how well the idea of light trails fits in with my overall idea. To create a more relevant work, I could replicate the same method, but change the pose of the people to reflect freerunning, or create my own light streak in After Effects, and invert the colours of a screenshot, which would create a link to both the video and the album cover.

I inverted the cover to show you how simple the technique is, although the photography is quite complex and very well done, which may be beyond me.

Given how this post has shown how restricting the original CD cover is to the creative aspect of my work I have chosen to ignore the design for the purposes of this project, which I have been told will not loose me any marks. However, I would like to stick with the concept of interesting lighting, as this ties in with the music video, which is part of the mark scheme. I will discuss how heavily influenced my CD cover will be on a later post.