CD Cover Design - The Brief

To create our CD covers we were given a process that would give us completely random information to combined into one design. Three websites were used in the design of the CD cover, below is the instructions we were given to create the CD cover. 

First, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random, to get a random wiki article. The title of this would be the name of the band/artist. 

Then, http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3, would take us to a randomised quotation page. The last four or five words of the very last entry on the page would be the title of the album. 

Last but not least, http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days, to see randomised images uploaded to flickr over the last seven days. The third image on the page would be the cover art or part of the design. 

In the workshop the wikipedia article I got was titled, Trojanus of Saintes. The last five words of the quote were, 'something to give in return'. And the third image on flickr was a bed of flowers. After sourcing the randomised information, next I had to decide what type of music genre they would best fit. From the title, Trojanus of Saintes and the flowers, I decided to pursue a classical music design. 

Firstly I decided that having a whole garden of flowers on the cover of the album would be too much, I used the lasso tool to cut out the most predominant flower. As this flower has white petals, I had to change the colour of the background. I thought that black was the best colour to go for as it emphasised the significants of the flower, something that could have been lost with a more colourful background. Next was the task of adding the text, I knew as I had chosen classical music as my genre that the font would have to be serif. I used the colour drop to take a shade of white from the petals of the flower for the titles colour, and did the same from the centre of the flower for the album name.

Of course I tried various designs and layouts before choosing the one see below. I am happy with the out come of the design, it is simple and clear. If I had to make just one adjustment, it would be to try and remove the shadow on the flower.