4 of what I think were my best shots

Assignment 1 (Final)

One of the problems I had from the previous version would be that the color of the background (behind the large self-portrait) was competing with the portrait picture in the foreground. I decided to push the whole background by making it monochrome and adding a filter that resembles a hand-drawn sketch. This effect brings the elements of the background together by grouping them using the same colors and forms throughout in so that they no longer blend with the now more colorful self-portrait picture.

Deciding what to do with type was kind of a challenge, because at first I wanted the artist name and album name to fill the top and bottom. I added boxes behind the type on because some of the elements showed cropped out areas. It was not the solution since the type was sitting horizontally and it didn't show any unity. Instead, I decided to create a round path for the text so that it unites the elements within a round shape. I also added a black border so that it could create negative space for the type to be pushed forward. The type I used is called "wide Latin", and I used this font to give the type more visual weight.

Notice that I have also reversed the image of the elements as well. This is mainly due to the fact that the faces (self-portraits and the front of the car) were pointing outwards and created an invisible line pointing away from the composition.

Another thing to note about this album cover would be the reasons why I chose the artist name and album cover. The artist name is "Dan-B", since my friends call me that due to the fact that in high school there were multiple people named Dan (Dan A., Dan B., Dan C. - I'm not joking!). I decided to name the album "The Focus" since the black border reminded me of a scope or a viewfinder, which the user has to point at something they are focusing on. It also points toward the focal points of the composition as a whole.