Continuing the trend of visual assignments for the week, I worked on an album cover that utilizes random quotes, pages, and pictures. The band name was chose from this wiki article, and the album name was taken from this random quote by Charles Schulz: “Don’t worry about the world coming to an end today. It’s already tomorrow in Australia.” I actually thought it was a really nice quote too, and works well as an album name.

The cover art was taken from this random image provided by Flickr. I couldn’t have asked for a better picture. I downloaded it and opened it in GIMP. I provided two layers for each quote, the band name and album name. I used a text placement tool for each, and chose a different font and color. I then used the “alpha to selection” option for both quotes and changed the selection size to make an outline. I then added an extra layer beneath the text layers and filled in the selection with different colors to give the font a border, making it stand out. I then applied a “circuit” filter over the entire image, and lowered the transparency until it was barely noticeable. And there we have it! Looks like the sort of album cover an obscure indie band would use.

 

Difficulty: 3 stars