Slightly more complicated edits

I started with this. I cut out each guitar, before i realised I could have just cut out one and then made the rest smaller! I don't think it made any different to the edit though. I like it because it is different to the other edits as I have simply made some colours brighter, made some shade darker, or made something stand out more.

I then messed around and did this. I didn't like the background too much on the other picture, so i tried to make it contrast with the guitars more.

Simple edits and photographs!

Yesterday I painted the guitar again. I wanted to do afew different seasons. I have not uploaded the 'Winter' ones yet. The Autumn ones were the first I uploaded.
To show Spring through this i have included the daffodils and painted flowers on the guitar.
I tried lots of different angles and took more than 50 photographs, and these were the ones I liked best. I edited them to make things stand out and emphasize the parts I liked the most.

I am pleased with all of these, but I am not sure if I would like them to be on the front of my album cover.

 I think i need something abit more clever for this. It will take me more time but I have an idea of what I would like to do.

I would like to take pictures of guitars, each one step further away, and overlap them together. I don't know how well I will be able to do this, but i really hope it works!

Songs list 4/3/12

Top 40 chart -  http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/singles

1. Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know ( 8 Weeks In Chart )
2. Emile Sande - Next To Me ( 2 Weeks In Chart )
3. DJ Fresh - Hot Right Now ( 2 Weeks In Chart )
4. Flo Rida - Wild Ones ( 5 Weeks In Chart )
5. David Guetta - Titanium ( 15 Weeks In Chart )
6. Jessie J - Domino ( 12 Weeks In Chart )
7. Nicki Minaj - Starships ( 2 Weeks In Chart )
8. David Guetta - Turn Me On ( 13 Weeks In Chart )
9. Gym Class Heros - Ass Back Home ( 1 Week In Chart )
10. Will.I.Am - T.H.E (The Hardest Ever) ( 3 Weeks In Chart )
11. Ed Sheeran - Drunk ( 10 Weeks In Chart )
12. Alyssa Reid - Alone Again ( 4 Weeks In Chart )
13. Kelly Clarkson - Stronger ( 9 Weeks In Chart )
14. Lana Del Rey - Born To Die ( 5 Weeks In Chart )
15. Rizzle Kicks - Mama Do The Hump ( 13 Weeks In Chart )

This time I have added how many weeks they have been in the charts. This is because I will use this as the decider as to who should be on the album. If someone is on my lists alot, then they should be because they have stuck it out in the charts, however, if they also keep falling down the charts and then back up again then it does not show that they are consistantly popular.

Pop edit- Complilation. Messing around on Photoshop.

I really like the style of The Wanteds new album cover. I like how the white spots on the dark background make it look older than it is, it gives it a really good effect. The only problem is, I'm not sure how to do this to my photos. I will need to look for a tutorial.
I also like how there is no colour on the album cover, and how the faces of the artists stand out against the background.
You can tell it has already been professionally edited because the artists look airbrushed and perfect, their pictures will have been taken seperately specifically for this album cover also.
The text used is a text similar or exactly the same to the text on other covers, posters, and any other merchandise they have.

This is an edit of my own. I saw The Wanteds album cover before I did this (because their album art was only released yesterday!) but I think theirs is more effective than my attempt. I wanted to make it colourful to show the pop aspect, but I don't think it worked. The text didn't look as good as I thought it would when i imagined it in my head. I'm not very proud of this edit, the only thing I like is the layout of the images.

Pop Edit - Jessie J. Messing around on photoshop.

Here is one with just one artist, Jessie J.

I edited a butterfly onto her face, but i did afew in different colours as thought i was going to do a 3D effect. I have to add things like this because I can't airbrush her like proffesionals would do when editing her album cover because she is already airbrushed on these pictures.
I didn't know what to add on the background, so I just added something weird as that is usually Jessie J's style. I think the text also suits her image.

This was made when I was just messing around on photoshop. I am currently still experimenting as I am not 100% sure what techniques I will be using for my final edit.

Spotify Song Suggestions 26/2/12

Songs most listening to by friends on Spotify

Songs most listened to by the whole of Spotify

Top 5 Pop albums

I'm going to look at the top 5 pop albums and write about what I think makes it a good album cover.

1.
I think this is a quite a creative and eye-catching cover. The colour scheme is simply shades of grey, black and white. It features the artist like I have noticed most in this genre do. She is dressed in very fancy clothes as has a fashionable hairstyle. She's a new entry into the charts, so this artist needs to make a good impression to stay there and release more successful songs and albums.

2.  This has quite a vintage look, which I think would stand out on a rack of CDs. I think this by the way the artist is dressed, the simple and bold font, the simple background, and random yellow square around the image. She is also dressed quite fashionably, just like the last album. Similarly in another way, she is a new artist in the charts who got popular through a recent song of hers. She also has an impression to make through music, fashion, and album covers.

3.

Adele is an incredible successful artist, and this album has been in the charts for 56 weeks! It's simple, and again features the artist on the front. It's very simple and the picture of the artist is very beautiful. As a successful artist, many people will often see her album covers so it's important that any more she produces continue to live up to this one, of course music-wise too. Her previous album was called '19' and was designed similarly to this. I think this consistency is good as it helps you to recognize the artists album by a glance when you see the style of it. It is just like logos and fonts for other products.

 4. This is another recent album.

Ed Sheeran found success through one extremely popular song. After that, he had a huge fanbase. I think this is what will happen to Lana Del Rey and Emili Sande.
This album features two of his most popular songs, A Team and Lego House.
I don't think it is a very good album cover. It's simple and features the artist, but I don't think it's very effective. The editing looks a little odd and so does the colour. You can't see the artist very well.
The album title isn't very interesting, and from a first glance you might not even know if it was called Plus. 

5. These are another new entry to the charts. They are very different to alot of artist in the charts, and this is also shown in their album art. It doesn't feature an artist, and it is very creative. It doesn't have their album title on, but their name is down in the bottom corner almost like an artist signature on a piece of art. I do not know if they design this themselves or if someone else did, but it would definately stand out against other albums. I love it!
They are new so it is uncertain how popular they are yet to be, but it looks promising.