2. BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Storm Elvin Thorgerson (28 February 1944 – 18 April
2013) was an English graphic designer, best known for his
work for rock artists such as Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and
Black Sabbath.
He is one of the most influential designers of our time.
He created a 6 stage approach to the way in which he
created and designs album covers which will be beneficial
for this stage in my project.
He sadly passed away on 18 April 2013, at the age of 69
where he earlier had a stroke but died due to cancer.
"a constant force in my life, both at work and in private, a
shoulder to cry on, and a great friend".
4. THE BRIEF
The designer meets with the artist or band to discuss
the genre of the music. They will go through song
titles and lyrics to help aid the designs. The designer
will then come up with shapes and colour schemes
relevant top the overall feel and style of the artists
work.
5. ROUGHS
The band and the designer meet again to try and
funnel down the ideas and come to an agreement on
specifics. Here word play is used along with
scribbling's to help come up with the big idea.
6. TESTS
Here the designer will haver drawn up some different
ideas based on the information given by the band. The
prototypes generated will be able to have feedback
given and the designs adapted or tweaked to suit the
band completely if necessary.
7. THE SHOOT
Here a photo-shoot is done using models and other
props if needed to create the Digi pack cover. A
location is chosen and the shot takes place there for
long periods of time.
Many pictures are taken using different angles, shots
and lenses etc. to create a different look. The lighting
is also experimented with at this stage of the process,
this will make the editing section easier.
8. THE EDITING
Here once the photo-shoot is done, the designer then
uses post production effects on the best shots taken.
Here different filters and effects are placed on the
images to give them a new feel.
9. THE ARTWORK
Now a final image is selected and the editing has been
completed on it. The artwork is looked at by the band
and it should with all the research fit with the song(s).
The artwork is then handed to the band to use as their
cover.
