CD Cover; Ideas

For my CD Cover, I want to keep in with the theme of the music video and the song, to show consistency. Originally, I had ideas of using iconic British images to promote the band, like the London underground signs, an old bicycle or a typical English scene. Artists that have taken this approach include Mumford and Sons and Sex Pistols. As Blighters are from London, I was thinking of using the London Underground or a telephone box and taking an photo, perhaps even with a 'band member' in it.

I also considered using the image of a cassette tape, to emphasise the 80's sound and influence of the band. Maybe even with the tape writing the name of the band, like this, but better:

However, I wanted the album/single cover to link in with the video, so I decided to use a chalkboard theme. I thought I could also use this inside, to write the lyrics or any information, and I have a few ideas for the front cover.

One idea would be to draw something in chalk/pastel on a blackboard and take a photograph of it. I would either draw, a typical classroom scene, a bit like that or a scene from the narrative, like the couple holding hands.

I also had an idea to use the chalkboard theme, taking a picture of the couple with a board that you'd find outside shops or restaurants and use Photoshop to write the band name and album name on.


My final idea was to use one of the pictures I had taken of the 'couple' and edit it using Photoshop to make it look more indie and slightly 'grunge'. I played around with it and tryed putting it into grayscale then applying a coloured gradient, like green and blue, as a layer and merging the two layers through the luminosity setting. The pictures came out as seen in post titled CD Cover; Images.