Today we're coving how we took the edited photographs and arranged the text and design onto the packaging.

Part 5
DESIGNING THE PACKAGING

We now had exactly what we needed to start making the cover. From here on was fairly straight forward. We created a new file with the exact guidelines for the CD & Vinyl packaging. Using the band font we started adding in the various text layers and aligning them one by one. With the images of us being cut out we could create a slight pink to white gradient as a background and match the font colour to it. It was a case of fiddling and adjusting until it all felt right:

And there you have it! Finished artwork

So with a bit of DIY effort from us and the kindness of talented friends helping out, we had total creative control over our album art work.

// Part 1 covered the backstory of how we began the process of making our album cover //
// Part 2 covered finding the location and photographer //
// Part 3 covered getting the shot //
// Part 4 covered Photoshop //