1. Graphic Design: Album Cover

2. Learning Objectives To develop your understanding of audience and purpose To learn how to effectively use advanced tools in graphic design applications To understand the importance of combining text and images to create effective communications To develop your evaluation skills

3. Learning Outcomes A document containing your research on existing album covers. A completed album cover o Back cover o Inside sleeve An evaluation using feedback from your peers

4. Tasks: Research Using a search engine of your choice do some research on what existing album covers look like. o Create a document and add a selection of album covers to it. Some you like and some you don’t. o Annotate your research and evaluate your covers. What do you like about them? What don't you like about them? Who is it aimed at? What are the images like? What else do you notice?

5. Tasks: Album Cover Create your own album covers in GIMP or Paint.Net. o Video tutorials can be found on YouTube YouTube

6. Album Cover Examples Click on the logo

7. Professional Album Covers Click on the cover for examples

8. Tasks: Evaluation Evaluate your work o Ask your friends what they think of your album covers o Fully evaluate your work using your own opinion and feedback  What do your friends think?  What do you like about your cover?  What don’t you like about it?  What would you do to improve?