1. Designing your composition’s Artwork
Principles of Design

2. How do you consume music?
Principles of Design
How do you consume music?

3. What do you see?

4. What images of cover art come to your mind? Let’s look those up…
Brainstorming
What images of cover art come to your mind?
Let’s look those up…
Google Image Search
What do you like about those images?
How do the images inform or relate to the music?

5. You will hand in the following:
Your Task
Task: You will create a work of art that will symbolize your composition.
You will hand in the following:
Rough sketch of your idea that itemizes the materials you will need to gather to create your artwork;
The final copy of your artwork on 8 ½ x 11” paper; and
A rationalization of your design choices based on the principles of design discussed in the class.

6. Basic Design Principles A design must have: Balance
Proportion
Rhythm

7. Balance Bisymmetrical:
Design principles
Balance
Bisymmetrical:
Draw a line through the centre, and both sides are the same.
Asymmetrical:
Draw a line through the centre, and both sides are different, but both sides are given the same weight or importance.

8. Balance: Bisymmetrical

9. Balance: Asymmetrical

10. Sizes of items should complement each other;
Design Principles
Proportion: The relationship of the size of each part of the design to the other parts:
Sizes of items should complement each other;
No strict rules, but it should be pleasing to the eye, or out of proportion for effect.

11. Proportion

12. *** This is very important for music artwork design!
Design principles
Rhythm: the force that leads our eye from one part of the design to another and evokes an emotional response
*** This is very important for music artwork design!
A still image can makes us feel calm or relaxed;
A busy image can make use feel excited or anxious.

13. Rhythm

14. Rhythm

15. These elements are what help create the Principles of Design:
Elements of Design
These elements are what help create the Principles of Design:
Line;
Colour;
Value;
Texture;
Space.

16. Line: Helps create an emotional response; Exact, clear and forceful;
Elements of Design
Line:
Helps create an emotional response;
Exact, clear and forceful;
Sketchy, angular and aggressive;
Flowing, smooth and gentle.

17. Design elements: Line

18. Design elements: Line

19. Design elements: line

20. Colour: Helps create emotional response:
Design elements
Colour:
Helps create emotional response:
Vibrant, warm colors (red and orange) = strong emotions;
Cool colours (blue) = calm, peaceful feeling;
Identical designs have a very different impact when published in different colours;
Also consider the way colours work together or work against each other.

21. The lightness or darkness of colours;
Design elements
Value:
The lightness or darkness of colours;
The value of a colour can change its emotional response.

22. Design elements: colour and value

23. Design elements: colour and value

24. Design elements: colour and value

25. Texture: Can help influence emotional response;
Design elements
Texture:
Can help influence emotional response;
Life experience tells us how things feel;
After we know, we only need to see objects to know how they feel;
The effect of a smooth, shiny surface is quite different from a rough, dull one – quite often, the contrast is very effective.

26. Design elements: texture

27. Design elements: texture

28. Design elements: texture

29. Space: The play between empty-space and filled-space;
Design elements
Space:
The play between empty-space and filled-space;
Can have very diverse emotional responses.

30. Design elements: space

31. Design elements: space

32. Design elements: space

33. Image Title of the Composition Band Name or Composer’s Name
So What do You Need?
Image Title of the Composition Band Name or Composer’s Name

34. Design elements

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37. Design elements

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40. Design elements