Wednesday, April 29, 2009

CD Cover Assignment










Cosmosomas


Cosmosomas is a hardcore techno band. The CD is called “Our Snap Judgements”. The front cover is a picture of a skull inside a stereo speaker taken by me. I chose to take a picture of my stereo so that it represents loudness. Its yellow outlining is supposed to be the flaming of a star. I decided to use this as the front cover and back cover to represent the core of the music and the party-hard personality of the band.
On each side of the inside of the CD, is a picture of Cosmo somas. Written inside is a definition of Cosmo somas. I chose to put these pictures in to represent their interest in space and to represent their intergalactic sound. On the other side, there is a quote, “shoot for the moon. Even if you miss you’ll land among the stars” by Brian Littrell. I put the quote in because it shows their determination and inspiration to make music, also because it relates to the theme of the CD and their band name.
The traycard with the Milky Way image and the Cosmo somas are also used to personify their heavy electronic bass because of the way the Milky Way’s waves look like which can be interpreted as sound waves. The CD cover’s main colour is black with blue font. I used black to show that Cosmosomas is an aggressive band. The blue font “Machine ITC TT” carries out a futuristic electronic feel.
The band’s name Cosmosomas is curved around the stereo on the front cover to make it more interesting and eye catching. The CD is black with blue font same as it is throughout the booklet. I put Cosmosomas twice on the CD at the top and the bottom. I arched the text to fit the curves of the CD.