The process of making my album cover

This is the original image of the picture I have used for the album cover to my music video 'Under China'. I took this photograph by accident as Dalia flicked her hair. But really liked it and decided to use it as the album cover.

I firstly started by getting rid of the bed in the image, to do this I used the 'background eraser tool' on Photoshop. This took a long time to do and the end result wasn't entirely perfect, but I felt the image looked a lot more professional without the bed. I then brightened the picture, to make it more striking and so that Dalia stood out more. I did this by increasing the brightness on Photoshop. I then wanted to make Dalia's skin smoother, so I used the 'Spot Healing Brush' tool, which makes her face look smoother and creates a softer image.

I then added text to the image using the 'Text' tool. I experimented with a variety of fonts, but decided on this one. I chose this font (Freestyle Script) because it was elegant and creates a much more personal feel to the album. The font looks as though it could be handwritten, which makes audiences feel as though the album is personal to them. 

I then experimented with different lipstick colours. I decided on using pink as it adds to the femininity of the album, which emphasises the fact that the lead singer of Auction For The Promise Club is female.

I also had  to crop the photograph in order for it to be square to fit in with the size of the CD cover.

This was the original image for the back of my album.

I started by getting rid of the trees in the image, I did this by using the 'Background eraser tool', this created a clearer image. I then brightened the photograph, by increasing the brightness. This made the glitter and the image of Dalia more dominant. The brightness also gives off a surreal feel to the album, reflecting the fantasy aspect to Under China.

All I did with this photo is increased the contrast, so that the glitter stood out a lot more.