initial ideas for flyer/poster

my design will be based upon one picture layered on another. the image underneath will be of a landscape but with something distinctive in the background. the image on top will be a portrait photograph of someone looking as though they are in a band, although i am not too sure as of yet how i would like them to pose. on top of this will be text explaining the details of a gig e.g. place, date, time, price etc. the text will be in a simple font and probably either white or black, depending on which is more visible, as the background is quite busy. whilst out taking pictures, i captured an image of the memorial statue outside of burton college. whilst looking through the viewfinder, i zoomed in slightly, so as only to capture the top of the memorial and a tree in the background. i believe this photograph was a success and have decided to use this as my background image. i have yet to photograph the portrait image as i have not managed to get in the studio. this is the background image i have decided on:

after putting the image into photoshop and imagining it as part of a flyer or poster, i thought it may look better if i cropped the image, removing the very bottom of it as i find it distracts from the main parts of the photograph, the memorial and the tree. this is the image after i had cropped it:

i believe this to be a big improvement and am now happy to use this as one of my final images.

Researching Album Covers

An album cover is the front of the packaging of a commercially-released audio recording product, or album. The term can refer part of the protective sleeve used for all types of records or the front-facing panel of a CD package and, more recently, the primary image accompanying a digital download of the album or of its individual tracks.

This album is simple but really symbolises the songs on the CD. I think the effect of the crumpled paper looks good and i like the idea that you're seeing the back of somebody. It looks effective.

This is extremely simple, with just text on a plain picture. Whilst it uses some special effects, it only has a white background, grey text and the woman in a black dress. These are monotone colours, making the image look even more simple. I think this image inspired me the most in terms of what album cover i will choose to create myself.

This album cover is cartoon which doesn't really appeal to me as an album cover but again, it's simple, keeping the colour scheme constant.

This is a more busy and complicated album cover, with several people in the frame. I don't think i would choose anything like this for my own album cover as it is too hectic and demanding.