Vinyl Cover

By Gabriela Sokol

Font exploration

I have researched different fonts that could link to the theme of war trying to find a suitable one for my project. I was mainly looking at the ones that has a broken look and fading away and were script or decorative.

Mood Board

By Gabriela Sokol

LOGO

Version 1

Version 2

FRONT COVER

BACK COVER

VINYL STICKERS

FINAL OUTCOMES

These are the two vinyl stickers I have designed.They are both fairly similar with the uses of colors.For example I have used red as the outline of the first side and I have used the color black for my second side. For the fonts I have kept it simple because I have too much lines for the details of the target sign which also the main image of the back cover I have designed. To make the side one different from side two I swapped the colors of the text and outline around, I also flipped the title to the other side so when the would overlap they would make a cross. The idea of the target sign came from the theme of the album which is war. I decided to put the names of the songs from the album on the back cover instead of the sticker as I wanted to keep it simple and it would be too much text.

The front cover of my vinyl album cover is made of the logo I have designed for the band and the title of the album written in simple, san serif, black font. The logo is a text made of flowers and I have changed its color to red to link to the planet Mars as it is often called a red planet. I left one of the letters de saturated to make it more interesting. The font I used for the rest of the text is simple, bold, black and san serif. The logo is the main image on the cover. Underneath the logo there is the title. The overall cover is very clear and simple which contrasts with the title of the album which is “This Is War” what would rather be linked with something messy and unorganized, however the logo with its red letters links to the theme of blood and war. I decided to leave the background white to create that contrast. The lines above and below the title are meant to link to the back cover which contains a lot of lines, I kept both front and back cover in the same style. I think the overall front cover effectively attracts the audience with the striking red color standing out on the white background.

The back cover of the vinyl cover I have created contains names of all the songs on the vinyl. The text together with the lines going trough it is formed into a target sign. The idea came from the name of the album which is “This Is War” and the target and guns are relating to the theme of it. I did a research online to find an inspiration. I used bold, san serif font to make it clearer and easier to read as the text goes in circles. I used black, white and gray colors to make It stand out. I kept the back cover simple just like the front cover I also used the same font on both front and back to keep it in the same style. My idea was to keep the cover minimalistic with little accents that link to the theme of war. I think that even though the color I used are very simple the back cover also attracts the audience with its interesting use of typography and it stands out with its unusual look.