Designing a CD cover. My artist Cherry Lee, has balloons in her hair, it is supposed to make her seem eccentric and original. Her bright clothing makes her seem happy and connotes positive feelings

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Analysis of a CD cover

   

        The name of my made up artist is Cherry Lee, I chose it because it link to the title, and it rhymes to make it memorable.

The title is ‘The Cherry on Top’. Her name is Cherry Lee, using her name in the title gives it a double meaning, talking about her, and the saying ‘the cherry on top’ usually means the thing that makes a good thing even better, Cherry Lee is the good thing making music better.

Cherry’s – specifically cherry’s on top of ice creams – are known as things that are sweet, indicating that her music might connote sweetness, i.e. pop music genre.

The font was written in green so that when you highlighted it, it would be pink matching the colour theme, and standing out from its background.

        My ‘artist’ Cherry Lee, has balloons in her hair, it is supposed to make her seem eccentric and original. Her bright clothing makes her seem happy and connotes positive feelings; the dress and the make up make seem feminine. Her head is turned away from the where her body is facing, like something has caught her attention, and she’s looking straight into the camera establishing a relationship with the audience.

On the back cover she is leaning against a pole, making her seem casual and it juxtaposes her outfit which seems too overdressed for her to just standing outside leaning on a pole.

On both covers she is in a pink circle frame with a white background, so she doesn’t blend with the background and your eye is drawn to her, and she is most important because it’s her album.

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The ways she’s dressed and the way she looks makes her seem like she’s trying to be different, which is stereotypical of pop artists, and gives the indication of her genre.

        The background is a collage of candy, relating to the album title, making you think of sweet treats and confectionery, which will attract anyone who likes anything sweet, which are most people and teenagers in particular. The colour pink is often associated with femininity, so it is meant to attract girls.

        In the songs I have featured 4 different and fairly famous other artist, to give her some ...

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