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So I made Custom CDs for my friend...
altmann
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And I made the artwork for all of them as well.
I'm sorry the pictures aren't so great, but I was in a rush trying to get them out the door and I didn't have time to critique all the pics. Here are the CDs I made:
HANDBOOK FOR BULLIES:
This CD is called Handbook for Bullies. That's an inside joke because the guy I made these for, well... I used to be sort of the bully at my school and he was my target a lot. We are good friends now so it's not an issue
The CD features mainly rock and music with an attitude. I doubt he'll like much of it. This was the first one I made so it's of less quality than the others as you can see by the back which has a shitty contrast and hard to read.
pics:
INSTRUMENTALS I: THE CLASSICS:
This CD features a mix of classical music from my tastes.
Pics:
Sweaty Bandana - Classic Rock Defined:
It's a mixture of 60s and 70s rock.
Pics:
AROUND THE WORLD IN 60 MINUTES:
A collection of songs from around the world.
Let me know what you think! It's really fun to do this and the reaction from the person receiving them is great.
I'm sorry the pictures aren't so great, but I was in a rush trying to get them out the door and I didn't have time to critique all the pics. Here are the CDs I made:
HANDBOOK FOR BULLIES:
This CD is called Handbook for Bullies. That's an inside joke because the guy I made these for, well... I used to be sort of the bully at my school and he was my target a lot. We are good friends now so it's not an issue
The CD features mainly rock and music with an attitude. I doubt he'll like much of it. This was the first one I made so it's of less quality than the others as you can see by the back which has a shitty contrast and hard to read.pics:
INSTRUMENTALS I: THE CLASSICS:
This CD features a mix of classical music from my tastes.
Pics:
Sweaty Bandana - Classic Rock Defined:
It's a mixture of 60s and 70s rock.
Pics:
AROUND THE WORLD IN 60 MINUTES:
A collection of songs from around the world.
Let me know what you think! It's really fun to do this and the reaction from the person receiving them is great.
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The backside and the booklets deal with what I consider to be one of the hardest part of design and it's text management... this part of your CDs is somewhat lacking. It's especially evident in those areas that have a lot of information. I've always said that one can learn a lot about text heirarchy by looking at food boxes; they have some crazy amount of text, but they always manage to put whats most important right in your face... and then your stomach!
Something else I'd watch out for is putting text over a busy background.
I'm really into package design and it's incredible fun to design and cut your own package, you should try building your own cardboard CD holder. It's more liberating than the traditional booklet. You can do a lot of crazy stuff on cardboard CD booklets, I'm making one with a cardboard pop-up!
EDIT:
Where are you getting your images from?
I used flickr to get the images. The images were far more important to me than the text. These are just "one offs" and so it was fun to try to get a theme.
The first one - the bully one - was the first one I tried and as such the back is horrible.
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Read up on copyright law and evaluate your usage to make sure this falls under "fair use."
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