Research And Planning: Album Covers

In this blog, it will increase the knowledge I have for the design of rock magazines. The basic design of a magazine and the basic design of an album cover can be quite alike. This is because they both have details that are similar.

For example in one of Linkin Park's album colours, greys, reds and black are associated with them which will help me if I decide to have a band like Linkin Park in my magazine. By listening to Linkin Park, I know that they can be quite heavy rock. As a result of this, their cover is quite messy and the writing, although it's clear, its slightly distorted as well.

In comparison to the previous comment I have made about the heaviness of the band this album cover backs it up. By this I mean... Paramore is more like pop/punk rock which results in it being more toned down to something like linkin park. We can tell that the designer of this album knows this because they have used brighter colours in the image and the font is quite normal and simple.




By researching these it has helped me understand that the harshness of colours I use in my magazine depends on the kind of band I am going to use.