Development and Construction of CD cover (Front)

Beginning with screenshots from our performance video and narrative i began manipulating the images on photoshop, i thought the idea of the band members being caught off guard worked well creating a more naturalistic atmosphere. Therefore i captured this image:


I began to add simple effects, beginning with mono chroming the whole image and adding hand made textures i created with acrylic paints, scrunched up paper and rolling on acrylic paints. and varying the position of the overlaying layer.
Then, manipulating brightness and contrast to create a dim and dark mise en scene to reflect the rock setting, aswell as taking advantage of other tools such to the burn tool, im which i felt worked well to be a background for the song title.



I then began experimenting with the roses logo in various positions, between the Guns roses text and in the corners, continuing with the mono chrome style , however adding a subtle sepia tinge.



Then adding an almost transparent red filter to merge the performance image with the roses and make the white text bolder, i then settled with the idea of vines, to create a border linking around to the roses and linking with the themes of entrapment the song connotes.
The original idea for the song title as seen below was to have the band and album name in a basic font with different levels of boldness to make one stand out from the other, however we wanted to find a way to make the title more significant in the image.
This lead me to my final idea of a newspaper strip, using the repetition of 'Guns n Roseses Welcome to the jungle...' to create a striking title that adds emphasis.