Print & Campaign Design
Album & Cover Art Design
Design covers that hold up from a thumbnail to a 12 inch sleeve
12 lessons4 modules9h 40m durationbeginner level
About this course
This course teaches the craft of album and cover art from the working brief to the final files: how a square reads at 250 pixels in a streaming app and at twelve inches on a record sleeve, the visual conventions that signal metal versus jazz versus pop, and the typography rules for setting an artist and title on a square. You will work in the real specs that vinyl pressing plants, CD duplicators, and Spotify enforce, including bleed, safe zones, color mode, and minimum resolution. You finish able to design a cover concept, build it correctly for every format, and pitch it.
Curriculum
Module 1: What a Cover Has to Do
- The Cover's Job in the Streaming EraPreview
- Every Format the Cover Must Survive🔒
- Reading the Brief and the Music🔒
Module 2: Genre Conventions and Visual Codes
- Why Genres Look the Way They Do🔒
- A Field Guide to the Major Genres🔒
- Building a Moodboard and a Direction🔒
Module 3: Composing and Typesetting the Square
- Composition on a Square Canvas🔒
- Typography for Artist and Title🔒
- Color and Texture That Sell the Sound🔒
Module 4: Production, Delivery, and the Pitch
- Print-Ready Vinyl and CD Files🔒
- Streaming and Digital Delivery🔒
- Pitching and Revising With Artists🔒
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