Despite not being very active for the last few months I have the honour of hosting round #150 of the Album Cover Challenge. It's one of my favourite challenges. I would like to thank Ann @olivetreeann for hosting the previous round. So without further ado, let's get on with the next round! Here’s how to play:
1. THE BAND: Go to the Wikipedia website’s main page. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main Page and choose any of the Featured Articles on the main page for your band/artist/musician.
If any of those featured articles do not appeal to you, you may try this: in the upper left of the Wikipedia logo, click on the the 3 bars and the Main Menu opens. Scroll down and click on "Random Article". The title of the article that comes up will be the name of your band/artist/musician.
2. THE ALBUM: Go to http://www.quotationspage.com and click on "Random Quotes" from the left menu. Scroll down to the end of the page. The last 4 to 6 words of any of the three last quotes on the page is the title of your album (whichever you think would go with your band or artist).
3. Next, find or take a photo or photos that fits the album and artist(s). The cover can be made up of one single shot or an edit with multiple layers, and so on. There are no limits to processing options. However, please remember that ALBUM COVERS ARE SQUARE so don't forget to crop, or shoot in 1:1 aspect ratio
4. You may use any editing program you like to create your cover (Photoshop, Gimp, ipiccy, Ribbet, Picmonkey -- there are many other free photo editing programs out there). You can use any image for the album, old or new, but it must be your own photo or images and all the processing must be done and uploaded during the time frame of the challenge.
5. This challenge has evolved quite a bit during its course and lately some folks have introduced creating their album cover manually (such as making a collage or montage which includes text form a newspaper instead of using a processing program) and taking a photo of their creation. If you choose to create your album cover this way, just remember the SQUARE crop.
6. You may submit more than one album cover but only one will be chosen per photographer.
ALBUM COVER CHALLENGE #150 will run from January 22nd to February 19th.
TAG: albumcoverchallenge150
To keep this discussion alive and current, you are invited to share your album cover creation in this discussion thread. To do so, click on the three dots on the bottom right of your post and then copy and paste the embed code on to the comment box below. Your photo will appear in the discussion once you click on the Post Comment button.
So, let your inner graphic artist free and play along. What style or genre will your artist be? How will you portray them? I’m looking forward to seeing some creative combos and submissions!
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