Media Blog Post 50 - Design and Layout Ideas

Researching design and layout ideas was a pretty simple part of the planning for the ancillary. To gain inspiration, I simply went to the work of the artists that we were based on.

Seeing as we are a 'parody' of Krept and Konan, I researched how their current album looked.
The picture on the right is of 'The Long Way home' and inspired my initial layout ideas. Just as in the picture, I wanted the two main protagonists [Kwabz and Kapone] to be on the front of the cover, rather close to their faces. I also was touched by the importance of the backdrop and will have to consider the backdrop that I may want to use when it comes to creating our ancillary.

The picture to the left is a sketch (a poor one admittedly) of what my initial ideas for our album cover for the ancillary will look like. Although my drawings aren't the best, the basis of my ideas are apparent. The main focus is to get the name of the artists and the album in big bold writing and have the two protagonists at the fore front of the cover.