The site I'm going to use.

Taking long consideration, I have decided that the most suitable website for me to you in order to create my artist website is Wix. This is the website in which we used in As Media and I have grown very use and fond of it, which is why I want to use it. It is so straight forward when using it and I enjoy the experience I have whiles using it. I didn't want to use Weebly, as I tried that out in the summer and I really didn't like it. It was just confusing and unlike Wix it wasn't as nice I personally think. The layout of Wix is great at explaining how to use the various tools, as well as having great templates, there is far more to choose from.

The template I have decided to use is called "Hiphop Artist"

Imagine i have decided to use for the back drop of my album is the same one as the image of the digipak.
   

Working on the digipak

I haven't used Photoshop since the age of 14, so everything is so new to me, I have no idea how to use or do anything but nevertheless I'v been on YouTube looking at tutorials on using the various tools and just to pretty much get a hang of it all.

Honestly it took me ages to get to grips with it all but I feel as though I'm on the right track. I have created a sort of rough cut, I will have to work of a final one as I realised that I wasn't meant to use any photos from Google, as that will put down my mark as I haven't captured the image myself

Below are some images I took whiles trying to learn my way through Photoshop and build a rough copy of the digipak.

Media Blog Post 54 - Overview of costumes

                                                      

The costumes above have all been integral in our music video. Firstly the costumes worn by Kwabz and Kapone were useful as the tracksuits and casual clothing meant that young, working class people and followers of grime were able to relate with us easily. Also the use of Nike as being a synergy was also an effective tool. The costume worn by Estelle brought a more upper-class, female fanbase as they could relate to her through her use of costume, thus meaning that costume enabled us to get a wider target audience. 

Media Blog Post 53 - Photo's for ancillary work

The pictures above are all pictures that we may decide to use in our ancillary. They are all fairly good pictures and if we apply some special effects via photoshop, hopefully they will come out in exceptional quality.

Media Blog Post 52 - The do's and don't

Media Blog Post 51 - Where the ideas came from

A mix of these pictures led to my draft of how the ancillary work may look when completed.

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.