Album Covers

6 out of 8 covers.. printed onto glossy stock.. Think they work well as a set, however the last 2 that haven't been printed yet don't work I don't think..

On the inside there is info about that album and an image of the poster that comes with.. there is also a booklet, with lyrics in..

Rules for bellyband layout:

"A Short Story" needs to be in dark brown, 14pt and justified to the right, under the title..
The title needs to be in the same colour as the material on the book, 22pt and justified to the right
'Beatrix Potter" stays in the same place on the back in a dark brown 18pt


After printing out a set of mock up bellybands, there were a few things that were different from other bellybands, which need sorting to keep consistency with the designs..

Peter's band is wrong, and moppet is not in a green colour.. if I had time I could get them laser cut so the material just shows through..

Bellybands for books..

Peter and Jemima so far.. I have covered the covers in material ready to put the story inside.. 

Another 3 to do..

Squirrel Nutkin.. (SPELT WRONG ON THE BAND.. NEEDS CHANGING) also.. the name needs to change to a more red/pink colour, to match the colour of the book..

The last book:

Need to print off and make sure the colour is right with the coloured material.. the band will be printed off in the same stock as the thick paper inside the book.. slighty off white colour..

Belly Band..

The book needs a bellyband to keep it shut.. so I am looking at making something that isn't just a strip of card.. have it a bit more playful.. which might mean that the cover won't need too much detail on it..

Looking at using the rabbit head.. this can be changed for each book.. coming out of the strip.. or even using the body, as the head may not be strong enough on its own.. (after talking to mark howe) he suggested using the body as well..

Bellyband with full body will work better I think, as it will work the full length of the book.. the book marks be visually similar as well.. 

Vector bellybands..

I am going to put the images into photoshop to make the texture look like the story inside..
Each book will be a different colour, but work altogether, and I want to try make the colour from the book work with the belly band somehow..

New Booklet

I have changed the backgrounds and look of the booklet to keep consistency with the albums.. they were too block colour before and no texture.. so this s what I have come up with..


Flicking through, some of the writing is difficult to read, so this needs to be changed.. 

TSHIRT DESIGNS

Using the same kind of grungy backgrounds, and laying the vector image over the top.. quite a lot going on.. the image doesn't stand out enough.. try using just the image instead? ..

These look much better and stand out much more..a tshirt for each album too.. With the red looks better than just the line drawing.. need to do variations of where the image can be placed..

Having just one is a bit weird.. try more.. like the album..

These are much better.. the pattern could be made really small be the material rather than a print.. 

Looking at different scales of the clown face.. I think each one works quite well.. as you can tell what the image is quite quickly..

Keeping it simple and just using the street name.. there's quite alot in the design and it's too much to show on a tshirt design.. like the initial tshirt designs at the beginning..

I want to re-do this album cover anyway.. I'm not keen on the illustrations.. and the tshirt doesn't work..

This can also be scaled down too.. and in different colours.. maybe on a red tshirt.. need to look into this as well..