• C$90

• 20 designs

• 6 designers

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CD Cover Design Brief

Create a one-sided digital artwork for my album cover.
Artwork to appear on Spotify and Apple Music only! No physical copies!

IMPORTANT: This is digital artwork, so I only need single-sided artwork!!

INSPIRATIONS: Take inspiration from the layout from old jazz albums from Verve or Blue Note labels (see images in the attached brief) especially how they use the banner at the top to write the text + name of the label.
See moodboard on Pinterest : https://pin.it/4HCkfbY

Three elements to add to the artwork
1. The following text: SOA & friends feat. Thompson Egbo-Egbo Trio & Alexis Baro
Note that we had already developed an identity for SOA & friends (see fonts and InDesign file attached). We could reuse the way it was previously written in order to save time. The colors can change though!

2. Photo with a twist: a B&W silhouette pic has been provided and to that one, I’d love some colorful playful elements added to it. (see inspirations on Pinterest moodboard on Pinterest : https://pin.it/4HCkfbY)

3. Logo (if possible)
That EP has been financed by the Conseil des Arts de l’Ontario (see download links and guides on how to use the logo). Idea : on older jazz album covers, the logo of the label is always in the banner at the top (Verve ou Blue Note), maybe that logo could be treated as a label logo. This is optional but if it works, that’s be great.

https://www.arts.on.ca/programmes-de-subvention/renseignements-generaux/documents/logo-et-remerciements?lang=fr-ca
https://www.arts.on.ca/grants/general-granting-information/documents/logo-and-acknowledgment?lang=en-ca )


**Respect the following tech specs for a Spotify artwork :
Make sure your images meet these requirements:
- Accepted formats (in order of preference): TIFF, PNG, or JPEG. Note: The format should also use lossless encoding.
- Highest resolution available.
- At least 640px width or height.
- 1:1 aspect ratio for cover art.
- Do not upscale images.
- To guarantee ingestion, all images should be encoded with an sRGB color space with 24 bits per pixel and color profiles applied directly.
Note: Embedded color profiles and orientation metadata are not supported.

**A few words about the EP
It is a 4-song EP. The songs mix French and English and are very jazz groove (with organ, trumpet, back vocals, and rap). They are inspired by a vintage groovy jazz style. The artwork needs to be modern but rooted in vintage.
Name of the band: SOA & Friends
Name of the EP: Influences

For graphic references, have a look at my previous album cover: https://soajazz.bandcamp.com/

Target Market(s)

30-45

Industry/Entity Type

Music Download

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Font styles to use

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Look and feel

Each slider illustrates characteristics of the customer's brand and the style your logo design should communicate.

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Requirements

Must have

• Elements stated in my attached brief.
  General feel: groovy, mix of modern & vintage.

Nice to have

• The SOA logo (see in attached documents)

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Files

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