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Album Artwork Analysis Paper

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Paige Johnston
Mark Jaskowski
English 101
23 October 2015
Album Artwork Analysis To analyze an album cover there are multiple steps to take to figure out the true meaning, why that artist chose to put what he or she did on their cover. For someone to provide a quality and effective cover that entices their target audience to want to buy the album there are a few general ideas that need to be considered: the purpose, context of the image, genre, effectiveness, audience and relationship to the viewer, and finally who is the artist being portrayed on the artwork. There are other visual elements that play into an effective design of artwork and these will also be explained in detail into why the author chose the design principles that they did.
The five basic principles of design that will be analyzed on their artwork are: balance, alignment, grouping, repetition, and contrast. For an artist to create an effective and appealing image to their target audience this requires a clear, simple, and carefully thought out message. Artists who create album cover’s can go in about any direction they choose to create the artwork they have …show more content…

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