Stephanie G. Mathis Being stuck indoors for most of 2020 makes it difficult to collaborate. You might have to come up with creative solutions on your own, especially for photo shoots, which require you to meet in person.
Just because the world is slowing down doesn’t mean that your music must! Let’s look at some visual media solutions that will help you continue to release all the music you have probably been creating at home.
Here are five hacks that you can use to generate unique album art concepts.
The Illustration Route
Hiring a graphic artist or illustrator is a great alternative if you are unable to take photos yourself. Illustrators work almost exclusively remotely, so you don’t have to go outside and meet in a masked mask. They can also help refresh your brand with new colors, fonts, or even a cartoon concept.
What if you are broke?
No problem. Try some ideas yourself. For example, you can find cool images on the Internet and Internet laying paper over them. You can also draw these shapes yourself. Try searching for new and exciting Fonts on free font websites.
Preparing some new illustrated concepts could open many doors, from album artwork to new merchandise, future posters, social media content, and beyond.
The childhood documentary route
You should call your parents, your aunts, and your uncles. They miss you. Ask them to dig out old pictures of you as a child.
Many bands use these adorable heirlooms to either show where they come from, give an audience a nostalgic feeling, or tie in with an album’s lyrics. Some photos are simply adorable.
By creating awesome art, you’ll feel as if you are giving your fans an inside look at your life—and all without spending a penny. That’s a win-win situation!
You can make your collages.
Do you consider yourself an artist who is proficient in multiple disciplines? Do you have a good sense of aesthetics? There’s no better time than now to use your creative senses to their best advantage!
You can use newspaper clippings or old photographs to create collages that represent your mood.
It’s impossible to deny the strangeness of this time, and creating art yourself could reveal some wonderful inner truths. You can make anything you want, whether it’s a collaged image, something you knitted or crocheted, a smiley you scribbled onto a napkin, or something else. The sky is the limit for your creativity.
Back to the basics
There are many free images and backgrounds available on the Internet that are interested in creating moods.
You can Internationalize features in an image by cropping or dividing it, changing its color, or turning it black and white. But this “back-to-basics” approach usually requires that you add your title and name somewhere.
Solo photo shoots at home
This is the perfect opportunity to dress up and show off those selfie skills that you have been honing over the past six months.
If you live with a partner or roommate, you can ask them to snap a few pictures of you. You could pose in your studio, garden, or house. If you live alone, what do you do? You can use a tripod and a camera phone, or you can take a selfie and make your album cover look like a slick Instagram post.
It is possible to take great photos at home. You can use colored Christmas lights or gels to light up a blank or well-textured wall. Then, you just need to frame the photo. You can use your favorite furniture or items as set decorations or even pour milk into the bathtub to get that murky effect.
You can make these hacks for quarantine artwork look stunning and ready for a cover with just a little Photoshop know-how. You can choose to have your artwork professionally edited or to keep it “in-house” (literally).
