CD Cover: Tim Be Told

Here's the first version of the cd cover for Tim Be Told:

And here's the original cd cover:

Band for the CD Cover

This is the band I will do my CD cover for. Found them on Myspace and I really enjoy their sound. If you'd like to try them out, check out www.myspace.com/timbetold. I
Combining elements of soul, pop, rock, gospel and blues, Tim Be Told has emerged in the Charlottesville music scene with their own unique sound. After tracking their debut album "Getting By" in the Summer of 2007 and playing their first show a mere few months later, the band has gone on to perform at various East Coast venues such as the Knitting Factory, Jammin Java, and the Satellite Ballroom. Recent winners of UVa’s 2008 Battle of the Bands, Tim Be Told (Tim Ouyang, Luan Nguyen, Andrew Chae, Jim Barredo, and Parker Stanley) continues to grow a loyal and passionate fanbase both in Virginia and beyond. With each show, the band gains new listeners with their infectious guitar hooks, captivating melodies, and driving rhythm parts; but most importantly, they hope that their music will cause people to view life through a different lens, one of honesty, hope, redemption, and change.

Revised type specimen book and bookcovers

Here are the revised versions of the bookcover series and the type specimen book.

Book covers and type specimen book

The first photo of the tree is not my own photography. I believe I found it on google as I was searching through photos for a tree photo.

Three Book Series

Here are the bookcovers together

Type Specimen Book

Three Book Series Combos

A few layouts for the bookcover.

Three Book Series

I still like this design.

Type Specimen Book v3

I hope this looks better.

Three Book Series v2

This is the theme I believe I'll be going with for the other two books in the series as well: six pictures representative of themes/events in the book and earth tone color themes. I'm thinking of giving the photos an aged look by manipulation in Photoshop.

Series Book Covers

These books will be the inspiration for my three book series. I like so many covers on bookcoverarchive.com so there's a lot of inspiration there. I would like to do something that's not very typical but keeps the classic feel for these books.

I also searched for a color palette that I liked and came across this site. Although the topics have nothing to do with one another, I must say I was very pleased with the majority of these palettes! 

Rock & Roll Color Palettes:

http://www.listropolis.com/2008/04/rock-and-roll-inspired-rolling-stones-top-20-as-color-palettes/

Masters of Painting Color Palette:

http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2007/06/20/color-inspiration-from-the-masters-of-painting/

Type Specimen Book

Here's the finished version of the type specimen book.