Assignment 3 - CD Cover

For the last assignment I did an illustration of Beethoven for a possible CD cover which would be used by Archiv Produktion for a re-releasing John Eliott Gardiner’s legendary period-instrument recordings of Ludwig van Beethoven’s 9 symphonies in a box set, as requested for the 3rd assignment. I chose to hand draw this illustration and paint using color pencils. The background color for the front cover is a kind of blue/grayish because most of the stages in which the presentations were made were black, but as I used black permanent markers, I chose to do it lighter so it would contrast more with the shapes of the drawings. The typography used for the name “Beethoven” is kind of modern, showing that although his songs are old, they are also present in modern times and is being re-released, but it contrasts with this classical-type in the name “symphonies”. I was drawing listening to his songs, so the reason why I drew him standing upright and holding a baton is that I could only imagine was Beethoven conducting the band and the score going around the whole stage. It’s as if I were there, watching the band play and seeing Beethoven conducting them.