A photomontage is a collage work that incorporates cut (or torn) photographic images, generally in a semi-abstracted style and over a white or solid-color background. For this project, I used photomontage techniques to design an album cover for the premiere album of a band with a randomly-generated name “Stunning Stunning”.
I used my own interpretation of the band’s name to think up their genre and style. At first I didn’t include the band’s name on the album art. The first process was only incorporating non-photographic elements. The composition was primarily defined by the photos.
Sketches / ideas:
![](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/dflores-eportfolio/files/2023/05/Untitled-1-copy-1024x643.jpg)
My favorite stand outs from the sketches were 4,5 and 7. I then continued to keep developing the concept more. Which brought me to my first digitalized draft of concepts.
Round 1:
![](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/dflores-eportfolio/files/2023/05/Rough-draft-album-1-1024x1024.jpg)
![](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/dflores-eportfolio/files/2023/05/Rough-Draft-2-1-1024x1024.jpg)
For my round 2 of concepts my ideas were more developed & I incorporate type to the album. The silhouettes were the primary concept idea of my whole album. I defined my silhouettes more for the album.
Round 2:
![](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/dflores-eportfolio/files/2023/05/Album-concept-1--1024x1024.jpg)
![](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/dflores-eportfolio/files/2023/05/ALBUM-concept-4-1024x1024.jpg)
![](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/dflores-eportfolio/files/2023/05/ALBUM-concept-2-1024x1024.jpg)
![](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/dflores-eportfolio/files/2023/05/ALBUM2121-concept-3-1-1024x1024.jpg)
Finals:
![](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/dflores-eportfolio/files/2023/05/DAVID-FLORES-ALBUM-FINAL-1024x1024.jpg)
![](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/dflores-eportfolio/files/2023/05/DAVID-FLORES-ALBUM-FINAL-2-1024x1024.jpg)