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Tupac CD Cover
For this project, I decided to make a CD for my second idol, the late Tupac Shakur. Tupac inspired my overall optimistic view on life, my philosophical way of thinking, my drive to help people who suffer from depression, and my addiction towards writing poetry. I wanted this CD to be like a tribute to him, but I wanted it to also represent him as my idol, and all the changes he made in my life. In other words, I guess I could label it as “my Tupac CD”, because even though it has Tupac’s name, Tupac’s songs, and Tupac’s face on it, it contains the songs that inspired me, pictures of Tupac that I edited and enhanced to represent his spiritual and personal characteristics, a title that I came up with in order to represent the overall focus and mood of the CD, and a cover I created from scratch that contains certain artistic elements that represent the overall mood, focus, and views I had of Tupac. I decided to title the CD “Eternal Rebirth”, because I believe that Tupac still lives through his music, and, through his music, he still inspires people like me. To add on to the concept of the title, one of my favorite quotes from Tupac was: “I’m not saying I’ll change the world, but I guarantee I’ll spark the brain that will change the world. So keep your head up. Do what you got’ta do. And then, inside of you, I’ll be reborn.” Every single element of the cover represents the Tupac that I saw and love. I made the cover mostly black, because, while he was growing up, Tupac was always in an environment that was very dark, very painful, and he was constantly exposed to a lot of violence and other dark elements of poverty. These elements became the soul focus of his overall mood, and are expressed in all of his songs. However, through these dark and painful moods and views he had, Tupac was always like the light that guides you out of the cave for those who lived in poverty in the same harsh and violent environments he lived in. To represent this, I made the images of Tupac white, or black and white, to show how he shined through all of the pain, all of the violence, and all of the other dark elements that were a part of his life. The center image expresses this concept the most with the glowing highlighted effects. However, I also used this image to represent Tupac’s spiritual views, and how they just shine through all of these dark elements in life. I also used this center image to represent him as a spirit that still shines. The other two images on the front represent the phases he went through: West Side on the left and THUG LIFE on the on the right. The image of him on the back represents the overall depressive mood he was constantly in. I inserted a highlighted city landscape at the bottom to represent Tupac’s overall environmental focus on urban poverty. I inserted a cross with images of Tupac in the middle to represent his love for God. And of course, I could not leave out the Parental Advisory sticker to represent Tupac’s explicit lyrics. Rest in peace Tupac Amaru Shakur.
Tupac CD Cover
For this project, I decided to make a CD for my second idol, the late Tupac Shakur. Tupac inspired my overall optimistic view on life, my philosophical way of thinking, my drive to help people who suffer from depression, and my addiction towards writing poetry. I wanted this CD to be like a tribute to him, but I wanted it to also represent him as my idol, and all the changes he made in my life. In other words, I guess I could label it as “my Tupac CD”, because even though it has Tupac’s name, Tupac’s songs, and Tupac’s face on it, it contains the songs that inspired me, pictures of Tupac that I edited and enhanced to represent his spiritual and personal characteristics, a title that I came up with in order to represent the overall focus and mood of the CD, and a cover I created from scratch that contains certain artistic elements that represent the overall mood, focus, and views I had of Tupac. I decided to title the CD “Eternal Rebirth”, because I believe that Tupac still lives through his music, and, through his music, he still inspires people like me. To add on to the concept of the title, one of my favorite quotes from Tupac was: “I’m not saying I’ll change the world, but I guarantee I’ll spark the brain that will change the world. So keep your head up. Do what you got’ta do. And then, inside of you, I’ll be reborn.” Every single element of the cover represents the Tupac that I saw and love. I made the cover mostly black, because, while he was growing up, Tupac was always in an environment that was very dark, very painful, and he was constantly exposed to a lot of violence and other dark elements of poverty. These elements became the soul focus of his overall mood, and are expressed in all of his songs. However, through these dark and painful moods and views he had, Tupac was always like the light that guides you out of the cave for those who lived in poverty in the same harsh and violent environments he lived in. To represent this, I made the images of Tupac white, or black and white, to show how he shined through all of the pain, all of the violence, and all of the other dark elements that were a part of his life. The center image expresses this concept the most with the glowing highlighted effects. However, I also used this image to represent Tupac’s spiritual views, and how they just shine through all of these dark elements in life. I also used this center image to represent him as a spirit that still shines. The other two images on the front represent the phases he went through: West Side on the left and THUG LIFE on the on the right. The image of him on the back represents the overall depressive mood he was constantly in. I inserted a highlighted city landscape at the bottom to represent Tupac’s overall environmental focus on urban poverty. I inserted a cross with images of Tupac in the middle to represent his love for God. And of course, I could not leave out the Parental Advisory sticker to represent Tupac’s explicit lyrics. Rest in peace Tupac Amaru Shakur.