Objective: Design the CD album cover (the album art is also the art that appears on electronic devices: Pandora, iTunes, Spotify, etc.) for a band or musician of your choice.

Response: I chose to design a CD album cover for the band Hillsong United. I chose to work with their pre-existing album “Zion.” After thorough research, I was able to identify that the word “Zion” holds two meanings: the first being a historically significant hill in Jerusalem and the second being the concept of a heavenly kingdom. I chose to incorporate both elements into my design, allowing for the mystical clouds to portray the heavens with the mountain range signifying the hill. I additionally was challenged to incorporate an analog component into my piece. I painted an abstract watercolor painting, scanned the piece, and clipped it into my artwork as seen in the blue circular shape on both the album cover and the CD itself.