We recently launched the VECTORTUTS PLUS section of the site. We have another great PLUS tutorial exclusively available to members today! This tutorial covers the creative process in making this album artwork, while giving plenty of professional tips and techniques. Also, learn about how visual artists collaborate with bands. More at the jump!

Learn to Create Illustrations For a Band

Album sleeve artwork has always been a great medium for artists, designing visuals to work alongside music and appeal to the right people. It can be a collaborative gem, working with a band or musician to create a package full of sound and vision. This tutorial details the creation of the CD artwork for the album called "Making A Scene" from the New Jersey based electropop band "The Title."

To see more of my work check out BenTheIllustrator.com and Speakerdog.com, plus there’s BuyBenTheIllustrator.com to get hold of prints and posters! To hear music by "The Title," buy the album or read more about the band check out myspace.com/thetitlenj.

The final image is shown below. Members can Log in and Download! Otherwise, Join Now! A preview of the final image is below. You can view the large version here.

This is a High Quality Tutorial that Covers Making CD Album Artwork

I strongly recommend more artists approach bands to work together on album artwork, you can start anywhere, with your local DJs or young bands, or with the major record labels. Also, if you’re working with a band who are fresh, exciting and of the moment, then Adobe Illustrator is perfect to get creative with your design, illustrations, typography, icons, pretty much every element of the whole package! This tutorial covers the creation of the album CD cover in detail and also explains the creation of the rest of the CD booklet artwork as well.

Sign up for PLUS today and get access to this awesome new vector illustration tutorial. Members can Log in and Download! Otherwise, Join Now! Below are some images from the tutorial.

VECTORTUTS Plus Membership

As you know, we run a premium membership system here called VECTORTUTS Plus that costs $9 a month (or $22 for 3 months!) which gives members access to the Vector Source files for tutorials as well as periodic extra tutorials, like this one! If you’re a member you can log in and download the tutorial. If you’re not a member, you can of course join today!

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