Imagination is the basic point of conception. Imagination is centered on the perception of modeling and can produce clear and meaningful images. What we call inspiration, that is, the accumulation and crystallization of knowledge and imagination, is a source of inspiration for design ideas.

The design technique of the second album is to use symbolism:

Symbolism is the most effective language for artistic expression. It is acceptable for people to express abstract concepts or artistic conception with concrete images, or to express concrete things with abstract images.

The third album design skill is exploration and innovation:

Popular forms, common techniques and cliches should be avoided as much as possible; Familiar conception methods, common composition and habitual skills are the enemies of innovative conception. If the idea is novel, it needs to be unconventional and unconventional. To have innovative ideas, we must have a tireless spirit of exploration.

The fourth is to learn to give up on album design:

The process of conception is often "easy to superimpose, but difficult to abandon". When conceiving, I often think a lot and pile up a lot, and I am reluctant to give up redundant details. Mr Zhang Guangyu said that "more subtraction and less addition" is a real experience. For unimportant, dispensable images and details, resolutely reluctantly give up what one favours.

So what are the basic steps of album cover design?

Accept this offer.

(2) Drawing and arranging the design work in a planned way is the first clear task for every designer after accepting the design proposition. That is, the overall arrangement of design steps, rational distribution of materials and time, so as to achieve twice the result with half the effort.