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What i need to add..

1. record label logo

2. rating/review

3.band blog/website and twitter

Paper plan for Digipak

Cover Art

I have made this hand print from paint to look like the one i originally found online. This is a simply idea that i think will work really well on the cover of my minimal digipak.

Disclosure album cover

I have taken inspiration from the Disclosure album cover. The two band members faces have been enhanced and drawn on with a small white brush tool, presumably using photoshop or similar software. This is a really unique but simple enhancement and something i haven't seen before so i wanted to recreate it and use the technique on 'intoxicated'. I am undecided as to wether i would want this image on the digipak or poster as it does look very ammeter. Then again the simplicity of it really works well.

Digipak Design in progress

I am using Photoshop to design my digipak. I have taken this hand print from Google and used it as a recurring motive in the package as it is on the front cover and left cover of the digipak. For the final digipak i will take a photo of my own hand print and enhance it using photoshop. I wanted to create a simplistic digipak and the exterior of it show's this idea. However i have used the flurecent green colour (taken from photo) as a background to the inside. This shock of colour i think would look really exciting when someone opens up the digipak.

I don't like the idea that some people buy an album just because they like the look of the band. However i do think a photo would be important. Therefore i have included a photo of the band and placed it behind the where the CD would be.

Due to the simplistic approach i am trying to take with my digipak i will not be including credits or thank you lists. The back cover simple reads the names of the song. If the consumer of an album wants to find out more about the band e.g pictures, making of the album, thank you lists, lyrics, or video's they could head to the bands website or blog.

Design Template

This is a digipack design template downloaded from http://www.discwizards.com/ . I will use this template on photoshop to design the digipack for the band.

Digipack ideas

What designs am i having and where?

Photoshop design of handprint on the cover with band name and album name

Image of boy on the left side of the inside and girl on the right. Imaged will be black and white and cut out on photoshop.

Fonts?

I have found two fonts that I really like from DaFont. The fonts are quite simple and classic which in my opinion would contrast well to the colour scheme and music.

Alien league

Altera

Cover Ideas

 

I have created this album cover idea using photoshop. I wanted to create a simplistic cover that matched the dance/pop theme of the song. I really like the mix of colours used, it is not gender defined. Meaning possibly a greater, mix gendered audience compared to an album that was all pink. 

The hand print is an image i found, although it wouldn't be too difficult to create something similar on photoshop. 

Record Label

What record company will the band be with?


I have chosen the band 'Intoxicated' to be signed to Sony Music Entertainment. Sony are an international company and well respected company.  Sony music and entertainment was founded in 1929 and became the American Record Corporation. Sony music Entertainemnt is a wholly owned subsidairy Corporation of America but is also the mother company of Colombia Records. 
Some of Sony's UK artist's include: 

Alexandra Burke
Paloma Faith
Dry The River
Rita Ora
Chipmunk 
Diasy Dares you
Labyrinth 

I think that the artist's signed to Sony UK would match the created band 'intoxicated' because  the music genre (dance/pop) is similar to  those listed. Sony is also well established internationally known, broadening the target audience margin for my band.

Font Ideas

Here are some fonts ideas of the band name that could be used for the album cover . The first font matches the dance genre quite well although I wanted to do something different with the presentation of a dance track. Therefore the second and third are probably my favourite and more simplistic.

Album cover ideas

Here i have found a few inspirational vinyl cover's that have given me some ideas for my own. There's a mixture of some classic album artwork such as the Pink Floyd 'Dark side of the moon' as well as some fairly abstract covers. I have still not yet decided weather i want a photo or artwork on the cover, but i do want a simplistic approach to juxtapose the song.

Album Covers

 Extreme close-up of a persons eye, an interesting idea that is eye-catching. It wouldn't be too hard to re-create the Dum Dum Girls album cover because it's photography. The only challenge might be the effects. 

 Pink Floyd 'Dark side of the moon'. This is a classic example of an album cover that has become famous purely for the graphics. Again this is a simple design but looks very effective. 

  The mars Volta - Frances the mute. This cover almost triggers confusion. Relating to the music. 

 I like the classic black and white effect on this album cover. It's almost abstract with the positioning of the beatle. 

 This particular Album cover was taken from the band who's song we are using for our video. The 'Yeah yeah yeahs' - zero. I really like the colours used for this album cover and i think the theme would fit in quite nicely with a 'dace' song.

 Frank zapper's album cover is minimal and i like the idea of simplicity. It's a contrast to his music.

Here's where i found most of the album covers...

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/05/13/100-obscure-and-remarkable-cd-covers/