Thursday, 13 November 2014

Digipak Plan

The following are some sketches for the album digipak designs. Both designs feature scenery that will relate to the music videos for our song. Based on the previous digipaks that we analysed from our research, we came to the conclusion that the digipak should meet these criteria:
  • A scenic background, focused on hills or another prominent countryside landmark OR A simple cartoon, with a predominantly white (or other solid colour) background, and colourful sketches in the centre.
  • The artist name and album name should be written clearly at either the top or the bottom (or both) of the album cover.
  • The writing should be all caps, with a simple, sans-serif font that is easy to read AND easy to recognise.
  • The writing should be either black (with a white background) or white (with a black background).
  • The cover may feature the artist (if it's not a cartoon). If it does, then they should be the key focus of the image.
  • The song list on the back of the digipak should be in a plain, simple font, similar to that of the title.
  • The background of the back of the digipak should follow the theme of the front cover, if not a continuation of the same image.
  • The back cover should feature an image of the artist (Or the label logo).
  • The disk should feature the artist and album name in a font similar to the cover.
  • The disk should be black, white, or feature the image/cartoon that is seen on the cover.
  • Song lyrics should be printed on a booklet included in the digipak that features a similar image to the cover.
  • Song lyrics should be in a clear, black or white font, contrasting the colour of the booklet.


This design features the performer on a country road. There are trees and bushes on either side. As a result, the main colour will be green, with the grey of the road running through the centre of the cover. The performer will be wearing a grey hoodie and jeans, similar to the costume of the music video.
The title (Artist and Album Name) will be either at the top of the cover or at the bottom in a white text.
The back cover will feature the same road leading off in the opposite direction.
The above designs feature an establishing shot of hills in the countryside. Based off of the image below, the cover will be mainly green, with the sky above being white (from overcast clouds). The album will include either the performer with an instrument (guitar) or another object of significance that matches the theme of the album. Again, the performer will be wearing clothes similar to that of the music video.
The title of the digipak will be positioned at the top of the cover in black font (contrasting the white background).
The back cover of the digipak will feature an extension of the image, off to the left. The song list will be created with the same font as the title and an image of the artist will also be included in a square above the song list.

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