Creating the Digipack 2

Creating the back cover on the album, i will show below, step by step.

This was the first step, taking the picture, with him directing to the fans.audience, if you look closely the picture taken was done on purpose, so that the fingers are in focus and the face up to the body is a bit out of focus.

Here the blur is added ot the whole picture, gaussian blur and this is so that the list of songs are signified as they are the more important thing, but the artist is still recognisable and is known.

Than i added all the necessary little features, such as barcode and the label, also the pirate and copyright issues in small.

This is with the title and the actual list added, on the title a little effect has been added, shown on the screenshot below, also the list has a bit of an effect shown to stand out the list.



Here are the appropriate effects added, with the blends and shading.






Here are all final layers, in the correct order.

Creating the Digipack 1

We started off by taking the pictures of the artist, around the appropriate location which was the college. We got them to either pose, keep it natural, or do something in a certain manner.

The first cd album cover, has steps shown below accordingly.

This was the first picture, taken and what was the basis to the album.

It was than up to me to add the appropriate effects. 

Than after i added the appropriate text and had to edit it accordingly, something that suits the colour within the original picture.

These are the two layers, i added both text separately.

You can see the font edited and the addition of the production company, on the bottom left, this is in a basic font.

Poster + T- Shirt

Below i used, the very well know keep calm, logo and edited into 'keep calm and listen to angel'. This will  be very effective on both a Poster and a T- Shirt.

Poster

A possible poster style, with it being out with a bang, telling people about the concert day in London for Angle to be performing.

Digipack analysis: Adele

Digipack analysis: 50 Cent- Before I Destruct Myself

 

The album is by 50 Cent called- Before I Self Destruct. Upfront it looks like a plain layout with not much going on, with just 50 Cent at the centre of this album. Looking in further you can see that the main face is destructed and this resembles the name of the album as the name of the album is self destruct and he looking like he is about to destruct. The actual convention used is the face expression, taken stereotypically, the general faces in the rap videos are sad, down and usually angry/annoyed. This is see with the expression of his eyebrow, raised and he is frowning hinting to an aggressive mood.

This is the back cover of the album. the both work really well together, not only the front but the back, you can have a scene set in your mind just by looking at the back of the album, something that is really attractive, is that the back part seems to be on fire, the lighting again another issue, as the darkeness sets a very hostile mood for anyone viewing the album, also this is backed p by smoke and of course giving the impression of a broken up city, making it very interesting and impeccible for someone not to buy, getting very attracted.

My Digipacks

 Here are two of my digipacks that i have created, this first one on the left, this is something that has a few filter used, including diffusion and the light to dark filter-moving form right to left. The picture was also very important, where we positioned each artist, accordingly to the song, where the main artist is at the front main view for anyone and the other featuring artist is at the back, shown but not so visibly with the light to dark filter starting on the main artist moving across to dark on the other artist. IN addition to this i created a simple font and than edited in a manner that will suit the clothes the main artist Angle was wearing, i added some 3d factor to it, a bit of shading and render and finally putting the black border around it, but also adding the parent advisory logo, helping to keep it looking professional.

For the above digipack, i used a picture with the artist looking directly at the audience, giving that sense of communication with the artist. It looks bold and interactive, there is no fancy editing but just plain straight forward picture, in addition the text it in a bright white font, with black border around it, this helps for it stand out and reach wider amount of people as it becomes interactive. With this the placing of the artist in the actual picture, is slant, placed on the right, leaving room for the text, the text is therefore placed alongside and in this digipack we do not have the other artist showing who is the main artist. Again finally i added the parents advisory logo, this creates that real-feel of a professional digipack.

Our logos sketched

 
This logo, is specifically aimed at Angle our main artist. Keeping the main theme of music, there are headphones around the name, the name being in graffiti, due to the culture and the background of the artist, the main theme is being shown throughout with the image shown of him in terms of being a bit street and civilised at the same time, wearing a leather jacket and a snap back(hat) at the same time and making it work.






This logo is for the production company, keeping it simple but, having the consistency with the Angle font, this style is an attractive, attention seeking and something that a person will remember and will enable to accosiate the two artist and production company as part of one team.

My test album cover

I had a go designing an album cover, i think as my first attempt went okay with actual album art with pictures rather than typography-(something Ive previously done) is very hard. I found the right kind of effects and to have a balance, not too much editing and not a bland picture. I felt to try something in a way weird and different, as seen by Angel's previous albums they are very unique and stand out.

In a way my album i feel does reach that expectation, even though this is just a test, first attempt. It has a blurry vision, with a special curl effect, that is under 10 to give a twist, underneath the actual picture is a blue gradient, which i have shown by bringing the opacity of the actual picture down slightly and a merge effect. I have used font that stands out and even put a bold looking effect with a blue rim around the text, making it stand out even more. As an additional touch i have added the parents advisory logo, giving it a professional look.