Final Digipak and Poster

Digipak- Final Idea

For my Digipak I have been looking at various ways in which to adapt it.

I have been researching Andy Warhol's 'Campell's Soup'.  I am going to put a painted effect on my cover and track listing to create the Andy Warhol effect. I am doing this as it has been done before for 'The Velvet Underground and Nico'. I want to use irony as 'Lo!' is not a typical grooved very well known band/ style, unlike Andy Warhol's artwork which is known all across the world. 

My album cover and track listing will consist of the front and back view of a tin of 'Spam'. This is following on from the Andy Warhol pop-art look. I have also been inspired by the 'Oasis' singles 'Definitely Maybe' album. 

The box is meant to resemble a cigarette box, however it contains several CD's from 'Oasis'.

Mock Up digipak

Album Back mock up

My Mock Up album cover

Mock up Idea for Digipak

I have decided that I going for a direct narritive approach for my digipak, I am taking inspration from the Rolling Stones album 'Let it bleed'. The front and back cover depictes an abstract cake on a vinyl record player, the front panel shows the cake in a good condition. However on the back panel the cake and vinyl has been smashed up. This would follow the narritive thoughout the digipak and create continity, furthermore it is related to the song that we are doing for the music video 'banquet'; due to the association with food.

 Front Cover

 Back Cover

 I found that the digipaks I analysed and looked at were mostly abstract, which is a common connotation within a digi pak so this will follow that connation that has already been set. This will make our band stand out from the normal covers that you would expect such as the front cover featuring a picture of the band.

Its now dawned on my that one other idea that I could try is showing the cake slowly being eaten away throughout the digipak.

Digipack analysis- The Beatles

This album digipack imidiatly stands out for me and is one of the mose effective i have come across. This too similar to other successful iconic covers has a running theme throughout the digipack. This is all shown in black and white which stands out when we first look at it. It's big bold writing is effective as it is the title 'Revolver' that we first see when opening the digipack. This sharpness and clearness also reflects the music that is on the album. I like how the naming of the band does not feature on the cover, this shows that buyers of the album will be familar with the band as they are one of the biggest of all time. The cover of the album is intresting in the fact it is different. It shows the faces of the band but in a rough sketch illustration, and this shows they are easily recognisable as people would immidiatly know the band just from this. The album cover was created by artist and bassist Klaus Voormann, who was a friend of John Lennons from the bands time in Germany. Voormann later recieved a Grammy Award for Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts for this work. I like the crazy design of he cover and how it dosn't really make sense or link to the music on the album, but however is still effective and renound as one of the most iconic covers of all time. Voormann came up with this design from a number of drawins in his scrapbook that came together. (Information from http://beatlestrivia.com/who-created-the-cover-illustration-for-the-beatles-revolver-album/)

Digipack analysis- The Stone Roses

In this album digipack by The Stone Roses the colour scheme is what stands out to me first as being what attracts me to it. I like the constant running theme throughout of the famous Union Jsck flag, which suggests this is proud british band that is also resebeling the idea of MOD as this flag symbolised that for previous successful bands such as 'The Who' and 'The Jam'. The album cover dosnt actually show the flag in it's complete form but we know from the combination of the colours red, white and blue that this is what they trying to show, and i like this immidiatly makes us think of the Union Jack flag.
The writing in the inside of the digipack is set out in lines with simple font to make it easy to read. Each line of writing alternates from red to blue on a white background, this again keeps the theme of the flag running. I feel i could create a theme with similar effect to show the audience what genre of music we are portraying and style we are representing. Also, the picture of the band has a painted colage behind them and this mainly has the colours of the Union Jack flag in it. For me it gives the impression that you can make an effective background without putting too much effort in, this album cover proves this.

Album Digipaks

I have been researching album covers, artwork and digipaks. I have been looking at various styles and ideas, including: blank background covers with nothing but the album name on the cover, light trails, time lapses and portraits.

Digipak background

The idea of a digipak is a patented idea originally by IMPAC group Inc., however they have since folded and has merged into the AGI devision. All around the world the digipak name is licensed to various manufurers. The styling of a digipak is commonly used for a CD album which is what we are going to use it for. The design for a digipak usually consistes of a book style paperboard binding with a disk tray for the CD, DVD ect. They were first widely used to replace as an alternative to a jewel case or a dvd box. Their use first grew for using as a CD case in the early 2000s when they became popular with artists and record laels.