Process with Digipaks

Process with Digipaks:

More Creations and Developments

The below design was based off Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" album, I think it looks artistic but due to the lack of mise-en-scene it's very uninteresting. I created this to open my mind to other designs and to reinvent my ideas to create something new.

Note error: Only one "L" in Korteling. This will be corrected in submitting pieces - you can easily forget this, it's just "one of those names".

Possible front:

Possible style and appearance 

for either front, or inner covers.

I really enjoy looking at this design, however the lines could be removed, or kept in a further development. It's very propaganda influenced and reminds me greatly of old World War Two posters. Propaganda is a form of "information" used as communication aimed towards influencing the public.

Digipak Idea V.2

Digipak Idea Version 2.0

Front Cover:

What I like about the design:

• Bold colors that stand out against black background.
• Newspaper theme - "Information".
• The red font is similar to the newspaper cutouts.

What I dislike about the design:

• Black background where something, or someone would be there. However, having said this, the boldness of the writing and also the design as a whole might suffer from an object distracting your view.
• The font. It was hard to find, or even create a font which matched the style of the newspaper "Information". The best which I could do is this slightly "goofy, uneven" styled font. It works, but I still wish to change it as it appears silly and unprofessional.

Note error: Only one "L" in Korteling. This will be corrected in submitting pieces - you can easily forget, it's "one of those names".

Inspiration from:

Layout/Mise-en-scene:

Simple and understandable.

Possible Font:

Back cover (track list) could be based on:

Lists name of artist, track titles, lyrics and album title - "Heartattck And Vine".

Possible matching poster idea,
or "freebie" included with album?:

Advert/Poster Idea

Advert/Poster Idea - Basic Outline

This idea came to me during our first lesson discussing Digipacks and posters - what we can and can't do. Examples where also shown during the lesson.

This idea of mine is based off my group's music video. Considering that we feature Big Issue sellers around Norwich, UK or as I like to call them "Red Coats" within the video and based on the fact that our chosen song is called "Information", the concept of my idea came to me within an instant.

The idea is that we see a Big Issue seller, holding the Digipack I created against a black background while sitting on a stool, or standing up. This is a brilliant way to advertise my artist and Digipack as it relates to both the song (music track), the video's mise-en-scene and lastly the niche unsigned artist - who is much like the Big Issue sellers, he's unknown by the music community and is trying to make a living for himself.

Excuse the basic drawing/outline , but this is just a concept at the moment.

Digipak Ideas and Outcomes

Digipak Ideas and Outcomes

Having looked at The Beatles' cover art/font, I came across a similar style of the color pallet and a similar armament of the mise-en-scene. It was the "Gilbert and Sullivan festival's" display picture (DP for short) on their Twitter page. I liked the eye catching style as white on black creates a strong comparison between the colors. The red is bold and draws your eyes - just like a traffic light, audiences will notice that any highlighted red wording has a great meaning or seeks attention from the one viewing - it's important.

Concept images which ideas came from for the following design:

Idea 001:

EDIT: Missed out the letter "R".

Silly me. Never mind, the concept is what matters most.

Note error: Only one "L" in Korteling. This will be corrected in submitting pieces - you can easily forget, it's "one of those names".

Front panel

Back panel

Both panels where created in an editing program similar to Photoshop  called GIMP (V2.8)

What I like about the design:

• Bold.
• Simple but effective.
• Eye catching due to the color choice.

What I dislike about the design:

• Writing too big, but I wouldn't of thought it would have worked otherwise.
• Un interesting - as in, the design is simple, as I've mentioned above but might be too simple.
• Lack of interesting mise-en-scene
• Un-art-like, not very artistic.

Collection of Digipaks Which Have Inspired Me

A Collection of Digipaks Which Have Inspired Me So Far

I like the font type used here, this is something which I would also
like to included on my digipak - an "old fashioned" newspaper representation.

Again, the font type used here to me and layout of the
digipack fits well within the image's mise-en-scene.

The outline of the two artists, Simon and Garfunkel are insistently recognizable due to their pose. I inspire to use a similar technique on either my poster design or digipak so the public will also, recognize my chosen artist. However, as my artist is unsigned, the public may not even recognize him as an outline - it may just look like another person. This is a downside, although, for me, it'll add to artistic effect.

The picture frame is what I could
include in a poster, as my chosen song is called "Information", I could base my poster
on the concept of it being a newspaper reel or stand.

The artwork and symmetry to me are very eye
catching due to its repetitive pattern on either side.