Monday, 28 October 2013

Digipak Inspiration

I have researched a number of digipaks to look at the styles used by female artists. This has given me some ideas that I'd like to include in my own digipak.

Album cover
  • The solo artist is usually the main focus, image not always centred, leaving space for text
  • Simple or on location backgrounds used in photography
  • Very posed shots to portray dominance in the industry
  • Little text used, just artist name and album title - sometimes using the artist signature
  • Limited colour palette used - for example, duo-tones, black and white photography with contrasting text 

Album back - tracklist

  • More artist photography - sometimes showing the artist from the back
  • Track listing, often text wrapped around the artist image
  • Barcode to help at point of sales - no standard positioning 
  • Record label logo and date of issue
  • Limited colour palletes to match album cover
  • No standard on whether text is featured on the right, left or centred

Booklet back

  • More stylised photography, often closeup shots of artist
  • Limited or no text included, more space for creating imagery
  • Same limited colour palettes to blend with album cover
  • Simplistic designs, focus on the artist


 CD design
  • More simple designs than the booklets
  • Patterns and graphics used rather than photography
  • Limited text - artist name, album title and sometimes track listing
  • Limited colour palettes consistent with rest of the digipak


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