Comparing our digipack

Front Cover



For our front cover we decided to go with a close-up of our main character, like in Ed Sheeran's cover for his debut album '+'. We decided this is the best idea as the close-up suggests the album is going to contain good music but the artist is also important, but not a suggesting or sexual pose which could suggest the album is only about the artists image.


Back Cover



For our back cover we wanted to create a simple design (like the front cover) to suggest the music is important in the album. We used a similar design to Adele's album '21' when listing our tracks. We did this because we liked the design and even though there is an image of the artist the tracks are a main feature and stand out in the design.

Booklet (Inside left)



For the inside left of our digipack we wanted to create a booklet, similar to Beyonce's on her album '4'. Her booklet is a book of song titles and a '4' photo-shoot. So we took some photos of our actor and decided this was the best one to go on the front of the booklet, to create an extra feature to the album, like Beyonce.

Disk (Inside right)



We decided we wanted our disk to have a simple design and not have it too complicated. We looked through some of our CD albums of our own and found The Saturdays 'On your radar' album. They used a simple colour which reflected their album design so we tried to use a similar design for our own album.

Creating our digipack: Fonts

When choosing a font we wanted to keep in the style of our genre and have a typical pop music style font. We looked at some album covers to research fonts.






We then looked around the web to find some fonts to download and test our album title. Using photoshop we come up with some versions of our titles.



We decided to use the font 'ClementePDaa' it's the third font in the list. We used this font because we thought it font represent our genre best. We found a similar font on Adele's album 21. We looked round the web and found other similar fonts used in the pop music industry, so decided this would be appropriate for our album cover.

Creating our digipack: Colours

When we were creating our digipack we wanted the colours to play a big part in creating effects. We looked at album covers with black and white artwork to see if we wanted this effect.



We thought the black and white effect made the album cover look interesting because of the lack of colour can give emphasis on music rather than artist image. We decided to go with black and white for our cover. However we added a purple colour to the title on the cover, similar to Adele's album 21 where the '21' is highlighted green.

Our album didgipack

Plans for our magazine advert

I decided to put our ideas for our magazine advert onto paint which I created this. I included little bits of detail which we thought were important as to creating the magazine advert in order for it to become appealing to others in order to sell the song, these are the ideas we thought of as a group which have been put into one to make our magazine advert much simpler for us to make.

Plans for our digipak

Front Cover

Inside cover


Back cover

Album cover research: 'Rihanna - Talk that talk'

Looking at Rihanna's new album "Talk that talk" it is giving off a completely different image to her previous album cover "Loud". The album was released on November 18, 2011 and talks about love, sexuality and empowerment. From looking at it compared to her previous one I think it looks very different, this automatically shows that she is trying to tell us that she . The cover is still of a close up photograph but ive off a very different feel to itinstead her eyes are directly making contact, they are very dark and look quite gothic. From looking at her face her eyebrows are faced up, she looks quite fiesty and arogant, I also think that she looks quite evil, I think this also makes you question what she has to offer, what kind of music is on the album? Is it quite fiesty and powerful? It is aimed to draw you in so that you want to listen to it.

From looking at her clothing she is wearing a camoflage top. We usually associate camoflage clothing with being related to the army, the army are very powerful and the clothing is also worn to make them hidden from the enemy, this makes me think that Rihanna is hiding what she has to offer, that she is not revealing anything about the CD, this again would make people want to buy it because they would really want to see what she is all about, how good the album is. From looking at her face I personaly think that she is trying to portray this individual unique image, that she is like nobody else, this links in with the name of the album "Talk that talk" which we can see is tattooed on the arm, almost as if she wants people to know who she is and she wants to get people talking about her, to create word of mouth so that everyone knows who she is. The writing is also in capital letters and is quite boldly written on her arm. This is quite a daring thing to do which shows that she is not afraid of doing anything which could reflect on the album, she is not afraid of coming out and doing her own thing.

From looking a Rihanna's lips like her old album cover look perfectly painted which shows her pefection however, her hair is delibrately messy and is a natural brown colour unlike the fiery red on her old album cover. This shows that she has two sides that she might possibly we showing her true colours and her natural identity. The way she is licking her lips up shows that she is possibly teasing us about the album, like we wont know what its like until we listen to it. Instead of having her name on the front cover she has got a huge letter R in the top left corner. This indicates that she is already well known and all she needs really is a picture of her face as people already know her name, this again indicates her cokiness and arogant side.

Over all even though this picture appears to be quite simple, when you look at it in more detail she seems to be telling us quite alot and is trying to persuade us to buy her new album in various ways.



This is a photograph of the cd cover of her album. I think this is really creative as it links in completely well with the album name "Talk that talk". This image is of a newpaper which has been spread out onto the disk which appears to me that by producing her new cd that she is trying to get everyone talking about her to again create word of mouth. The colour of the CD has been used with natural colours just like a newspaper which makes it look very natural. I think the way this has been made is really creative as it has been made to look like the article is about her and her songs in a very unusual way. I really like this idea as when you normally look at CD covers they look quite plain and boring but this has had some thought put in to it.



From looking at Rihanna's back cover we can see a photograph of her full body rather then just her face. She is still giving us eye contact drawing attention. The photograph is in black and white and she is stood in quite a run down building. Rihanna's clothing looks very creative but yet shabby, almost as if it has been created like a "mishmash" nothing fitting together. Rihanna herself looks very sexual, the way she is stood and is posing for the camera, very confident and controlling, this could also reflect the songs themselves, extreamly powerful, and also Rihanna's personality. We normally associate the colour black with smart dress and perfection, but this is the complete opposite. This indicates that her music might be somewhat creative and able to adapt her voice and personality to different situations.

I think Rihanna herself is trying to portray the image of being quite intimidating. On the photograph on the left of the back cover I can see a skull being burt on the fire, this is indicating quite possibly that we shouldnt underestimate her, the could be reflecting on her voice, and basically saying that she is capable of anything. The song titles are also down the right side of the page and are in a bold red colour which are eyecatching. The colour red in itself can have different meanings, it could stand for love passion and desire which could refect Rihanna's music, and it can also be the sign of blood, fire, and the devil. Red is a colour in itself I think is well chosen because it can have many different meanings, she is not giving away anything about the album, but she definately thinks that creating word of mouth about the album is crucial.

Overall I really like Rihanna's digipak as I think she has been very creative through pictures rather than words, and analysing it has made me think about other options which we could use into creating the best digipak.

Album cover research: 'Rihanna - Loud'

Looking at Rihanna's album cover "LOUD" we can tell that she is being quite secretive and is not revealing much to us,probably to get people to buy the album to see what she really has to offer. From looking at the picture we can tell although much isn't going on, it was been well thought out. Rihanna herself has got her eyes closed and we can see her long dark black eyelashes which stand out perfectly however, the title "LOUD" has no impact on the way Rihanna looks, she looks the total opposite, quiet and peaceful however I still think she looks quite false as if she is putting on this relaxed "perfect" image. Rihanna herself looks very immaculate. Her hair is in contrast with her lips, a fiesty red colour which is giving off a "sexy" image. The colour red is usually associated with love and passion which makes us think a lot deeper about what Rihanna's cd is really like. Although her rosy red lips are painted so presicely and bold along with her hair and makeup the photograph of her is so close up you can only see her face and the top of her shoulder. Again, this shows she is not giving anything away but the shy person cannot be true as someone so shy would not be able to take an extreme close up photograph of her face which dominates the album cover, this indicates she has a lot more to offer. We can tell that she wants to get her image out so she is known and recognised by many.



From looking at the back cover of this album we can tell that she still has no interaction or is giving us no eye contact whatsoever. There isn't much colour in this picture, the bold vibrant red colour has changed to a very pale which indicates her soft but still very girly side. The album looks very clearly that it is appealing to females. Instead of the extreme close up photograph of Rihanna's face we can see her whole body. She is sat far back and looks very weak and vunerable and is a typical image for a young female but she still looks quite angelic and perfect. She is still giving me the impression that she is hiding away her "true colours" as the baby pink tint covers her body and face making the true colours hidden. The necklace she is wearing in the picture is also extreamly large which again is being used to cover her up, she has done this in a very stylish way and still looks like an icon for young females. The songs which are written on the right of the cover are written in dark red capital letters boldly emphasising the importance of them. They are also very eye catching. I think Rihanna has chosen her style for this CD cover really well as it is simple but effective.



I also decided to look at the design chosen for the disk to this album. Again the girly theme is still connected as it is a design of pale pink rose petals which makes it look very abstract and floral. I love this design as it's quite simple and not over the top which makes it look really effective. I think this sort of design would look great for our cd cover.

Taylor Swift Digipak, comparing old and new albums

Fearless Album released in 2008



Speak Now Album released in 2010



From looking at both albums, Taylor Swift remains to keep a similar style. Her 'Fearless' album features her moving her head showing her iconic curly hair, it also relfects that she is 'fearless', whereas the first album cover shows her in a red dress, showing her beauty. Both albums aim to promote her image. Both of the discs also have a similar meaning behind them, they both feature peoples hands, in the 'Fearless' album, the disc is of a love heart made with hands, highlighing the idea of being connected to someone else and shows she may be in love. The 'Speak Now' album is of 7 hands all holding onto each other which symbolises friendship.