How will looking at other album covers help make my own Digipak design?From doing this I will get:
- Inspirations.
- How to convey genre.
- How to convey values of an artist.
- Convey experience of the music - pre-digital browsing in record shops - albums were chosen on basis of cover art.
When analysing album art the key things you should look at for are:
- Images.
- Fonts (and language used in album title).
- Colour scheme.
- Portrayal of artists (if featured).
The artwork can convey many different messages such as:
- Emotional response to the music (mood, atmosphere).
- Genre.
- Star image (values/beliefs).
- Intended audience.
- Uses and Gratifications the music/artist offers.
- Messages about Social groups.
- Ambiguous or intriguing imagery - could be interpreted a number of ways (so always make it interesting to look at).
- Shocking - deliberately controversial to grab attention.
- Visually dense (lots of images, lots to look at).
- Minimalist - unusually sparse or empty.
From learning all of this I shall take all into account when making my own.
