Digipak Ideas #2 - Album Covers Inspiration

1. Kate boy - Northern Lights:  What I love about this album cover is the black and white. I'm a very monochrome person in reality and I feel like you just can't beat a good black and white…anything. I love the simplicity of this and the placing of the artist - dead centre. I also like how the font is anchoring the image by being either side of her. I think the lighting and shadows also create a alternative look on an album as most female artists show their faces (as you can see from above).

2. Sea Lion - Mercy Land: Number 2 is by the artist Sea Lion who is another European singer. What I like about this cover is how it's close up and concentrates on her profile. I also like that it's not a frontal photo of her but more from the side which makes it more personal I feel - she has a wanderlust expression. I also think the idea to go with a sepia tone over full colour or black and white is a nice difference as well.

3. Hard Fi - Once Upon a Time in the West: Hard-Fi are a band that I've loved since I was 14 (also 6 years!) anyway, they are a great band and I adore this album cover. Okay, so it looks plain but to me it is the simplicity that makes it as good as I think it is. I love the bright yellow background but the text and font colours being monochrome. This works well; also the choice of font is nice it speaks impact and strong body. 

4. Adele - 21: 21 by Adele is a beautiful album cover. Again it's black and white with a green hue for the number 21. This is a statement over the rest of the album. I think the front profile of her is striking and her eyes being closed makes it more 'emotional' feeling. I love the lighting and I'd like to incorporate some strong contrast on my cover.

5. Charli XCX - True Romance: This to me is a 'typical' album cover but also not. I think it's typical because the title and name are above and below the artist which creates a nice structure and her being in the middle also gives it balance. I find it 'not typical' by the way it's been edited and the cosmic effect overlaying her.  I really like this touch - I also feel the bold font is something that works at the top then the finer font at the bottom.

6. Marina and the Diamonds - Electra Heart (acoustic): Another one of my favourite artists, Marina always looks fabulous and especially on her album covers. I love this because it's not typical grey scale it's got a prism effect over it.

7. Lana Del Rey - Born to Die: Again the album cover has the artist in the middle looking straight ahead - this gives another symbol of strength and vibrancy. I also like how the font is behind her head as it gives it some three-dimension and detail, more appealing to the eye.

Some examples of digipaks:

Marina and the Diamonds 4 panel digipak is what I've took most of my influence from. I stuck to the traditional 4 panel as it matches my target of simplicity and contemporary trends. I also like the creativity of the track listing with the curved writing falling like her hair.

Katy Perry's Prism digipak is another one I really like. I like the 'prism' 3D effect it has and the freebie sticker makes fans feel like they have something collectable. 

I really like Daft Punks art, abstract style digipak. Although it has no images of the artists it's not needed as Daft Punk are well known for their art music videos and technology influenced appearance.