The first three are existing CD album covers which I have found from music websites and Google. Paolo Nutini is a folk/indie music artist who was a large influence on the character's costume in our music video. For instance, both have trilby hats, shirts and jeans, which is typical folk/indie costume. The album looks as though it was done by an artist or possibly even the artist himself.
The bright coloured colour scheme includes: yellow, red and green, the main image being a cartoon portrait of Paolo (the artist himself) at his diner table, a guitar to his left with a pleasant-looking landscape outside. A visual link between the album's title and visual imagery is made through the eggs on the plate (a cross reference to Paolo being Scottish too, as the phrase it, I believe).
For my own digipak, I am thinking of doing an artistic cover and came across some of Glas Vegas's covers which I personally really like. This looks like a linoprint, and suggests how bands can commission an artist to create their digipak.
Glas Vegas has many awards for their self-titled album, from Best Awards of 2008 in The Observer Music Monthly, NME to The Independent and The Sun. Also reaching the Number Two position in the UK album chart. This album, their second or third studio album, with its artistic cover could symbolize how the band are not worried about promoting themselves FOR their music; they let the music promote itself.
The album covers are simplistic and creative, with both a subtle and aesthetically attractive colour scheme. Both CD covers have atmospheric imagery, both with locations being villages. Both CD covers also have the man and woman, shown as equals, either in the sky or on the ground.
My next step will be to look at other several folk/indie music artists with inspirational CD covers. There are different possibilities which may contribute to the successfulness of the music artist, it may be due to their music appealing to their audience or, it may be due to their CD album covers attracting them to listen to them. As our band is unsigned, it'll be important to attract our target audience, using certain colour schemes, imagery, lighting, text font, price, extra features of the digipak.
For my own digipak, I am thinking of doing an artistic cover and came across some of Glas Vegas's covers which I personally really like. This looks like a linoprint, and suggests how bands can commission an artist to create their digipak.
Glas Vegas has many awards for their self-titled album, from Best Awards of 2008 in The Observer Music Monthly, NME to The Independent and The Sun. Also reaching the Number Two position in the UK album chart. This album, their second or third studio album, with its artistic cover could symbolize how the band are not worried about promoting themselves FOR their music; they let the music promote itself.The album covers are simplistic and creative, with both a subtle and aesthetically attractive colour scheme. Both CD covers have atmospheric imagery, both with locations being villages. Both CD covers also have the man and woman, shown as equals, either in the sky or on the ground.
My next step will be to look at other several folk/indie music artists with inspirational CD covers. There are different possibilities which may contribute to the successfulness of the music artist, it may be due to their music appealing to their audience or, it may be due to their CD album covers attracting them to listen to them. As our band is unsigned, it'll be important to attract our target audience, using certain colour schemes, imagery, lighting, text font, price, extra features of the digipak.
Excellent research thus far to inform your ideas, I do like Glas Vegas graphics.
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