Initial hand drawn designs of digipaks

From previous research, we decided that the most successful indie digipaks are the ones that have a solid theme running throughout, therefore we have came up with 4 different themes which we will put to our target audience to get feedback.

 Design A

This design is influenced by the animal theme of the Kings of Leon Previously analysed at the beginning of the project. The disguise idea is a convention often found in the indie rock music genre for example: Marina and the diamonds video- Radioactive and Bastille- Laura Palmer. The horizontal list form of the song titles on the back are conventional of indie albums as is used on  the Kings of Leon album- Only by the Night.

Design B 

The retro theme of this album has been inspired by Amy Winehouse-Back to black as this is often associated with indie fans. The bold 'FAUX' text stands our and dominates the page which is influenced by the Amy Winehouse cover also. On the reverse the text is aligned left which is conventional of indie rock albums such as Muse- Black Holes and Revelations. The white noise as well as the tv test card disk and the colour bars on the inside cover all link together to the indie retro theme that fans stereotypically love. Legalese such as the copyright info, barcode and production logos all appear on the back as essential conventions of digipaks.

Design C

This design was heavily influenced by that of Flobots- Survival Story album which shows a deserted polluted landscape. Therefore this digipak will portray our band as environmentally concerned and slight hippy which is closely liked with the indie music genre so will appeal to most indie fans. The large CD & DVD text makes it clear that is is a digipak similar to that of the Flobots album again. On the reverse, the track listings are horizontally lined up inspired again by the Kings of Leon album- Only by the Night.  Legalese such as the copyright info, barcode and production logos all appear on the back as essential conventions of digipaks. The lime green against the black and white imagery will make this album stand out dramatically and this contrast of colour is used in a slightly different way (but still inspired) by Amy Winehouse-Back to black (but her's used simple black and white). The toxic waste on the disk provides a novelty artistic effect which is conventional and will appeal to the indie audience, this is inspired by the planet on the Muse- Black Holes and Revelations disk.

Reverse of Flobots CD