Hello all.
I have been working more on my digipak. I have recently decided that it should be more modern, so I have taken inspiration from the albums by MUSE, who are part of the new-prog culture. I looked at album covers first and this one in particular caught my eye:
This is the cover for their album 'Black Holes and Revelations'. I love the vibrancy of colour, the science-fiction setting (appropriate for the album's name) and its surrealist approach. The four people on the cover represent the four horseman of the Apocalypse, as mentioned in the Book of Revelations. The images of the band members are not featured on the front cover, which is a similar approach to Pink Floyd - it is the music that matters, not the members themselves.
In order to achieve this kind of style, I attempted a first draft of my own:
The interesting thing about Muse's album covers is that they use a logo for their name. This was part of the reason why I used the Mac software 'Logoist' to create this album cover as a whole. The 'GOOD vs EVIL' text is in a medieval font to indicate its old usage as a theme in art. Good and evil can be traced back to some of art's earliest years. 'METAPHYSICAL MAYHEM' is styled in an Ancient Greece-like font because of the early philosophy surrounding the notion of 'metaphysics'. This would appeal to the more intellectual - as well as mature and experienced - audience. These age-old themes are supported further by the black, wickedness of the trees which have a witch-like look to them. Forests also connoted places of darkness and mystery in fairy tales such as 'Little Red Riding Hood'. This dark, fantastical element to the cover also fits into the Gothic category, which appeals to the 'Goth' or 'Emo' youth sub-culture. This is a key demographic for the band.
I have made the back cover like this:
As you can see, it bares many similarities to the front cover. The only discernable difference is that THE LAUGHING MAN's replicas have been removed completely from the image. This is to achieve a kind of 'now you see him, now you don't' effect to highlight the album's theme of schizophrenia. The back cover is used to show the reality of the situation, shown from the Lunatic's point of view.
I have placed the Track List on the closest black tree and used a clear, white colour - as well as uppercase lettering - to make it noticeable. I did not want to centre the Track List because I feel it would divert away from the overall image, its meaning and how it relates to the front cover.
I have made my own label for the Music Institution so as to avoid any Copyright violations and created a logo for it - also using Logoist:
With Logoist, I have been able to achieve many things with my digipak so far. It has allowed me to placed text on a given image: move it, colour it, make it bold; and alter the colour of an image, as well as its shading, border and filling. It gives me the necessary tools in order to create a great digipak, without costing very much at all (£13, roughly £40 cheaper than Adobe Photoshop).
I have been working more on my digipak. I have recently decided that it should be more modern, so I have taken inspiration from the albums by MUSE, who are part of the new-prog culture. I looked at album covers first and this one in particular caught my eye:
This is the cover for their album 'Black Holes and Revelations'. I love the vibrancy of colour, the science-fiction setting (appropriate for the album's name) and its surrealist approach. The four people on the cover represent the four horseman of the Apocalypse, as mentioned in the Book of Revelations. The images of the band members are not featured on the front cover, which is a similar approach to Pink Floyd - it is the music that matters, not the members themselves.
In order to achieve this kind of style, I attempted a first draft of my own:
I have made the back cover like this:
As you can see, it bares many similarities to the front cover. The only discernable difference is that THE LAUGHING MAN's replicas have been removed completely from the image. This is to achieve a kind of 'now you see him, now you don't' effect to highlight the album's theme of schizophrenia. The back cover is used to show the reality of the situation, shown from the Lunatic's point of view.
I have placed the Track List on the closest black tree and used a clear, white colour - as well as uppercase lettering - to make it noticeable. I did not want to centre the Track List because I feel it would divert away from the overall image, its meaning and how it relates to the front cover.
I have made my own label for the Music Institution so as to avoid any Copyright violations and created a logo for it - also using Logoist:
With Logoist, I have been able to achieve many things with my digipak so far. It has allowed me to placed text on a given image: move it, colour it, make it bold; and alter the colour of an image, as well as its shading, border and filling. It gives me the necessary tools in order to create a great digipak, without costing very much at all (£13, roughly £40 cheaper than Adobe Photoshop).
No comments:
Post a Comment