Digi Pack final

Here's my finalised digi pack - for now! I am really happy with my choice, but as a second opinion I am going to ask my peers at school to see what they think looks best!

I have used all my own fonts and even circles which I am proud of! I am hoping to put the CD advisory sticker on the lower right of the front cover as I was unable to edit it in on the software I used at home.

Digi Pack discarded pictures

I have decided not to use these pictures as they didnt fit with the 'Pixie Mix' look, but I had a play around with the contrasts and colour splash, to see what they would look like. I didnt use the group one, although the picture looks interesting as even though i had highlighted myself in colour as the rest is in black and white, it didnt seem to fit with the idea of it being a front cover on my digi pack for example, so I decided not to go with it.

The picture of just me with the colour just on my face was just used to experiement with the colour focus.

Lastly the close up of myself scrunching my face up is still undecided as by looking at it more and more I think it would look good as either the album list or the "with love" page. I am going to ask around and get some audience feedback before I finalize it.

Digi Pack inside covers

I chose to put the inside cover with the words "with love" as I think it is short and sweet for the fan to read and the handwriting style font (which I wrote myself on all my digi pack covers) makes it more personal, which is exactly what every fan (little girls mostly) want from their idol!

Digi Pack cd place

Out of all four, my favourite and most appropriate cd cover is the first one with the split screens. I think this works really well as the contrast goes well as a background and the whole concept of the boy and girl goes well underneath the cd placing.

Digi Pack album list idea's

Out of all four album lists I prefer the first one with just my face as I think it focuses on Just me, and "my" songs. I also like the girl on the beach as it isnt focused on the girl, again it is focused on the box of album names.

Digi Pack album cover ideas

ALBUM COVERS

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1)Here's my first idea as an album cover for my digi pack. I have used the same font throughout my different idea's as I love the 'crayon' effect. I have changed this picture into sepia as it had a more interesting look.

2)I am not as keen on this one as I think it looks more like the CD should be on top of it. I used this image as the album title is called 'Stupid Cupid' and the majority of songs are based around the girl "Pixie" and her boyfriend. I like the split screen of myself and Alex as we are a real life couple and so the chemistry looks good within us both!

3) I quite like this picture with the gradual fade in colour as the picture in itself looks as if she is 'making a big break' - jumping into the sea, NOT holding hands, with no strings attached for instance. I have focused the colour on the girl as it shows her as the artist and the boy in black and white reflecting the songs she sings about him. I like this idea for a album cover as it is different and unique!

4)This is also another favourite of mine, as it is set in the summer, sun is out, and the girl is alone holding a lilo, showing her Independence walking alone on a beach. This could contradict or go really well with most of the songs on the album cover as it shows her alone without a boy. I put a soft focus on this picture to focus more on the name instead of the girl by herself. Really love it!

Fonts

Sophie and I are currently in the media room discussing different fonts to use for our digi-packs as well as possibly having 'Pixie Mix' at the opening of our song..

We googled Pixie Lotts actual font on her album cover but no luck, so we typed in 'scribble font and crayon font' and found a few to download. They're not the exact same as the original Pixie Lott, but nethertheless they look really good!

Unfortunatly 'blogger' will not let us upload these fonts onto a post!

Track list

As I have researched around at different pop genre's track lists, it has become apparent that the popular number of track songs on a album is between 10-15 songs. In order to keep with the 'Pixie Lott' theme, we are naming our band 'Pixie Mix' and going to have our album tracks as a remake of hers with 12 songs on the list;
For example..
This is Pixie Lott's real track list:
* 1. Mama Do (Uh Oh Uh Oh)
* 2. Cry Me Out
* 3. Band Aid
* 4. Turn It Up
* 5. Boys And Girls
* 6. Gravity
* 7. My Love
* 8. Jack
* 9. Nothing Compares
* 10. I Wish I Was There
* 11. The Way The World Works
* 12. Hold Me In Your Arms

Our tracklist will be something like:
*1 Papa No
*2 Drown Me
*3First Aid
*4 Pump It Up
*5Girl Meets Boy
*6 Space
*7My Heart
*8Alex
*9Contrast
*10Wish You Were Here
*11The World Goes Round
*12 Hold Me Tight

And the debut single * Broken Arrow

album cover/ Digi Pack

ALBUM COVERS/ DIGI PACK
A Digipak is a patented style of compact disc or DVD packaging.
Digipaks typically consist of a gatefold (book-style) paperboard or card stock outer binding, with one or more plastic trays capable of holding a CD or DVD attached to the inside.

Digipak-style packaging is often used for CD singles or special editions of CD albums and the tall DVD Digipak (DVDigipak) is used as a premium package for DVDs and DVD sets. Although less vulnerable to cracking than a jewel case, the disc tray inside the package (particularly the "teeth" of the hub which secure the disc in place) remains rather brittle and is prone to cracking if the package is crushed. Digipak-style cases grew in popularity among record labels and recording artists in the early 2000s.

AGI has recently introduced a new product called digipak i-create for the consumer market. Digipak i-create is a web-supported concept that is aimed at the download, music, photo and creative markets.

I was inspired for my album cover's by walking through London once on a busy day. I saw at lunchtime all the busy workers leaving work for lunch walking over the Millenium Bridge in London and it made me picture the artist standing in the middle of the bridge with St Pauls Cathedral in the background looking at the caera as images moving are all around her. The images around her would probably be blurred to show the busyness of London and possibly of her life and the album.




Another possibility would be to have the artist standing in an iconic old traditional telephone box staring at the camera. There are still some left in Covent Garden, London which always interests me as they are very picturesque and eye catching. The artist could be standing in the middle box with the remaining four telephone boxes identically beside her.




Ofcourse there is the option to have a close up of the artists face, or have her on a photo shoot, quite like Pixie Lott and other pop artist do, although I want to be unique and more urban with my choice of locations, and so the ones I have already mentioned seem like a good idea.