Digipaks related to my music genre (indie rock)

This is the cover for Panic at the Disco’s ‘Pretty Odd’ album. This cover is full of colours that make the image look more appealing and eye catching. The boarder around the central image gives it an old fashion effect, in which I like the look of because it brings more style to the actual artwork of the cover.Above ‘Pretty Odd’ it states ‘Welcome to’, this  is not established in the digipak designs often.

The text is an effective style in which goes well with the imagery, even though the image is colourful along with the text, the text still stands out. With this particular text and imagery overall the cover is vibrant and indicates a happy mood. However the word ‘Odd’ in the album title suggests that the tracks included within the CD are, and the cover releases a feel that it is not ‘normal’.

This cover does not have the name of the artist included which could make people want to find out who it is by, therefore fans could increase by finding a new artist that they enjoy listening too. However this could also be confusing as it is not clear.

The Plain White T’s cover is very unique, due to not many covers include colour and black and white effects. You can see that there is many edits that are included and are placed over lapping each other, and the sketches in the background release a ‘homemade’ feel, especially being on a cardboard coloured background.

The text is an effect  which looks hand drawn, both the artists name and the album name.  The only bold colour that applies to this digipak is the bright blue text ‘Plain White T’s’, this is eye catching as it is also outlined in black. The album name text is in a completely different font. It’s italic, also the letters are not all the same size, which contributes to the ‘homemade feel’.

The image is what makes the overall digipak stand out more than others. The majority of artists like their image to be of them in a very professional pose and presented in a model way.

This digipak- Viva La Vida by the artist Coldplay is very different than others, as this image contains violence and naked imagery, which doesn’t seem appealing to the audience however it has an old fashioned feel, maybe back to the war times.

Again this front cover does not have the artists name on it so the audience do not know who the artist is, but the album name is bold in white in which it looks like it has be applied with paint  against a colour background. The coloured background looks like a painting, it has a rich effect of bold colours and is a very effective background. The main colour that seems to stand out is the red flag. Red symbolises danger and death, however it is also a warm colour and sometimes represents love. 

The Arctic Monkeys digipak cover is a photograph transferred on the cover, this is very simple buy yet effective. It also has a casual look, and includes all the band members. The edits look as if the colours are dulled down a little allowing the band name ‘Arctic Monkeys’ to stand out. 

The cover doesn’t included an album title, however the half of the digipaks produced are named after the artist’s name.

This digipak; Scream by Chris Cornell releases a good vibe as the image is very energetic.  The image is darker than the background so it really stands out. The male on the cover is Chris Cornell himself which is very popular.

The editing is very successful and effectual because the lighting is around the artist which stands the image out, so it’s effective that there’s a contrast in colour from the background to the figure image.

The text is very bold, and also the text is vertical which is unusual. However the vertical text benefits the image as the image takes up a considerable amount of room.  The artists name ‘Chris Cornell’ is bolder and larger than the album name ‘Scream’ this is good in effective of audience attention.

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