digipak planning

For my digipak, I have decided to use images of the sea instead of an image of the band. I have chosen this because not only do indie album covers never feature a photograph of the actual band, but also because it relates to one of the tracks on the album 'waves'. This is a common thing to do for bands-they either name the album after, or base the artwork around a song on the track list, not necessarily the main singles from the album.

 

By researching on several websites for high quality images to use on my digipak, I found this image that I will use as the background image. I will crop it slightly and alter the colour levels to match the feel and colour scheme that I am aiming for (more blues, greens and pinks) as this matches the most frequently appearing colours in my music video. 

I am also using an original image that I have taken. This image is a cropped version of a photo I took on holiday in the canary islands of waves against a cliff. I feel that this image will go well with my found image as it creates contrast between distance-far and close up shots of the sea.

I intend to combine the two images together by using geometric shapes e.g. a triangle or hexagon with the close up inside the shape and the found image as the background. I have found that many indie album covers feature some element and use of shapes, with scenic images. Additionally, I feel that by using images of soft waves and subtly combining them, it will create a relaxed, laid back feel which is an ideal state to listen to music in and project the image and attitudes of the band in general.

I also did some sketches to design a band logo for the inside of the digipak.

 

 I decided to use the two letters of the band name and link them together. Firstly I tried to continue my use of shapes by putting the letters inside a circle or triangle, however this looked very boring and wouldn't translate well onto Photoshop. I believe that the most successful and minimalistic logo design is the T within the C as it has the most potential to represent the band and make them recognisable and during live performances, it would be on the kick drum or on the backdrop.