Digipak

As one of our ancillary tasks, we need to create a digipak. We have to decide on what kind of look we want it to have, what to put on it, how it should fit together and also, who should be involved in making it.
To help us decide on these factors, we need to do a bit of research.
A digipak includes the front cover of a CD case. This usually consists of an image of a random object, instrument, person or animal. Solo singers are also shown on their albums, however, rarely is a band. This is due to the band being avaliable at different times and also as bands usually have a particular logo to represent them. For example, avenged sevenfold have the death bat, and metallica have a particular font of which their name is always written.

In the album cover below from the Kaiser Chiefs, the band has not been used. A simple snake skin background has been used with a tab that has the name of the band and album on it. The edges are tatty and it made to look like an old box lid. It says in small font 'a box of tricks' From this I would used the idea of a basic cover. I like that the cover simply says who it is by and what it is called. I don't think I would use the box idea but I would perhaps encorperate some ideas of my own.

In the cover below, again the band has not been used. However, unlike the one above, it is not just simply words. This time an icon has been used. The butterfly is a bright image which can represent the brightness and energy of the band. It also presents some sort of innocence, perhaps suggesting that it is not has hard as some forms of rock music. I like the idea of the butterfly but I don't think I would use it within our song. This is due to our band being all guys and this adding a slightly feminine feel to it.