Possible CD Cover Designs

Possible CD Cover Designs

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  Possible CD Cover Designs
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  Previous Research • Fromreading about the ‘Drum & Bass Arena Award Winners of 2015’, I found the current top artists of this genre, and then did further research into their most recent album covers. This then helped me to come up with potential ideas for our album cover that would be typical of the genre, as well as expected by the audience. This is important as, if it was going to be sold in shops, then people that listen to Drum & Bass music can know what to look for. From my research I found:
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  CD Cover DesignNo. 1 As both the Rudimental and Netsky album cover include the artists, I thought getting a picture of Izzy would be appropriate. However, in all album covers, the artist is not the main focus. What comes across as most important is the titling, which is why I chose to place it across her face, to make her appear almost anonymous.I chose to put the font in yellow as the colour of the titling in the video is also yellow.
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  CD Design CoverNo.2 I chose to do this title in blue as it goes with the yellow nicely. I chose to make the background colour red, as it contrasts nicely with yellow, making it stand out more. Reflecting the image was just something I randomly thought I’d try, but liked the outcome so decided to use it.
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  CD Design CoverNo.3 I liked the titling of the previous cover, so decided to keep it for this design. I feel the use of colours make the titling stand out more. As I tried to make her appear ‘anonymous’, I decided to place the title over eyes, but make it faint so that she can still be seen.
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  Audience Feedback • Iasked multiple people’s opinions of these designs and the most common responses were: • No. 1 was liked but least effective. • No. 2 was most popular as people’s favorite. • No. 3 was most interesting, however people didn’t like the fact the titling could almost not be read. • This was beneficial as it allowed me to see what was and wasn’t liked and where I could improve. For example I now know that, to improve the third one, I could increase the opacity enough that it can be read, however not enough that it is not fully visible, as it makes it more appealing and interesting visually.