Final posters/digipaks

12/12/14

Flicking through the feedback sheets, i made notes on the areas i need to improve and change on in each format. I then began making these changes and improvements.I improved on this first poster by changing the typography wording so that the date is shown first in a short simple way. I also shifted the album title 'Uncovered' lower down so that it is more legible and bold.

                                                   

On this second poster I made changes by starting off with editing the image. I cloned the hair of our artist on the right hand side to make it look more thick and fuller; filling the gap. I then made the image of Isabel Beau bigger so that it covers majority of the page and made it be positioned more central and higher up; this is so that the audiences complete attention is on her rather then the type. I moved the small image of the album cover and the information to the left side so that it doesn't take over all the image. By adding the date on i made it clear to the audience of the release date of the album by positioning it under the album.

                                                   

I think both these posters work really well as they are consistent to the digipak. They both look professional and genuine however, I feel that the first poster looks much better as it look more consistent due to the same background and much more interesting. The way I have blended the paint background over the image and behind it makes it look captivating and beautiful.

The feedback i got on my digipak was that it's just right and perfect with expressing our artist personality and genre of music. This is of expressing Isabel Beau's personality being sweet innocent and girly as well as having an edgy seductive side but the album being about her life and personal and the situations she has been through. The lyrics book(fourth panel) and the way 'Isabel Beau' is written contributes to the album being personal and making it connect to the audiences. All the images work well together and link. Having the two Cd's, one being a bonus cd, makes this album catchy to the target audience as it is a unique selling point. The background and cd images work along with the images due to the pop girly style. I really like this final digipak that I have produced and it looks really professional and genuine.

Lyrics book

12/12/14

The fourth panel of my digipak will be a lyrics book. To make this idea clear, i made an example of  my lyrics book consisting of the songs and its lyrics. I made it consistent to my digipak and make a good understanding of it bing a part of it by having the digipak background throughout the lyric pages. I am including a lyrics book to make my digipak more personal and special to the fans or audience that consume my digipak. By having a lyrics book and encourages the audience to listen to the music and sing along with it by reading the lyrics.

                   

Poster Designing

05/12/13

Today i started to further refine my digipak by adding the small details like copyright information and social media sites. I also changed the background in one image(pink stripy background) so it goes along with the blue stripy background which links well with the colours of both the cd's. On the fourth panel i changed Isabel Beau's clothes and make-up colour so that it looks different from the other images.

Along with my digipak, i started to design my poster. This is just a rough design so that i can show it to Sinead and get some feedback on how to change some areas as i quite figure out what to change. I think it looks okay however there is still an element which i feel is missing. I feel that the style doesn't quite work as it makes is a lot artificial but i will share this to the class and get some feedback.

Developed Digipak

01/12/14

I refined my digipak by altering it slightly so that it looks well in shape and professional.  I took the feedback, that i was given from everyone, into consideration by changing parts of my digipak according to the suggestions that were made. By having 'Bonus Tracks' written on the second cd made it clear on what the cd is on. having the track list be in the centre gives a real clean classy back cover. Although the back cover is not conventional i think it still works as for example Katy Perry's 'Teenage Dream' back cover is just of a track list too. I altered Isabel Beau's face on the front cover by liquifying it so that it is altered and photoshopped connoting how ideal women look like and should look like.

Developed Second Draft

23/11/14
                    

I developed on my digipak, for a start, by changing the background. The previous background i felt looked terrible as the colours and the patterns were clashing with my images and making it look really clutter and unrealistic. I completely deleted the background and started from scratch by creating my own. I did this by downloading various brushes , mainly flower based, and installing them onto photoshop where i started to use them. When using the brushes i made sure the opacity was changing each time i changed the brush or colour so that it looks smooth and subtle. I also tried to use as much soft and light colours i could so that it flows with the digipak and genre. I altered the colour of one of the cd's so that you can see that they are both different and therefore that one cd(pink rose) has the tracklist tracks where as the other(blue) has the bonus tracks. By downloading the fonts i chose from daft i replaced some of the typefaces and made my own barcode via dafont.

By making these small changes has given a greater impact, when comparing to the previous digipak. This development has been highly successful as looking at the digipak i can see it building up and resolving into an amazing final digipak. The background being changed has given a brighter feminine side to the digipak amplifying the pop genre.

Second Digipak Draft

21/11/14

I decided to change the colours around as i want my digipak to be different and not typical. I altered the image on the cd of the rose by changing the hue and saturation so that the hue is blue rather than pink. By changing the hue of the image,i feel has given a greater impact as the cd's look more professional and original due to the rose being blue. Along with changing the hue's i altered the levels so that the image is more bold and captivating. However i am not entirely sure about the background on the digipak. I am not too sure whether it works as i feel it looks a bit too clutter and clashy due to the blue cd's. The photos that i have selected of our artist i think work extremely well due to the artists nature and style being portrayed clearly; sweet, innocent and girly as well as having that edge sexy look to her. The cover photo looks really good due to it following the pop genre conventions of an extreme close-up and the idea of male gaze is also demonstrated as the red lips and the extreme close-up shot provoke this. The convention of voyeristic image is shown on the third panel on the top row as the artist here has posed in a seductive way attracting men as well as her target audience. I really want to go along with the voueyristic and seductive side to Isabel Beau as this is what many Pop artists (female) are portrayed as in the media to appeal to the vast range of audience.

First Digipak Draft

14/11/14

I have developed on my first draft of my digipak by replacing the old photos with new photos of the new artist. I have added typography so that a rough idea is seen of what my digipak is intended to look like. The fonts that are used are only temporarily, as i have chosen the font style for the artist and album name on Dafont. However due to there being an issue in getting the fonts onto photoshop, for the time being, i am using photoshop fonts that are similar to the ones i have selected. The typography that will be used for the rest of the text, excluding the artist's name, will be very plain and simple as i don't want the type to be too fancy and clashing with the imagery. The artist's name will be fancy so that it is recognisable due to it being consistent in all her albums.

I also edited the photos of Poppy so that they are refined to give that finish photoshop look, which many artists do in their album covers and posters. I was also experimenting with the frames, cropping a range of sizes to see which looks better. I think the extreme close-up(last cropped shot) works really well due to it being a real close-up shot showing the artists emotions and feelings reflecting on her album(uncovered).

   

I think i need to experiment more with the colours. Maybe instead of pink being the main colour have something like turquoise or teal. I think more experiments need to be made with the typography colour too as i don't feel that it works too well. However, i am beginning to really like my digipak as it is starting to look professional and conventional of the pop genre. The ideas that are developing within the digipak is clearly shown due to the gradual development and improvements being made.

Digipak Plan

07/11/14

Today i started to create my first digipak draft. I did this by gathering all the photos we took from the first test shoot and selecting my favourite ones and the ones that i feel will follow the pop convention. I then downloaded a digipak template off the internet, opened it up on photoshop and started to construct my digipak by adding photos.

I have decided not to have my digipak consistent to the music video as through my digipak i want to show the artist being represented as a conventional pop artist. Through my digipak i want to show the artist as herself with bright colours and stylish clothes so that it is clear to the target audience of what type of genre this artist and album is based around. I also don't want to give away the narrative of the music video away to easily to the audience. By keeping the album simple will draw the audience into consuming it and finding out about the songs and their music videos. Although some artist have their album consistent to there music video, like Katy Perry, mine will not be.

Although none of these images will be part of my final digipak, due to the artist being changed, by creating this draft gave me a vague idea on what type of shots i want taken of the artist where and in what angle. I started off creating my cd  with an image of leaves but then developed it into having a rose which i cropped and brightened the tone. I think the rose cd works much better as it give that beautiful, girly pop vibe. I also feel that it will work really well along with the photos we will take of Poppy at Notting Hill.