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My Digipak

Here is my Digipak that I have created. I used a failry simple colour scheme of browns, golds and reds. I chose this colour scheme because I wanted something different, I researched many different digipaks from various artists and i never found a single digipak with this colour scheme. Therefore I decided to ask a couple of friends 'what colours would you not use in a digipak?' atleast 4/5 of them replied with the colour scheme I have chosen. Although they said they wouldn't use these colours, i decided to challenge myself to try and create a worthy piece using these colours and I believe I have done. Another reccurance I found on other Digipaks was images of the artists, this is something I chose to stray from doing again. All the designs within my digipak have been created by distorting and changing primary images that I have taken. My personal favourite part is the CDs. I find the designs for these sleeves look very intriguing an unusal, they are symetrical and the colour schemes used in them contrast eachother very well.

Digipak moodboard

Digipak examples

This is the template for my digipak.














Here I found the templates for my digipak on the Wyke website. I am choosing the 6 pack digipak with 2 CD holders, one will be for the actual track-list and the other CD will be for interviews with band members or bonus tracks. Also due to to the six covers i will be able to show all my band art on these covers. It will also be good for advertisement as well rather than choosing any other digipak.

Existing Digipaks

 
This is the digipak for Pink Floyd's 'The endless river'. The digipak features a man on a gondola, sailing on a river of clouds into nothing. I think this is a very original design and an aesthetically pleasing design as well. The front cover relates strongly to the title of the album as well which is also a unique sign. The colours a bright, fluent and are used strongly to represent the link between the title of the album and the image.










This is the Digipak for The Blackout and then album is called 'The best in town'. I really like this album because of the cartoon style used. It's very Gothic and dark but the use of colour really emphases the light. It's a really original design and would like to make my own Digipak in response to this album.

















This is a Digipak for the Red Hot Chili Peppers and it's called 'Stadium Arcadium'. Throughout this Digipak there is a strong theme of space and planets. On the front of the Digipak there is a galaxy and on the back there is a picture of the band. The Red Hot Chili Peppers have chosen to have a picture of themselves on the back where as The Blackout have not, nor have Pink Floyd. I think this is because they like to advertise their band image. The track list is very small and unnoticeable, allowing there to be more focus on the imagery used. Throughout this Digipak there is a colour theme of blues, reds and yellows. On the back there a pictures of fires and buildings. On the far right there is also a leaflet on the band, the Blackout did not use an leaflet on their Digipak, possibly because they don't like to use band imagery on their albums.

Digipak Research

Digipaks are covers for CDs or Vinyl's that are used mainly to promote an album for an artist, protect the contents and allow the imagery to relate to the consumers. Digipaks are usually found in most music stores and are very common to find. There are usually seen to be like a paperback book, covered in a plastic casing to protect the CD and stop the album artwork from fading. A digipak also contains plastic trays on the inside to hold the CD in place.

A digipak holds the track list of all the songs within the album, possibly some information on the band, an image of the band members and a leaflet on the inside of more further information if needs be.

A 6- Panel right-tray clear gloss UV digipak