CD

CD

The purpose of the purchasing a digipak or album is for primarily the CD inside. Many of the sample CD's I had a look at in class were really plain and had some similar elements as the digipak's artwork. The CD will not be as compex as the front cover and the interior as I will be incorporating the same theme on the CD as one used on the digipak so recycling old techniques.

This CD was located on the internet. Found on an online forum, it automatically caught my eye with the sleek black and the flower on the CD. When the background is black it brings out any other contrasting bright colour far more. The chinese characters served as serinity and created a calm feel to the CD. As my album is a electropop album, I do not wish to get a serene feel for my CD but I will incorporate the the black background to go with my interior colour pallette for my digipak.

 Another CD artwork located on the internet was Wynton Marsalis's A Fiddler's Tale. Researching his album, we see a clear reference with the colour scheme as the front cover is red and the CD title was in the same red. The artist's name remains as important as the title of the album and is clearly noticeable even on the CD. The fonts remain the same, as to the ones on the digipak, as to not over complicate it. The additional feature to this CD is the silhouette of the couple dancing which makes reference to the album's front cover. 

In Calvin Harris's album I Created Disco, we can see a notable relation to the front cover and CD. Following the same colour scheme and font. His CD also has the track listing, which I do not feel will be necessary for my own as the track list sits next to the CD on the opposite panel. Another additonal feature to the CD is the endorsement of his record company.