Cover research for
Digi-packshttp://www.media.514blog.com/mia-maya-album-cover-590x590.jpgM.I.A
is compared to Rihanna, they have similar music and take the same
risks including their music videos and their lyrics. This album
cover is very detailed, it includes a number of different designed
rammed into one picture, and it can be described as plain as it
doesnt include a lot of writing. There is a picture of the artist
behind the artwork, then there is a bar which seems to be from a
YouTube video, it has been dragged to create an effect and then
lastly it has the artists name in gold bars that create her name,
then there is the album name which is smaller than the artist name
which seems to be like a message from an IPhone. This album cover
would be ideal to create as Rihannas artwork is very wacky and this
is the same, we can take a picture of the artist and add a repeated
designed to the front where you can only see her eyes, then we can
have the name of the artist Rihanna in big bold letters which
therefore means the name of the album will be smaller and more
simple. This can also be difficult to make because it can be hard
to find a design that is like the one used in this artwork, unless
we design this, it will be hard to find the design. This design has
been designed to relate to the lyrics of each song which is on her
album, this is a good way to market and attract people due to the
fact that people know what to expect in the album.
Amy Winehouse Back to BlackAmy Winehouse is similar to Rihanna,
however she is British. Her album is very elegant as it has a black
background and white writing, it also has the singer in what seems
to look like a bath tub with her trademark hair and simple makeup
on, this shows the simplicity of the cover, we may decide to use
this compared to others due to the fact that it has a simple black
background, we will then add a picture of Rihanna and then her name
on the top and the name of the album.
http://fuzznut.net/images/covers/gwen-stefani-the-sweet-escape.jpgGwen
Stafani is an American singer that Rihanna has been compared to for
her unique style as well as the style and design of her music
videos. This album design is a similar idea of what we want, for
example we want Rihanna to be on the front cover, with a lot of
makeup on to have a sexual response to the public, the drawback of
this album cover is that it is hard to see what the album is called
from a long distance as it has been written in white, it also has
in italic writing who is featured on the album which is extremely
hard to read, this makes it difficult to sell due to the fact that
people may not be attracted to it at a first glance.
http://www.metropolis-group.co.uk/_images/adele_21.jpgAdele is
also a British singer that has an extremely strong voice, she is
compared to Rihanna in terms of her success of mainstream and being
number one for over two months, this artwork is the most simplest
out of all I have researched, it has the singer looking down to
create a sudden sympathetic approach to the audience, this only
states the singers name and the album name which is just a two
digit number, it is in white which is also very simple. The fact
that it is a black and white picture almost makes it seem like a
70s album cover, this is because then there were very simple cd
covers.
Back of digi-pack:adele albumThis is the back of Adeles album
called 19, as you can see it is extremely simple, it only includes
a small amount of her face, and also the track list which looks
like it has been handwritten, it has used no modern technology to
show a strong detailed design, we may decide to have a plain back
due to the fact that we have decided to have a very detailed front
cover for the cd case.
http://www.coverdude.com/covers/jessie-j-who-you-are-2011-back-cover-66054.jpg
This is Jessie Js album, the back of it has all of the tracks
that are included, this is also extremely simple with no effects or
designs, all it has it black writing and a white background.
Hitesh Hirji
