Possible CD Cover Designs

Previous Research• From reading 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:

CD Cover Design No. 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.

CD Design Cover No.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.

CD Design Cover No.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.

Audience Feedback• I asked 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.