Constructing the Digipak

This is the picture that our group finally decided on to use as the front of our digipak and album cover. After research we had established that a close up of the artist looking off to the side of the screen is a common and effective technique and image to use on the front of an album cover. 

We then moved the image onto Pic Monkey where we began to edit and experiment with the different tools, styles and options on the site to make the image look more realistic and exciting for an audience and consumer. 

At first we decided to give our digipak image a black and white feel. The airbrush tool was used to add a beard onto my face as we believed this was effective in relating our image to the vibe and edginess of our artist as they are essentially a Jazz band. 

After much speculation, we decided that the black and white style with a beard on the main artist in the group at the front did not work for us and we wished to change the dynamics of our digipak image. We began by using the fade tool to bring the tone of my face in the picture down and blend myself into the image so it is easier on the eyes of our audience once they view our media product and digipak. The burst effect allowed us to use a firework style effect in the background of the image with an appeasing golden glow colour to support which provides the element of spectacle to our work. 

We then established that the golden glow of our image was too over powering and we decided that we would scale down the spectacle factor and use a less outstanding and glowing colour and use a more woodland and nature based brown/maroon colouring style to have in our image. We believe this related to our artist as they are rather unique and authentic and we believe that the colour is very unique and specific.

We then decided to make the image more rough and urban which consisted of blending two colours again. The grey and the maroon blended together meant that the overall image looked less pretty and more bold and daring which is the image we developed we decided we wanted our artist to adopt.