Colour Ideas For My CD Digipak...

When we were first told we had to produce a CD Digipak as part of our coursework project, I knew already that I wanted to use my skills that I had learnt in my Photography A-Level course to create an aesthetically pleasing CD Digipak that conformed to our chosen song genre (Alternative Rock).

In this way, I wanted to keep the design very simple by using black and white photographs of either some musical equipment or the band members themselves. I came to this decision after extensive research into existing album artwork of all types of genres - especially focusing on Alternative Rock - and I also based this decision on the feedback from the questionnaires that we carried out through Facebook and via YouTube videos as shown in previous blog posts.










Most of the people who filled out our questionnaires said that the colours they associated with rock music were red, black and white, and when you research into existing rock album artwork there is an obvious trend running through them. Black and white photographs/drawings with red text on top of that. The three examples above are prime examples of this successful technique that seems to have carried on over time, as all three of these albums were released at completely different periods of time.

All three are effective covers and I am going to take inspiration from these examples when taking photographs for my own CD Digipak.