Creating my digipak and posters

My poster designs

below are my initial poster design for my band.

Poster design 1.

This poster design worked well with the style of the band. I decided to create this design as it had an in depth artistic meaning whilst also visually looking different from mainstream posters. The reason I decided not to use this as my final poster is because I believe it is too artistic and different than the typical poster as i wanted to keep conventions from other posters I researched in my research.

poster design 2 .

I have decided to make this my finished poster as it is exactly how I wanted my poster to initially look like. I decided to neaten up the edges and use photoshop to visually make this a better poster.This design is simple and would relate well to my bands/ artist's style as it differs from other poster designs.My Research and planning helped me create this style of poster as my bands genre ( indie) differs from the mainstream style as new and different ideas help create a new way and style of designing posters. The simple colours on this poster work well together as i used the colour wheel to determine what colours would work well together.

Poster design 3.

This rough design in my opinion also would work well as the bands final poster.However, to make this poster stand out more i would of had to have been more adventurous with my colours as there are many shapes and patterns within this design. The other issue i had with this design was that there was too much to look at. I decided to go with the above design as it was simplistic and suited the bands image, this however i believe was slightly unfitting to the bands genre and style as the design was too complex.

Poster design 3.

This poster design worked well with the style of the band. I decided to create this design as it had an in depth artistic meaning whilst also visually looking different from mainstream posters. The reason I decided not to use this as my final poster is because I believe it is too artistic and different than the typical poster as i wanted to keep conventions from other posters I researched in my research.

I have decided to create a digipak for the bands cd.I thought a digipak would be a good idea as it is something i haven't done before and was appealing to create. I started off with designing my digipak on paper with several rough designs. Below is the rough version and ideas for my digipak.These aren't necessarily the final designs for my digipak as changes can be made.





My next step was to scan in the digipak onto the computer.I uploaded it onto photoshop elements and was ready to begin designing.

After i have my digipak scanned onto the computer my next step was to add colour. My main problem with adding the scanned digipak design was that it lost its visibility and quality. I corrected this by having a dark background and contrasting colours so my digipak would stand out. ( below is the tool i used to colour my design)

After i used layers to include text and colour i had most of my design underway. - below is how i included layers on my digipak

Below is my other Digipak cover. I decided not to use this in the end as it was not professional enough for my band. This digipak does not follow the conventions I included in my final Digipak as this rough design didnt work.
Digipak rough design 3. - I decided not to go further than design what it would look like as this in the end didnt suite my overall image of my ideal digipak. I do however like the artistic style but will nt use this as my final digipak design.

Below is my dipak design on photoshop. Using last years foundation project skills has helped me with this project. It has allowed me to use the skills I learnt for the digipak and poster designs.
I decided i needed colours and a certain style which represented my band. I decided to design my digipak with the main colours being black, red and silver This is how my digipak looks after including layers of text and colour.

After designing and finally creating i have finished my digipak.I decided to change my digipak design slightly as it suited my overal design.Below is my final digipak, i had several problems including - cropping my text and adding colour as some times it changed several colours. Below is my final digipak.

I decided to do it in this quirky indie style as it fitted well with the bands image.If i decided to keep the digipak just black it would of lacked colour and would be simply uninteresting to look at. I decided to brake conventions as this style takes on a different and layout to typical digipaks.I believe the digipak could have been better if i had spent more time designing my ideas and layout.If i had spent more time on this side of my planning i believe the final result could have been slightly more professional.However, taking this into account i still believe that the digipak was a success.Even though i faced several problems ( stated earlier) i still believe the digipak worked well with my bands image and overall style as the idea behind this digipak helped me create an imaginative and creative digipak.