Digipak And Lyric Booklet: Final Cut

Within this I have made some very minor tweaks such as

• moving the title
• moving the artist name  

This is the final front cover of our lyric booklet

Digipak: Draft 6

Within this I have made some very minor tweaks such as:

• moving the 'universal' logo around
• moving the catalogue number
• moving the title
• moving the artist name 

Digipak Draft 5

Within this I have made some very minor tweaks such as:

• reducing the font size of 'Scandal Us' 
• Adding timings with the red lipstick colour therefore linking the front and back panels further
• deleted the 'Gagas' out of the spine and re-alligned the text

Digipak: 4th Edit

Digipak: 3rd Draft

Within this edit of the unpdated digipak, i have:

• changed the font on the front cover of scadal us
• made some stickers and placed them in an appropriate space
• made more than one so audience feedback can dictate which one gets used
• added a catalogue number to the spine
• added icons to the social media handles and got rid of long un-user friendly urls
• changed the font of the legal small print to something more legible 
• changed the placing of the text on the front
• added dvd logos as well as company logos

Digipak: Stickers

Today I made some stickers for the front panel of the digipak. I made these in photoshop, this was performed in a series of steps. Below are some examples of what I created.

Born this way unicorn used and red colour from lipstick on front

the unicorn is also the logo for her 'littlemonster' fan site

These are the steps I took to create these stickers:

Digipak - Second Draft

Here is my second draft of our digipak

Digipak - Inner Panel Right Hand Side Tutorial

This is the tutorial going to be used for the right hand side of the inner panel of the digipak.

Digipak: Inner Panel - Andy Warhol Complete

The final stage in the process to create the Andy Warhol effect

Digipak: Inner Panel Image

Below is the image that I am going to use on the inner panels of the digipak.

Digipak Conventions

Today I have been researching into digipak conventions, within this i have noticed a wide range of different examples to what different artists have done. There are many recurring conventions such as: 

On the front:

Linkin Park

ACDC

• Artist name - usually takes prime place somewhere usually in the centre
• Title - usually takes secondary spot on the front but can have different locations depending on the artist
• On the front there is usually a sticker advertising bonus tracks or DVD
• There is usaully some correlation between the front and the back panels on the digipak
    

On the back:

Linkin Park

• Barcode - on the digipak is usually on the back in the right hand corner
• Website - for the artist is usually somewhere near the bottom either centre, right or left hand side
• Copyright information - on the back of the album in a small font
• Track listings are usually shown on the left hand side. 
• Bonus DVD and CD details are usually displayed underneath the track listings
• Record label - displayed at the bottom

On the inside:

ACDC

Beatles

• Increasingly on the inside we have noticed that social media and QR codes take up some space on the left inside panel. This could include; Facebook, twitter, and Instagram with a QR code to the website. This is especially important to us because Lady Gaga uses this often to interact with her fans online, she also built her career based on her social media following and has a record number of twitter followers who she calls her 'little monsters'
•  There is usually some correlation between the inside panels 

Front Panel Screen Recording

This is a video as to how i created the front panel of the digipak in Photoshop CS6

Digipak - Final Image for Front Panel

My Final Image

Digipak - Black And White - Potential Final Image

With a little more editing I feel this could be my final piece for the front panel of my digipak

Digipak - Black And White Newspaper - Tidy Up

I have been neatening up this image in photoshop. 

Digipak - Black And White Development

Lady Gaga Development 

Digipak - Black And White Development Using Smudge Tool

Another development using the smudge tool around the edges to create a more even finish

Add caption

DIgipak - Black and White Multiply Effect On Layers

Today I edited this picture using the same editing steps as seen in a previous blog post.

Digipak - Lady Gaga In Colour - Development

Developments made for this image. 

Digipak - Full Colour With Multiply Effect On Layers

Photoshop edit this was created by turning the pieces of newspaper into black and white, adding them to the hair and then using the side bar to select Multiply instead of the default of Pass Through. 

Multiply effect 

layer selection - Multiply

layer selection (default) 

Default