I want to include creative artwork on my album, but I want the audience to recognise my artist too. Jon Hopkins doesn't feature on his album covers, but the artwork on his has inspired me to use imagery on other aspects of my digipak that aren't the front cover. Below are examples of Jon Hopkins albums:
This kind of artwork is interpretive and contemporary and something that I really think would work with my target audience. It's very abstract and people will see it through different perspectives, making it even more interesting.
Jon Hopkins is the kind of artist that I would like to imitate - he makes similar music, his music video for We Disappear is a heavy influence on my own music video and his artistic decisions reflect those that I would like to make myself. I also have found that many other artists of this genre do this, where they use imagery that doesn't feature themselves on the digipak but rather images of patterns or art.
Flume and Sub Focus are both artists of the same genre as the song that I have chosen, and these album covers really reflect the decision that I have made.
However, to incorporate my own ideas, I have been inspired to use digital art on my digipak. This is because it's up and coming and it's fresh and no one else uses it. This would give my artist and their entourage an edge, and in my genre that's exactly what I need. With digital art it can make even the most mundane thing - such as a kiss - look eccentric and exciting, which is what I love about it.
Some example art works that I liked were these:
This is incredibly unfortunate because this kind of album cover would have really taken my audience away, and although I won't be able to pursue this idea to the end it will contribute significantly to the development of my digipak.
Something that I have considered is drawing on top of pictures of the artist, because sketching doesn't take a lot of skill and it won't mean that I have to spend money on buying softwares - just pencils.
I also don't want to entirely rule out the possibility of having my artist on the album cover. Artist's such as Sky Ferreira are just as quirky and different as I want my artist to be, and she features on the front of all her albums. For example: The Witching Hour
The image itself wouldn't be very striking - but with the splash of colour and the drawn on wings it really does stand out as being different. This is something that I may develop onto my own design, below is an example I did using a photo of Lindsay Lohan:
These examples I did filled me with confidence, and I really like the outcome. The wings and the tiara look really different, and they stand out on the photo as well. The poses are really easy to mimick and I'm sure that Daisy will appreciate the simplicity of the shot! Just to be sure though, I asked members of my target audience what they thought, and here was the feedback:
This positive feedback has made me confident in my designs, and I hope that the end product will have the same reaction from my target audience.
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