This document describes the process of creating a custom CD digipak. [1] The creator began by taking inspiration from existing album covers in terms of color, pattern, images and typography. [2] A template was used to aid the layout, and the creator designed a logo for the artist in Photoshop. [3] Drawing inspiration from Ellie Goulding's "Lights" album cover, the creator used a close-up image of the artist's face on the front cover and experimented with layouts before finalizing the design.

1. Digipak Creation
These are two CD covers that
inspired me into the creation of my
own CD cover. The colour, pattern,
images and typography have all
helped me to decide on my own.
These designs also inspired me
into the CD design.
I began with a template from google
images as I thought it would help me with
the layout of my digipak.It is a simple
layout (six sided).
I firstly began in photoshop,
creating a logo for my artist. This
was influenced from Colbie
Caillat's album as she has a white
lily by her name. I thought this
would suit the style of the album
and genre so I created my own
using shapes. I then saved my
image as a PNG file.

2. It was important to save the files as PNG as they
would then go into word as typography with no
background.
I began with the front cover of the album. I
took inspiration from an album cover I ooked
at in the planning stage- Ellie Goulding's
“Lights” as the image used is similar to the
one I have taken. I think the image worked
well on the front and was a powerful image
to represent the artist on thr front cover. It is
also a typical convention to have a close up
on the artists face on the front of a CD
album.
I then placed in the text I earlier created in
photoshop and also the logo. I played
around with the layout on the front but I
decided that this worked the most
effectively.
I then began to create the back of the
album. I used the same image from the
magazine advert as they link in.

3. I began to place in the text
on the back- the song titles. I
wasn't happy with the layout.
So I tried it with the numbers down the right
hand side and it works much better.
I now placed in some of my own
photogrpahy as it is conventional
to have some more images in the
digipak to relresent the artist.
I then created the background
design for my CD print. I created
the design myself using felt tip
pens and paper and scanned the
image in. I then created a lower
brightness to fit onto the CD.

4. Overall I am pleased
with my digipak- the
photogrpahy,
typography and
design have all
worked well.