The document discusses two previous student album covers that have influenced the author's own album cover design. Both covers prominently feature the artist and have their picture and track list on the back. The author realizes this is an effective way to promote the artist. While one cover's font could be hard to read, both covers use color well and don't have too much visual complexity. A second cover example influences the author with its designed CD and synergy created by a large X. The inside also features the artist, and the cover mainly uses orange with some black and white.

2. Both these album covers from previous students have
influenced me equally. They both have a large image of the
artist which helps to promote them and now that I’ve seen this
its made me realize this is what I want to do as well. Other then
the large image there is a picture of the artist on the back cover
with the track list beside them. I have been thinking about
doing that with mine but wasn’t sure if it was a good idea
however I am now sure and will definitely be doing it. The more
pictures of the artist the more it promotes the artist I think. The
album cover below probably influences me more because of
the font, it is very clear and easy to read and as for the album
cover above I believe their could be small issues with certain
people not being able to read the track list. Both have good use
of colour’s, especially the top album cover I really like how it
stands out because the eye colour is used as the font colour.
Finally both albums don’t have too much going on and can
easily see the artist name, album name, track list and other
information. I will make sure I keep mine fairly basic and not
overdo it.

3. This is another example of previous students work
that has influenced me. The image above is the
inside of the digipak. The inside has influenced me
because there is a design on the CD and this is what
I want to do. The CD doesn't’t look boring and there
is a synergy link because of the big “X”. I am looking
to add synergy into my work by doing this also. Also
in the inside there is an image of the artist and I am
looking to have an image there as well. I am not too
sure if I’m going to have an image of the artist there
or location however its made me see that it’s the
right thing to do. The use of colour is also great with
only orange being used and with a bit of black and
white between the inside and outside of the
digipak. I will be using mainly black and white as my
colour’s but not more then that.