The document provides feedback on artwork and designs for two album covers titled "Lunar Sea" and "Archipelago." For the first album, most respondents felt the genre was indie rock. All three said the album name should not cover the artwork. For the second album, all three felt the font was good but hard to read where positioned, and should be moved to the bottom left. The feedback was overall positive with minor suggested changes to positioning of text.

1. Album name: Lunar Sea

2. Album name: Archipelago

3. • Which genre do you think the albums fit into?
• Personally I would say it fits into the indie rock genre however many album
covers in my opinion don’t necessarily correlate with a specific genre.
• Should the album name and artist appear on the front of the first album?
• I would say no as it may take away from the main artwork. I feel the
artwork itself is too good to have any text over it. If text was to be added I
would definitely say not to have the text cover the image and make the
text as small as you can with it still being readable.
• Is the Archipelago font too generic, should a different font be used instead?
• I don’t think its too generic however it is quite hard to read where it is on
the image. I feel it may work better on the bottom left of the image where
there is more of a block colour background.
• Is there anything you would change to the artwork or titles?
• Personally I wouldn’t change anything to the artworks or titles other than
move the font on the archipelago to the bottom left instead so it doesn’t
take away from the image in anyway.

4. • Which genre do you think the albums fit into?
• I would say that it fits into an experimental electronic genre as some of the
imagery is space themed, however it could also be for an indie rock band it
isn't extremely clear.
• Should the album name and artist appear on the front of the first album?
• I think having the album name on the front is helpful especially for a sales
point as it is far easier for a consumer to find the right product. However if
this causes the overall aesthetic and design to get worse then it would not
be worth it.
• Is the Archipelago font too generic, should a different font be used instead?
• I think that the font fits the style of the product well as it looks fairly
historical like it is on an old map. However I believe that it is quite hard to
actually read as it doesn't’t stand out on the product very clearly.
• Is there anything you would change to the artwork or titles?
• I personally wouldn't change the art style as it is very cool and unique
which will work really well to draw potential customers to it.

5. • Which genre do you think the albums fit into?
• I believe that the first album fits more into the genre of hip-hop music particularly more
from around the time of the 80s, when everybody was in to a bit of everything.
• Should the album name and artist appear on the front of the first album? Normally I
would say that it is necessary to do this but based on the graphic design of your first
front cover I believe that you will get away with having the name of the album on the
back cover as in my opinion people will mostly be looking at your graphic front cover.
• Is the Archipelago font too generic, should a different font be used instead? I think that
you should stick to the font of which you have already used as I think it gives a
representation of the old-style cut of a map you have used as the background. The text
also looks to be more on the old school type as such I think it looks good with the map
background ,keep it the same.
• Is there anything you would change to the artwork or titles? The only change I would
make to your work is to re-position the ‘archipelago’ title on your other cover as it looks
like part of your map background is covering up the ending letter ‘o’.

6. Summary
The feedback was very positive and gave me confidence in the design choices I had already made. Interestingly the first
question I asked was answered correctly by the majority, with two out of three believing that my album covers are for an
indie rock band. To my queries about the album name on the cover, I got three answers that all said that it would detract
from the graphic design work. One person did say that from a marketing view it would not be a wise move.
In response to my question about the choice of font on my second album I was left with three comments that stated the font
choice was good but the layout was not. All three people stated that the album name should be moved to the bottom left
area of the cover. I disagree with these comments as I like the way that the font is jammed between the islands, with the
some characters even overlapped by them. This was the only thing stated when asked if anything should be changed.