Digipak Reflection

The digipak above is the one I created on Photoshop using images I had taken myself. Some images were taken from the footage and others from a photoshoot. I used an outer glow on the title of the album which is the artist name. I decided to use the name of the artist for the album title as it is simple and effective and directly to the point. I made the words spread out off the page to give it a different feel and make it the artist' 'thing'. I did this on all of my ancillary products to set this artist apart from the others.

For the cover of my digipak I took a picture from one taken from the photoshoot of the artist. I chose this shot because it looks natural, a convention to the genre that my I was trying to portray. I added an outer glow to the artist to make him stand out a little more from the background and did this also to the title of the album 'Justin Oakley' to make it stand out a little more. By using a natural shot it builds a better relationship with the audience as they won't see the artist's image as being fake, referring to Dyers Star Theory.

The image for this slide was taken from footage that had been taken in Hyde Park. On Photoshop I took the artist from the background using the magnetic lassoo tool and left the background a stark white allowing the artist to stand out. Once increasing the size of the artist himself, the image looked pixelated so I decided to add a cartoon effect. 

I needed an inside image of the artist but like the cover of the digipak I decided to keep it natural with wildlife like the cover of this ancillary product. I inserted the image on Photoshop and added a blur effect just to make it more interesting to look at.

For the disk I decided to use one of the most natural shots I could find of the artist. Using photoshop I was able to not only apply blur but also make the background of the tree's black and white, making the artist stand out. I faded out the colour of the artist's face making him look more angelic and then applied an outer glow around his head sticking with the theme of the cover. For the writing I just put the title of the album 'Oakley' in the same font used before and applied the outer glow too, to stick with the theme created and the to stand out from the black and white background.

This slide is the thank you page from the artist to the fans. I used an image of a cello that I had taken and changed the brightness to make it fade a little so the white writing in the middle would stand out. By using this image of the instrument, it conforms to conventions of the genre, staying simplistic and focusing on the music. The writing is short, sweet and directly to the point, not to complicate the simplicity.

For the back cover of my digipak I took an image from the photo shoot, and have used a plain background of just nature/wildlife. I increased the brightness of the image and added black and white and then increased the brightness again. I used the same font that is used throughout the digipak for the song names and put them in the middle of the slide. I then added an outer glow just to make it stand out a little more from the background and also just to flow with the rest of the digipak.