ideas and inspirations

Below are my ideas and inspirations for the digipak. I looked into punk/rock/metal digipaks from many different artists. I wanted to focus on the theme of no identity, to creative a dark meaning to the album. I looked into many different artists from many different genres to help develop my ideas
     

The first artist i looked into was G-Easy. I choose this image not only for the photo but also the colour scheme. I want my digipak to be simple but memorable, The way in which G-Easy is presented in the picture shows a carefree personality but also rebellious, meaning that the album has a fun way of presenting dark themes. This theme is emphasises again through the colour scheme being black and greys which again is associated with darkness or some form of a bad atmosphere. 

However, the main reason I chose this image is because of the way that G-Easy becomes faded in with the background and his jacket becomes the focuses as is it is more in the light and has a quote on it. I decided to play around with the image and create my own version. I looked at the song and choose the line 'heavens full and hell wont have me' as it gives the dark edge i'm looking to create and helps give and insight into the album and hopefully portray the dark themes within the album.

     

I then looked into a band called art vs science. I liked their work as they focus on their band name, this being done through art as the main image is artistic and almost like a cartoon, but also the science aspect through the use of the galaxy in the background. I choose this image as it again follows my initial idea of the them no identity as we see the mans face being away from his body, this creating the effect of his identity being taken away or loss of identity. 

 

I chose this idea as I liked the idea of the face being destroyed. This again adds to my theme as it shows a person being torn. I also like the use of the colours. The dark colours help portray darkness, death, and can also help imply sadness/anger. I wanted to use this as a main cover picture, however, after consideration I decided that it may be best to use all 3 band members for the digipak and use this as a cd holder or insert of the album cover as it will still be one of the first images the audience will see making him a recognisable character. This will help as if the audience like the music video and spot the main character on an album it may encourage them to buy it.