Digipak Designs

Using ideas from my mind map I have begun to make some possible digipak cover drafts.

On the right are my first 6 attempts and combinations. The photos I used of the cello and candle were taken at the church when we filmed there and the doves are a custom brush that I altered in order to fit my requirements.

In order of completion:

• Middle right
• Bottom right
• Middle left
• Top right
• Top left
• Bottom left

The doves cover (middle right) was my original idea and I experimented with it across the other ideas. Check my previous post to see the specifics of how I created it. For the other ideas I used photos that I'd taken whilst we were at the church for filming. To make these ready for use on the covers I cut them from their original backgrounds and adjusted vibrance/contrast/brightness/saturation levels to optimum levels.

For the original candle cover (top left) I overlayed the dove cover on top to create the misty effect and to see how it would look. For the second candle cover I wanted to make the doves look like they are flying out from the candle. To do this I used the brush again and transformed it so that I could change the direction of the birds. I didn't really like the end product of this attempt and it didn't really create the effect I was hoping for.

The cello covers are much more conventional and I decided to leave them fairly simple. The title of the album rests on top of the bow of the cello as if it were underlined and it's white text contrasts with the dark gradient that I added to the top and bottom of the image. The bottom right and top right images are similar but for the top one I had made a few adjustments to lighting in order for the cello to have a greater effect and presence. I also overlayed the doves onto this cover (middle left) which I do like but I think I prefer the non-overlayed ones.

This is an idea that one of my team mates drew up after he saw my original dove cover. It includes ideas for the whole digipak and keeps consistent with the doves theme. However, we do not yet have the photos that would be necessary so we are going to have to wait until we do our secondary filming to get these.