Making of the Digipak front panel (continued)

As seen in the making of digipak front panel I reversed the image so it flipped horizontally. Now the order of the strips are backwards. This is because when I placed the text over the top it was masking the eye of the photo of Hannah, which I thought is the most telling and grasping of all the images.

Then I made the entire thing black and white which would disintegrate some of the images into mere patterns or moving imagery similar to the patterns distinguished in 'Colour box by Lye' video.

I was inspired by the vibrant and vivid shots of the inks so I tried to make my own hypnotic allusions, distortive patterns and tones.

I thought I was successful until I printed it on paper to examine the quality of the cover. I found that the typography was difficult to see all the letters because of the image. So I decided to show the cover to other pupils, to get their perspective.

'I really like how cryptic and allusive the cover is. I think the colour scheme works well together'


'The image distracts the text above it, which I find difficult to see anything. I  suggest a slightly darker colour because the yellow is too bright and I believe that its contrasting badly with the cool artwork'


'I love the different marks that each strip depicts I feel that it has a tribal essence to it that is intriguing'


'I wouldn't pick this if I were in shopping in HMV because the words on the cover can hardly be read'


'the album art is quite dark and dramatic and the yellow text on top brings it out more'

I didn't realise the mountains on the left make for an interesting composition to the cover, due to the fact the first strip has no outlines. Since its on a white background. I think the subtle landscape on the side is going to be unique feature to the buyers in the music store.

Here is the final front cover, I still kept the effects of the text and changed it to orange to match the new exciting inside panel. Three of the strips are two different shades of blue to bring about more colour to soften the quite harsh and dramatic black and white background.

I like that the appearance is more inviting to the viewer, and I feel that I was successful in the overall final outcome of the front cover of the digipak.

What do you think?