Monday, December 20, 2010

Conventions of a Digipak

The front panel has a main image, which is usually of the artist(s) or something iconic of them. For instance the rapper DMX either has a picture of himself on his album covers or a Bulldog.

Also on the front panel is the name of the artist and the name of the album. A big font is used for this in order to catch the eyes of the customers.

The colour scheme used usually reflects the mood of the album and the genre of the songs on the disc.

The spine(s) of the Digipaks have the institutions and the names of the artists and album. The spine is not that thick so it is not easy to get enough on there, it makes it effective to get little but enough detail on there.

On the back panel there is usually a track listing. It is mainly done in contrasting colours so the tracks are easily readable.

In the inside panels of a Digipak you will find the CD and maybe even a booklet, other than these items there may be information about the album and inspirations for the idea. There could also be quotes by the artists written inside the Digipak.

The CD itself is usually really simple, maybe even just containing the the name of the album and the artist.

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