Looking at fonts for the digipack:

These are all different fonts I found on www.dafont.com
I think these are the best examples for what I want to create, this is because the digipack is black and white and his name is going to be in colour so it needs to be bold and stand out. I think any of these could look quite nice especially the first because it is spaced out and would situate nicely on the disk for the CD.

Experimenting with the digipack

Today we started experimenting with our digipack in class. We opened the template up on photoshop and played around with different ideas we had in mind. I am carrying on with the black and white concept I originally wanted to do but maybe having one colour (orange/green) which he is known for which could be his signature colour. I wanted to use it for his name/font on the disk.

I haven't used photoshop much only in photography to edit photographs. I played around with the pain brush tool, originally I thought you had to paint with the brush each bit but I found out you can use the paint bucket which fills in a shape which made it much easier (making the cd disk grey). I went onto Pinterest and found photographs similar to what I would like to create, the layered portrait images and layered blurred photographs of the artists hands. I placed them were I hoped they would work and it looks quite cool. Today went well and I am excited to start shooting and completing my digipack.

Getting our surveys ready for our audience

We have been discussing in our group on getting our primary audience together for the survey we have to complete for our video. We have already got a group of 5-10 people with a combination of male and female aged ranged from around 17-20.

We will get these completed within the next few days.

Ideas for my website

I have a few ideas for my website:

1) The first idea is having the background all black and then a large photograph of Jem on the left. The font will be white so it stands out on the black background. This will keep the website quite sleek and sophisticated looking; although it might not represent Jems actual appearence which is a bit more laid back and cool.

Like the Arctic Monkeys website: http://www.arcticmonkeys.com

2) Secondly, keeping the website looking more relaxed and fun. I could do a shoot of Jem in colour and make that the background image or the opening page to enter the website. Similar to Jake Buggs, I could promote the album on the website's main page and have a white background so there doesn't look like there is too much going on. http://jakebugg.com/home/

3) I love this. This is an example page from WIX, which is useful as it is the website I can used to create my artists page. Here it is: http://www.wix.com/website-template/view/html/1693?originUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wix.com%2Fwebsite%2Ftemplates%2Fhtml%2Fmusic%2Fsolo-artist%2F1&bookName=create-master-new&galleryDocIndex=8&category=music&metaSiteId=
It still looks sleek and I can do a shoot of Jem in the studio in black and white, possibly with him holding his guitar or music instruments in the background.

Ideas for my CD Cover

 I want my CD cover to be not too different from my website's style. At the moment I'm thinking for my website this look: http://www.wix.com/website-template/view/html/1693?originUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wix.com%2Fwebsite%2Ftemplates%2Fhtml%2Fmusic%2Fsolo-artist%2F1&bookName=create-master-new&galleryDocIndex=8&category=music&metaSiteId=

Both of these covers are nice, simple and would work with the style of website I would like to produce. Although the photographs do not have to be head shots they do look quite nice as they focus on the artist. I am going to speak to my artist as well (Jem) to see what his views are and too see what he likes as he is an musician himself and it is something he in the future might have to design.

I also like the idea of a contact sheet I think this is really cool and different, I could get 4 photographs of Jem, simply me talking to him in a studio about his music and there I could get multiple pure images of him doing his own thing.

Jake Bugg CD cover and Website: Inspiration

I like this Jake Bugg album cover because it shows of his facial exterior. I think it focuses on him and a cover like this  establishes him as an artist. The colour tone which is more sepia than black and white looks good as it isn't as harsh. There is a slight Burgundy tone which makes it look more subtle rather than in your face. The underline under his name emphasises the title, although it is under just his surname looks more effective.

This is the current website for Jake Bugg. As you can see his new album is being promoted all across his website. The banner at the top is a direct link to iTunes so you can purchase the album, as on the main page the news the album is out now.

Arctic Monkeys CD covers and Website: Inspiration

Here’s the artwork for ‘AM’, released on 9th Sept 2013.” The minimal design is in keeping with the animated video and artwork for the album’s lead single ‘Do I Wanna Know?' The Arctic Monkeys keep their design rather simple. Like many of the other artists I have spoken about before they follow this noir theme. The band never have themselves on the front of the cover, this establishes that they are already well known and don't feel the need to have to promote more.
In my case, I will have my artist on the front cover as I feel it works more with his appearance, he is also a solo artist so he will need further promotion.


I like the layout of this website, although I think there could be more to it. Everything is black and white which makes it look monotonous and stale. The black and white look is the norm for the artist so it keeps in with the theme.
Although, now a days websites aren't used much anymore. Instagram and Twitter are the big names in social media and they pull through all the important information (New album/Tour Dates) instead of people actually having to look on their website,