For the main idea of our digipak we did some research into what a indie cover might look like, and came up with these common features of an album cover:
Use of filters if the main image for the album cover is a photograph.
A lot of indie album covers use drawings or abstract images.
Text is kept minimalist, usually just block white on a black background.
Text for album covers is usually kept on the sides of the covers instead of the centre.
The band may also appear on the album cover.
Colours are usually crushed of slightly desaturated.
Using these notes to get an idea of what the cover should look like, we decided to make a mock album cover which ended up looking like this:
This is just an idea for what we might use for our final product, as we feel it follows the conventions for indie album covers we've seen so far. The minimalistic appearance helps us stick with convention, though hopefully we'd go for something relating more with the title of the album, as this is just a rough idea and also something more abstract. We hope that keeping things unfussy fits with the style of the bands music and it's tempo.
After researching indie album covers, we came up with this list of consistent themes:
Must contain the band name
Must make it clear what it's advertising
Either has a picture of the band, or a drawing
Is either square or vertically long
The text is big and attention grabbing
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