Print Artefacts : Initital Ideas (Digipak)

My initial print artefact was a basic design witha cassette tape positioned in the centre. The original design was extremely basic and convention in regards to digipaks. Due to the album being a debut I believed it was important to have an image of the artist on the front of the album cover to introduce the artist to many that may not know who ‘Ratboy’ is, therefore I did not continue with with this design.

I then designed more of a DIY approached album cover using lined paper and a school book effect with handwriting and doodles, to represent the youth and to give a better reflection of what the album is going to based about. I didn't continue with this design due to the front presenting a variety of songs included on the album, this did not fit with the conventions of albums due to the track-list being at the back of the album case. This design did not include an image of the artist similar to the first design.

I continued with the lined paper, handwriting and doodle effect, however this time i included an image of the artist positioned in the centre of the design with a taping effect. Located at the bottom is a parental advisory warning due to explicit content within the album. This warning also has a scribble effect to keep continuity within the approach taken when creating my print artefacts.

The final design was inspired by Bart Simpson during the title sequence where he repeatedly wrote the same sentence on the chalkboard in front of him. I created all of my designs on Canva, I then created a questionnaire where the final design (shown below) was chosen.