Digipak net and draft

Digipak net and draft

Above is a draft net version of my digipak for my artist produced via photoshop and inDesign. Initially for the front cover I had planned to use an old computer monitor to convey a retro tech look which from my research I had found to be a visual convention of my chosen genre and similar genre's. However due to external factors I had found it quite hard to find an older type of computer to use and thus I had to rely on a more contemporary type of screen due to ease of access. This however still allows me to use the visual convention of technological themes to allude to my chosen genre. 

For the front and back cover I found in order for me to achieve a similar look to my draft sketches I had to do another photo shoot in my schools dark room to achieve the lighting style as previous discussed in my front cover draft post as well as to serve as a blank canvas for me to work from.

During the shoot I ran into many problems, one in particular was getting the monitor to play the image of the robot since the computer used in the image isn't an actual working machine but rather an old computer tower I had found in the room, a keyboard and a separate monitor. To solve said problem, I connected the monitor to my laptop to screen share with my laptop and placed it off camera.

After producing the net in inDesign, I then printed out the net and constructed it allowing me to see how well the artwork compliments each other as well as see if there are any mistakes or changes that I would like to make in the future.

Digipak draft from wolfgang13

Looking back so far I think I have found some success in carrying a computer based theme within my digipak as well as the placement of my artwork. However I think would improve on this by adjusting the back part of my digipak slightly since the image used is a photo of the monitor playing the a title card I had designed in photoshop which has resulted in a dark look making it hard to read the actual text or details within the card.

Back cover designed in photoshop

For my final product I think it would be best that I use the image above and edit on photoshop to make it look like its being played off a screen in order for the text to be readable.

Finally when discussing the back cover, the chosen songs attached are titles of the artists past and current works. I've decided to use these track names as of now since I am currently awaiting response from my artist about what songs he would like to attach.