Task 11: Print Artefacts: Updated Album Cover Designs

Target Audience Feedback on Initial Ideas:

• "The island design looks better, It's easier to look at."
• "I prefer the one with the island on it, it's a lot more simplistic and I hate it when album artwork is over-complicated."
• "The design with the collection of pictures is nice, but it might be too complex for the front of a CD cover. Wouldn't it be better to have pictures of the artist elsewhere on the album cover?"

Updated Ideas in Consideration of Audience Feedback:
As most audience members found that the collage design was too complex, I decided to see if this was improved by adding a black and white filter to the images.

Although I like this design, i feel that there are too many elements involved for this to be a suitable album cover. However, I may use this design as part of the inside of the CD cover, which I shall explore in greater detail on a different blog post.



For the island design, I have neatened the edges and enlarged the artwork to improve the quality of this design. I attempted to add an object such as a stereo to the island, but could not make it look natural so left the artwork largely as it is. Because this island design received the most positive feedback from every member of the target audience that I asked for feedback from, I will use this island design on the front panel of my final digipak design.