1) I completely changed my design. (Reasons justified below)
2) I uploaded a 4 faced DigiPak onto Photoshop which gave me a starting basis to get designing properly my second draft of digipak.
3) I added the photo's I had taken to Photoshop and adjusted them to the correct size to make them fit into the individual faces of my digipak. I cropped one of the images using the magnetic lasso tool which left me with an uneven almost zigzagged edge. However I managed to sort this out by using the feathering tool Photoshop provides to smooth the edges and make them look more professional.
4) I added some titles over the images, for example I used a certain font to create the typography for the words 'RELEASE ME' which is the albums name which I carried through to use it on the CD itself to create some connections. I edited a picture of the sky which I had taken on a bright day previously. I did this to symbolise 'freedom'. I also added the name of the songs onto the back of the CD cover using a different font but this time making it bold so it would stand out more and look more realistic like other models I had been looking at.
The draft for my second digipak was completely different to my first as when I started to create it on Photoshop what I had designed on paper just didn't look right therefore sticking with a similar theme I completely changed my design. This meant changing what locations my pictures were taken in to other things such as my typography. I thought a beach theme connected with my music video somewhat at first as I have a few clips of my artist at the beach but watching it back and analysing it I thought having the pictures on my digipak taken in a garden will fit better because the locations for my music video are more home/garden orientated rather than beach. *below I have justified my reasons for choosing what I have chosen when creating my second draft*
In the top right the only thing I did was upload the picture of the artist which would be the inside cover of the digipak so wouldn't contain any writing or editing over the top as the inside cover of most CD cases I have researched and looked at just show a picture of the artist or other images.
The lower left picture I added the playlist for the CD. To make sure they are visible I had to change the colour of the writing to ensure it could be seen over the background colours. Song 1-5 are written in a white colour so they show over the black top whereas the other songs 6-8 are in black show over my artists white jeans. This shows a contrast and looks effective.
I also decided to add my record label 'MILTON RECORDS' to this back cover of the digipak to show which record label 'Izzy Bella' is under.
Finally the front cover of my digipak was easy to create as all I had to do was add the name of the album and the artists name. I did this by using fonts which linked to others on the digipak to create connections within the text. I chose to make the album name blue as I didn't want my artist to fall into the general stereotype of 'girls colours' (there is no such thing as a girls or boys colour but I am talking through stereotypes) such as pink or a bright red. I think this colour makes the artist more individual and less an artist which follows and conforms to gender stereotypes. Like my back cover I wanted to add the black and white effect in the typography therefore I chose to make the artists name in black and white and again change certain letters to have different colours so they can be seen over the black and white clothing.
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