Final piece digipak

This is my digipak that I designed. I really loved the design and the drawings I did for the draft version, which is why I decided to use this for my final piece. I wanted to make the album have a very dark and almost creepy theme, which is apparent when looking at the masked man in the black hoodie and the over all dark colour pallet.

After making them, I printed them in colour and glued them back to back. This resulted in it becoming the physical finished product.

Final piece working progress

When I put my drawings onto Photoshop, I increased the threshold and used the magic wand tool to delete the white background. I did both of these so that the drawings could look darker, stronger and less faded.

When colouring my drawings, I used Photoshops paint tool. This was useful because it enabled me to colour my drawings exactly how I wanted.

I tried to stick to a certain colour pallet so that they could look dark and mysterious, but still noticeable. 

I often used different layers when colouring in different sections of the drawings so that the colours wouldn't overlap and get in the way of each other.

Final Draft (working towards final piece) (Final piece working progress)

I decided to make a third draft because I wanted to keep experimenting with different ideas I had. This time, I decided to completely ditch the idea of using a wet tea bag to make the paper look old and worn. Instead, I went back to a similar style as my first draft, but with more panels (I made it into a 6 panel 1 right tray (6PAN1TR). 

Draft 2

For this draft, I took a completely different approach. I decided to make it look like it comes straight from the Wild West (it looks like a wanted poster). The reason why I went for this change was because I simply wanted to experiment with different ideas I had and to expand my knowledge on how I can design and illustrate.

To make this, I soaked a tea bag in boiling water for half a minute.

 I then wiped it on some paper, giving the paper that old and worn out look to it.

 I then drew my designs and the finished draft turned out like this:

(The CD fits inside the pouch).

Draft

This is a draft digipak that I designed and made out of paper. For this task, I used the band 'Love And Death' for inspiration, which is apparent when looking at the name thought of for my made up band (My made up band is called Life And Loss).

After studying a photo of Love And Death dressed in Victorian era clothing and sitting at a dinner table, I was inspired. This style that Love And Death used gave me the idea of making my made up band look Victorian/Steam punk. This can be seen when looking at their suits, top hats, goggles and monocles. 

Front cover:

Back side:

Inside (Where the discs are stored):

Bonus side:

Image that inspired me:

Coloured Drawings Of Subject Mater

These are a mixture of coloured versions of my drawings of subject matter that I have already drawn and uploaded, as well new ones I drew.

The reason for making coloured drawings is because I want to experiment and see which drawing styles work best with different colours.