Ellie researched digipaks and saw links and themes between the front cover and the track list on the back. After discovering this, she decided to take the two pictures shown above. She liked the idea of a 'simple' photo, with an object against a plain background. The photo displaying the front of the cases would be the front cover of the 'Alleyways' digipak. The second picture, of the back of the suitcases, would show the track list. The idea is the two perspectives of the suitcases and that the inside of the digipak is the contents of the cases - the CD, lyrics and pictures will represent our 'journey' and that music is all we need to carry with us.
Ellie edited the pictures to suit the rustic feel of the suitcases and to contrast it with the modern, bold font of our logo to show how unique our music is - electronic/rock is not a very common genre and we are a very unique band! In the bottom corner of the back cover, to show authenticity and copyright, has our record company and tells the reader that everything belongs to Dirty Hit Records.
Above is a CD idea that Ellie created to match the sleeve of the digipak. The colour is a pale cream to match the background behind the suitcases and is a very simple design with two plain black lines and our font, plus our record company. Ellie used multiple CDs for inspiration and as research to try and make it as authentic as possible.
If we included a lyrics booklet, the colour scheme would match the cd and the sleeve. Again, it would be simple with the two lines at the side and to add extra dimension I added a fun pattern on the right which works well with the simplicity.
The lyrics are too long to fit on the page - however above is the design of one of the lyrics pages. It has the exact same pattern as the front of the lyrics booklet - all of the pages will be identical.
As much as I love Ellie's digipak idea, I feel that her cover doesn't fit the band's aesthetic as much as I would like it. Instead, I will compose my own digipak that resembles Charli XCX's 'True Romance' digipak. It will include a big photo of Ellie looking glammed up in the centre whilst the rest of the band are further behind her. This will take our band image far away from Paramore where they feel that they are all equal.
The above photo is a rough design idea of the final album cover I hope to make. I used various photos of us from different pictures during our photo-shoots. Of course, the final album cover will have one photo of the four of us assembled together.
