I think the magazine advert went pretty well - the "collage of band shots" idea came from one of the panels in the Biffy Clyro album "Live At Wembley", and I think it works pretty well.
I tried to stick to the "rule of three" idea that the magazine adverts I looked at used by keeping the band name, album name and other relevant album information within the bottom third of the page and having the montage be mainly in the top two thirds. The main point of focus is the large group photo that lies directly in the center of the top two thirds, and though it looks from a glance to work well I think it could have definitely been shot better.
The logos for the places the album can be bought also could have been placed better on the page, probably centered below the "Out Now" text.
The record label logo would then have to be moved, as being just placed in the bottom right would, and does, look pretty off.
The "Out Now" text also looks a bit out of place, and probably could have done with using a thinner font.
I tried to stick to the "rule of three" idea that the magazine adverts I looked at used by keeping the band name, album name and other relevant album information within the bottom third of the page and having the montage be mainly in the top two thirds. The main point of focus is the large group photo that lies directly in the center of the top two thirds, and though it looks from a glance to work well I think it could have definitely been shot better.
The logos for the places the album can be bought also could have been placed better on the page, probably centered below the "Out Now" text.
The record label logo would then have to be moved, as being just placed in the bottom right would, and does, look pretty off.
The "Out Now" text also looks a bit out of place, and probably could have done with using a thinner font.
I wasn't too happy with the way the digipak came out. Compared to the magazine advert, it doesn't look... clean enough. The colour scheme was fixed, but it doesn't look quite as minimalistic or attractive as the magazine advert does.
The basic layout was inspired by, like the magazine advert, the Biffy Clyro album 'Live At Wembley', with the combination of a red background with black and white photographs.
The distance between the smaller pictures on the back panel seems too wide, and the photograph on the left cover inside seems a bit out of place for one reason or another, as does the text.
The disk panel seems incredibly out of place, being the plainest panel on the entire digipak, but I'm unsure whether that's appropriate or not considering it's only there to hold the disk.
The only things I think were done pretty well were possibly the front cover (but even that seems off), and the spine for the album. Really I should have spent a lot more time on this.
The basic layout was inspired by, like the magazine advert, the Biffy Clyro album 'Live At Wembley', with the combination of a red background with black and white photographs.
The distance between the smaller pictures on the back panel seems too wide, and the photograph on the left cover inside seems a bit out of place for one reason or another, as does the text.
The disk panel seems incredibly out of place, being the plainest panel on the entire digipak, but I'm unsure whether that's appropriate or not considering it's only there to hold the disk.
The only things I think were done pretty well were possibly the front cover (but even that seems off), and the spine for the album. Really I should have spent a lot more time on this.
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