Outcome of CD Cover

[FRONT]

[BACK]

[FOLD - LYRICS]

[TRAY 1 - TRACK]

[TRAY 2 - VIDEO]

[FOLD - PICTURES]

The Magazine poster will be designed after the CD Cover has been completed because it must be the same design and theme or else it would look poorly planned. The poster will be very similar to the CD cover, the only difference is that it would look more like an advertisement but with the same colour scheme, theme and pictures. 

The CD digi-pack is completed, the final product images are above. I created and designed it by hand instead of digitally because I thought it would go better with the genre of the music and the style of the band. 

The CD cover did turn out the way I imagined and planned, however, I was afraid it might look too messy and rushed, which it did on the main cover but I didn't plan it to look neat and tidy so it looks similar to the plan. I gathered images from The City Lightz website and created a polaroid effect for one of the folds. 

Then the second fold included the lyrics, for this I used the bold font to match the newspaper cuttings. I did change a few things that I had planned to do but didn't get to do. Such as for the back of the cover I wanted to use the skyscraper silhouette and fill it with the details as I did with the first cover. But at the time I created what I thought looks best, I didn't want it to look overdone. 

I also planned to add illustrations quite a lot on and around the cover. However but whilst I was creating it there was not much space to add illustrations but on the back fold I added illustrations on the wires continuing off the page, so it wasn't actual illustrations, just a few effects.

I am pleased with the outcome of the whole CD digi-pack. but I would say I would change a few things, because after creating it, I have spotted out a few mistakes and things I would change. But I cannot re-create it due to time. There were little things I had to change just for the size of the CD cover, such as the lyrics that I typed out took up a whole page so I had to cut it down and put them in sentences so it would fit the square sized cover. 

" Personally, I think this is the best CD cover I have seen for an unsigned band, ever. It's gritty, subversive and dirty. It captures the mood of the band fantastically, and I'd be delighted to have it as a cover for an album or single."  

                                                         - Sam Lewis, (Band member, drummer for The City Lightz)