Production Meeting - Album Art

We decided that we wanted the album to be self-titled, and that the album art would only be the album name, shown by my initial sketch to the left and the notes above. We were influenced by bands such as San Cisco, Franz Ferdinand and The 1975, who are all indie or alternative artists who self-titled their debut album. We were also influenced by the album art of Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand, and Discovery by Daft Punk. We also want the inside design to be an image of the band, and we want the back cover to be minimalist like the front - it will only feature the track names. This is influenced by the album art for The 1975, which has the band posing on the inside of the box, and the track names in a simple white font for the back cover.

The band posing on the inside of the album cover.

The minimalistic track list design.

Neon Colouring

Gold Effect

I produced font tests, trying out different designs. We have decided on the neon colour design, as we feel this most fits the genre of our band, which is indie or slightly indie pop. We also think that the design is more cheerful and eye-catching, and that the gold design does not suit the genre of our band.

 












Above are other designs that we tested and decided were not what we wanted for the album cover - we all thought that the design was better if the background was black, or very dark grey in the case of the neon colouring.