Digipak practice with Photoshop

A few ideas for a front cover:

I really enjoyed designing this cover. I wanted the listener to be able to form a link between the dog with the muzzle and the music on the CD  even if it is only subconscious. I think the image gives off a similar impression as a warning explicit content label. The dog, which is of a stereotypically aggressive and strong nature is being suppressed from expressing himself. The muzzle acts as a cap of freedom, emotions and rights. This relates to the music we would be producing, songs that inspire ambitions and bass drops that make your mind go absolutely wild.

As a group we wanted to come up with something extreme and unusual. This was a quirky idea but after a short while, I realised it is wholly inappropriate but remains a good example of controlling creativity to what the audience would like to see. This would cause controversy and possibly limit our audience to a particular faction. I decided to leave this on the blog as a true example of our creativity and how we learnt from it.   

A mysterious isolated tree. This took me a while to draw but I achieved the results I aimed for, which was an eerie vibe. My influence for this being that Dubstep is a genre which is interpreted differently from listen to listener. Throughout my blog and in my evaluation I will elaborate on this point.

I used a very classic photo and played around with it on Photoshop. I focused on Posterizing the image to create a surreal feel of an image that is already recognizable and classic. Another reason for using this filter was to create a conventional games cover, similar to one from Grand Theft Auto. Also, the image is clearly set in a ghetto area as that is where we tend to find people carrying boom-boxes  This means that the area is notorious for gun crime as is evident in our music video.