Friday 27 April 2012

The construction of the DigiPak

This was a new

born calf, standing for the first time



The inspiration for the Digipak initially came from some images I had taken in Ireland. My grandad has a farm out there and I managed to capture some lovely images of the wildlife and nature.

Marissa really liked these images, and she managed to incorporate them into the first digipak design and also the final design.

The image of the baby calf was included in the final digipak design, it can be seen on the far right hand side of the front cover.
The swarm of  fish image, was also included.
In addition the image of myself at the bottom of the post, and the shot of the beach with colourful stones, and mountains in the background was added.
Marissa also took inspiration from Vincent Van Gogh's famous painting 'Starry Night', and Salvador Dali's red rose, which were included as well; we thought the romantic theme the artists transmit fit well with the narrative of our video piece. The inclusion of the sleeping pills, is relevant to the theme of the single we were promoting, 'Nights of Broken Sleep', we thought this was a really nice touch.

The view from the garden



This is one of my favourite images and Marissa agreed. I loved the colours of the pebbles on the beach and the overcast day, with the views of islands in the distance.

With the combination of images, Marissa created a beautiful piece of art work.


By Salvador Dali



Vincent Van Gogh's 'Starry Night' painting

Sleeping pills




1 comment:

  1. A nice additional post adding some interesting insight into the sourcing of the images and giving a sense of how the design developed. Can you make sure you explain which of these elements made it to the final design (if any)? I know it is markedly different from your actual digipak, but there are certainly some visual features which you did maintain. Would be nice to understand how you decided and why.

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