Digipak Construction - outside spine

When deciding on a background for the outside spine of the digipak I wanted it to be consistent with both the front of the digipak but also the inside, so I decided to use the same background that I used on the band thank-you's but in black and white so that it blended in with the front well.

when adding the background I made sure that I positioned it so that the amber lights were visible.

I made sure that the font was the same as the rest of the fonts across the ancillary products. I also made sure it was the same colour as the rest of the writing on the digipak.

Digipak Construction - Inside Section

When deciding what to put on the inside sections of the digipak, I considered the consistency across the digipak and website and decided to edit a photo of an amber sky on photo shop. I also considered the front sections of the digipak so I made it quite dark. Although it is lighter shades that the front I think it is still consistent as it relates to the website, the band name and is also consistent with the band thank-you's section which will also be on the inside.

This is the image I started off with. It is also the background image on our website.

I experimented with the opacity of the image aswell as different effects so that I could be sure that I was completely happy with my final image.

To edit the photo I layered an amber pattern over the image and then used the multiply tool on photoshop to create the effect I was looking for. I then played around with the opacity of the image until it was just right.

This is the final image that I ended up with.

Construction of the digipak - band thank you's

When making the inside of the digipak I used a photo that I had taken of the sky and street lights at night for the background. I thought that this would be an appropriate image to use because it shows a different 'amber sky'.

I enhanced the amber colour of the sky in this image by putting an amber patterned image over the top on photoshop and lowering the opacity.

I then downloaded the font that we have used across the digipak and music video from dafont.com.



After downloading the font I started adding text to the image using photoshop. I wrote 'thank you's' from the band to their fans. This part of the digipak will be featured on the inside.

I made the font white as this is what colour the font will be across the whole digipak.

Website construction - Merchandise

To make the images of the merchandise on the store page of the website I got pictures of plain jumpers and t-shirts off the internet and put text and images over them.

Website Construction - adding gallery

To showcase the photo's of the band and of the band filming I have added in Slider Gallery's. I have added on on the home page to feature the main pictures of the band members and one on the 'gallery page' to show the other pictures.

Many professional bands use these sliders to feature their photo's on their websites.

Website construction - adding social networking logo's

To make my website look more professional I chose to add pictures of logo's of social networking sites to the home page, with titles telling the audience to visit the band of these sites.

I have seen this done on many signed artists' and bands' websites.

Website Construction - adding pages

When constructing the website I decided to have a different page for each part instead of showcasing it all on the home page. I chose to do this because it was a more conventional way of doing it and it looks more professional as a whole website.

As I have added different pages I also needed to have a navigation tool for the pages on the home page. I chose to position this in the centre of the home page below the title because it will then catch people's eye and encourage them to view them.

After adding the navigation tool, I then linked all of the pages up and linked all of the titles on the different pages back to the home page. I did this so that people can return here once they have viewed that page.

I then went on to do this to all of the pages.