I have realised the album covers are very important for an artist as, as soon as you look at the album you can normally decide whether your going to like the artist by looking at the cover. From my point of view if I look at an album cover and I don't like the image on it then it tends to not attract my attention and normally I find myself not attracted to the artist. This is why it is so important for the artist to present themselves and their music through promoting material.
I have been looking at various artists, and it seems that the genre of music affects the image of the artist presented. This also effects the album cover and merchandise. Artists that tend to sing emotional music tend to have more personal album covers and merchandise and therefore the album cover tends to just show their face. This connects with the audience as a "this is me" approach and allows a connection between the audience and artist. This gives onlookers an idea to what they will be recieving just by looking at the album cover as this represents the artists indentity. In contrast to this more fiery artists such as Lady Gaga tend to have more dramatic covers etc, to portray the content of their music.
Here are some examples...
I love the Ellie Goulding cover as I think the effects of the lights in her hair looks great. I like the way her name is presented and the title of the album is below it. I think the layout is good and I like the image of her. I like the way she is not looking directly at the camera as this gives a distance between her and the audience which I like.
I love this cover! I think Katherine looks beautiful on it, and the quality of the picture is very good. She looks perfect on this image and I like the posture of her face and windswept hair. I think this cover looks really smart and is still effective. I think her subtle makeup goes well with the cover and she doesn't look too made up.
I love the colours of this album cover from Gabrielle. The picture looks great as its really bright and sparkly to look at. I like the font they have used as it is large and simple. I like the way Gabrielle has her hands behind her head as it looks creative.
I love the style of this cover and the accessories on her head. I think this cover is really pretty to look at and the black and white colour scheme adds an elegance to it. I love the way her name and album title is written on her body like a tattoo, this is really unique and very imaginative.
This album cover of Britney is different as it has a blue colour scheme. I wouldn't say I liked this image as much as I like the overs and I think sepia or black and white colour schemes work well. I love the image of her face though, she looks very attractive on the image and I think it looks good how you can only see her face.
What I like most about this album cover is definetly the image as I think it represents Pixie Lott as being fun and I like the way her lips are parted to add a sexual appeal. The pink writing really stands out and draws your attention to her name straight away. I think the font looks really playful and almost like handwriting which adds a personal touch to the image.
I like how you can only see half of her face as I think the angle her face is at looks good and different to just a full face view. I like the colour scheme, I think sepia always tends to look good and add a softer look to the image and artist. I also like the font her name is in as it makes it almost look like a signature.
Conclusion
I like all the album covers above, most of them are either black and white or sepia. I think black and white and sepia colour schemes are really good as they are simple but I think they look sophisticated and attractive. I think a close up of the artists face is really powerful and I think it looks better than medium shot images.
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