1. CD Analysis
The following will show several disc covers
that I find interesting and which have give me
inspiration too do my own. There are several
discs which are clever. Although some of the
following discs may not be my genre they still
are very well done and very simplistic.
In this slide I will be analysing the discs that
you have seen previously in ‘CD Inspiration’

2. I found this disc on
The idea is very
the internet, I don’t
basic and simple,
believe it is an
however, still gives a
actual disc to a
great effect and is
song or album.
very clever and
Despite this it is
quirky
still very
interesting.
The picture shows a
character eating the
centre of the disc,
making a often plain
The greatest disc stand out.
aspect about this
disc I believe, is
how the art is not The idea is very
just a picture. It is individual. I don’t
involved with the particularly like the
If I were to do my own similar too
disc itself. image of the
this I would not use a cartoon or a
picture which has been sketched. I monster/person
would use a real life picture; maybe what appeals the
a person. Who would be involved most is the idea.
with the centre of the disc.

3. Once again this idea is
simple, a standard photo
This disc is taken
is applied on to the disc
from ‘Arctic
to give it a life like feel,
Monkeys’ album
rather than a simple
‘Whatever people
colour scheme.
say I am, that’s
what I’m not’
The ashtray image is
The disc shows a also linked to the front
picture of an of the cd cover, in
ashtray, almost as which a man is
if the disc is an smoking a cigarette.
ashtray itself. Linking both the front
cover to the disc itself.
As well as showing relevance to the cd
cover the ashtray image could also
represent a gritty life style of the band,
everything they have been through; as well
as the life they wish to lead.

4. Below is ‘Chase This is probably the most
and Status’ – ‘No simplest of the three,
More Idols’ however as I have seen
previously, simple works
excellently.
The British bulldog is once
again a common theme,
this links to all my other
points about the use of
themes. It immediately
makes the audience
aware that it is a product
of Chase and Status
The text is also a common
theme throughout Chase and
The black and yellow colour theme is also
Status products, I like the fact
linked throughout Chase and Status
that all text and themes are
products, it is very easy on the eye and the
similar throughout, this is
yellow writing is really exaggerated against
something I wish to endorse in
the black background.
my own designs.