This is my final draft of my digipak and I am extremely pleased with the outcome as it portrays the key themes of anguish and anger that I wanted to display through the colours of blue and orange. This represents my preferred star image for the artist as he is conveyed as sombre yet compassionate.

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Improvements from Draft 2:

• For the front page I decided to remove the border and use an image with the star facing towards the camera as this brings more engagement with the audience, but his face still remains serious and sombre which keeps the effect of mystery I had previously. Also I changed the fonts of the artist name to create a softer look from the bold album title, which also adds to the contrast of his different emotions. With this, I moved the artist’s name to the inside cover as he is already a well known, established artist.
• The middle two pages have been switched around so that the circle affect in the stain glass window will fit with the circle of the disc. Also I removed the writing on the window using a clone tool and replaced with the quotes to create a more minimalistic look as the cover was too busy.  I used an image of the star turning away from the camera and edited a dual lighting effect using the contrasting colours of orange and blue to convey the connotations of anger and sorrow he feels.
• For the tracklist I used an image of a bookcase and used the glow outline filter as used on the front as a background for the tracklist. This created a fluidity of glow through the pages linking to the front as the same effects were used. I changed the fonts to create more engagement with the audience as there is an element missing and added a glow for a pop of colour as the page looked dull and tedious. To also add some colour I used a blue box with a low opacity in order to make the tracklist stand out from the image behind, this contributed to the glow that is repeated throughout the album.

Below is a tally of results from when I showed my product to my friends and other students to gather their opinion on which genre they thought my digipak fell under. My genre for my album is R&B which was the category with the most votes. I was pleased with this as it represents how I have used the appropriate conventions for my genre and they have been received successfully to my audience.