CD Research

Before starting to produce the cd cover, we firstly researched other cd cover's which helped to inspire us. We looked at hundreds of different cd covers, including Michael Jackson album covers, using the search engine, Google.

Michael Buble CD Cover

The white background on this CD cover works well with the image because it makes the artist stand out as he is wearing a black suit and tie.

The black, white and grey effect gives the impression of the 1950s before colour images were introduced and the contrast of these colours works well together.

Although the CD cover is simple and very basic, it is very effective. It still informs the viewer of the album title, artist's name and a picture of the artist so you can put a face to a name.

Elton John CD Cover
This CD cover also used a white background and the same black font for the album title and artist name. The black font stands out on the white background and to emphasize the artist's name, a larger font has been used.
The main focus of the cover is the collage of images of the artist over many years. The largest image being him most recently. This allows the viewer to recognize that the artist has been around for a while and is continuing to still do well.

Michael Jackson CD Cover

Again, this CD cover also uses a white background and black text. Although, the artist's name is on an angle, rather than the usual horizontal lining of the text, they have rotated it so it is read vertically down the right hand side. This means the reader has to look longer at the image as the artist's name isn't as clear, although a large, bold text is still used.

The black clothing the artist is wearing also makes him stand out on the white background. This image takes up two thirds of the CD cover and therefore is the main focus expected to grab the viewers attention.

The title of the album cover is in red to make it stand out and is in a spray paint font to give the impression that he is 'bad' to be spray painting as it is seen as wrong.