Final Digipak Feedback

After creating the final designs for my Ancillaries I sent a digital image to a group of people asking for their feedback on my Digipak design. I asked a list of questions that they could stick to or use as influence to their own answers, the main ones being: What is your favorite part of the product? Is there anything you could improve?  Does my design fit into the Alternative Rock genre? Does it look authentic?

First Response: I like the simplistic colour scheme, and the overall aesthetic. I think the only thing I would say is the track list looks slightly off, I can't quite put my finger on it but maybe a different font? I'm not sure, anyway, I think it suits the genre well, and it's got an effective branding, seeing this design from the receiving end, the overall design tells you what you need to know clearly.  I think it looks authentic, and the imagery suits the CD well, it's not overwhelming but it's memorable.

Second Response: My favorite part is the hand drawing design, I think they look eye catching and are definitely a bespoke design. I would improve the one on the inside right design because the text seems a bit too small compared to the picture. I think the digipak design clearly ties into the theme of the music video and looks authentic.

Third Response: My favorite part is the disc itself. It's simple and it leaves the artistic side of things to be shown on the case it's self. Also if you think about it having a simplistic design, it enables a wider audience to focus on the album music itself .As for what could be improved, I feel like more could have been done with the hands artistic wise. The design isn't as eye catching as it could be for a front cover. I feel it may need some of the spirals that you used on the inside right and left of the digipak design or something following a similar design to connect the hands to the rest of the design. It definitely fits into the alternative rock CD style design. Much like others, it follows the same style of being simplistic and abstract and it works well.

Fourth Response: I love the simplicity of the black and white colour. I literally couldn’t tell you improvements. I definitely think that it fits into the target genre as the swirl pattern is very alternative and unique in its style. I think that the design and overall aesthetic is beautiful and it looks very authentic.

Fifth Response: My favorite part is the fingers almost touching as it shows his struggle to reach out. The different boldness of the titles look really good and the swirls are very visually pleasing but are a bit confusing on how they relate to the rest of the theme portrayed throughout the album. The colour scheme fits really well into the theme of rock and roll. The design is peng and looks beautiful overall and very visually pleasing. The only thing is the swirls as they add to the style of the CD but I'm not sure what relation they have to the rest of the design.