Album Research

Rough Ideas for my Album Artwork cover before research:

• Dullish back ground colour (light greyish for example)...But not gothic.
• Quite a simple design.
• either a long body shot with no emotion Or close facial shot with again no emotion.
• White writing.
• Field shot

Artists album covers I will be looking into:

• The 1975
• Bruno Mars
• James Arthur
• Justin Bieber
• Bastille 
• Justin Timberlake
• Ben Howard

Bruno Mars

I have chosen a mixture of genre's during my research, but have included a good amount of Artists with the same genre and style that my artists roughly links in with. This is so I can know what is expected within the industry of my artists genre and the music he will be producing. This will help me create the best possible Album Cover I possibly can, with research influencing my ideas and final product.

The 1975
The 1975's album artwork is self titled and very simplistic, but this simplistic approach has created much effect and fits perfectly with what type of band they are. The 1975 have said they aren't down for the 'classic boy band' look and don't want to fall into that stereotype. From researching the band and looking into how they do things, being all Posey on the front of there Lp wouldn't look right or reach out to their fans correctly and wouldn't create the image they are wanting to portray. The album cover is dark colours, the same colour scheme I was thinking of working with. this shows the maturity of the band, even though their young they want to show that there serious about there music and are a mature band to be taken seriously. It also gives an element of mystery.
I like this artwork and has given me some good ideas for when coming to do my own, however i would like to include some photographic artwork of my artists on the album.

James Arthur
James Arthur won the X-Factor in 2012, and since then has damaged his reputation from the show by lashing out at other artists through social media sites such as twitter. I feel personally his album cover work shows of this rough tough status he has given off recently but that's only through the stereotype of tattoos. His First and only album is a medium shot of himself, which draws a great amount of attention to his arms which are covered in sleeves of tattoos. this shows that even though he fist into the pop industry of music that he has this rough edge and he isn't being polished up by mangers etc., he's being real which thought the media he has made clear he is a strong believer in. The clothes and image make a statement and representation of our character, and I feel this representation of James Arthur on in his album has the right mix of everything to show through his personality. We know he writes meaningful music that comes from his own experiences but his external interior and image and recent media out lashes implicates he has a rough side but this could also show a strong reputation of passion for what he does. James Arthur's album is also quite unconventional because his album is untitled. It has no name.

Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber is a huge worldwide success, and appeared within the industry at a very young age fitting into the classic cute pop boy genre. However over the years he has grown and matured quickly and wants to be taken seriously within the music industry but still fitting into that pop genre. He's a good one to look at for me when contrasting with more bands/artists that are mixed within the indie culture. To compare and see the contrast and the similarities, and because my artists is within the two, both influences are great help, so i can take as much information from both sides as possible to put into my artwork.

Justin Timberlake

Ben Howard