Album Cover Anaysis

When designing the digipak there can be different types of covers that are both artistic and others that are photographed and of the artistic or related to the album.

Costume: Lady Gaga is wearing black leather and she is attached to the motorbike meaning that her hands are what attaches the front wheel to the bike. This photograph has obviously been photo edited and has a filter of black and white maybe to hide or confuse the audience with the image.

Hair & Makeup: On the album cover Lady Gaga has messy untamed hair and she is wearing eye make up such as eyeliner and mascara the only colour on this cover is her red lips which could be used to drawn attention to her face.

Lettering: the lettering on the album cover has been made to look like the pipes on the motorbike and has a gradient colour in where the colour fades to black going across the bottom of the page as if there was lighting from the top of the image.

Image representation: This album cover represents the artist as a wild and compulsive individual and it represents the 

 Costume: Ariana Grande is wearing a pink corset with pink stockings sat on a bed of pink roses. The cover is a photograph and the mis en scene could have been edited but it also could have been CGI.
Hair & Makeup: her make up is simple and plain with minimum make on. if you seen Ariana before you would know that this hairstyle is her typical up do she always wears.
Lettering: The lettering on this album cover is more feminine than the Lady Gaga. The lettering is in white and the font is more curly really helping make the point that the album is mainly targeted at females.
Image representation: The album represents the album and the artist as a helpless romantic her pose makes her look vulnerable and the album title "Yours Truly" implies that she could be in love.

The next two album covers I will examine are more artistic which could have been done because it best reflects the singles or the artist

 Costume: This album cover is more artistic than the previous covers and because it is just of what i assume is the artist face it does not have any costume. It theme i would say would be pop art because of the bold bright colours and the small images with in the face.
Hair & Makeup: The album cover could be taken from a photo and so the hair is just trussed back wards.

Lettering: The lettering is a normal but a bold font in purple which is a colour used a lot on this cover.

Image representation: Because the cover has more of an artistic perspective it sets of this more freedom aspect of the album. the small colour images with the persons face is a fun and imaginative creation setting the singles on the cover to follow the expectations.

Costume: This album has more of a graffiti style art go on suggesting a different target audience for this kind of music it could be more of a urban album which would explain the graffiti style on the cover.
Hair & Makeup: From what i can gather from the drawing this male artist has no facial hair or hair at all and because he is male and it is a drawing he is not wearing any make up. However other than makeup helping his features pop out by makeup the colour red has help pick out certain aspects of his face.
Lettering: The lettering of this album is in the same theme and style of the graffiti drawing following the same colours of black and red with a white background. The font is a big bold font that suit well with the urban theme and all words are in black except "Duets" which for the same reason would have be done in order to catch the audience eye.
Image representation: This presents the album as a street album that is full of hard songs about sex or money which is it has the Parental Advisory stamp on the front of the album. It represents that the album is urban music and that the artist is very serious about what he has on his album.