The covers are critiqued for their amateur quality, with images stretched from video lacking authentic design. While the text design is good, the overall quality lacks professional look. Contrasting day and night images show two sides of a story but different text on covers separates the products instead of representing them as a whole.

1. Drafts and Final Covers
Analysis

2. The images
The greatest aspect about this is
have been taken
the text, as you can see I have
out of the video
used this throughout my products
but in an
as I feel that the text links to my
amateur way,
‘indie’ genre. The text
this also makes
‘BRAINFLOWER’ gives the cover a
the product
personal touch due to the link to
designer short
handwriting.
for resources
The text doesn’t Both the images are
match that of the stretched which gives
titles which them an amateur look.
The quality of these is makes the song
very poor; taken straight list look distant
from the video makes from the rest of
the products loose the the cover
authentic design. Despite having a lot of criticism
I feel the images used still put
Despite the text being a across the laid back feeling of
good design the quality the songs on the album and I
still lacks the believe the idea of ‘Pathetic
professional look and Fallacy’ is put across in the
once more makes the images
product seem rushed.

3. The contrast in images is a The obvious down
good point, it shows a point to these two
contrast but still links due to images is the
the positioning of focus different text used on
points different covers. In
doing this it
The use of no CD spine separates the
makes the album seem products from one
like just two separate and other and
images and does not join doesn't represent
them together them as a whole
The text overlaps the
main image and looses The change of night and
the symmetrical value day shows perhaps two
in which is needed to different sides to every
show a sense of good story or maybe even
quality how feelings can change
Both the images are of The lack of a barcode
good quality which makes the cover
gives off a professional seem less authentic
vibe

4. The CD spine is a good middle The contrast in
point between the covers, with images once more
the colour not focusing on either works well, as well
side of the cover and holding a as the contrast in
balanced colour also allows the colour of text.
images to come as one. The arrangement of the
The text is The joint song tracks allows the
clearly set use of text central image to be
out and links the shown. This links the
easily images two covers together as
visible together well as showing the
beauty of the image
The arrangement of The text on the
wording around the tree spine could be
is a brilliant feature it still darker
allows the image to be The contrasting of
fully shown and the focus colours to their
stays on the tree which is backgrounds
key to the image allows the text to
be easily visible
The layout of the image (i.e. The
space between the main focus, the The barcode
sky line) reinforce the idea that the gives the cover
image is the tree on fire an authentic feel