Conventions of a CD Case

To create a good Album case we need to look at the specififc conventions of each element to the case...

Front Cover
Front covers typically have the artists name clearly visable in the frame, this will make it obvious who the artist is, attracting their fans straight away; this name is normally in a unique font, making it recogniseable for the public.
The front cover also typically has the artist name in the top third of the cover to make it clear to see and physically pleasing for the buyers.
The name of the album is normally in a different font to the artist name as this will distinguise a clear difference between the two. Finally, the genre of the music is hinted by the cover art.

Back Cover
The back cover has more specific information on it such as Label's name, catalog number, barcode, website URL, social media sites, production credits and producers name. Then obviously, it has the track titles on it too - this font must link to the front cover to have a continuous look. 

Disc
The aritst name is normally on the disc as well as the album's name however, having any artwork is optional - many artists leave this blank to be 'artistic'.

Inside
The inserts in a CD case are normally thankyou's, lyrics or pictures of the artist - this needs to be consistent with the rest of the album's artwork on both front and back covers,

Spine
The spine must include the artist and album's names, along with the label's logo.



These are all basic elements of cases that we are going to think carefully about when we are designing our digi-pack.