Looking at some past ancillary work...

So to get a good idea of the kind of level that I should be aiming at for my ancillary work, I looked at some past students work that was particularly eye catching. This artists name is Nathan Miller...

I really liked these outside panels as they have a kind of futuristic feel to it, but still manages to maintain that level of professionalism as it looks like a real Digipak that could be sold in shops. More specifically, I really like the black and white/cartoon type effect that is put on the picture of him, along with the framing of the picture as it's very well centred. Another thing I particularly liked is the headphones around his head and the drawn out purple outline, I think it gives it a really futuristic feel and that's what this student was aiming for. The text 'I AM ELECTROPOP' goes hand in hand with the design as well and suits the genre of Electropop. In terms of the back panel, I really like the square design and the colours used as it looks really good with the front cover as it shows some consistency in terms of the purple. Also in terms of the general conventions of a Digipak it has all the right features e.g. barcode, copyright, record label etc.

I really the left panel on this as the photo is really good quality, and I also think the futuristic pattern/shape goes really well and shows consistency with the theme of the Digipak. I also like the layout of the tracklist, but I would say that the copyright text is a bit too closely placed to the tracklist so it makes it look altogether. For the second panel, I like the consistency of the CD design in relation to the back panel on the outside of the Digipak, although in terms of the size of the CD itself, it looks a bit too small hence making that panel look slightly disproportionate.

The advert shows a consistent relation to the Digipak in terms of the design and layout, I think the font used for the information is very clear and works well with the green and the white. What I like the most is the simplicity of it but the fact that it's still effective, I think this is heavily down to the strong colour scheme and the fact that there aren't too many colours so it's not too in your face.