Research Into Album Cover

When researching album covers of an artist, I looked particularly for synergy amongst the images. I particularly looked at the artist Jhene Aiko as she is one of the main inspirations she had several images which referred me back to synergy. By looking at the visuals for both of her albums and single release for 'Bed Peace.' ft. Childish Gambino they presented similarities across all three even though they were all done at different times.

 As you can see a common denominator of each of these images is the way in which her name is signed. For example her name 'Jhene Aiko' is signed the same for the single release of 'Bed Peace' the album 'Sail Out' and the promo poster all include the similarity in the way she signs her name. This shows me that it is a nice continuity revolving around this album. A nice way to include a connection in my digipack would be to include the same font showing that it is somewhat about the same thing.




Another similarity is peace. This brings a personal touch from Aiko as she herself believes in a life of peace. For example, the peace signal was shown in the images. Even the same sign was not used in the single release the word peace still remains. I was thinking about using the same idea with my digipack. Through the use of bandanas, however, it just an idea it's unknown whether it would work in practicality.

Lastly another similarity is seen in the album cover and the promotion poster is the use of ships. The album itself is called 'Sail Out' which brings it connections to ships. This seems to be a common theme.