Feedback on Digipak trials

After creating my two ideas for my digipak, i asked my peers to give me some feedback on the two trials. They liked both of my ideas, however suggested that i should incorporate the two separate ideas in my final piece.

They said that this front cover worked the best as it was eye catching and conformed to the typical indie genre. The contrast of the black and the white makes the Star stand out and sells her image.

This CD design was taken from my second trial. They mentioned that the simplicity of the CD was eye-catching and thought the kid-like handwriting was effective with the name of the band 'Kids Love Lies'.

Although they found this front cover effective, they suggested it could be put to better use by including it as my magazine advertisement. I agree with this, as with this picture the main focus isn't on the lead singer, and for a new band sale rates are very important, so the cover needs to be as eye-catching as possible and needs to promote the singer.

They suggested that the above back cover was the best cover to go with, they're reasoning being that with the other one all the different colours took away the attention of the tracks, they liked the boldness of this cover and felt like it was giving off a message about the band.

My peers said this insert cover worked well as it showed the fun side of the band. This was my intention for the digipak, as i wanted to portray the two different genres. The outside covers are quite dark and serious, connoting the indie genre, whilst the insert is bright and fun, connoting the pop side of the band, showing that there is more to the band than meets the eye.