An Indie music album-Killers Day& Age
As one can tell the font is big to easily establish the name of the album and artist to the audience. The moon and stars represent and link to the title of the album with Daylight and the stars and the moon at the same time. It is apparent to understand that "The Killers" aren't worried about there personal appearance as they don't appear on the front cover. This doesn't follow the codes and conventions of a typical Digipak. Therefore this Digipak goes against the norms. Unlike a mainstream album such as A$AP Rockys Album "Long Live A$AP".
A Pop music album example-Justin Bieber My Worlds
The Artist is easily established as he is on the front cover looing directly out, the artist as most Pop artist are viewed as a sex symbol, therefore Justin's face is displayed clearly to attract fans to buy his album. Justin Bieber is able to make the sense of a close connection with fans by directly staring straight ahead. Justin Biebers face is also only visible as he is only interested in his facial appearance and not his body.
A Rap music album example-A$AP Rocky Long Live A$AP
The Artist, A$AP Rocky isn't easily visible on the front cover as half his face is on opposing ends of his album cover, this adds mystery. This was A$AP Rocky's second album therefore he was already known so it isn't necessary to clearly display his face to the audience. Unlike Justin Biebers my worlds, which was his debut album. Secondly the genre is different between the two artist, most rap album covers don't focus on the face of the artist as well. A$AP Rocky has the USA flag wrapped around his body, which clearly displays which country that he is from.
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