{"id":8460,"date":"2011-05-25T23:22:43","date_gmt":"2011-05-26T07:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/?p=8460"},"modified":"2021-11-16T14:11:20","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T14:11:20","slug":"cd-packaging-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/cd-packaging-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"CD Packaging Ideas You Must Try!"},"content":{"rendered":"

CD packaging ideas<\/a>? Or are you working on tons of album art day in and day out that you\u2019re creative juices are about to run out? I hear you. It\u2019s tough. Working with the same materials and way too similar concepts for ages will eventually leave your brain cells dry.\nThis is not good for your client, and especially not good for you! It will eventually make you question your capabilities as an artist. If you\u2019re sick of designing the same stuff over and over and over again, don’t quit! Instead, try something new! Here are some creative CD artwork ideas that you might want to try:\nMake special boxes.<\/strong> If your client doesn\u2019t have a definite idea of how he wants his album to look like and he\u2019s asking creative CD packaging ideas from you, then you can suggest having a die-cut CD packaging. This will put a bit of dimension and, possibly, spunk to your designs. These special boxes need not be too expensive or elaborate. All you need is a good concept. After designing for standard jewel cases for a very long time, this will give you a creative boost.\n\"unique-die-cut-cd-packaging\"<\/a>\nPay Homage.<\/strong> To make an homage is to show\u00a0respect\u00a0or\u00a0honour\u00a0towards\u00a0someone\u00a0or something. For example, if the band is so in love with the works of Hitchcock (the filmmaker), you can make an album cover that\u2019s influenced by Hitchcock films. Or, if the band allows you to come up with whatever you want, think of a famous album cover that you really, really wished you designed\u2026a CD cover design that really inspired you as an artist. You can imitate some parts of it or put a bit of twist to the design but make sure it\u2019s clear that you\u2019re paying tribute to the original and you\u2019re not merely imitating the work.\n\"album-covers-rip-offs\"<\/a>\nThe album cover of ndie pop album by Colorado husband-and-wife duo\u00a0Tennis<\/a> is a near-exact replica of a vintage album cover by\u00a0Lisa Hartman<\/a> which was very popular decades ago.\nPoke fun.<\/strong> This is almost the opposite of homage. With parody, you poke fun to the original. It\u2019s also called a spoof. You can do this by imitating the design and making a witty copy. If you want to make a parody, make sure the similarity is so obvious and that the album you\u2019re spoofing is quite popular.\n\"\"<\/a>\nArgentinian comedy group Longua de Trapo unleashed this slightly dark parody cover for their 2000 live album ‘Vinte e Um Anos na Estrada’.<\/em>\nPut a twist to your previous designs.<\/strong> If you\u2019re already designing for the 15th<\/sup> album of a certain band, you need not come up with a totally \u2018new\u2019 concept. Look at the previous designs and think whether you have an album design that became famous or that deserves a comeback. Make sure you put a little twist to it- but make sure it\u2019s only little so the fans would still get the point.\nDesigning and conceptualizing album covers is quite challenging even if you\u2019re doing to for years. Yes, the technical aspect becomes easier and easier but creativity will eventually start to mellow down. That is why it is very important that you take short breaks and try to work on 2 different projects at the same time.\n___________________________________________________________________\nUnified Manufacturing<\/strong>\u00a0is an L.A. -based one-stop-shop that offers very affordable CD\/DVD\/USB replication, custom printing, promotional products, warehousing and fulfillment and many more. If you need an Instant Quote on a project and you want FREE SHIPPING, simply\u00a0CLICK HERE<\/a>.]]> \t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CD packaging ideas? Or are you working on tons of album art day in and day out that you\u2019re creative juices are about to run out? I hear you. It\u2019s tough. Working with the same materials and way too similar concepts for ages will eventually leave your brain cells dry. This is not good for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":8463,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cd-manufacturing"],"contentshake_article_id":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8460"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33883,"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8460\/revisions\/33883"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}