I have been looking online for graphic designers who specialize in CD albums and music, sadly I could only find a new artists which do.
http://www.rodsteele.com/freelance-graphic-designer-in-london/
Rod Steele is a graphic designer and illustrator who specializes his work in music, his music has been used by Apple, Microsoft, KISS, ABC News. He creates designs for book covers, album sleeves and helping in advertising companies all over the world.
This CD cover is what Rod Steel designed for a heavy metal band in 2013, I like this album cover because the white stands out from the black background. I also like the symbol in the centre of the design because it can relate to 'heavy metal
music' and that is what some people think of.
I am looking at Two Door Cinema Club's album design because I am interesting in the typography including in the cover. I like how the text is involved with the image of the kitten in the background with the letter 'o'. It is quite a basic album since it is just an image of an animal with little text at the centre. The text being white is a good idea because in my opinion, it stands out the most and it wouldn't work if it was any other colour i.e. red or black.
I liked looking at Of Mice & Men the band's cd cover for one of their albums because I like the style and how it is made. I like the centre but mostly the pale background informing you who the band is. It also includes a picture to give it more depth under the text. I could be inspired by this design by using the same text over and over at an equal distance.
