Album Artwork and Copyright- What We Can Learn From the Kind of Bloop Case
Anyone can file a lawsuit and the costs of defending yourself against a claim are high, regardless of how strong your case is. Combined with vague standards, the result is a chilling effect for every independent artist hoping to build upon or reference copyrighted works. This is what Andy Baio wrote on his blog. Baio, […]
DVD Cover Look-Alikes
Sure there are tons of DVD cover artwork that look alike but the ones below deserve to win the “Similarity is Uncanny!” awards in DVD packaging. The similarities of the DVD artworks are so obvious that we can’t help but wonder whether the designer of the less popular films intended it to confuse the consumers, […]
Heck, I Still Want the Hard Format!
packaging, I love reading every bit of info about my favorite films (and not from my laptop, please!), I love smelling the pages, and I love the kind of high I get everytime I open a new DVD. That certain ‘consumerist’ high cannot be experienced with downloads. Yeah sure, you can enjoy the visuals and […]
CD Packaging: Brain in a Box
If you want to put something in your living room that would start a conversation, this is it! This is pop culture sci-fi coolness in a box. Your guests will not only be talking about the brilliant aluminum packaging, the sci-fi geeks and film buffs would also be discussing about their favorite sci-fi flicks while […]
9 Practical Film Marketing Tips Every Indie Filmmaker Should Know
Make the film you and your talent want to make. Inherent in that is finding talent who wants to make the film you have in mind, and making that talent very happy to be working with you on your project. A good name makes for great marketing, and often name talent has got a following […]
DVD Packaging and Customer Purchase Decisions
Maybe because of financial or time constraints, we do not give much attention to how we package our DVD. We just choose a decent photo for the artwork, a plain-looking case, and a good set of trays. After all, what matters most is what’s inside, right? What matters most is the content-the film! Yes, that […]
CD Manufacturing: Choosing Colors and Formats- do it right from the start!
The formats and color requirements of the logos and graphics you use on your CD artwork, websites, albums, T-shirts, and posters can vary significantly. As anyone who has tried to do a run of CD covers or has prepared graphic artwork for T-shirts can tell you, you can waste a lot of time adjusting images […]
Music Advice: Brand Your Band!
Madonna, Radiohead, Lady Gaga, OK Go, Kanye West, David Byrne…sure they have great talent but I am 100% sure that there are other people in the world who can sing like they do and even better. I mean yeah…they all have good voices but they’re rather easy to imitate compared to those with ultra great […]
Graphic Designers: Get to Know Custom Packaging Materials
If you want to become a CD packaging designer, then it is very important that you know how materials work. Designing custom CD packages require not only brilliant concepts and good software skills-you need be an expert on the materials, too. It is not like printing posters or printing CD covers using templates. In designing […]
CD Packaging: Jazz: The Smithsonian Anthology
Visual Dialogue referenced the graphics and color palette of original Folkways JAZZ LP covers in creating an entirely new design for Jazz: The Smithsonian Anthology. The package combines a 200-page book and 6 CDs inside a translucent slipcase, befitting what Time magazine reviewed as “the single best introduction to America’s great musical form.” Jazz: The […]