The use of colour for the surrounding of the shape in the centre helps to separate the colours of the central shape and make it stand out much more.

Small album title which allows for the viewer to be able to focus more on the design layout of the cover. The font used is solid but very basic so that it doesn’t draw the viewers attention away from the artwork.

The idea of having a circular maze with various colour tones and designs helps to give it a slightly sci-fi technology reference which relates to what sort of music the album consists of.

Album front cover (Pendulum - in Silico)

The original artwork has also been used for the single track albums which have led off from the main album. (Shown on the left are three of the main single track albums made from Pendulum in Silico)

The surrounding design is meant to represent sperm cells penetrating the egg cell (Hence the infant in the centre of the picture) But it has been laid out so that it represents technology and appears mechanic.

Album and CD designs(Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight)

The CD has the main Linkin park symbol covering the front along with the same colour scheme as the album itself, ranging from white to a series of grey’s and finally to blacks. Also the design of having the album songs all laid around the outside of the CD is an interesting feature.

The layout for the album cover is very basic, with no serious usage of images apart from the almost silhouette like shots of the members. Apart from that the majority of the album design is mainly grey scale which relates to the type of music having a slightly dark feeling to it.

The way in which all the members are standing with dark clothing in a dark environment makes the cover seem much more masculine rather than having a vast use of colours and seeming more feminine.

The idea of having a majority of the ocean life having a slight neon like feature helps to relate to the fact that the genre of music is techno/electronic style.

A very simple font has been used as this helps to make the artwork become more effective and stand out more rather than it being really extreme and therefore drawing the viewers attention away from the main album artwork.

The way in which the main band members (Rob Swire, Gareth McGrillen, Kevin Sawka and Paul Harding) are seen slowly reaching out towards the two people in the centre of the album.

Album front, back and CD cover (Pendulum - Immersion)

The CD for the album follows the same design features as the album cover itself. Following on from the usage of bubbles, water and neon lighting to give the feeling of electronic styled music as well as relate to the genre of music.

The CD itself resembles the design of the cover such as the main band symbol in the centre and in the name as well as the same font and art work being used for the cover.

The title is designed so that the first and last letters of the name (First being “S” and the last being “A”) are an almost identical mirror image of the same design so that it seems much more creative and relates to the main band symbol in the centre of the title and the cover.

The main band symbol shown here is used for a number of design parts for the cover of both the CD and the album cover. Its also designed so that it appears to be two “A”s which helps make sense of the band name and allows the symbol to fit in more easily.

For the specific album name a simple font is used but with an added shadow effects and reflection like style which helps to make it seem like it relates to the album art work much more easily.

Album and CD cover (Sonata Artica – Ecliptica)

The artwork designed for the CD cover has a slight street art or graffiti feature to it . The way in which the dark red and white picture stands out from the grey background helps the viewer to focus on this as the main image. The fact that the figure in the centre is a dark red helps to make it stand out amongst the seemingly black and white background.

The CD itself is a lot more informal. The CD cover consists of the original artwork that was used for the album cover itself, the name of the album and the songs that are available on this CD.

A very solid font is used for the album title and band name. The album name itself (Hybrid Theory) is displayed in a much smaller font towards the bottom of the cover next to the main picture.

The way in which much of the background of the cover consists of street art and graffiti on a grey wall suggests that the music on this CD has a heavy metal or alternative rock and relates to the genre of music as well.

Album front cover(Scatman – Scatman’s world)

A very basic name for the album yet it has a slightly outstanding font like design to it consisting of a pale blue colour with a ripped texture to it.

The background is very bland with no extreme usage of artwork or colour's. The only things which stand out amongst the Album cover are the peculiar design of the microphone wearing a hat and the album name.

The idea of having the microphone in the centre with a hat on gives you an idea that the album has music which really relates specifically to Scatman’s work and style. It’s the only piece of artwork that can be found which ensures that the cover is not covered with pictures and therefore draws the viewer’s attention away from it too much.