Sketches/ Initial Ideas

Sketches/ Initial ideas

Here is an initial design of the front cover for my digipak. It has the name of the artist in fancy writing at the bottom which is where the artists name will b positioned. At the top will be where the albums name will be, however we have not yet come up with an album name.

A close up image of the artists will be positioned in the centre of the digipak front cover.

Pop Website Research 2

Ellie Goulding

This is the opening page to Ellie Goulding's official website. Like any other pop artists website, this website is very eye-catching and bright with vibrant colours. The name of he artist is written in big, bold writing so fans know they are on her official website page. Also, a large sized image of the pop star is in the top right hand corner of the first page which is typical on a pop artists website. the image is of Ellie wearing a furry coat with no clothing underneath which shows voyeurism as common in her music video and in the videos of many other pop artists. 

Beneath the title of the artists name, are links to where Ellie's music can be downloaded from. Having these links gives fans easy access to being able to download her music, which promotes her music more. As well as her music, Ellie allows her fans to have easy access for the tickets for her 2016 tour, also increasing purchases and sales.

The top right hand corner consists of links for Ellie's social media page which allows her fans to go straight onto her social media to support and enjoy her day to day activities.

The bar at the top have tabs which takes users to other pages she has on her website.

When scrolling down, you will come across this page which consists of a background image of the pop star and the foreground of dates and names of her tour an the location of it along with an option to purchase tickets o he right hand side, This gives fans information about any live tours and the option to buy tickets if they would like to.

 These are simply a variety of images of Ellie Goulding and images of her album covers which are there on her website for her fans to see.

A video of her latest music video is also available beneath the images which allows fans to check out her latest music video which they may like and choose to download after.

Pop Website Research 1

Katy Perry

When opening the first page of Katy Perry's website, this is what appears. It is an image of the artist herself with the background consisting of a bright sun and light clouds along with some flowers on the left had side. This is a very good image to have for an opening page of a website for a pop artists as the pop genre is typically mean to be happy, bright and colourful. 

The social media links on the top right hand corner of the opening page is a good thing to have on an opening page as it allows fans to have easy access to the social media pages of Katy Perry which strengthens the relationship between the artists and her fans as they are aware of her day to day activities.

The '#KATYPWTL' which is on the opening page opens up to this page above. This is a page which allows fans to pre book tickets for a love world tour. Having this page on a website allows easy navigation for the users/fans, increasing the number of tickets sold from Katy's tour. Many pop artists have regular tours and having this on their website increases sales and strengthens the bond between her and her fan. 

These are tabs on the main opening page which opens up to several other pages n the website. Having this again gives easy access for the users to go to other pages on the website which they could explore to gain a better understanding about the artists and the music she provides of a pop genre,

Pop Website Research 3

Rihanna 

This is the opening page to Rihanna's website which is very basic as it has the name of the artist and states her current album in store now. This is in fact a link which takes fans to iTunes where her music is available to download. Unlike other pop websites, the colours on this is not vibrant but in fact quite dull which is not quite typical for a pop artists.

The link at the top and the bottom of the page takes users onto the main website of the artists. 

This is the page which the link on the above takes users to. It consists of just images of Rihanna which many pop websites consists of. I will be using this idea when creating my own website. On the left hand side there are tabs which allows fans to see images, videos, to shop and when her tour dates are along with purchasing any tickets for tours. Beneath are links to Rihanna's social media which allows fans to see the pop artists day to day activities.