Barcodes, Record labels and Copyright credentials

Barcodes, Record Labels and Copyright Credentials

In order to improve the validity and realism of the album cover, Olivia and I created our own barcode, record label and copyright credentials. This was done so we could further understand how to create and market an artist, as if our Digipak was actually going to be sold to a target audience.

Our record label

Olivia and I decided to create a logo for our own fictional record label, which would distribute the album. We decided to name our label 'OC Records', after ourselves, and created a simple, recognisable logo which would go on the back cover of our Digipak. 

The back cover result

Here is the final result for our album credentials. We thought this looked pretty realistic, compared to an actual back cover for an album. This just added a sense of authenticity to our Digipak and album cover as we learned about how to promote/create an artist.

A comparison with the back cover of 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust' by David Bowie (1972):