Ancillary task research

For our first ancillary task we are going to make a CD cover to accompany our video and promote the band etc.
Our ideas include using simple, yet vivid colours and shapes, with a fairly basic layout in order to avoid the cover becoming too complex and crowded. A good example of this sort of album artwork is American Idiot by Green Day, as shown below:

Another good example, which has inspired us is the album cover of Billy Talent's first self-titled album, which features the band members silhouetted against an explosion. Again, the colours are very basic, but have a dramatic effect: