Overview of Do's and Dont's

We plan to make a professional and genuine digipak, but in order for us to do this to the best of of our ability the teachers gave us a couple of guidelines we should follow in order for it too look professional and slick but realistic and genuine.

Do's

1. Use clear fonts and photos in an appropriate size/shape.  
2. Use a layout that follows the rule of thirds for composition.
3. Appropriate font that follows genre conventions; position text to conform to conventions.
4. Follow the three colour rule and choose colours that are appropriate for images, font and backgrounds.
5. Think carefully about how you use and intergrate images, font, text and language. (anchoring meaning putting images with text).
6. Use approprate industry logos, conventions properly positioned.

Dont's

1. Stretch images.
2. Use Layer styles.
3. Use effects that do not fit the genre.
4. Place text across artists face.
5. Use a font because you 'like it'.
6. Feel the need to use separate images on each panel.

Personally, I think this has helped because I can now structure my work professionally and hopefully get top marks for my creative work. I think what was also really helpful is that the guidelines really have a clear focus on how you should produce your work which helps to strengthen your work because you can take a basic, structured idea, and develop it into something that you can be proud of.