CD Cover Research

• I have begun by searching Google for existing CD covers which belong to the pop-punk and metalcore genre. 
• I have noticed that only a few of these designs include a photograph, the rest include some form of illustration or cartoon. 
• The metalcore CD covers appear to be quite dark and the pop punk covers are more bright and colourful, which reflects the mood of their music. 
• For example, The Devil Wears Prada CD cover looks quite gothic due to the dark cold colours in the design. Whereas, The Green Day 'Dookie CD cover is an action packed, bright illustration. 
• As A Day To Remember are a mixture of pop-punk, metalcore and post-hardcore, for my own design I could include a mixture of these conventions which are within the genre specific CD covers.
• I particularly like the montage for the Fall Out Boy CD cover, as I feel that the mixture of photography and illustration creates an effective CD cover.