Looking through similar artists' CD covers, I have gathered that the rock-pop genre use relatively simple album artwork. It is common to have a full band shot with just the title of the band similar to a poster, it is also not rare for artists not to be on the front at all either. Simple symbols and meaningful artwork can also be the selling point of a CD.
Another factor I have also noticed is the style of font used on the covers; it must be simple, and easy to read. The band "One Republic" have a designed logo which they use on all their covers, with a border and simple swirls to make the cover look more appealing. Other bands simply use capitalised letters with a simple bold font, so I have downloaded a few fonts and tested out which font I will be using. "Hand of Sean" is a font I am familiar with, because I've used it before but I wanted to try other fonts including some "MS Script" fonts, which I feel is portraying the title of the band in a way, using handwritten characters to show the band's name. I like "Halo Handletter" because of the neat lines, I feel this may add to the band's appeal as the audience will feel as though the album has been signed by the band, as if they've written it their selves.
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