The first digipack that I will be studying is for Nirvana's " Incesticide ", on the whole this digipack is very quite entropic. It's not so entropic that you have no idea what's going on, but not so redundant that it becomes boring and doesn't catch your eye. The font used to spell the word "nirvana" looks as if it has been cut from something and pasted onto the cover, this adds a sense of authenticity and connotes a sense of realism. The hand drawn look of the artwork on the front furthers the sense of authenticity. The dingey, beige background adds a dirty, grimey feel, reflecting the bands ethos and music.
The withering flowers on the cover could represent something that was once beautiful and prospering, dying and becoming ugly. This could represent the singers mental state at the time. The back cover strongly contrasts the front, becoming a lot more entropic and colourful.
This album art is quite entropic, the bright colours and rubber duck enforce this. It's not so entropic that you have no idea what's going on, but at the same time it isn't so redundant that it becomes boring. The bright colours and entropic imagery connote senses of happiness, highly contrasting with the front cover which gives a much darker feeling. The font on the right side is similar to the font on the front side of the digipak, this creates another link between the two, whilst still keeping the contrast.

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