The analysis of the responses I got on my questionnaire about album cover sleeves and the

content/design that my audience is most interested in.

Questionnaire Results

Sharing my QuestionnaireI used multiple social networking sites to share the link to my questionnaire, including Tumblr and Facebook. This ensured that I would get a large amount of responses, and that they’d be in the age range of my target audience, as the people who follow/are friends with me on the sites are all 13-24, which is the average age of people interested in music.

1: What is your gender?Due to the majority of my followers and friends on the social networking sites I use being female, all 10 of my responses were girls. This could make my album cover slightly biased gender-wise. However, since the album is sung by Kimya Dawson, it will be more feminine.

1: What is your age group?There is a wide range of ages in my responses. This will ensure that my album cover will suit audiences of all ages, rather than be too childish or mature for certain people.

3. Which type of cover image do you find most appealing?The answers to this question were very spread out. Photography was a popular choice, though they preferred images primarily of scenery and objects rather than the artist’s portrait. Photo manipulation was also popular. 3 people chose the “other” option, and commented for photo + typography and photo + illustration. I like the last idea most, as it will match the themes in the music video.

4. What type of colour scheme do you prefer in album covers?Again, the answers were quite evenly spread between the options in this question, however the monochrome options were slightly less popular than the coloured ones. Both ‘bright’ and ‘rich’ colours were the favoured choices, though I will probably go with pale, pastel colours so it matches the music video.

5. Please look at each of these album covers and rate them from 1 to 5.This rating question had varied responses, but the favourite designs were quite clear. The first, Yulie Ruth’s cover, was the least favourite by far. Brad Paisley’s, Jewel’s, and Taylor Swift’s covers were all around the same in popularity, as they are so different in design – black and white, photography, illustration. The final album had very mixed responses, which shows the range of opinions on the simplistic idea and typography.

6. Please look at these fonts. Which TWO fonts are your favourite?The order of popularity for these fonts is quite obvious. The rugged western types were least liked. The least country styled fonts were favourites, but the most liked font – by 2 votes – was the decorative country type. I will definitely be using this font on my album cover, though I may use one of the cartoony types for the artist name and other information.

7. Inside an album, which would you most like to see?Due to it being the hugely popular choice, I will definitely include a lyric book in the inside sleeve. As music video images was also a well liked choice, I could use the photographs/stills as backgrounds for the lyric pages. I may also include band information, perhaps on the back of the front/back covers. Due to it being a common convention on album art, there will be a list of helpers/companies/etc on the back cover beneath the list of songs.

Be slightly more suited to females than males.Suit a range of ages.Have a photograph as the cover art, with some

illustration/cartoon.Pale colour scheme/photo editing.Include colourful photographs, such as Taylor

Swift’s album cover.Use the fonts “Bleeding Cowboys” and

“Skinnyness” from dafont.com.Include a lyric book with photo stills from the

music video.

Conclusion. My album art will: