Adventure Thing #92 - Packaging Design Musings (Patreon)

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As we enter mastering this week and are awaiting final versions of all of our songs a couple of tasks remain:

1- Sequencing. I will likely write next week's adventure thing on sequencing, as it's still something we're mulling over and is certainly not set in stone at this point.

2- Packaging design. I (Brian) will likely design the packaging myself based on the amazing cover art from Mr. Flama. This is what I did for The Near Future and I found it a really fun endeavor. 

This week I wanted to write about packaging design, which I'm currently working on, and has 2 main elements:

1- a Vinyl record. I'm thinking much simpler than The Near Future, and the vibe I've been keying off of is Neutral Milk Hotel's In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (the image from this post).  Probably black vinyl, although potentially with a printed innersleeve. Sort of a 90's indie rock vibe.

2- a CD! We're going retro with this release and CDs are part of it, so I have to design a CD. I am not a big fan of jewel cases, and I'm currently leaning toward a 4-panel digipack, like this:

I'm still in progress with this, so if you want to help, post in the comments some links to discogs with the packaging of a 90's record you like, like this:

https://www.discogs.com/Neutral-Milk-Hotel-In-The-Aeroplane-Over-The-Sea/release/566284

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