As the band we are doing is an indie/acoustic band, we have been looking at album covers for bands of those genres. Common themes appear to be drawn and collage effects, such as in the pictures below, so we will likely follow down this route.
Another common feature of indie album covers is that the band don't appear on the cover itself. Instead they tend to heavily feature highly artistic imagery, although rarely of a realistic nature. Often they go for a surreal feel, or a distinctly 'modern art' look. An example of a surreal album cover is the new release from the band 'The Strokes'. The cover for the album 'Angles' features a picture heavily reminiscent of the work of artist and mathematician M.C. Escher. The paradoxical image is clearly surreal, and is a feature of many indie album covers, so is a route that I would look into going down when designing my own digipak.
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