Total revision of print tasks

Following submitting the first draft of my earlier print tasks, I  was advised to totally change the concept of them as the colour tones and themes just weren't working. Due to the extremely small time gap available to me, I chose to go for a more abstract approach, and not to include the maina rtist on them-something I felt would also work well. I therefore chose to go for a 'sunset' theme, representing hope and escapism-which are both conventional themes of a album that a artist of this sort would produce. When editing my print work, I chose to go for a totally different font for the name of my artists, as the one featured on my first print tasks was simply too old fashioned for the artist. Although i was happy with the font of the name of the album, I came into difficulty when chosing where about on my CD cover to place it, and in which colour, with the following possibilities...

•  Seems to be alot of empty space in the middle of the frame
• Quite stylish, more emphasis on the photograph
• More conventional of a younger artist-challenging traditional CD covers
• Of fcentre-reflecting the random nature of the songs presented on the album
• Doesn't seem to stand out very much

• Central to the image-highlighting the sunshine whilst also drawing attention to the clouds
• Stands out
• Perhaps too 'boring
• Too much space in the sky
• Too much text gathered at the bottom of the image

Undecided at this stage, I gathered a few friends around my workspace and asked for their opinion on the matter. Most liked the position of the title in the corner of the CD cover, yet agreed that it was quite difficult to read  in the brown colour. In response to this, I decided to keep the title where it was, but to change the colour to the same white as the name of the artist-also providing me with the benefit of giving a more explicit link between the two main text elements. I then applied a drop shadow using Photoshop  in order to make the text more noticeable over the top of a very overpowering image-with the result shown to the left.