After looking through a wide variety of singer-songwriter album covers, we deduced that for a debut album an image of the artists face is necessary at it gives them a recognisable identity. This picture of the the artist is ususally either a close up or medium shot, so that is most likely what we will use when designing our album cover. The backdrop (if there is one at all) is usually very plain and most likely one colour. For example the Sam Smith backdrop is a simple matte grey background, while the James Blunt one is the sky. Regarding the font, there is now discernible constant font used, so we are free to choose the right font for us and not be influenced by existing covers regarding this aspect.
Often the artist is facing the camera but looking away a little. This is definitel something we will take into account (and perhaps replicate) during the creation of our album cover. Not looking at the camera presents the illusion of the artist not caring how they look on camera, perhaps making them cooler towards the audience.
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