Digipak idea

My first idea for my digipak is to have my artist featured on the front cover however not in the typical way other artists do it.

My artist is different as his music blends the likes of hip hop, pop, RnB, ect. so I have to approach this in  a way that wouldn't be stereotypical to any type of genre, my artist has to stand out. Therefore the idea will be somewhat of the same to other artists however the execution will be different.

An example of what a stereotypical pop music digipak would be this:

   

Hip Hop:

However I feel my aritst needs to do something different but still be featured on the front cover. I want to keep to the sad element of my song and create a dark album. Im looking for an unconventional way of being on the front cover.

An example of what I am looking for:

The album cover is simple yet effective. It showcases what type of theme the album is going for and shows the artist posing in a non stereotypical way of its genre.