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i just made a draft for a cd cover for a friend of mine, it's still very rudimentary but the direction is already clear i think. could you guys maybe tell me if this totally sucks, and if so, why? i know.. it's amateurish.. it's a only draft to be given to a proper designer anyways |
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fuck |
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it looks amateurish because of the lettering, which looks very "I did it on my computer", which you ofcourse did, but there you go. the style of the thing is a bit too '80s for me. |
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i know about the lettering.. dunno about the 80ties thing though |
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i think it looks really good. maybe you should indeed screw around a bit with the font though. otherwise, great. |
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thanks, btw |
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einstürzende neubauten rip-off band? |
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hm.. i liked the font.. but i see the point.. it's something you could do with windword |
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i like the cover, but i would have been more consistant with the capitalization. i think it looks better with capital letters in this case. the back is cool as well, but i would suggest eliminating the numbers altogether. |
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no, a brass band but when i think of it, it does look that way.. |
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the photo's are fine if thats the kind of style you'r going for but the typography definately needs sorting out. For an example of excelent gritty typography look at the nin.com website. |
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it looks like art for an 80's goth band, what kind of music is it? |
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what do you think of the 2nd line on the front? the others are really bad, ok |
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it looks like something made for 4ad during the eighties, maybe This Mortal Coil. |
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well, this is a very local thingy, i can see that it reminds some people of some styles it has nothing to do with. in fact, the music does not yet exist, but is from guys with similar roots. different instruments (brass+piano) though. |
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yeah thats what i was thinking, more morbid though... DCD and Cocteau twins album artwork is usually dark but beautiful |
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the problem is that the goths tried to be authentic with their limited means, thats what we have in common. the artwork reflects that thanks for the helpful comments, btw !! |
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that typography is ok, not sure about its placement though |
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Just do a rip off designers republic one. Anyone can use them and be cool because it's TDR. |
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arghh.. i gotta circumvent this goth problem.. it's music from the countryside, whence the cockney.. |
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to de-goth-ize, either put more colour into it or remove the dead animals.. |
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like ? |
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get rid of the dead chicken, don't use black and white, use natural colours. Basically get a differenty photo. |
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degothization desperatly needed, but difficult as tasks are similar |
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:) I still love that bunny-avatar, btw. |
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thanks for the comments.. i'm off now.. |
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one of my favourite cd covers ever, designed by Vaughn Oliver. Closer to the kind of artwork your looking for i think |
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Back is nice but I don't like face... |
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I dont like it....sorry... |
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that's nice.. but not that kind of thing.. |
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Vaughan Oliver is excellent. just look at the Pixies covers. |
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yeah i know, just used it as an excuse to show it here :) still, the nature element and colour are definately what you need, |
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I like it and I went to art school so my opinion is worth more. You might as well ask the people here about plumbing, the tensile strength of copper and the sources of Finnegans Wake for the all the fucking misleading use they'll be. |
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maybe, but you live in Chile, so for all purposes your opinions are effectively.. bunk. |
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i'm a graphic designer |
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That as may be but your advice to the young man, who has done quite a good job, is pointless. Don't use black and white, change the font to some crappy NIN bollocks.... what the fuck are you on about? |
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DID you kill the poorr chicken? |
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no. i once killed one though, cut its head with a sharp knife and held it until it stopped moving. and thanks for the help alltohether. i will not try to change the goth impression, cause this is just a misunderstanding, i'm live in a different culture. rather work on the font and make it look less computerish, it was just an attempt anyways. morover, the music has yet to be played, the band has still to be formed, a friend to do it with has still to be found. (ok the last one was a lie) |
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cheffe said he didn't want to give it the impression of a gothic albumcover. not making the cover black and white helps. |
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don't argue please. i don't want people to think that this is a goth thingy, but when i think of it, goths try to fill a similar gap, so some superficial things like color scheme and such are similar. i'll de-goth the font, that should help. |
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You all say it like there's something wrong with goth. |
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haha.. it's like the canadians in europe wearing the 'i am canadian shirt' don't take offense :) |
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"change the font to some crappy NIN bollocks" i didn't say that, was just pointing out some excelent typography that might inspire him. |
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the back is pretty hard to read |
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Definitely avoid having to use any of photoshop's layer effects like drop shadow or outer glow, which it looks like you've done. Work around that by using a different image, different colours, basically i'd aim for abeter contrast of image and text, as I'd say the positioning of text you have there works. Also I'd suggest trying a different font. For continuity, I'd also make both images greyscale. |
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"Work around that by using a different image, different colours" It really, really staggers me, the arrogance and the piss some people speak. |
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"It really, really staggers me, the arrogance and the piss some people speak." me too your earlier post: "I went to art school so my opinion is worth more." |
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text looks not integrated into photos; photos are nice, especially I like the black&white front with a dead bird. |
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i would play with the levels a bit (making the front a bit more...not so flat) and the pic on the back is just too bright (interfering a bit with the typography) |
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matvey&mashnote: i agree. maybe i post some update tonight |
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