Last thread ded
>>231146
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Special:Random
http://flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days
first one
be gentle pls
>>244712
its shit i know
im sorry, my inner weeb took control
you all are terrible.
>>245484
nice
>>245484
this is pretty fuckin awesome
Vicente de Santa Maria
>>245476
Yeah but you didn't post shit so you're worse because you didn't make one
Stop being a fag.
>>245484
i like this
>>245608
how do you get that subtle film grain effect
>>245650
Not him, but it may have already been on the original photo. It could of been created by adding a bit of noise in Photoshop.
Filter - Noise - Add Noise
>>245004
ah yes, Volkswagen's edgy hipster promotional band.
>>245755
Shit, i never even thought of that. Good catch.
English Title: Many discoveries must have been stillborn or smothered at birth. We know only those which survived.
>>246186
cool
>>245561
>>245567
>>245608
Thanks guys.
Decided to make a new one with an Obi strip.
Not completely happy with this one but who cares
>>245877
It's Japanese, you don't need the period.
>>245608
Name of typeface please? I love the entire thing.
First time posting here, this was a pretty interesting experiment
>>246416
Thanks. Its Tribute Roman Small Caps
>>245484
>>246204
Last one.
>>246429
Interesting, but not enough "in your face". The Band title is too small, should be in anything else than another shade of black. The parental advisory is often to the side of an album.
Also
>2015
>.png for a 1000px long image
>>245235
I loved it anon.
>>246579
I apologize for this. I realized later how stupid this was. I deserve those shit replies. Please forgive me.
>>246571
Thanks for critique anon, definitely agree with everything except I thought the explicit content label looked much better in the middle rather than the side in this case, felt more balanced and shit
>>244712
Second time participating.
R8 H8 MASTERB8
This was fun, we should do this again OP.
i just came to /gd/ and i only do ps 4 fun
I have no clue why I post this. I am shit at what I do.
>>246755
Could anyone critique this nonetheless?
>>246781
>ulgy type
>weird focus
>>246739
That effect you put on the words and the surrounding background makes it look you just highlighted it with the text tool.
>>245754
Love how you made the font look like it's on the building.. Nice job anon.
>>246795
k thx
>>246755
Have more confidence in everything you do.
How's this? I used two pictures instead of one and made it in SAI + mspaint
>>246739
doin this shit again
no great improvement but learnt a lot in the process
> #2
This really sucks
Apparently WMJU is a radio station.
Went with a 90's alt rock feel. Thoughts?
I see many people utterly failing this exercise and postng disgusting covers because they fundamentaly misunderstand what this is about:
The type is not at all what you should worry about. Almost all of the best examples use a simple oldstyle serif or a geometric sans. Using more than one typeface, or applying effects to it, will basically always be a failure.
Composition also doesn't matter. While it can pay off to be original, having the type centered in the middle always look good and requires little effort.
The real problem of this exercise is the iconography. You success in the cover will depend almost entirely on the image you choose and how you crop it. This is not about what is depicted (though it often help set a mood), but about the visual composition.
Compare two examples:
>>245608
uses a very simple image depicting something boring, but the composition is perfect.
>>245623
uses an image of a building exploding, which sounds cool in theory, but the composition is terrible and the type is thrown awkwardly in it.
The random album cover exercise is deceptively simple, because it totally relies on the visual composition of pictures, but the pictures given to you are not numerous and most of them suck.
It;'s really not at all about learning how to create "cool type" (the error made by many people), but about developing an eye for visual composition, to find the diamond in the pile of flickr shit. Of course developing this eye is way harder than slapping a bunch of colored filters on a pictures of a monkey.
Woops, this turned way longer than it should be. Hope it helps some of you guys.
>>247498
This board is laughable
There is no way any of you have studied design for even an hour
>>247530
Let's see your attempt.
>>247530
to be fair, these threads are kinda the cesspool of the board
![d557ef7be6[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/E2hJUKd.jpg "d557ef7be6[1].jpg")
Here's mine
>>247536
all threads are kinda the cesspool of the board
Grapsidae
Album : vol. i. p. 215
>>247530
Posting this with no example.
>>247530
Put up or shut up.
Some of these are bad, a lot of the mulri post guys are passable to good, some of the guys who hust did the exercise dint do bad either.
Ps. Its a warm up you knob
>>247530
https://youtu.be/DN43sCyEanA
Is it shit?
>>248193
>Dat Font
>Dos Colors
Yep, it is.
>>247519
Could have done better with this one, something's off about it.
first time doing this
>>248230
>Mixing the fonts
Gross
>>248207
10/10
love it
>>248230
A S T H E T I C
first time
I'm not good at this
Haven't gotten to play this game in a while
looks like shit
Great couple of random draws
>>249591
it'd be cool to have a thread where you try to mimic an existing album cover's style for a single, like pic related
my second ever project, im thinking about going to school for this.
>>249676
did you get the bible as your quotes
>>249591
cool
sounds like a pop punk band lmao
>>245591
stupid ass font choice m8 and u could've made the black bars more consistent?? why the 2 have their eyes blacked out & the other one only has his mouth blacked out? maybe the middle one should have his nose blacked out?? idk
also make the black bars the same dimensions come on m8 step up.
>>248171
don't dig the font mate, the letters don't match gotham. try helvetica maybe? something with a cooler "R"
idk
tfw obscure italian football team
>>250454
8/10
I'm always a sucker for Bodoni
I feel the "words" is a bit weird though, probably should've just kept one size
>>246186
Cool!
I had fun with this, but I think I spent too much time with it, and it's not that good, imo.
>>250480
Thanks m8 the font is Salome and I absolutely love it
I am a producer that makes his own covers and after looking at your posts I am filled with ideas. Naming your songs is the hardest part of music.
I did not really played by the rules but i wanted to share it with you anyway.
What do you think ?
Struggled with this one, couldn't think of anything nice to do. Kept it simple, short. Not a fan.
Thoughts of what I could've done? I've only done a few in the past.
>>250692
Smaller text
>>250692
Try rotating the picture so the ground is parallel with the text
>>250807
whoops
I fucking suck
First time posting
miss this thread
First time poster
>>250860
Retropirate?
Rate?
Here's mine
>>250830
How did you do the photo effect?
>>251920
Cool +1
>>251925
awful and lazy
>>251913
The album name is well inserted in the canvas, in the other hand the artist name is so big to be introduced in the little semi-circle.
7/10
>>249634
How did you do the words effect? Maybe a layer effect?
>>249576
It seems to be a Punk album
>>249262
I love soft and armonic designs, gj
>>248218
Then i have to say: Great job to your first time "album cover" making
> 9/10
>>251959
ew no.
>>251960
So, what would you change?
>>251965
everything
i'd suggest studying basic design
>>250510
Which font did you use to write the band name?
genre: Electroacoustic project with violin, drums and percussion, piano
artwork: https://www.flickr.com/photos/103789104@N05/24304371801/
band name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factions_of_Halo
album title: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Furniture
>>246193
i see what you did there!
>>246694
for some reason, this reads
"church doesnt alcohol like radzaany"
to me
>>247282
more like a book cover than a cd cover
i like it though
>>252000
certanly
>>251994
i ruined it with bottom font, but oh well, deleted the psd
Fun practice
My version
2nd try.
really quick one, might do another and put some more effort into it.
>>252015
Nice one
>>251048
cool
constructive criticism for a novice
>>252131
Fuck. I just noticed my capital mistake. Hargh.
>>251965
or actually writing the text by hand, that would look much better
I like the name.
rate
My first try at this.
Attempt #2
#3
#4
generic as fuck
>>252898
Enough originality to be an álbum cover
> 8 / 10
First time posting
>>253227
Last time posting
>>253249
damn, was it that bad?
>>253110
Magic.
>>253227
5/10. I would crop out the plane at the top an put the text on top.
Vangelis feelings.
>>253260
don't worry we can be noobs together
>>253012
10/10
>>247476
sometimes, I need a reminder of a simple issue that I run into time and time again during frustrating, dead beat times. Thanks anon!
I'm really bored.
>>244712
i always wondered who is the girl in the first cover (the chak ali shak one)
>>254120
just a random person
attached the image i used.
i think the original was in full color, but saved over in in b&w.
>>246569
do you have a portfolio?
>>254272
Working on it.
Also i wouldn't share it on 4chan.
>>247530
please by all means rev up yer fuckin theories and techniques and give us the tits.
>>250814
and then the people are tilted?
what even
>>254400
op here,
srs question. how do you get the high res picture from flickr?
>>244712
memes
![[HACKING INTENSIFIES].png](https://i.imgur.com/41E1Qb2.jpg "[HACKING INTENSIFIES].png")
>>254401
there's only one way....
>right click
>inspect element
>find the line with the link
>???
>profit
>>251921
photoshop :-)
Going for a New Order aesthetic.
dunno if this text works.
being creative with type is hard :/
>>254824
another one, don't like the type.
>>245036
nice
>>255096
It's like I'm looking at the hottest new grunge album from the 90s
>>253951
Pretty solid. I like the main font
>>251931
It's just the difference layer affect. Nothing else about it
Just starting, be gentle
>>256022
>random triangle
eh
>>256025
Triangles are cool
>>256026
sure, but it's kinda just there.
Maybe if it was around the guy's head or something instead of blending into the name and title
>>256022
the hipster is strong in this one
>>256077
he just thinks triangles are cool, anon
>>246819
that's actually my least favorite part
>>247471
one of favs. I would listen to this.
>>249592
10/10 font would just ruin it.
>>256246
good picture, you should try and manipulate it and just play around with it. you can get some cool effects with that reflection. The text is just bland and seems like it's yelling at me. I think it's you try and use two different variables instead of a difference in color, i.e. weight, size, and pay attention to contrast I think you will get better results. I'm not a big fan of the font, but you can make it work using those variables.
>>256281
color scheme doesn't really go together.
pure black is hard to integrate into a mostly light and colorful piece. The corny graphics don't really work. The drop shadows don't look very pleasing, especially with that purple. I would try and go with a central color scheme. You can find sites online that give you color combinations.
>>252141
I want to punch you in the face.
its my first time so be gentle with me
>inb4 low quality
Mine. What are your thoughts?
Image limit reached. New bread?
