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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Special:Random
http://flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days
TLOP inspired mess.
>tfw your only good pic from the random gen is 1000x500
>>256787
The text to the right is too thin, it makes it less noticable and harder to read.
there's so much space it's kind of annoying that they're just kinda slapped in the corner.
>>256811
After posting this I realize how gross that font is.
>>256805
yeah, there is a lot of space between everything, but there wasn't much else in the picture that was interesting. Oh well, bad image bunch get.
And I could've definitely made the band name and album title bigger. I realized that after I posted it.
>>256811
>>256812
I like what you did with the image even if the font's bad.
>>256824
>>256246
heh
first attempt
my first try. rate pls
I know it's shit, but r8 it anyways. I hope to improve.
>>256828
I'm the guy who replied to that old photo.
Nice improvement, the colors aren't over the top and they go with the greenish tone of the girl.
niceimprovement/10
>>256827
thank you! I composited two images, don't know if that's okay in this challenge.
>>256874
there's nothing that's aligned with the text. idk the lines from the trees and the lines of the text make an awkward angle. Maybe take a look at axial layouts for inspiration
>>256903
this might work better if the text was outside the window instead of just behind the people. And maybe green town should be a green instead of red.
Also that 4chan logo thing isn't necessary at all.
>>256914
How did you achieve the composite affect for your image? It looks like cool and I'd like to experiment with the affect.
>>256922
think i overlayed the architecture picture using the one that subtracts all the dark out of the picture, that's how I got the top left. Then overlayed the same picture again using the one that subtracts light, and that's how I got the darks.
The red and purple bits I just got by putting another image of the girl over and blending it with the 'saturation' blending option.
You can adjust just make an adjustments layer and enable the clipping mask so each layer has their own effect.
Also gradient tool allowed me to split up the values into more whole groups. For example, the light orange on her lip is one color throughout. Less detail but more blocky colors.
hope that helps.
I'm trying to make an album cover for Kanye West's new album for personal use, but I can't find the damn font used on his merch.
>pic related
All the detail I can give is that the merchandise is a collaberation with Cali Thornhill DeWitt, who is known for his pieces using the same font.
Searches like "Cali Thornhill DeWitt Font" show no promising results.
>>256933
newfag mistake, forgot the photo
>>256934
It's a handmade font it turns out.
>>256936
Looks good, especially the band name bit. Could've done something with the album name, but that's just a nitpick.
>>256942
not a nit pick if it's an issue with the design of it. I agree, it needs something.
The font is annoying, it's too wide imo
euro electronica vibe
>>257054
Scanlines seem unnecessary.
I like what you did with the bandname, but the album title feels kinda lazily plopped in the bottom middle. Also don't know how I feel about the font used for it.
>>257055
It sucks, i need to steal more fonts.
>>257194
lurk them fontshare threads senpai
>>257262
v nice. Was that brush stroke a part of the original picture? I like what you did with the font too. What font is that btw?
>>257269
Yeah it was which I found interesting so I used that as the highlight color for of the album cover. The font is Lao MN Regular and I customized the letter A myself.
These threads are terrible, all the time, every time.
>>256706
shit thats pretty good
>>256812
I think the fact that the font is so crap adds to the the cover. Looks pretty nice.
>>257262
Very nice, this is my favourite from this thread so far.
>>257758
The 2nd font seems really plain in-comparison. Otherwise fine cover.
>>257566
I like the idea you're going for with the inward shadow, but the effect is too canned and plain. Also looks like you made the shadow with black when you should've done a darker shade of pink
The cut-out appearance of the image doesn't look too bad, though.
>>256705
>>257777
yeah I was going for a cut out look as if the physical album itself was cut out.
Thanks for the tips.
>>257262
Very excellent composition here. Love the paint stroke; gives the idea of someone giving this album a 'glance'.
>>257758
The contrast of the different weights is a little too much I feel. I don't really like either of the fonts.
>>257865
this would look good packaged in that plastic, good work. I like the gray.
>>257870
pretty cool lettering on the top. I'm assuming you made that? It fits the cover very well so well done.
>>257936
type is too small. Also just boring.
>>258010
this doesn't really come across as an album cover in my opinion.
>>258101
looks like a book cover
>random book cover thread?
>>258248
the type isn't very appealing. Looks kind of weird tilted as well. the drop shadow doesn't look very pleasing.
i enjoyed making this
>>256706
You somehow did what the TLOP cover was trying to do much better.
>>256830
Nice work fitting the text into the film-graininess of the image.
>>256921
Agreed
>>256936
Nice colouring.
>>257054
Band name looks good, album title looks awful. Just because you have an opportunity to use blue/orange doesn't mean you should.
>>257262
Very nice work, although personally I fucking hate when people cut lines out of letters like you did with the As
>>257936
Nice, didn't do much but I don't see what else would have worked well
>>258280
Excellent work, shame about all that artifacting/filter on the image
>>257406
>>258291
Thanks, made another one with a similar style.
>>258343
They're hardly supposed to be great works of art, we know they suck. Get over yourself.
>>258343
So are we not allowed to critique others? Lol fuck off. We're all trying to help each other get better and you're doing nothing but shit posting.
>>258343
Don't be a cunt.
This entire purpose of these threads is just an excuse for people to get some practice in and get some honest criticism on their techniques.
>>258294
I really don't like the style you're emulating.
But your picture here is infinitely better than that shit used for that Kanye West album cover.
First try.
>>258280
Shitty font, colors don't make sense.
When viewed at a small scale (like albums are 90% of the time) I cannot even see the white text.
The difference in kerning between the "hirohata" and "station" is awkward. The difference should be a lot greater or none at all.
>>259035
appealing middle text, bottom is unreadable. shrink, center and darken it
>>259041
boring, maybe better if the hand was in the bottom right corner.
my first,be gentle senpai
i got some terrible pics.
>>258880
i feel like you could lose the lines around the flower.
nice text tho, colors of it could be less saturated though
>>257566
what is that font?
I gave it a try
>>259061
You really should make the texture bigger if you're going to stretch it that much or else the edges get all bury like in your pic.
I like what you did with "away with the" though.
>>259063
You should've used the the white-ish color present in your picture instead of a solid white.
>>259176
The shadow on the band name is a bit much. Feels really canned and is sliding off from the text too much. The glow on the album title is also just too much and would look better if it was subtler.
I like what you did with the image and the levels tool. Feels like a punk album if that's what you were going for.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/inesrehbergerphotography/25333945552/in/photostream/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moise_Fokou
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lou_Ye
I took some liberties but I like how it turned out
>>259433
I know the top font is lavendaria but what's the font on fokou? They compliment each other perfectly
Novice here
A few variations of something I tried. Couldn't decide on which worked best
>>259571
Cubano
>>259595
I like the middle one, but maybe not have it backwards. Also, find a more stylish font for the album title, like a cursive or something more detailed
Struggled with the album title placement on this one
took a couple of liberties on my picture to fix it up a bit and make it as pretentious as possible
i love these threads
>>259761
ooh that's really pleasant
>>260195
could i get a link to the original photo
>>260238
https://www.flickr.com/photos/136228972@N02/24672327073/
>>256705
>>260473
good one
did you make the colors bleed manually or was the painting already like that?
i really like how you made it actually look likea vinyl cover, is that just a texture/filter?
>>260498
really
>>260516
really what
this is a myora thread, i thought everyone was MAKING their albums
I'm too lazy to reverse search every image I'm curious about before asking about it
>>260498
>2016
>Never heard of Miles Davis
I don't know what I'm doing
>>260521
lol
>>260730
I love it. Gives me an industrial Joy Divison/New Order feeling but set in an industrial Belgian town.
The lack of fancy typefaces and the offset & adds to atmosphere.
>>260596
>Agency FB
You really should stay away from that font unless you're making something sci-fi or dystopian related
Same for the other font too. Feels too futuristic for the cover it's on, but maybe it could work with a font that isn't agency FB.
Placement is also a bit weird. Probably would be better in the top right corner since the eye is drawn there.
>>260633
The font you used is amazingly plain but your cover is also pretty plain, so I guess it fits
>>260679
Doesn't seem bad. The image is very stretched but I'm sure that's just a bad random image batch get and you were just working with what you got.
>>260760
I forgot that lamb of god actually uses papyrus for the logo. Thanks for reminding me of that.
>>259566
even though it sort of fits the midevil thing here I think the font is a bit much with the shovld thing
>>261220
the highschool letterman jacket font doesn't really work at all. I'd use anything else other than that font
confused why it's exporting with the white border around it. oh well
>>259595
All p decent, I would stray away from the backwards text. 1st and second are best so far
>>261334
Honestly it looks cool either way. Like the white border wouldn't even be a bad thing.
how bad i fucked up?
>>262290
you didnt
fuck they nay sayers
but experiment a bit if you are uncertain of your results.
I fucked up with the font, I guess. What font would you use?
>>259699
I like the idea, but the fonts are awful.
>>262442
i like this, it's very well put together
>>262555
If the text got more texture to it instead of looking like a regular font made red it'd be a great cover.
>>262290
Nice throat singing cover m8
>>262874
Man I love this thread!
Tried to replicate an 80's minimal indie style here
>>262910
I don't know what it is with white background with blue foreground. I've been seeing it a lot and I like it and hate it.
>>262941
trendl33t.cum
i wanted to fuck around with some trippy wavy distortion too but couldn't get it right so i may post an update
>>262910
Reminds me of Minimal Wave covers.
>>262941
I tried a few colour combos, liked the blue contrast best
I like how it worked out, what do you think?
>>256705
>>262880
that font using make me eyes bleed.
>>262883
Good stuff
>>262990
I like it too works well for your cover, but it feels like a trend to me.
Ended up looking like a CD case I'd find in my grandma's house
>>263268
hahaha
easy listening christian album
Brand new try, hoping your critiques!
>>263498
not a fan of the lowercase font but dope concept
>>263471
That 2nd font for the title is just the worst, man. It's placement could also be better, like under the boat, as well.
>>263498
fonts?
>>263258
would have worked if you hadnt picked two stylish fonts that are very well known and just look mediocre graphic design. inventive typeface work isnt even extra mile, is 101.
>>262931
love it. it might not work printed, tho.
>>262784
as a graphic designer i feel ashamed that i like this and i cant tell you why
>>263562
it's just a good picture with some good framing that then uses the framing to do something interesting to the font
>>263561
Kind of wish I'd not added the texture overlay now. The original had a much bolder colour contrast and I'm not all that with Photoshop
you, people, are wonderful.
here are my favourites:
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>>257376
sauce on picture?
Well well well, what do you think of it?
>>264011
i like the composition
i think the orange might be a bit too bright on the outside though, but i thik it's mostly personal preference
I'm working on a cover for a mixtape for my friend, he said take the art in any direction i want but im having a hard time figuring out what to do, any help?
im gonna work on a draft and post it in a little while.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobart_Devils
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Georg_Solti
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikebeecham/25841138330/
https://robcartwrightphotography.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/abstract-neon-lights-rainy-pavement.jpg
>>264079
>cover song in the middle of the album
are there any real life albums that do this well? like for purposeful effect?
fml
>>264083
Just did it because I was naming the songs after quotes and didn't want to make it obvious that I just had them in the same order that they were on the wiki page, so I swapped them.
>>264083
I can't say I've ever even seen a common ground between where the title track is placed.
Although most of my favorite albums don't have a song named after the title.
I don't know why I did this. I don't even like Deafheaven.
First post on /gd/
First try.
r8, h8, masterb8
>>264700
i really like the style, I think my only gripe is it's fairly hard to read the "love and pigeons" text
>>264700
not bad m8, but you could rot8 the letters of the text so they're readable top to bottom, like the jap words in your pic
Surf inspired Post-Rock
Mogwai if they were from Central Coast California
>>264039
Mixtape title / genre? You want to hint at a mood with the cover art, it should complement the project as a whole
>>264878
update... didn't like the band name font
>>264190
kek
The article I got didn't do me any favours
First time, please rate
>>265370
maybe "men's club" ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_W._Holsinger
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Consistent_histories
https://www.flickr.com/photos/lorisrizzi/25724636404/
Strip, big yellow strip.
pretty un-inspired, by-the-numbers submission
>>265073
PROTIP: crop yo shit to a square
that being said, solid entry
>>265586
I like the concept, but your execution needs work.
Both fonts also don't really work together
I got lucky with my pic
Would totally listen this
>>256936
looks like a 90's album
My TLOP remixes cover
>>267018
I don't think the Chinese characters fit. Nor does the posterization in the triangle. If you squint it looks like 3 black columns in the triangle. I think if you just did them as crisp, black rectangles, it might look better. I like the idea though.
a new challenger has arrived bring shit-tier work, thank you all
>>257936
font??
>>267068
appreciate it. trial 2:
First contribution, I know it's shit, I'll try to get better
>>267132
thicker typeface for top text 5/10
>>267116
v v nice! 6/10
>>267083
interesting, but shape over scenery is overused. good fonts though 7/10
>>267080
unique, simple 6/10
>>267057
unoriginal this is like any other amateur edm ep 3/10
>>267039
>>266982
classic design, especially the latter 6/10 and 8/10 respectively
>>266969
the shapes working in conjunction with the font choice is very nice 7/10
>>266761
i don't know how to feel about this one, font below japanese characters doesn't fit, ???/10
love all yall
;^)
No real idea where I was going with this. I guess I was trying to channel Ash Thorp or something...
>>267193
This was my first one ever.
Trying to improve, how are they?
>>267195
I think you did a decent job on this one. Not a huge fan of the red text's font, but the concept of the piece is simple and safe. Keep going.
feedback/improvements appreciated
>>267218
another one.
>>267232
Welp, this looks like a shitty EDM album but the design work looks great. I love this
>>267149
love this one
>>267232
Fucking awful. Looks like it was designed using MS Paint...
>>256705
Eh
>>267450
Here's another shitty attempt before I go to bed
>>258248
>>258280
>the type isn't very appealing. Looks kind of weird tilted as well. the drop shadow doesn't look very pleasing.
Disagree. I think often times blatantly thick and opaque dropshadows give an extremely corny and horrific look; but not in this image.
The abrasive and monotonously desaturated look of the image lend really well to the brash use of nontransparent dropshadow imho. The runner's silhouette and reflection also coordinate with the dropshadow.
Looks grim, thick, and hazey to me. Like some kind of poorly produced early 90s gem.
Gonna make some tunes on ableton this summer to fill this one out.
>>267488
Do you mind if i actually make this project and use this cover? thinking experimental electronic / ambient / vaporwave
>0 effort
>>267526
Sure anon no problem, feel free to use it just doing it for the challenge.
>>267488
Another one
>>267218
The best "grade" i ever got in one of these threads, was when I cropped my photo tightly to the interesting bits.
like the attached.
first try, pls dont hurt me
>>267563
i feel like this bg image is really promising, but im not 100% on the style and placement of the fonts
nice one though
It's just a try, made with "pics art", cause I don't have an PC with me...
I'm not so lucky with the fonds :/
>>256857
I really love this one!
