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This could be good.
Links: (already rolled for you)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Special:Random
https://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days/
Hard mode: No rerolls.
Here is one from a previous thread that I made. No rerolls mode.
Will bump with better ones.
>>65494328
Also, it should be a square. I fucked up on this one.
Archive seems to be slow so here's one from...another place
Low effort also encouraged.
>my thread crash and burn
g-goodnight ;(
>>65494615
hold up senpai. Some NSBM coming in hot
>>65494877
This came out well. I'd buy it.
Should we guess genres as well?
I think this would sound like a Polish Nick Cave
I feel like this is a Ska band, but like a Commie Ska band or something.
>>65494284
I feel like this is a funk fusion band. Idek
These are always fun
>>65494393
Hmm, Icelandic name...
>>65495733
Hard Tech/ Gabber
>>65495200
Japanese funky house
>>65494960
Post-Rock w/ some dark ambience
>>65494284
No re-rolls.
Cropped the pic and made the quote grammatically correct
>get cool emo cover
>quote from winnie the pooh
>>65495240
ah, catch-22
>>65496066
modern jazz/folk prolly
/shugazi/ AOTY
i didnt crop the picture to be an adequate cover but i liked it so w/e
>>65496663
>>65496386
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>>65494328
would listen to
Thought it turned out rather nice.
Kinda like this one
this looks like a solid dark ambient album to me
>>65498947
fuck forgot picture
Not terrible despite having to do it on my phone
Also the album name I got sucked so it's self titled
>>65495545
>>65495888
>>65496386
>>65496414
made me jej
>>65498121
singer songwritery I bet
>>65496242
love the colors
"Hercules Huncks (died 19 October 1660) was an English soldier and one of the Regicides of King Charles I of England.[1]"
>>65498121
>>65496663
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>>65500186
Why is there so much shitty flower photography on flickr?
I tried my best with the shit I got
>>65500782
I tried again
>>65500663
I think I lucked out compared to last time
Hot new indeh rawk album coming through
>>65502303
This looks like some shitty muzak
Oddly, the quote came from the Wiktionary page for the Angry Birds Movie... and I got a flickr with a bird. Odd.
>>65494284
fuck it
The albums is called Mass-Market Appliance by a band known as Cape Grenville. Here's the front.
Also, Flickr users, it'd be nice if you would stop taking generic pictures of flowers. Go shoot something else.
>>65504091
and the back
what genre?
>>65504371
That's actually a pretty good cover. I'd probably change the typeface, but whatever.
>>65504532
avant-prog
spent way too long on this.
I tried.
eh
>>65495182
DUDE I NEED TO KNOW WHAT THAT FLAVOR OF ICE CREAM IS CALLED RIGHT NOW
>>65505717
8/10
>>65505637
4/10
>>65505242
8/10 more if blurred better
>>65504727
8/10 feels like you could have a better font
>>65504614
9/10 nice
>>65504532
7/10
>>65504371
7/10
>>65504091
>>65504113
6/10 maybe you got screwed by the pics
>>65503434
7/10
>>65503191
6/10
>>65502967
7/10 had potential
>>65502711
what happened with the blur?
>>65502455
9/10
>>65502303
mspaint/10
>>65504532
Fuck-Buttons-esque drone/steam-tronica
Here's mine!!
>>65506575
Oh shit, pardon for the size guys.
>>65494284
>>65506575
looks like a field recording to me
>>65506760
misspelt it sorry
Turned out better than expected
No rerolls
Looks like edgy trash but no reroll does that.
>>65507906
the thumbnail looks nicer
>>65507856
lel
Didn't follow the procedure, tweeked it a bit in PS and I really like how trippy this turned out
Genre?
>>65508103
indie pop rock
>>65508103
depressing folk
>>65507906
2nd attempt
>>65505717
Did you add noise to the image?
>>65507906
Love this 1
sounds edgy
>>65508103
Britpop
Anyone want to make a Christian album art?
;^)
So ?
>>65508199
japan = vaporwave
>>65496242
I like this one; now make it!
Weird, last time I did that the band name was also a village in Poland
tfw no good typefaces
I think it's fantastic desu
wouldn't listen to it but
>>65510402
made me kek
>>65494284
Mine turned out okay I guess
>>65494393
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>>65495733
>>65495874
>>65495888
>>65496066
>>65496242
>>65496334
>>65496444
>>65496876
>>65497345
>>65498015
>>65498969
>>65500186
>>65501084
>>65501100
>>65501279
>>65501376
>>65502455
>>65502711
>>65502967
>>65503003
>>65503194
>>65503434
>>65504091
>>65504371
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>>65506575
>>65507697
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>>65508799
>>65509048
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>>65509995
That's pretty alright
band name sounds post-punk
rest doesn't match that though
>>65510852
Hey that's pretty cool
>>65510900
kek nice one
>>65494284
>
hard mode: no rerolls
>>65513571
did another one
enjoying this thread
>>65513386
nice one
>>65514726
ambient black metal
>>65513571
dark ambient
>>65511015
folk?
not enough raters ITT, bois. come on
>>65515845
>folksy artwork
>weird title
>illinois
sufjan stevens side project confirmed
>>65515055
5/10
>>65515579
6/10
>>65515780
4/10
>>65515845
7/10
>>65511015
symphonic ambient
>>65511068
psych metal
>>65511891
run-of-the-mill indie folk
>>65511892
very dark southern folk
>>65512849
free jazz
>>65514579
post-rock
>>65515780
indie rock
>>65515941
this
>>65516576
>>65516576
I did a few, sorry
>>65516576
6/10
>>65516598
4/10
>>65516619
7/10
>>65516748
5/10
>>65516915
6/10
There are some really good ones in this thread. This isn't one of them.
filename
>>65517052
5/10
>>65517168
4/10
>>65517343
3/10
>>65517347
0/10
>>65496242
I imagine this being some epic jazz
First ever attempt doing this, thoughts?
>>65497990
I'd listen to this
>>65498015
Industrial techno/ dark ambient
>>65517415
kike confirmed
>>65517474
Very average. I'd give it a B-
>>65501039
This would be a shitty album
>>65502303
This would be so dam. Shit
im sorry
>>65503194
Atmospheric/progressive metal. Like dream theatre
Posting some I made
>>65505637
Employee of the month would be an apic band name for an indie band
>>65509048
This one almost looks professional. Beautiful.
what are you doing with your life
>>65517630
>>65494393
art electropop
>>65495733
hardcore punk
>>65495874
early 90s hip hop
>>65496066
instrumental math rock
>>65496395
anti folk
>>65498969
parachutes by coldplay
>>65501084
feels
>>65509707
nils frahm
>>65510590
something jonny greenwood would make inbetween radiohead albums
>>65509707
Some really sick techno
>>65517685
>>65517685
French dub or rap. This one is epic
dunno if I edited the image too much, here's the original https://www.flickr.com/photos/96149591@N04/27409141461/
>>65517842
you added the font on Paint lol. Looks exactly like what I did with it. >>65517594
>>65517594
4/10 - Terrible font choice, and nothing special otherwise
>>65517630
6/10 - It's not clear what your attempting, but the aesthetic is decent.
>>65517685
8/10 - Your idea is clear. The title actually relates to the image, which is nice. The name of the band is artsy enough for the design, and it all ties together nicely.
>>65517686
5/10 - You tried, and didn't fuck anything up too bad. Nothing that stands out, though.
>>65517764
3/10 - Mixing fonts that don't go together, and the name of the album doesn't relate to the image. It sounds like it should be rock, with a name like "Kaiser Blade", but it looks more like a shitty classical performance.
>>65517842
5/10 - The name is shit, but the design makes some sense. The font choice is garbage. We'll call it average.
>>65517844
3/10 - Christ, go back and try again.
>>65517898
>he can't into post-ironic fonts choices
wtf dude
>>65517882
5/10 - You should have used a brighter image. The image of a city (presumably a city, anyway) relates to the title. It sounds like an edgy indie band, but you really should have picked a different name.
i got dick. photos good tho
this could be a p good cloud rap/instrumental album
>>65517882
best itt
>>65517842
lmao this is horrible
and it was a good album title too
>>65510747
SoundCloud core.
Thoughts/tips?
god fuck
these all make me puke
>>65518022
I like this. Except the picture in the corner is weird though
>>65518134
where's yours?
>>65494284
>>65494328
fulfilled hard mode criteria too
>>65518230
interesting font choice
>>65517970
4/10 - You seem to have put forth the minimum amount of effort and strung together a completely irrelevant image with meaningless words. Try again.
>>65517973
6/10 - I could see it being a rap album, but the font for the main title could've been better chosen. It seems out of place.
>>65518022
4/10 - Exceeds Expectations. Seems like something Reddit would enjoy. The name of the band doesn't relate to either the title or the image in any meaningful way, and the title seems to be banking on 'lolrandum' humor to be eye-catching. What the fuck is throbbing gristle supposed to be in relation to a sad looking child?
>>65518107
7/10 - The editing is better than most. The image goes well with the title, but I'm not sure what genre it's supposed to be. I could see it being something from the 80's.
>>65518115
5/10 - It's average. It's completely meaningless, but competent enough.
>>65518227
8/10 - I would've chosen a less blurry font, and the angle doesn't seem right. Extra credit for the logo in the corner.
>>65518230
4/10 - Try again.
>>65518272
wew lad
>>65518272
yea but how much artwork u see with distorted perspective text? (except section80)
>>65518296
This board need more posters like him.
>>65518272
thanks for the ratings my man
>>65518344
Are you referring to >>65518107 or >>65518227?
>>65518230
Jazz
>>65518107
Alternative Hip-Hop
>>65518022
70s rock
>>65517973
house / electro-house
>>65517970
Soul
>>65517882
indie rock
>>65517764
jazz
>>65517630
R&B
>>65517685
grunge
alternative rock
>>65517973
thanks man!
>>65518387
yea they look dumb
Pretty good for Paint, I think
>>65518542
>jeffrey coy
lmao
dont distort type tho
>>65518451
hey ive been to newcastle
>>65518450
bottom half is solid
>>65518230
bad enough to be a real '90s experimental band
>>65518227
>>65518542
>>65518115
its good
no band would use that photo tho not even sun kil moon
>>65518107
dumbbb
>>65517973
STILL THA BEST
font could be better tho
>>65518565
I like this one
>>65518673
Didn't feel like converting the text to a vector, but it still would have looked better off unwarped.
>>65518450
6/10 - The image, and especially the bleak colors, relate well to the title. It seems cropped a bit too far to the left, though.
>>65518451
4/10 - See above comment. Awful font choice, and the band name could hardly be worse. The band sounds like a disco band, but everything else screams emo.
>>65518542
6/10 - It shows potential, but the wavy, aliased font looks bad. The overall theme of isolation and decay works well, but the genre isn't clear. Country, maybe? But that doesn't really relate to the theme.
>>65518565
3/10 - You seem to have put no thought into relating the various pieces or the connotations of the image, title, and band in relation to the genre. It seems very disparate.
>>65518572
5/10 - It seems passably competent, but the band doesn't make sense. Is it supposed to be a person's name? The title works with the expression of the woman, but it seems cropped strangely. The genre isn't clear, either.
You people need to stop picking the vaguely artsy black-and-white images. Seriously.
>>65518717
>the band doesn't make sense
lol....
> The genre isn't clear, either.
lol..........
>You people need to stop picking the vaguely artsy black-and-white images
ok so I could have either picked a black and white image or a picture of a flower/bug. your choice
>>65518766
o shit
they are glowing
>>65506740
rate mine pls. it was hardmode, even
>>65518572
chin up, girl
>>65518825
I like the forks and how you put a black box around a white box
but the font choice and word placement is awful
>>65517898
>>65518272
>>65518717
Hey you'd make a great music critic. You give vague, meaningless criticisms of things, and don't actually contribute anything, all while sounding like a pompous asshole who thinks anyone care about your "insightful," and "deep" commentary.
>>65518905
at least he rates. why do you have to be offended?
>>65518766
6/10 - Exceeds expectations. You at least related the image to the title. I could see it actually existing.
>>65518825
>>65506740
5/10 - The implication of the image seems to be romantic. The title kind-of goes well, but the black bar doesn't look consistent. Overall, the composition of it seems decent
>>65518786
Please, expand on why you disagree with me. I'm interested to know your interpretation of it, and why you interpreted it that way.
On a side note, I decided to try a round of Flickr randoms, I have a picture of a leaf, a landscape, an arrangement of LEGO figures, a black-and-white car door, another nature shot, two planes, a hawk, a picture of a woman, and a pocket watch. Maybe you just got screwed with the random.
>>65518905
Sorry if I don't meet standards. You should do a few ratings so I can compare how I go about it with yours. I'm always looking to improve.
>>65518905
he also hasnt heard of throbbing gristle ?
>>65518960
look at real albums bruh bruh
they dont relate the title to the artwork most of the time
>>65519012
I'm looking at this through from perspective of an ideal world, where people understand deeper meanings and connotation. Sure, it's fun to see what people can come up with when attempting to be realistic, but I would rather grade on artistry rather than accuracy. Not to discount realism or accuracy, though. The best possible album cover would probably be something that accurately related the theme of the image to the the title, and manages to fit perfectly into the stereotype of some certain musical genre, making it clear what it's trying to be while at the same time conveying a deeper message.
>>65519130
I would suggest you reread this post >>65518905
>>65519130
the best possible album cover
https://brilliantbitsofwriting.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/tumblr_m6h4rujuya1qj7ry5o1_1280.png
>>65518717
bruh it's all about randomness. this is about relinquishing control to how the various pieces come together. it's no fun for me if I constantly keep trying to get better album names and band names and pictures. I just do the first ones and try to make it work.
you seem to have missed the whole entire fucking point kiddo.
image limit :(
>>65519156
I apologize if I sound pompous. I say again, you should score some of these so I can compare how you do them. I'm interested to see what hard-line, accurate, helpful criticism you give.
>>65519226
Dear god, it's really not. It completely misses the point of being artistic, and conveys nothing except how desperate the creator is sound intelligent.
>>65519255
If I missed the point, I apologize. I certainly understand where your coming from. However, I believe creativity is born from constraint. You only have a limited number of options, but there are nearly infinite ways to put them together, and so many more ways to interpret them. I don't mean to be discouraging, and you're welcome to totally ignore me if you want, but my point in doing any scores is to try and help people improve, even if it can seem "meaningless" and "pompous" at times.
>>65518717
Don't rate if you have shit taste, please
>>65519361
that cover was designed by hipgnosis u philistine
>>65519391
Well, what makes something a good album cover to you? Tell me more about your taste, and why you find something good.
>>65519361
>nearly infinite ways to put them together
Actually there's 9 pictures and you can reroll up to 3 album titles and 3 artist names for a grand total of 81 possibilities, which seeing as every aspect is completely random, it can be quite hard to put something together that makes sense let alone achieves whatever artistic perfection you claim to be judging by.
And also I think you are getting a lot of flack because your criticisms seem inconsistent and biased on what you decide is good vs bad. And the criticisms you offer say very little, if you have advice on graphic design or how to use photoshop better I'm sure plently of people would be happy to hear you out, but you come across poorly when your flaunting some high artistic sensibility when no one here cares that much and most aren't even that good at photo editing to begin with.
please don't flame the only rater in the thread. if you want better rates, just drown his rates out with your own rates
>>65519557
hey
let us do our thing
>>65519361
serious question
do you have aspergers?
>>65519580
he might be unty desu, but i hope he isn't discouraged
>>65519548
And you can compose those 81 items in myriad different ways.
I don't disagree that I can be inconsistent and biased. I can only hope to improve, but I will always be a slave to my own tastes. I also agree that my advice could be more specific, and will take this into serious consideration in any future critiques I give. I apologize, again, that I see to be flaunting my "high artistic sensibility". I could give totally un-serious reviews of things, but I think there's little value in that.
>>65519580
I've never been diagnosed with any mental health issues.
>>65519602
Criticism and discussion are the best ways to improve. I'll hardly be discouraged by the opportunity to grow.
>>65519695
I think the biggest problem is it's pretty clear that you aren't making covers yourself. The way you write make it seem like you have no practical knowledge of the subject. My suggestion is just try making some, it's fun, good practice, and it doesn't have to be taken too seriously.
>>65519642
thanks nig
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>>65518405
I'm gonna go head an believe the three of you are from /gd/ and never frequent /mu/.
>what's Throbbing Gristle.
pd: I don't know if you, pseudo design master, are being serious or not. By the way you critic the work of others, I'll believe you're actually this retarded.
>>65520263
You're correct, I don't frequent this board. Please, correct me on how I critique. I can only hope to improve with the help of others.
By the way, you're mixing verb tenses.
>>65520395
>By the way, you're mixing verb tenses.
I thought you were a little annoying at first, but it wasn't that big a deal. But know I think you should actually kill your self
>>65520445
I say again, I apologize. It seems to be the only thing I can do at this point. I'll avoid pointing out any grammatical errors in the future, if it offends you to such a degree.
