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Thu Jun 08, 2006 8:43 pm
Task: You have to create an album cover by an existing band of your choice or a fake one, whatever you choose.
Dimensions: 500x500 Pixels or close to that at least.
Deadline: There won't be a set date as of yet but get the entries in as soon as your done.
PM me the entries as soon as your done, good luck and have fun.
This will be the voting thread and i'll put the entries in the second post, keep this thread clean. Any questions go into the Talk thread.
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peaches on Tue Jun 20, 2006 10:13 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Tue Jun 20, 2006 10:11 pm
Entries are up; anyone can post here now.
Tue Jun 20, 2006 10:29 pm
I was wondering what was up with the blur for a second

Boy, i really like Peachy's, theblackdeath's, and dwade's. Nice job!
Tue Jun 20, 2006 10:36 pm
Jae and 3th are my top 2...and honorable mention goes to Axel for making 50 cent look like the faggot he is.
I say jae's was the best.
Tue Jun 20, 2006 11:34 pm
Axel's is my favourite
Tue Jun 20, 2006 11:42 pm
TOP 5 (IN ORDER):
1: Jadakiss - TBD
Wow, the colouring on this is absolutely superb. It's honestly some of the best I've seen, it doesn't stand out too much nor does it detract from the overall picture. Out of every entry this is the one I would think is the most like an actual CD cover. There are some negatives however, the text is bad. The "JADAKISS" text is passable but the blue one underneath is terrible. The main pic is good though he looks like a dickhead with the hat down over his eyes, but that's besides the point.
2: Lpasso - 50 Cent
As much as I may dislike 50 Cent, or rap music in general, this is just fantastic. The colouring is perfect, the border, tape and background are all awesome aswell and the only real criticism I can think of is that the text is pretty hard to read, but that doesn't really detract from the overall work. I'd be interested to see how it works as a CD cover because with it being on a slant like that I'm not too sure how it'd work. Either way, great stuff.
3: Unrestricted - TOOL
The thing I like about this most is that it looks like the kind of thing you'd see on a TOOL CD cover. The stars down the bottom are a fantastic touch, although I would've used them a bit more. The text is simple but it works, if I could change anything I'd probably take the bevel off it and flatten it out a bit. The background is great, love the colour and the stripes up the top are a nice subtle touch. Impressive work all round.
4: Cyanide - Nirvana
Perfection in simplicity... almost. The effects on Kurt are fantastic and works really really well, illuminating the eyes was a great idea but I've gotta say the red across his face ruins it for me somewhat. One because red is such a dominant colour that it takes away from everything else, and two because I just don't like red. Apart from that I can't fault it, and wouldn't look out of place at all on an album cover.
5: Cable Guy - Kick At The Darkness
This is probably the most interesting entry of the lot I think. The concept is really cool and I like the overly dramatic light/shadow. The text works, which is interesting because I'd say text is where most people generally fall apart. The brick wall could've been better, maybe using a stock photo would've worked moreso and the door is a bit dodgy but otherwise I like it. For some reason it reminds me of a KoRn cover, not sure if they've done something similar in the past.
WINNER:
The Black Death - Jadakiss
Wed Jun 21, 2006 12:32 am
My favorite is LPasso's 25 cent cover. I like Cable Guys, but I'm curious as to if he actually made it or found a picture.
Wed Jun 21, 2006 4:19 am
My top 5:
1. Jae - Simply amazing. Excellent choice of images, color, composition, and most importantly, it fits the music. No complaints here.
2. lpasso.sor - The effects and style works very well as a rap album cover, but I'm not too sure whether the format of the cover is tilted or flushed.
3. Cable Guy - The composition is excellent; the use of imagery and contrast is what makes this cover compelling to look at. It does have an cartoony feel, though.
4. TBD - While this cover is simple, the use of color and lighting is excellent. The only big glitch is the blue font, which just pops right out, as well as your font selections.
5. Tendodweeb - Cool use of effects makes this cover compelling, but the imagary is too vague. While I like the font and vector image, toning it down would make it less distracting.
Peachy: Next time, can you make all the images show instead of having to click on each blurred image? It would look awesome to see all the covers together side by side, and it would be easier to make a better comparison.
Wed Jun 21, 2006 5:00 am
-3th's cover looks more like a wallpaper to me, text could've been better and parental sign is too big, but I like it.
- Jaddakiss one is awsome too, but there's couple of thing I would fix though. First, textwork. It stand out, style is grungy and it doesn't fit the theme. Also, it could be blended better or be placed to the right side verticaly and move J more to the left.
- Cy made awsome one as well, I'm just bothered with couple of things. It looks kinda empty or unfinished to me. Background is sickness, but text placement is questionable IMO.
- Jae, great job, I love it, but I think you could've made something better with the text. To make it more visible or something. My favourite though.
Sorry rest of the people, I just couldn't spent another 30 minutes to load your stuff
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Wed Jun 21, 2006 5:20 am
yeah i was like wtf? until i finally clicked it
Wed Jun 21, 2006 5:58 am
omg, of course, mine is the worst !!
TBD's is my favourite one!
Wed Jun 21, 2006 7:52 am
My top 5.
TBD - Jada cover
The colouring and all that jazz looks fantastic. Having the one side of the buildings more yellow/orange and the other more purple/blue looks just fantastic. A stronger light source to match up with the shadowing on Jada would've been nice, but it's not necessary. The font though, it just doesn't work at all.
Jae - AFI
The idea of...whoever that person is, being reflected in the shattered mirror is a good one. Even though it's been done many times, it's still a good one. There isn't much else to say here, nothing really stands out as good, nor detracts from it as being bad.
lpasso - 50
All the photoshop work is great, and the layout is good, but that text is pretty hard to make out. Text should always be very legible. I don't really like the tilted canvas thing, but it's alright.
Cy - Nirvana
Everything is great here. On a personal preference level though I don't like how sharp Cobain is. The one thing I would've liked to see is the 'Nirvana' text all against the red. One thing I find is that when the font overlaps two drastically different background colours it looks a little off. I don't know if that obeys any design princicples/rules, but it's what I like.
Cable Guy - Kick at the Darkness
The idea and design here are great. The flaw though is on the technical side in the actual Photoshop work. The image looks very much so as if it was put together in PS, which is not something you want. I think it would've been better if you had a barely visible rear wall, and some more shadow work on the instruments (the acoustic looks a little off.)
Who's the best...I think it comes down to Jae or Cy. All the others have some aspect that wasn't done well. They're pretty well equal from a deisgn standpoint, so it's time for some voter bias! I simply like the look and style of Jae's better. So Jae it is.
Wed Jun 21, 2006 9:03 am
Hehe, I knew it was good. I'll get to mine in a sec. My vote goes to Cy, because his looks the most like any CD I've seen. Close second is TBD, but my lack of Hip/Hop CD's (lack meaning none) gives me a bit of bias towards Cy. Both use colour very well, but I think it's the sharpness on Cy's that does it for me.
As for mine, the floor and wall were both stock photos, but everything else was me. I played around with it a lot and finally decided that it was better to see the stuff than have too much shadow.
The image looks very much so as if it was put together in PS, which is not something you want. I think it would've been better if you had a barely visible rear wall, and some more shadow work on the instruments (the acoustic looks a little off.)
You completely read my mind. The instruments were the hardest because they're so small. Ah well, I'm happy.
Wed Jun 21, 2006 9:09 am
I was stuck between Jae's and Cyanides but I like Cyanide's slightly better cuz it makes me feel like the album will bring me up close and personal with the artist (even though only one of them) due to the zoom on the portrait.
I actually just printed them out and put them in a cd case.

Thats how stuck I was between the two. Really well done I believe.
Wed Jun 21, 2006 9:26 am
I think TBD's was the best... it looked most like an actual CD cover... Cy in 2nd and Jae in 3rd.
I would have to say that most of these looked like people just cropped parts out of a wallpaper for their favorite artist or something... just my opinion
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Wed Jun 21, 2006 9:32 am
I like Keepnitgangsta1's the best. (j/k)
I really like Cyanides and Dee's isnt too bad either. So
1. Cyanide
2. TBD
3. Jae
4. Dee
Wed Jun 21, 2006 9:52 am
I'm glad I'm getting love lol, but I'm kinda surprised that I'm getting so much. Everyone thinks my text sucks but they still list me top 3.
But I guess the hard work pays off considering this was my background image:
Wed Jun 21, 2006 11:44 am
The blackout day was a pretty fun day in NYC
My favorites would have to be Cableguy's, Jae's, and Dee's
nice album covers all over
Wed Jun 21, 2006 1:07 pm
I thought mine was pretty shit to be completely honest
Wed Jun 21, 2006 2:10 pm
I like Cyanide's and Jae's the most
Wed Jun 21, 2006 6:03 pm
lol Mines the biggest piece of shit ever. TBD rushes his and gets the best and i spend 1 hour and look like Jugs.
Oh wells, maybe im just graphically restricted to sigs and stuff.
Great entries, Lpasso, TBD, Jae and Cy. My winner was CableGuy though.
I would have to say that most of these looked like people just cropped parts out of a wallpaper for their favorite artist or something... just my opinion
I have the .psd for mine..
We're waiting for Andreas's vote as its tied TBD 1 and Jae 1.
Wed Jun 21, 2006 6:38 pm
Jae, Lpasso, 3th, and Cyanides are among my favorites. I think I like Lpasso's the best out of all of them, though. Great entries, fellas.
Wed Jun 21, 2006 7:33 pm
I would have to say that most of these looked like people just cropped parts out of a wallpaper for their favorite artist or something... just my opinion
Wed Jun 21, 2006 8:02 pm
Obviously mine has been done with some dodgy PS brushes
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