Album Cover Critique
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- bomy_dick0
goodness mate..
i can't understand a word of your english...
nice site overall.. but why did u write all these 'catch' phrases ?
- leisurebot0
It's an interesting concept, but again the details are mussing it up.
Besides the already mentioned white line and the lack of transition in the boy.
The boy is in a different contrast ratio than the rest of the picture ie. his shadow areas are black the WWII pictures is faded and there are no true blacks... His shadow is too flat (one color) and it's faceing the wrong way, and its sitting like a cubist table.
The grains of the pictures are totally different very smooth in the WWII picture rough in the boy... Try scanning the boy from a larger photographic print, the grain scale should change...
The edges you've aplied are great they sit with the picture really well.
As for the type, both places cause a little trouble; on the first the "entity paradigm" gets lost, on the second "irtiqa" is cluttered with the soldiers, "entity paradigm" sits up really nicely... Both could be resolved by playing with the type size, or soft shadows.
In general it's nice to keep the band name towards the top, so when people are flipping through the cd bins they see it right away...
From the look of the type this is a hardcore band, if it's not I have no second guess based on the cover artwork...
Keep up the work...
- lifeinsodium0
no love for sodium?
:(
- auricom0
i'd say just get rid of the kid.
- minge0
the kid still looks stuck on. have you done any thing to it?
weaken the black for starters.. to dark
- sinbad0
I really like the new 2nd version with the red blood splat coming from "Irtiqa." Keep retouching the kid.
1 thing that noone has pointed out is that the white text in "Entity Paradigm" gets lost a little against the white in the image. It's not too bad here, but on a cd it will be pretty small. maybe a slight gray outline or glow to it.
well done overall.
- blueless0
I agree on the mood being reached.
One thing I noticed, maybe flip the child layer. The light direction doesn't match the direction of the shadow, Or that of the WW photo.
good job.
- bmehalo0
i like the blood the way it is. it has a punk feel. no need for me to think "oh that's not real." what the f*** is wrong with people. rock on man.