Cover Design Contest

[blueflame]

i put some texture/color in the handbill style (just front for now). i'm not completely happy with the texture yet.

[jackaaron]

Try out some gun shots on the hand bill (chg the texture though).

What I mean is bullet holes not "pictures of guns."

And, maybe "fray" the corners some to give an older, used look maybe.

[Sharagoz]

Wow, there are a lot of great entries here!
I like the look of books with black covers. Since there were no entries using black, I made one myself.














Im an amateur (both in GFX making and poker).
The images were made with Adobe Photoshop CS2.
The original files have a resolution of 300. Height = 8,5 inches, width = 12 inches (front & back = 5,5, spine = 1).

[A_F]

Hi Sharagoz,

Your cover looks like a Tool album cover, which is a good thing.

[Gonso]

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There is another in progress, unless I don't make the deadline.

[Roxysurfergirl00]

Revisions: I re-designed the King by adding his beard and removed some of the suits and played with some of the text elements. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Mason Malmuth]

Hi Everyone:

Just a reminder that we only have a few more days for the contest to run. We think the covers look great and we look forward to seeing what else might come along.

Best wishes,
Mason

[Gelford]

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There is another in progress, unless I don't make the deadline.

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Gonzo ... lets gogogogogogogogo ... fight of hungry and sleepy !!

[ZenMusician]

Closer to the CMYK output:



-ZEN

[Gonso]

Going to wrap these up tomorrow. I think I have a pretty good idea as to what's working and what isn't, just wanted to check in for some last-minute feedback. Keep in mind that I can't do any "major" changes at this point, if I'm to finish my other submissions. More like color suggestions, do I need the spine photo, basic layout, dead space ideas on back cover, that kind of thing.

I'm aware that I don't have the author's names on the cover, and that a couple measurement aren't exact, that's being taken care of at the moment.







I want to sneak a gun on the back cover in the upper right hand corner, or something.







Also, there will be no changes to the title or volume text either. I have this little loop thing I just spent way to much time on to f with.



Those other submissions look very sharp, particularly the Moshman with the clock. The title text seems a little crammed, esp the subtitle, how does it look if you flatten it a little? I was curious if you tried that with other colors besides green, too (I think that's because I just don' like green anyway). I def like the whole clock idea and it's still a very strong look as is though.