And the Winner Is:

[grando]

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Sharagoz got robbed.

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[larrondo]

Can't argue with the winners, but I really don't like either the bubble or the exploding diamond runner ups. I agree that Zenmusician had a strong entry. I wish he was a back up instead of the bubble one.

[bbbushu]

what the [censored] ever just put the sucker book out already [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Gonso]

For the SNG book I liked Zen's the best, although OMG's is sharp also (though I liked one of his other versions better than the one that was selected). Same thing with Roxy's cover, I thought other versions looked better then the three-headed one. I think all three of the runner-ups (including mine) will improve greatly with some revision & color work...

Richard K's design is especially first-rate IMO. The colors though, especially the grey, don't seem to work. I really think that this might have been a winning entry with a less complex color scheme.

There were so many good designs though, I'd guess a lot of them might not have been selected due to covers being too dark, or some other marketing-type reason.

[OMGuraBOT]

I also liked Zen's submission, I thought it was a great visual interpretation of an sng. With my design I was going for a bold, sleek, and simple design with text that was easy to scan. Gonso, I like the white revision better as well.

As for the noted revisions I went back to school tonight so I can work on a large monitor tomorrow. I will work on incorporating the red for the diamonds and hearts into the chips and probably post a few different color schemes. I changed the title to lower case, and I like the look. Should the subtitle stay caps?

Good submissions everyone. I thought of doing a similar design as Richards before the chips, and I like how his turned out (-colors).

-Jim

[Cornell Fiji]

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those are the best 2p2 covers ever

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I agree with this statement but I have to say that the SNG cover with the stopwatch was top notch and should have gotten the nod.

[Mason Malmuth]

Hi Cornell:

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I agree with this statement but I have to say that the SNG cover with the stopwatch was top notch and should have gotten the nod.

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While we thought that was an excellent cover, we also felt it didn't look enough like poker to be the best selection.

Best wishes,
Mason

[larrondo]

I agree with Gonso, that Richard K's book would benefit from a reworking of the colors. The red lettering on the gray is really odd. But the design itself is really nice.

[Gonso]

Mason, here are the covers with your changes made including the ones in the PM, and also a few fixes. I did not add the authors names to the back cover and removed the logo there until we know the layout - these case be duplicated from the layers on the front cover easily anyway.

BTW the actual ones are in 600 dpi, so they're WAY to big to go here.

[Gonso]

With the lightened backdrop, which looks cleaner IMO