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Topic: Need some advice...

  1. Apr 7, 2007 11:50pm by JDFlow - [url=http://www.my.rawkus.com/profile/jdflow]JDFlow on Rawkus[/url] [url=http://www.myspace.com/jdflow]JDFlow on Myspace[/url] [url=http://ccedistribution.blogspot.com/]Distribution & Marketing[/url] Location: Seattle
    [size=18:af99a8a724]I'm trying to choose a theme for the artwork of my beat CD. What do ya'll think about this? Be brutally honest. If you saw this would it make you want to listen to the CD?[/size:af99a8a724] [img:af99a8a724]http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h70/jdflow/JewelCase-Outsidefrontcopy.jpg[/img:af99a8a724]
  2. Apr 8, 2007 09:14am by phism
    i like all of it except any of the text.
  3. Apr 8, 2007 03:05pm by JDFlow - [url=http://www.my.rawkus.com/profile/jdflow]JDFlow on Rawkus[/url] [url=http://www.myspace.com/jdflow]JDFlow on Myspace[/url] [url=http://ccedistribution.blogspot.com/]Distribution & Marketing[/url] Location: Seattle
    What sort of text would be good? A different Old English or a completely different font? What's about the cursive?
  4. Apr 8, 2007 05:50pm by Lucidialect
    I'd take out the "Go with the Flow" and "Laid back beats". Or make them smaller. Keep the image bold and simple. Any descriptive text can be smaller and less obtrusive. You don't need to fill the whole space. Also, if you want to imply that its an instrumental CD, an image of a keyboard, MPC, turntable, hell, even just a background of wave form sounds would work. Images are stronger than text.
  5. Apr 8, 2007 07:32pm by phism
    keep the colors neutral. and i agree about taking out the taglines at the top and bottom. if you are going to put some extra text like that, or repeating the name or album title, i'd put it in really small text repeated around the border... use a font size that matches the small flowers that touch the border, so it's a solid text border all around..... if that makes sense. try an Edwardian font maybe.
  6. Apr 8, 2007 10:35pm by JDFlow - [url=http://www.my.rawkus.com/profile/jdflow]JDFlow on Rawkus[/url] [url=http://www.myspace.com/jdflow]JDFlow on Myspace[/url] [url=http://ccedistribution.blogspot.com/]Distribution & Marketing[/url] Location: Seattle
    Gotcha, thanks for the insight
  7. Apr 9, 2007 12:07am by JDFlow - [url=http://www.my.rawkus.com/profile/jdflow]JDFlow on Rawkus[/url] [url=http://www.myspace.com/jdflow]JDFlow on Myspace[/url] [url=http://ccedistribution.blogspot.com/]Distribution & Marketing[/url] Location: Seattle
    [size=18:8921f10028]I think that advise definitely helped[/size:8921f10028] [img:8921f10028]http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/3058/jewelcaseoutsidefrontcoxr6.jpg[/img:8921f10028]
  8. Apr 9, 2007 12:51am by mythik - www.myspace.com/mythillogical www.myspace.com/barbaricmerits www.barbaricmerits.com Location: Kansas City
    Those keys are a nice addition. I'd change the color of your name, it needs to pop a little more. The gray scale works too though.
  9. Apr 9, 2007 02:35am by JDFlow - [url=http://www.my.rawkus.com/profile/jdflow]JDFlow on Rawkus[/url] [url=http://www.myspace.com/jdflow]JDFlow on Myspace[/url] [url=http://ccedistribution.blogspot.com/]Distribution & Marketing[/url] Location: Seattle
    [size=18:ab779eca37]Word to that, I didn't know if it would look funny being the only image with color. I added some shadowing to the keys to give it some depth too.[/size:ab779eca37] [img:ab779eca37]http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/4443/cdcoverpostkr4.jpg[/img:ab779eca37]
  10. Apr 9, 2007 04:10am by Distorted_Mastermind - I reject your reality and substitute my own. Adam Savage Location: Olathe, KS
    I'd do the crest that color as well and possibly the outside font as well. Green and gold might work well with the crest and could blend with the color of your name pretty well. Another thing is the border font. I would flip the bottom part around. It would be the same as the top, but would look better than upside down if you ask me.
  11. Apr 9, 2007 04:30am by phism
    i like that A LOT better.
  12. Apr 9, 2007 08:09am by JDFlow - [url=http://www.my.rawkus.com/profile/jdflow]JDFlow on Rawkus[/url] [url=http://www.myspace.com/jdflow]JDFlow on Myspace[/url] [url=http://ccedistribution.blogspot.com/]Distribution & Marketing[/url] Location: Seattle
    [size=18:dc896bc905]Does look better in color. Don't know what I was thinkin?[/size:dc896bc905] [img:dc896bc905]http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/5291/2paneljewelcaseoutsideihu0.jpg[/img:dc896bc905]
  13. Apr 9, 2007 02:46pm by Distorted_Mastermind - I reject your reality and substitute my own. Adam Savage Location: Olathe, KS
    That jumps out a hell of a lot more.
  14. Apr 9, 2007 03:11pm by JDFlow - [url=http://www.my.rawkus.com/profile/jdflow]JDFlow on Rawkus[/url] [url=http://www.myspace.com/jdflow]JDFlow on Myspace[/url] [url=http://ccedistribution.blogspot.com/]Distribution & Marketing[/url] Location: Seattle
    Word, I added some contour to all the main images to give them a 3D look. Thanks a lot for everyones help. At first I was just gonna go to Kinkos and get a copy to carry around with me and ask a couple of friends up here what they thought. Then I thought about this site and how good of a tool it has been and how many people I caould get advise from at once.
  15. Apr 9, 2007 08:41pm by Reach. - Peace and oneness, www.emceereach.com www.myspace.com/reach www.twitter.com/emceereach www.youtube.com/reachtv www.cdbaby.com/cd/reachmusic2 www.cdbaby.com/cd/reachmusic Location: Kansas City
    Good work J...
  16. Apr 9, 2007 09:32pm by JKR70 - [img:66e766d8cb]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v696/JKR70/LVSIGNATUREBANNER.jpg[/img:66e766d8cb] WWW.HUMANCROPCIRCLES.NET WWW.MYSPACE.COM/HUMANCROPCIRCLES WWW.MYSPACE.COM/JKR70 Location: KcK
    [quote:c305e48c02="JDFlow"][size=18:c305e48c02]Does look better in color. Don't know what I was thinkin?[/size:c305e48c02] [img:c305e48c02]http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/5291/2paneljewelcaseoutsideihu0.jpg[/img:c305e48c02][/quote:c305e48c02] Ive been lurking in this thread from time to time, and I must say that hits the nail on the head, its fresh for sure.
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    yeah that one definatley has my vote
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  19. Apr 10, 2007 12:59am by Lucidialect
    Yeah man, this looks good.
  20. Apr 10, 2007 01:00am by Lucidialect
    Not Napoleon. The design.
  21. Apr 10, 2007 01:48am by JDFlow - [url=http://www.my.rawkus.com/profile/jdflow]JDFlow on Rawkus[/url] [url=http://www.myspace.com/jdflow]JDFlow on Myspace[/url] [url=http://ccedistribution.blogspot.com/]Distribution & Marketing[/url] Location: Seattle
    Thanks, that means a lot comin from a dope artist.