Cover Art Discussion II

blue · Post by **blue** » Mon May 22, 2006 11:18 am

because 21 pages is enough.

excellent job this week, Niv. the three covers all visually tying together is a nice touch.

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Mon May 22, 2006 11:26 am

Thank you Blue. I'm no artist by any stretch but I'm always here to help with Cover Art in a pinch.

sausage boy · Post by **sausage boy** » Mon May 22, 2006 4:58 pm

yeah, i like the covers to Niv. I thought it was some kind of cool concept, but i find out its just a quick fix. Makes me wonder though, a series of covers for the one week that make a story out of the three titles (like three panels in a comic).

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Mon May 22, 2006 5:58 pm

sausage boy wrote:yeah, i like the covers to Niv. I thought it was some kind of cool concept, but i find out its just a quick fix. Makes me wonder though, a series of covers for the one week that make a story out of the three titles (like three panels in a comic).

It was a little of both. I saw there was no art yet so I did one for big success then I was inspired to do Crude and then said to myself, 'well, you did 2". So I thought up the Am I Forgiven one. And I got to make fun of George Lucas, Britney Spears and John Travolta/Scientology all at once. Yay. I enjoy doing these "One Minute Photo" bits.

Post by **Spud** » Mon May 22, 2006 10:55 pm

sausage boy wrote:Makes me wonder though, a series of covers for the one week that make a story out of the three titles (like three panels in a comic).

http://www.songfight.org/songpage.php?key=janjaweed
http://www.songfight.org/songpage.php?k ... cy_of_rape
http://www.songfight.org/songpage.php?k ... _it_for_me

SPUD

sausage boy · Post by **sausage boy** » Mon May 22, 2006 11:50 pm

ha, cool. That is something like what I meant. I like the idea of an ongoing artwork story. I might have to develop that idea somehow.

Eric Y. · Post by **Eric Y.** » Tue May 23, 2006 8:34 am

sausage boy wrote:an ongoing artwork story

http://www.songfight.org/songpage.php?key=pass_fail
http://www.songfight.org/songpage.php?k ... and_regret

Reist · Post by **Reist** » Mon May 29, 2006 9:32 pm

I just found Jack's art for Run Faster. Wow. I laughed for like an hour.

Gemini6Ice · Post by **Gemini6Ice** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 1:14 pm

sausage boy wrote:an ongoing artwork story

I like to nod to previous covers, sometimes not my own

http://www.songfight.org/songpage.php?k ... _the_meach
http://www.songfight.org/songpage.php?key=red_robot
http://www.songfight.org/songpage.php?key=come_a_hellin

http://www.songfight.org/songpage.php?key=red_skates
http://www.songfight.org/songpage.php?key=all_skate

http://www.songfight.org/songpage.php?k ... have_lived
http://www.songfight.org/artpage.php?key=352
(It wasn't picked.)

Kill Me Sarah · Post by **Kill Me Sarah** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 6:31 am

I have a question for the art geniuses out there. What's the best way to reduce a really large bmp or jpg from really, really big to really, really small without distortion/bluriness?

Gemini6Ice · Post by **Gemini6Ice** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 9:30 am

kill_me_sarah wrote:I have a question for the art geniuses out there. What's the best way to reduce a really large bmp or jpg from really, really big to really, really small without distortion/bluriness?

Changing the image size in photoshop should do the trick just fine. It's usually the small-to-large change that result in problems. If you're adding text to an image though, I've found it's better to add the text after you've shrunk the image to the desired size, because the text may no longer be legible after reducing it.

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 11:04 am

The Microsoft Paint does a crappy job of shrinking pictures, though.
If you don't have Photoshop you can try The Gimp which is GNU free software.
-bill

Kill Me Sarah · Post by **Kill Me Sarah** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 12:21 pm

Okay, the image i'm trying to resize is a logo, and it appears the problem isn't so much with the resizing factor, as it is with the fact that the resolution is not so great to begin with. Is there any way to smooth out the edges in PhotoShop when the edges are a bit pixelated?

Gemini6Ice · Post by **Gemini6Ice** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 12:35 pm

kill_me_sarah wrote:Okay, the image i'm trying to resize is a logo, and it appears the problem isn't so much with the resizing factor, as it is with the fact that the resolution is not so great to begin with. Is there any way to smooth out the edges in PhotoShop when the edges are a bit pixelated?

Enlarge and then try sharpening to fix the blurriness. However, you might want to re-create the logo as a vector graphic so you can play with it however you like.

j$ · Post by j$ » Wed Jun 28, 2006 5:01 pm

I'm not mentioning dpi again. I'd just like that on the record.

sausage boy · Post by **sausage boy** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 5:06 pm

kill_me_sarah wrote:Okay, the image i'm trying to resize is a logo, and it appears the problem isn't so much with the resizing factor, as it is with the fact that the resolution is not so great to begin with. Is there any way to smooth out the edges in PhotoShop when the edges are a bit pixelated?

We have a saying about stuff like this in the publishing industry.

You can't polish a turd.

Gemini6Ice · Post by **Gemini6Ice** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 5:11 pm

sausage boy wrote:
kill_me_sarah wrote:Okay, the image i'm trying to resize is a logo, and it appears the problem isn't so much with the resizing factor, as it is with the fact that the resolution is not so great to begin with. Is there any way to smooth out the edges in PhotoShop when the edges are a bit pixelated?
We have a saying about stuff like this in the publishing industry.

You can't polish a turd.

I like this.

Rabid Garfunkel · Post by **Rabid Garfunkel** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 9:47 pm

kill_me_sarah wrote:Okay, the image i'm trying to resize is a logo, and it appears the problem isn't so much with the resizing factor, as it is with the fact that the resolution is not so great to begin with. Is there any way to smooth out the edges in PhotoShop when the edges are a bit pixelated?

Sorry to come in late, but... is it color, greyscale, or bitmap (black & white)? Different hacks for each one, there are.

Though if it's simple enough and you have access to Illustrator CS2, the autotrace function (for converting raster images to vector) is pretty damned awe-inspiring.

john m · Post by **john m** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 12:46 am

Talent! Hooray!

a bebop a rebop · Post by **a bebop a rebop** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 9:30 am

Love the cover art this week, all three of em, I can't even pick out one I like better than the others.

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 4:55 pm

a bebop a rebop wrote:Love the cover art this week, all three of em, I can't even pick out one I like better than the others.

Yeah, but Jesus especially. That's just an awesome vision!

Gemini6Ice · Post by **Gemini6Ice** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 12:00 am

Thank you for the compliments on jesus. :) I was kinda going for a virgin-mary-on-grilled-cheese thing. I'm glad it worked. ^_^

I made some art for Influential Film this week 'cause I didn't see anything else submitted yet. Ten points to whoever can name all fifteen films first!

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