Artwork dudes, need some stuff for our Dio Tribute album!

[DanLights]

So I'm calling all dudes who can do cool artwork cause I know there are many here in the forum, to see if someone is kind enough to do the artwork for our Dio Tribute album out of charity cause we are all doing this out of pure love and do not plan to gain any income of this.

In fact, the idea has been brought up and will probably be done that we might sell the album as a digital download for a very low price and that all profit would go to a charity that Dio supported.

So you can check the thread about the tribute and see what we are doing, and you can post here any ideas, or opinions, etc. And thanks to anyone who proposes something!

Here's the thread of the tribute http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/andy-sneap/594662-sneap-forum-dio-tribute-album-thread.html

 

[Paulie!]

Did we ever decide on an actual title for this? I'm definately gonna do some artwork drafts..

-P

 

[DanLights]

we haven't decided a final title yet, that is to be put to a poll, I will do that soon. Well you can post here or Pm me with any drafts you have paul

 

[Paulie!]

I'll probably post them in this thread and just PM you to let you know it's up or something...

-P

 

[Paulie!]

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2221479/cover-layout.jpg

Okay, this is a rough draft of a cover with art and layout, the title probably isn't and any suggestions on the art/fonts/layout are welcome.

-Paul

 

[kramer1309]

I like the style.. reminiscent of dio's albums' fantasy style yet connected to reality.. like the way the rainbow is barely there and seems to imply the 'way' to 'heaven' finally.. also, i really like the blades of grass in focus in the front.
but i'm not too fond of the "To heaven through" font.. i dunno really what would go.. but this doesn't seem right to me.
the roses near the headstone seem too saturated imo and stand out too much.
and the dark clouds that are between the rainbow and headstone seem too sudden i think.. like there should be a more gradual darken-ing of the clouds.. or else maybe define an outline for them to assert that they do start there...
great work overall.. me likes!

 

[DanLights]

I could see it when you pm'd me with it paul, but for some reason I can't load the image anymore.

Anyways, since I already saw it, I agree with kramer's thoughts, really good criticism

 

[Paulie!]

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2221479/cover.jpg

This is the art only.. Lengthened the cloud coverage and changed the roses and the light rays a little.. let me know what ya'll think..

-P

 

[ahjteam]

I think the "AS forum" should be in it's full form "Andy Sneap forum" and the text anyways a bit more clear... like non-translucent and and in some font similiar to this:

 

[Paulie!]

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2221479/cover2.jpg

Modified the layout text, let me know what you guys think, still haven't figured out the "Title Font" yet, and i don't know about it's position or anything yet either, any suggestions would be great.

-p

 

[MarcusGHedwig]

Dude, I'm sorry, but that gravestone is WAY too phallic

 

[theforgotten]

Here's my try! http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2889697/Tribute to Ronnie James Dio Front Cover.jpg Back cover is designed too and waits for final list of songs.Btw I'm professional visual artist and graphic designer(I graduated at Academy of Fine Arts)so if anyone's interested for CD artwork PM me and we can talk for price and everything else.

 

[Paulie!]

I can throw two boulders at the bottom if you like, lol..

-P

 

[ConspiracyBass]

Here's my try! http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2889697/Tribute to Ronnie James Dio Front Cover.jpg Back cover is designed too and waits for final list of songs.Btw I'm professional visual artist and graphic designer(I graduated at Academy of Fine Arts)so if anyone's interested for CD artwork PM me and we can talk for price and everything else.

Its strikingly odd that you used actual bird wings.

 

[arv_foh]

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2221479/cover2.jpg

Modified the layout text, let me know what you guys think, still haven't figured out the "Title Font" yet, and i don't know about it's position or anything yet either, any suggestions would be great.

-p

You used the wrong template. The traycard is what is behind the disc.

 

[Paulie!]

yeh i realized that earlier, i have the booklet template as well and i changed it on here, just didn't feel like updating the dropbox file at the time... haha

-P

 

[digitalmikey]

I decided to give it a whirl out of boredom. Both images can be altered and are in high quality (300 ppi).

 

[jrt12]

love the color version, great job man!

 

[theforgotten]

Color version is awesome!

 

[kaomao]

Dude, I'm sorry, but that gravestone is WAY too phallic

This
Please I'm a huge Dio fan, I got all his cd's, attended all his shows from late 90's and on, so make something worthy.
Don't put that giant cock on the cover...