The pics thread

[genocide roach]

nah, i dont want to crop it. takes away from the epicness. well, i might have to crop it on the bottom to make it the same shape as a cd cover.

anyone know what the dimensions need to be?
~gR~

 

[waif]

I dig that photo, though. Maybe you could have the back be that photo in it's entirety with the track listing + shit over it?
EDIT: ahh...
No idea what the dimensions are. Time to get out a ruler and find a pixel-to-inch converter.
EDIT: I feel like my version is even more epic because it's the logo floating over this pass that leads to an unknown and mysikvlt valley beyond, laden with fog. Has more atmosphere than the actual photo.

 

[genocide roach]

yeah, i see what you mean. however, muir is a reference to yosemite. and that picture is of yosemite from inspiration point. it might help it make more sense

edit: i dunno, i'm totally open to opinions. you are my sounding board
~gR~

 

[waif]

hmm...how many people are gonna understand it anyways?
The one I did is still of Yosemite...just less of Yosemite.
Still, makes sense. Just go back and take that picture under the full moon.

 

[genocide roach]

haha, that would be quite grim!
~gR~

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Dimensions of front cover art = 4.75 in x 4.75 in. You should do this in Photoshop and work with an image that is 300+ DPI, which is the norm for good quality printed material.

 

[genocide roach]

i dont have photoshop
~gR~

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

*shrug*

 

[genocide roach]

nor do i know if this image was 300 dpi. the resolution looked good though
~gR~

 

[False Joe]

Tbh I think WAIF's is better.
With the entire picture it's abit overwhelming and takes your eye away from the fact it's a CD cover.
If you made that into CD form it'd look abit squashed as well I reckon.
Print the full cover on some kind of unfolding cd cover, like the re-release of Unleashed - Shadows in the Deep I got.
Shows a cropped version on the cover, and unfolds into the full image on the other side.

 

[genocide roach]

hey, theres an idea. but i wonder who could print that.
~gR~

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Um, plenty of people are probably willing to print fold-out art. And I really like that idea.

 

[genocide roach]

*searching*

if i cant get it to 300 dpi, i may just say fuck it and go with a grey logo and title on matte black hahaha
~gR~

 

[False Joe]

I'm tempted to sig this, to prove I do occasionally post something worthwhile

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

GR, don't do that. Where's your original pic? If it's over 1000 px square (plus some if need be), that's fine. Since your logo seems to be vector, you can scale that however much you want. Type can be vector too if you use Illustrator, so don't just say "fuck it" unless you stole the pic off the internet

 

[genocide roach]

i may have "discovered" it off the interwebs...

i'm actually concered about copyright issues, but i might try to get permission.
~gR~

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

You should contact the person about the rights and obtain them. You might have to pay. Alternatively, go take some of your own photos.

 

[genocide roach]

yeah, it would be easy enough to take my own picture from there, but not with the uber grim clowds and snow.

i contacted the owner
~gR~

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

 

[genocide roach]

yeah, fingers crossed. the original photographer was... erm... ansel adams hahaha. his estate has a publishing trust...

there are some decent shots available on shutter stock, minus the awesome clouds which really make the photo... however, if i go with WAIF's idea, i can just take any B&W of the area and crop it.
~gR~