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The Answer
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Sep 06, 09 at 11:58pm
Album Art Creation Center

WELCOME TO THE ALBUM ART CREATION CENTER
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GeneralInformation
    » The point of this thread is for members to create custom made album art, at which point they will be set up for judging and the winning entrant gets a reward. This will also serve for members to give and receive comments and criticism on their art. The theme for the first round will be freestyle, which means you may create an album cover for an existing or non-existing band. NOTE: You may not attempt to recreate an already existing album cover.

TheRules
    » The canvas dimensions of your album art must be square (or 1:1). The canvas must also be a minimum of 500x500 pixels, and it is much more preferred if it is bigger than 700x700 or even 1000x1000. You are allowed to post more than 1 entry, but you must specify which one you want to hold up for judging. Also, 2 rules that are applied in the Digital Portfolios forum also apply here:

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    Allowing and Recieving Critique

    When giving critique, please provide constructive criticism. When receiving critique, prepare to accept positive and negative comments on your work. As long as it is constructive criticism, please understand that the person who comments is only trying to help you improve. Here are examples (not limited to) of what constructive criticism is and isn't:

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    Right: Try adding some gradient maps to improve the colors and remove those dots.
    Right: There's no flow, and it lacks depth. The picture looks too sharp as well.
    Right: The piece looks really bad, to be honest. Those brushes are out of place, and the shapes don't really belong there. Also, the text is way out of place.
    (These are examples of what constructive criticism is. Yes, even the last two count as constructive criticism as they point out the defects in the piece so the artist can know what to improve on/what not to do in the future. The third one also counts as constructive criticism because even though the commenter gave a negative opinion, he/she still provided criticism to help the artist improve.)

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    Wrong: You suck.
    Wrong: Your work is horrible.
    (In these, the person who commented only gave his/her opinion in a rather rude manner, but much more importantly, he/she did not point out any defects or suggest on what could be improved in the piece).

    Keep in mind these guidelines that point out whether something is constructive or not are not written in stone.


    Piece Description Encouraged

    It is not mandatory that you explain the process of your work, but it IS encouraged. If you have the time, it would be beneficial to the G&A community for explanations/processes.

Judges&Deadline
    » As of yet, there is no set list of judges. At the moment, we would like to focus more on participation by making entries rather than judging them. Anyone who has a good amount of experience (especially with large pieces) may ask to become a judge for the round. There is also no set deadline at the moment, as we will decide the moment of the judging once we get enough entries (or once we feel no more entries will be made). We will decide a deadline for future instances judging by this first round.

TheRest
    » The winner will be featured with his winning piece in the Digital Portfolios forum and the Music forum. There is a small possibility that this might also be featured in Loungin' as well. This competition/event will be advertised in the Music forum, so as to gain the most amount of activity possible.


If you have any questions regarding this thread or any of the rules, feel free to PM any of the moderators.
May the Muses be with you.


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Sep 07, 09 at 12:07am
re: Album Art Creation Center

    I'll have an entry in a few days since I have to think about the band name and some of the key concepts of a Album Art.
    I also have to put some time into it to make a considerable Piece.
    So be expecting one from me in the mean time.

    EDIT:Why be so sexist?,You put "The winner will be featured with his winning piece in the Digital Portfolios forum and the Music forum." instead of his/her.


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Sep 07, 09 at 2:09am
re: Album Art Creation Center

This contest will be blogged about on the Neoseeker's group on deviantART. Entries will be uploaded and the winning entry will be featured on the account.


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Sep 07, 09 at 6:25am
re: Album Art Creation Center

Ha, I found this thread through a message from deviantart.

I might enter. If I can think of anything for the bands I like. I want to see what some people come up with.



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The Answer
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Sep 07, 09 at 6:29am
re: Album Art Creation Center

I have a Godspeed You! Black Emperor cover halfway done. Might post it tomorrow.



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Vector
Sep 07, 09 at 7:56am
re: Album Art Creation Center



Anyways, here's my 2 cents. Without further a do, I present:

The Antlers - Hospice





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"Um, Mr.Lion King sir, maybe you should talk about it now..."
    Oh fine. The album Hospice is the debut album of the unsigned indie rock band, The Antlers (which consists of Peter Silberman, Michael Lerner, and Darby Cicci). The album weaves mellow indie rock with hypnotizing shoegaze infuences and Peter Silberman's crooning falsetto into one unforgettable experience. The real striking quality about the album for most people is the ardent emotion and story behind it. The album tells an explicit story of a man who's slowly losing his wife to bone cancer. In any case, Hospice is by far my favorite album of 2009 so far and I couldn't help but make a cover of their first album. As you'll be able to see, I tried to emulate the art style of the official album artwork itself. I drew a heavy influence in particular from the song Sylvia which makes an obvious reference to suicidal poet, Sylvia Plath. The actual process of making it was quite fun because I decided to give my tablet a work out. Working from this stock as a guide, I drew the main set piece. Anyways, I hope you enjoy it.

    P.S: If we're choosing only one for judging I submit the first one.


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Sep 07, 09 at 11:46am
re: Album Art Creation Center

There's always something to drag me back... I'll get something in soon, maybe.

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Sep 07, 09 at 12:38pm
re: Album Art Creation Center

hello from the music forum <3

i do have a nice album art graphic i recently made, however it's not something I cooked up just for this contest (tho i haven't actually don anything with it yet, it's for an EP that i'm half-finished with). if it's cool to post that, i'd be glad to. however, if I need to make something new i can try, but i'll probably never get something i'm happy with. :0


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Sep 07, 09 at 3:36pm
re: Album Art Creation Center

Yeah, go ahead and enter it. You can always try working on a new one and decide between which one you want to use.



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Sep 07, 09 at 9:32pm
re: Album Art Creation Center

Here is one. I probably will do two more.

Bliss A.k.a Henrik jose



info: Bliss/henrik jose has a very unique style of soft electronica. Its almost dream like with its beaitufll melodies. Most notably the song Do you remember how it felt?. This song is almost an ode to melodies. So I decided to take that 'dream' like feel of his music and create an image with the same style. I was reminded of the game called 'that cloud game' by that game company. They strive for that same emotion as his music, so after looking at this concept art, I decided to do something similar. I hope I don't get docked for the filter effects but that was on purpose to give it that look of almost hand drawn.

Cloud stock
Lady Stock
cloud stock 2


Edit: Tweaked it.

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Robert Ninja
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Sep 07, 09 at 10:14pm
re: Album Art Creation Center

Infinite Strings


Photography by Cynthia

Cyber-Pix



Photography by RN




Anti Light


N/A




I'm not sure which one I should submit as my entry. Any suggestions? (I'll mark it's name in red as the one I choose to enter when I do decide)

[btw pasted this post from another thread where I posted this wrongly, eh... I think : P]



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Vermillion
Sep 07, 09 at 10:23pm
re: Album Art Creation Center

This is one I made for a project:



For project with RN, to be more specific .


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Sep 08, 09 at 7:17am
re: Album Art Creation Center

I may as well enter this.
Not entirely happy with it, though.



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Sep 08, 09 at 12:31pm
re: Album Art Creation Center

Looks like Define the Great Line's cover, no?



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Sep 08, 09 at 1:24pm
re: Album Art Creation Center

I should have something done soon enough just one aspect of cutting is taking far too long.



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