VERY rough Starcrossed Cover

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2003-11-07 05:13pm

RedImperator wrote:So when does the contest start, anyway?

You could make this the November Art Contest.

Stravo · Post by **Stravo** » 2003-11-07 05:16pm

Darth Fanboy wrote:
RedImperator wrote:So when does the contest start, anyway?
You could make this the November Art Contest.

I second that motion

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2003-11-07 05:30pm

Fanboy Transforms into Fanwhore mode:

Stravo you bastard! You never even told me how much MINNNEEE sucked

Phases back:

I like REdImps Idea the best Actually, but the Large Imperial logo on its own with the tiny fed ship doesnt seem like the right match, either go with Two logos or possible two ships/character, that'd be my input.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-11-07 05:34pm

The only thing for Red's cover I would suggest would be to change the Imperial emblem to one that's not embossed and is more blended into the background.

Stravo · Post by **Stravo** » 2003-11-07 05:38pm

Darth Fanboy wrote:Fanboy Transforms into Fanwhore mode:

Stravo you bastard! You never even told me how much MINNNEEE sucked

Phases back:

I like REdImps Idea the best Actually, but the Large Imperial logo on its own with the tiny fed ship doesnt seem like the right match, either go with Two logos or possible two ships/character, that'd be my input.

You know, I didn't notice before but your title is very cool in that you have the Federation symbol and the Imperial symbol worked into the font. I like that alot.

The faded in glossed look is a little artsy for me but then again considering my hack job I should be the one keeping quiet about other people's work.

El Moose Monstero · Post by **El Moose Monstero** » 2003-11-07 05:40pm

Just for the record, I class mine as finished and ready for the comp, as I can't think of anything more that I could put in without making it too cluttered.

Oh, and Fanboy, I quite liked the bizarre glossy touch as an image, wouldnt like it as a book cover, but it was new and different...

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2003-11-07 06:04pm

We should slap some dimensional things on this here competition. Well not as a rule but as a reminder/suggestion

Im horribly guilty of this myself, but if were doing book covers, shouldnt we all be using dimensions similar to that of a hardcover book? (Because if this gets released of COURSE its gonna be hardcover. Paperback is for pussies.

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Stravo · Post by **Stravo** » 2003-11-07 06:08pm

We could also give the artists the option of also illustrating a back cover as well as we see in hardcover books. The more space the better to capture all the cool elemenst of the tale.

I will try to work on a back cover when I get home tonight but I was thinking of two columns, one with the supporting villains and heroes. Kahn, Piett, Jerjerrod, Darkstar (in the coming chapters) and another column facing them with supporting heroes: Scotty, Sulu, Chekov, Worf, Captain Pike and Charlie X.

The center would be dominated by either a chessboard or the Deathstar.

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2003-11-07 06:22pm

Stravo wrote:We could also give the artists the option of also illustrating a back cover as well as we see in hardcover books. The more space the better to capture all the cool elemenst of the tale.

I will try to work on a back cover when I get home tonight but I was thinking of two columns, one with the supporting villains and heroes. Kahn, Piett, Jerjerrod, Darkstar (in the coming chapters) and another column facing them with supporting heroes: Scotty, Sulu, Chekov, Worf, Captain Pike and Charlie X.

The center would be dominated by either a chessboard or the Deathstar.

Dont forget Vader.

Captain Cyran · Post by **Captain Cyran** » 2003-11-07 06:30pm

Darth Fanboy wrote:
Stravo wrote:We could also give the artists the option of also illustrating a back cover as well as we see in hardcover books. The more space the better to capture all the cool elemenst of the tale.

I will try to work on a back cover when I get home tonight but I was thinking of two columns, one with the supporting villains and heroes. Kahn, Piett, Jerjerrod, Darkstar (in the coming chapters) and another column facing them with supporting heroes: Scotty, Sulu, Chekov, Worf, Captain Pike and Charlie X.

The center would be dominated by either a chessboard or the Deathstar.
Dont forget Vader.

And we'll definately need a face for Ochoa.(Gah! Can't remember how it's spelled)

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2003-11-07 06:45pm

I've made a minor adjustment to the logo. I didn't flatten it, because I want the logo to appear to be three dimensional against the flat black background, but I removed the glow. To be honest, I'm not sure how I like it.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-11-07 06:47pm

That's a lot better. Not exactly how I'd do it, but I've always had rather simple tastes when it comes to art composition.

SeebianWurm · Post by **SeebianWurm** » 2003-11-07 11:02pm

Is this too large to inline?

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-11-07 11:04pm

Personally, I like the way RedImperator and SeebianWurm have gone about it, using clean and simple layouts rather than busy ones.

Stravo · Post by **Stravo** » 2003-11-07 11:08pm

I like the font that SeebianWurm used for the title, VERY nice alothough I would go with a darker color closer to black than the current brownish red.

SeebianWurm · Post by **SeebianWurm** » 2003-11-07 11:17pm

Stravo wrote:I like the font that SeebianWurm used for the title, VERY nice alothough I would go with a darker color closer to black than the current brownish red.

When you refer to the color, I assume you mean the background starry effect/TIE fighter, but the wording is a little ambiguous.

If that is what you meant, it seems that any color closer to black makes too much of the detail disappear. Would a light shade of cyan/blue/aqua work for you? I've been experimenting with it and I like it a lot with the light blue shades.

Stravo · Post by **Stravo** » 2003-11-07 11:18pm

SeebianWurm wrote:
Stravo wrote:I like the font that SeebianWurm used for the title, VERY nice alothough I would go with a darker color closer to black than the current brownish red.
When you refer to the color, I assume you mean the background starry effect/TIE fighter, but the wording is a little ambiguous.

If that is what you meant, it seems that any color closer to black makes too much of the detail disappear. Would a light shade of cyan/blue/aqua work for you? I've been experimenting with it and I like it a lot with the light blue shades.

Yes, darker blue works for me, and the background is what I meant, sorry I wasn't clearer before.

SeebianWurm · Post by **SeebianWurm** » 2003-11-07 11:26pm

Criticism, complaints, and illnesses of unexplained origin are all welcome.

Stravo · Post by **Stravo** » 2003-11-07 11:43pm

That's the PERFECT color, Seebian Wurm

SeebianWurm · Post by **SeebianWurm** » 2003-11-07 11:44pm

Stravo wrote:That's the PERFECT color, Seebian Wurm

Grand Admiral Thrawn · Post by **Grand Admiral Thrawn** » 2003-11-07 11:46pm

As I search around for pictures, here's two attempts:
Worst. Font. Ever.
Another feint to lure you into a false sense of security.

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2003-11-08 12:07am

Darth Wong wrote:Personally, I like the way RedImperator and SeebianWurm have gone about it, using clean and simple layouts rather than busy ones.

But the busier ones would make wy better movie posters, as I do see a trend of trying to emulate Sw movie posters.

SeebianWurm · Post by **SeebianWurm** » 2003-11-08 12:14am

Darth Fanboy wrote:
Darth Wong wrote:Personally, I like the way RedImperator and SeebianWurm have gone about it, using clean and simple layouts rather than busy ones.
But the busier ones would make wy better movie posters, as I do see a trend of trying to emulate Sw movie posters.

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I thought it was implied that it was a book cover, but it does seem that it can be interpreted either way.

Anyway, the use of space just strikes a chord with me.

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2003-11-08 12:26am

Darth Fanboy wrote:
Darth Wong wrote:Personally, I like the way RedImperator and SeebianWurm have gone about it, using clean and simple layouts rather than busy ones.
But the busier ones would make wy better movie posters, as I do see a trend of trying to emulate Sw movie posters.

You could make a really fantastic book cover or movie poster incorporating all of the major characters plus starships and symbols and whatnot if you could draw all the elements from scratch. Trying to combine elements found on the Web doesn't work very well with more than two or three items, because it's virtually impossible to find more than two or three things with a consistent visual style, in my humble opinion.

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2003-11-08 12:44am

SeebianWurm wrote:
I thought it was implied that it was a book cover, but it does seem that it can be interpreted either way.

Anyway, the use of space just strikes a chord with me.

It is, Im just trying to hide my raging jealously t your obious superior product, which obviously comes from a much higher level of talent than myself

RedImperator wrote:You could make a really fantastic book cover or movie poster incorporating all of the major characters plus starships and symbols and whatnot if you could draw all the elements from scratch. Trying to combine elements found on the Web doesn't work very well with more than two or three items, because it's virtually impossible to find more than two or three things with a consistent visual style, in my humble opinion.

Operative term being "if you could draw all the elements from scratch."