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idoik
January 18th, 2005, 02:49 PM
Hello boy's and girls many of you know that I am a music guy. some people dont know this so if you wanna here some of my music head on over to

http://pixeltone.info

Well my new cd is coming out called "FIRE POWER"
and since i love kirupa.com so much I am going to let you make the cover. the best cover well be used as the front cover.

those who atlest try will have there Name and web site link inside the booklet. The 2nd and 3rd place well also have there cover as a page in the booklet:)

The cd well have around 71 min of music at 19 tracks

dearing the making of the cd I was ganna put a picture of mario spitting fire but thats to lame. but then i had the idea of the kirupa kids doing it. so have fun and dont get freaked out over it. the styles of design that whould be best are

Pixel or Vector

the Design Items that you can do are the Cd it self or the cover design.

Voetsjoeba
January 18th, 2005, 04:23 PM
I have a nice idea in my head for a cover, but I lack the skills for realising it ... why are you so cruel, world ? :D

Voetsjoeba
January 18th, 2005, 05:01 PM
Brainfart:

http://www.voetsjoeba.com/upload/cdcover_small.jpg

It's really eeh ... simple and pointless ... just created it for the fun of it, I'm sure it's useless :lol:

idoik
January 18th, 2005, 05:07 PM
trust me anything whould look good from the eyes of a kirupa kid;) i love it:)

Krilnon
January 19th, 2005, 07:25 PM
Looks like your footer Voetsjoeba.. :P

This looks interesting.. I'll try to come up with an idea.

paddy.
January 19th, 2005, 07:27 PM
Ooh ooh! I want in!

3d Nirvana
January 20th, 2005, 01:12 AM
lol, I'll be making one tommarow ;)

Voetsjoeba
January 20th, 2005, 04:11 PM
catch
Looks like your footer Voetsjoeba.. :P
Yup, that's because I'm a design noob :D

hl
January 20th, 2005, 06:06 PM
heres my noob creation
http://img146.exs.cx/img146/2493/firepower1xj.gif

3d Nirvana
January 21st, 2005, 12:08 AM
here's mine, I'll probably edit it/ make another one later. Tell me what you think!

http://www.3dnirvana.com/ForumPics/FirePower.jpg

...do we get a free copy of the cd if we win ? :hugegrin:

Voetsjoeba
January 21st, 2005, 12:39 PM
That image just yells "BASE_02" ;)

Nice dude :)

paddy.
January 21st, 2005, 05:03 PM
Here's my submission. This will have to be redone at a higher dpi if its for print but that's easy.:ch: You wanted vector, you got it!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/Fla5h/Pixeltone-Artwork.gif

idoik
January 21st, 2005, 05:33 PM
That image just yells "BASE_02" ;)

Nice dude :)

god i hate base02.

i so wish people whould use deadly english as if it was base02 i go to cd stores and its all they use on cd covers or music band flyers

3d Nirvana
January 21st, 2005, 07:20 PM
gess I'll have to change the font then :) good job flash gordon btw !

paddy.
January 21st, 2005, 07:44 PM
Thanks 3d Nirvana. I really like the hand in yours.

Idoik here's the hi-res version you requested.

http://paddyduke.co.uk/clients/pixeltone/pixeltonecover.png

3d Nirvana
January 21st, 2005, 07:45 PM
there, I changed the font.

idoik
January 21st, 2005, 11:30 PM
we have a winner.

no i cant give a cd to the winner since i am broke as fu** and 10 bucks for it is as low as it goes for.

edit; flash gordon is the winner

3d Nirvana
January 21st, 2005, 11:34 PM
who's the winner? y? we didn't even have a vote.... and the contest lasted like 2 days.

paddy.
January 22nd, 2005, 09:37 AM
As long as I can put the cover in my portfolio I don't need a reward. Actually I don't really like the music anyway. :P

Ben H
January 22nd, 2005, 02:50 PM
That's awesome flash gordon, did u use illustrator to make that?

idoik
January 22nd, 2005, 04:14 PM
WE ARE NOT DONE YET!

we have the back cover and booklet pages

mlk
January 24th, 2005, 12:21 PM
WE ARE NOT DONE YET!

we have the back cover and booklet pages

I decided to give it a go. Font is 'Gill Sans' picture is a PS vecor (using the stamp tool) of a googled a-bomb (fatboy i reckon)

cheers

mlk

VersusMG
January 24th, 2005, 12:52 PM
http://www.versusmediagroup.com/firePower.jpgHere is my idea for a cover...

Remember to leave room for bleed, if you are designing a cover set the image size to 5in x 5in and make a .25in boarder around the entire image. That way when it goes to print it will bleed off the page and look nice.

mlk
January 25th, 2005, 10:16 AM
mmhh first of all I wouldn't use a jpg that was posted on a forum for printwork =)

[uber]
January 26th, 2005, 07:05 AM
its kinda dark tooo

B3NKobe
February 1st, 2005, 01:33 AM
I really like MLK's job - the back and yellow colours are great and the picture of the bombs make the 'firepower' part stand out - :D

paddy.
February 2nd, 2005, 05:39 PM
That's awesome flash gordon, did u use illustrator to make that?

The gun is illustrator. The grunge and text is PS.

nohomedia
February 8th, 2005, 12:27 AM
I'm always a day late, somehow I always manage to show up when these things end.
So Paddy, are you "flash gordon" or "paddy duke" I'm confused?

SlowRoasted
February 8th, 2005, 01:19 AM
dude this contest wasnt up long enough

idoik
February 8th, 2005, 03:57 PM
not done yet i am stell thinking and not many people are submitting

paddy.
February 8th, 2005, 04:06 PM
I'm always a day late, somehow I always manage to show up when these things end.
So Paddy, are you "flash gordon" or "paddy duke" I'm confused?

Hehe, I was Flash Gordon. I changed my name. Look at my user title.

Idoik are you still taking entries for the front cover or just the back and inside covers?

idoik
February 8th, 2005, 06:30 PM
Hehe, I was Flash Gordon. I changed my name. Look at my user title.

Idoik are you still taking entries for the front cover or just the back and inside covers?


booklet pages and back cover. mr.duke you win the cover

paddy.
February 8th, 2005, 06:36 PM
Woot!
Random spam celebration post alert!!!
:party: :party: :party: :party: :party: :party: :party: :party:

Tommy_S
February 9th, 2005, 04:14 PM
Well, to my mind, Paddy Duke's cover is the best among the submitted covers. Thou, I don't like it fully.

paddy.
February 9th, 2005, 06:19 PM
What would you change Tommy_S?

Tommy_S
February 9th, 2005, 11:53 PM
Erm.. let me see. I don't like the idea of using the gun. Is it somehow connected with music or what then? "Firepower"? Oh, well. That's a philosophic question. Also, it doen't look good, because of the size of the gun. It almost covers the whole area. And one more, I think it(cover) lacks something. TOO minimalistic, imho. That's it. But idoik likes it. So, I'm not the one, who chooses.

r_ferns82
February 18th, 2005, 02:15 AM
hey can anybody help me with the info about the canvas size required for this?

gonzales
February 18th, 2005, 07:03 PM
i havent been folowing this at all but standard cd insert size is:

4.75" x 4.75" @ 300 dpi

paddy.
February 18th, 2005, 07:30 PM
plus about 6mm for bleed. :beam:

r_ferns82
February 18th, 2005, 11:43 PM
Thanks Guys

r_ferns82
February 19th, 2005, 04:10 AM
Here's mine. What ya say? :)

idoik
February 20th, 2005, 07:18 PM
r_ferns82

you did good but that is not the song list:P its all new stuff i made way diffrent sound too

r_ferns82
February 20th, 2005, 11:25 PM
I know but just used it as a placeholder.