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Salvaging Scottwell cover?

Mar 28, 2010 14:29

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alisgray March 28 2010, 19:35:28 UTC

very bold colors, eye-grabbing. without more context it looks like a novel about cyber-crime in Arizona. (had this not cross-posted to facebook I'm afraid I wouldn't have seen it.)

cloudscudding March 28 2010, 23:55:14 UTC

Arizona...? Scottwell, is that why? Or the blue door?

Thanks for the feedback.

Yeah. The facebook thing...I link on Fb to some of my LJ posts, but not all by a long shot. Debating making it all, but...I dunno. Wascally Wabbits!

alisgray March 31 2010, 20:31:28 UTC

yes, both "Scottsdale" and the color palette. Actually the texture looks kinda adobe-like too.

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cloudscudding March 28 2010, 23:55:40 UTC

Thanks for the feedback. Glad you like it!

malcubed March 28 2010, 22:05:32 UTC

Esthetically pleasing and eye-grabbing, I will leave it to you to determine if it is appropriately thematic or representative of the work since I have no clue.

cloudscudding March 28 2010, 23:55:57 UTC

Thanks for the feedback. Glad you liked it.

wiredferret March 28 2010, 22:31:13 UTC

I like it, and the binary at the bottom points to the theme.

cloudscudding March 28 2010, 23:56:10 UTC

Great--thanks for the feedback.

guppiecat March 29 2010, 03:05:14 UTC

Did you mean to have the text align so closely with the top of the coloured bars? It's a bit jarring visually.

As an alternative (and one that I have no idea would fit the story (and isn't practical (but is neat))), what if you printed up binary code on your own yellow plastic banner and hung it on a door in a similar arrangement. Then, spray-painted "Saving Scottwell" on the door?

That would be visually powerful and the text wouldn't distract from the image so much.

Just a thought, of course.

cloudscudding March 29 2010, 03:13:03 UTC

Yeah, I was noticing the alignment.

I kind of like the spraypaint idea--maybe there's a font/photoshop effect that could duplicate that.

Thanks!

alisgray March 31 2010, 20:33:16 UTC

fine-tuning, but yes, I agree. (are you in graphic design, guppiecat?)

guppiecat March 31 2010, 21:14:53 UTC

alisgray, well, I think it would be most fair to say "not anymore". I took a lot of art classes as a kid, came close to an art double major in college, worked as a web designer and form designer for a print-to-mail company. However, these days I mostly do security consulting and business development, with a bit of photography on the side.