No problem. I'm glad you're not going to shoot me:-). I have done some design work in the past, although it's not my forte, and Paul couldn't afford to hire any help. I did this for grins.
I like your treatment as a design exercise, but it's something Paul Miles would never go for. He picked the font and asked that the titling be inconspicuous. While he'd like to make money, he's also somewhat opposed to heavy-handed commercialism. And, as I noted in another e-mail, the CD won't be sold on store racks. I would ask that you remove it. I don't want too many copies of this floating around before release. The page on which I posted the pic that you saw was private and viewable only with the URL. But your work is nice. Best, Paul On Sep 14, 2011, at 5:54 PM, Darren Addy wrote: > On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Thanks Darren. >> Where would you have placed the type? I purposely left room for it in the >> grass, where there is minimal detail. It also balances the bright flowers in >> the other corner, IMO. > > Sorry, Paul. I didn't know that you did the type also (thought it was > your photo only). However, since you asked, I would say that this > illustrates why photographers aren't necessarily the best graphic > designers of things based upon their work. That's because you have to > be willing to sacrifice the integrity of the image for the greater > good of the book cover/CD cover/whatever. Your photo is there to do > it's part, but it is not the only reason for the book/CD/whatever's > existence. > > I think the title suggests a playful retro font. Just not that > particular one. One quick off-the-cuff idea can be seen here: > http://www.antiqueauto.org/assets/paulmiles.jpg > Apologies for the appropriation of the image and I'll be happy to > remove it on Paul's say-so. It's just so much easier to SHOW than to > tell. > That particular font is not perfect either, but, you get the idea. > Large enough to read. Colored blocks (partially translucent) with the > white text gives good contrast readability. The blocks colors were > taken from Mr. Miles' suit. > > Darren Addy > Kearney, Nebraska > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
