Paul, You did a great job with the picture of Paul. It's your best effort so far... I hope he has lots of success with the album. Regards, Bob S.
On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 7:32 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the input, Steve. Good advice. I had looked at all three lines > justified, but it weighed heavy to the right. I could be wrong. > > The font is Paul Miles' choice, and it's similar to what he used on all his > other albums. I would have gone with something more refined, but Paul is a > unique personality, and I wouldn't want to challenge his esthetic. He may > well relish the fact that people know it's a self-produced CD. I truly had > time for only a last-minute fix of what he had requested, and I centered the > two liens. He has a lot of fans who will buy the CD, both here and in Europe, > and the package isn't really critical. But it is a step up from past efforts, > and I can say that without any pomposity, since I shot one of his earlier > covers as well. > > It's just a bit of fun for me. > > Paul > On Sep 14, 2011, at 6:17 PM, steve harley wrote: > >> on 2011-09-14 15:34 Paul Stenquist wrote >>> Taking another look, I see that Healing and Vibrations are not centered in >>> respect to each other. There's an extra space in there that threw it off. >>> Luckily, I have time to fix it. >> >> i wouldn't center it; as a quick fix, it's cleaner to right justify all >> three lines >> >> you've already been subjected to design by committee, but if you are open to >> more input, the font is pretty cliché; you can get away with it but a lot of >> people will see it and say "self-produced CD"; same with the yellow color >> and small font size >> >> the photo is great -- it carries the low-key message perfectly and doesn't >> need any help from the type >> >> if it were me i would make the title type larger and stretch it across the >> bottom, put "Paul Miles" where the title is (but in larger type), and find a >> more refined, slightly casual font and kern it carefully; i'd also suggest >> the color of the hat (which is also in the leaf edges) for the type, with a >> very thin keyline in the dark wood color from the guitar >> >> Darren's take has merit too (i like how mr. Miles fills more of the frame); >> the top type could be done without a background, just a dropshadow or a >> keyline >> >> (this advice coming from several years producing covers for books and >> magazines) >> >> -- >> 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. > -- 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.
