acid1 Posted February 25, 2008 Report Share Posted February 25, 2008 I was curious what you guys like and don't like about album artwork. Doing this RPM challenge thing I kinda have to come up with artwork for my own album in less then 2 days. Flipping thru the few albums I have at work I notice some random stuff. One of them doesn't have a track listing on the front or back, some of them use different fonts where some keep the same fonts throughout the work. One of them have "thanks to" sections, some of them have bizarre purpose messages documents. So my question is simple, what sort of stuff do you guys like to see on album artwork? Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/31337-album-artwork/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest awkward Posted February 25, 2008 Report Share Posted February 25, 2008 nice photography and a decent font Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/31337-album-artwork/#findComment-666593 Share on other sites More sharing options...
beneboi Posted February 25, 2008 Report Share Posted February 25, 2008 tht! tne said: vaginas breasts Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/31337-album-artwork/#findComment-666609 Share on other sites More sharing options...
modey Posted February 25, 2008 Report Share Posted February 25, 2008 nice images, and minimal text. the artwork i'm getting done for my new album will be images and no text on the outside, and then on the inside, the text will be printed with a gloss varnish so if you hold it up to the light you can see it. (i work for a printing company so i get this stuff free or cheap) Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide modey's signature Hide all signatures youtube | bandcamp | soundcloud | twitter | facebook 0F.digital Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/31337-album-artwork/#findComment-666615 Share on other sites More sharing options...
QBLA Posted February 25, 2008 Report Share Posted February 25, 2008 (edited) i agree with modey... minimal text and nice images! and no shout outs! Edited February 25, 2008 by asymmetrical head Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide QBLA's signature Hide all signatures BONDING TAPES JOYFUL UNION CASSETTE BLOG ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/31337-album-artwork/#findComment-666627 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest vodor Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 numbered tracks with lengths and (I really have to toot my own horn here) shit like this: Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/31337-album-artwork/#findComment-666730 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest aron Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 it's all about the shout outs Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/31337-album-artwork/#findComment-666734 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest boo Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 vodor said: numbered tracks with lengths why? i prefer no track lengths Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/31337-album-artwork/#findComment-666861 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 Minimalistic artwork/photos and minimalistic text. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/31337-album-artwork/#findComment-666865 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest boo Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 Squee said: Minimalistic artwork/photos and minimalistic text. a bit ironic :grin: Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/31337-album-artwork/#findComment-666871 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 tauboo said: Squee said: Minimalistic artwork/photos and minimalistic text. a bit ironic :grin: :cry2: What I mean is something like this: Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/31337-album-artwork/#findComment-666880 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 I just like a good bold cover. Like pita - get down (see signature for upside down back cover and rightside up front cover). But I like clutter too (my favorite artwork of last year was M.I.A - Kala). Just anything that's striking and stands out among all the crap. So what I'm trying to say is its 100% subjective for me, no real guiding principles, just feelings. But look at that pita cover, its so fucking good. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/31337-album-artwork/#findComment-666885 Share on other sites More sharing options...
acid1 Posted February 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 Thanks for all the feedback guys! Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/31337-album-artwork/#findComment-667111 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Thisket Posted February 28, 2008 Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 Just study up on basic design elements and principles. It doesn't take an education, but you can benefit from those awful first-level art classes. Text seems to be best if it's hand-made or very rare/unique, but not overblown. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/31337-album-artwork/#findComment-668515 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneaksta303 Posted February 28, 2008 Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 Times New Roman Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide sneaksta303's signature Hide all signatures The Dark Tower Cycle Pplz ep The Swarm H.P. Sneakstep's Educational Tours Vol. 1 Branch Acidian - Acid's Done Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/31337-album-artwork/#findComment-668546 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest vodor Posted February 28, 2008 Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 tauboo said: vodor said: numbered tracks with lengths why? i prefer no track lengths Gosh, I dunno. I like having that info. In the interest of data completeness, I guess. Sometimes I like to prejudge tracks based on their lengths too. I guess that's pretty messed up though actually. But it gives an indication of the album's personality. An album full of uniform medium track lengths, few but very long tracks, many but very tracks, some very short and some very long tracks, etc. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/31337-album-artwork/#findComment-668625 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Joke Rex Posted February 28, 2008 Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 Minimalism is a bit fashion, don't you think? You shouldn't give a fuck of what us guys are thinking about, and just doing something that you really want to see! 2 examples, my latest front covers: Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/31337-album-artwork/#findComment-668713 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneaksta303 Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 that's awesome Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide sneaksta303's signature Hide all signatures The Dark Tower Cycle Pplz ep The Swarm H.P. Sneakstep's Educational Tours Vol. 1 Branch Acidian - Acid's Done Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/31337-album-artwork/#findComment-669169 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braintree Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 tht! tne said: vaginas Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Braintree's signature Hide all signatures colindyer.bandcamp.com williamsbraintree.bandcamp.com Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/31337-album-artwork/#findComment-671119 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest taxman Posted March 8, 2008 Report Share Posted March 8, 2008 i like something you can fold out into a sort of small poster Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/31337-album-artwork/#findComment-675874 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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