Custom CD cover art... [NOT dial-up friendly]
 

I've been download lots of concerts lately and I've become addicted to making my own cover art. Here are some examples (of completely legal recording...)

http://64.246.11.66/~admin1/msgboard...=&postid=46722

http://64.246.11.66/~admin1/msgboard...=&postid=47434

http://64.246.11.66/~admin1/msgboard...=&postid=42543

http://64.246.11.66/~admin1/msgboard...=&postid=42695

http://64.246.11.66/~admin1/msgboard...=&postid=46693

http://64.246.11.66/~admin1/msgboard...=&postid=45526

http://64.246.11.66/~admin1/msgboard...=&postid=47441

http://64.246.11.66/~admin1/msgboard...=&postid=47442

http://64.246.11.66/~admin1/msgboard...=&postid=46143

http://64.246.11.66/~admin1/msgboard...=&postid=46144

Anyone else ever make their own CD cover art? Care to share? I am always looking for new inspiration...

Please do not try to discuss where to get any of these shows, even though legal, it WILL get this thread locked.

Do you think you could create cover art for a cd I have?

It's the unreleased album, Entering A New Ride, by Big Audio Dynamite.

Here's the full story:
http://www.parker1234.fsnet.co.uk/h7.htm

Here's the only known concept artwork:
http://www.parker1234.fsnet.co.uk/sbmnewride.jpg

The single cover on the left with the unreleased album on the right.

BTW, excellent cd artwork!

sure thing...

Things I need:

1)Show date and city/venue (optional, but it makes for nice information)

2) Track Listing (really no point without this)

3) Source of recording (if available)

4) Links to any logos/photos/band art that I could use. Hi-res is perferred, but I can work with lo-res also. If you don't know where any of this stuff can be found, just let me know and I'll look for some images. They might not be band related though.

wow, Bust, very nicely done. :thumbsup: were you using Photoshop or another program? either way you got skills. :D

Thanks! Photoshop it is. It's amazing how little I know about the program to. I really think I overuse the "opacity" and "blending options" functions. I would really like to learn more about some of the more advanced features. Every time I do one of these though, I figure out some new trick to make something look just right. It's pretty addictive.

Not bad, some of those fonts/font effects are fugly though.

Thanks! Yeah, I know about the fonts. I've been working on that. I've actually redone the back of the Who cover.

It looks like this now:

http://www.sharingthegroove.org/msgb...=&postid=46144

I'm getting better as I go along.

Fonts are hard for me. I try to get something that is easy to read before I care if it really fits the design or not. Hopefully I'll be able to get to a point where I can find a happy medium between the two. Practice makes perfect!

Thanks for the constructive criticism. That is what I mainly posted this thread for. I love suggestions on what I should do different.

by the way, which ones were you referencing? The cover of the PHish '97 show? I kind of liked that font, it is musical in a way, although I'm not happy with the way it is spaced. Kind of makes it hard to read. Might do some more work on that one!