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Star Wars - The Saga Re-worked.

Postby jamshedt » Apr Tue 18, 2017 10:59 am

Hey everyone, it's been a really really long time.
Thought I'd start of something that's been pending for some time. So here goes. God it feel's good to be back.  :)

Star Wars Episode 1 - Cover Art. Let's hear your thoughts.

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Re: Star Wars - The Saga Re-worked.

Postby ctaulbee » Apr Tue 18, 2017 11:32 am

Good to see you back Jam, I'm kind of liking the first one best buddy. :)
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Re: Star Wars - The Saga Re-worked.

Postby topmeasure » Apr Tue 18, 2017 11:37 am

First one for me as well.  :)
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Re: Star Wars - The Saga Re-worked.

Postby Fogdude » Apr Tue 18, 2017 12:10 pm

I like the brightness, sharpness & contrasts on the 1st one, but I really like the eyes & facial distortion on the 3rd one. It's a tough call, but, yeah, I'd probably have to go with the 1st one.
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Re: Star Wars - The Saga Re-worked.

Postby Wrench » Apr Tue 18, 2017 3:19 pm

first one for me
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Re: Star Wars - The Saga Re-worked.

Postby chouette » Apr Tue 18, 2017 4:20 pm

Definitely the first one! Great work on it! <3
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Re: Star Wars - The Saga Re-worked.

Postby alienmem » Apr Tue 18, 2017 5:14 pm

Version 1 is defintely the best.
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Re: Star Wars - The Saga Re-worked.

Postby VincentLupo » Apr Tue 18, 2017 9:48 pm

I prefer the first one.  The second one looks like Jack Nicholson's Joker smile.
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Re: Star Wars - The Saga Re-worked.

Postby jamshedt » Apr Fri 21, 2017 3:23 pm

Righty, so thank's to everyone who valued in their inputs... bit of an update to the cover.
Apologies for going slow..Let's hear your thoughts  :-|  :-|

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Re: Star Wars - The Saga Re-worked.

Postby alienmem » Apr Fri 21, 2017 3:36 pm

I like it but maybe brighten the two characters on the back top. I think you used a gradient which is fine but I'd shorten the text and maybe not cut so muhc of Darth Maul's legs. It seems like he's barely there...and maybe mask in his darksaber which is covered by the gradient effect slightly.

Other than that I like it..Very cool
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Re: Star Wars - The Saga Re-worked.

Postby Fogdude » Apr Fri 21, 2017 3:36 pm

Looking good! :-$
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Re: Star Wars - The Saga Re-worked.

Postby ctaulbee » Apr Fri 21, 2017 3:50 pm

I'm not fond of the all caps on a synopsis especially one that is this long, you should consider using a lower case font on that.
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Re: Star Wars - The Saga Re-worked.

Postby chouette » Apr Fri 21, 2017 5:10 pm

ctaulbee wrote:I'm not fond of the all caps on a synopsis especially one that is this long, you should consider using a lower case font on that.


I knew he would say that, lol - Great continuation, I like it a lot! <3
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Re: Star Wars - The Saga Re-worked.

Postby jamshedt » Apr Sun 23, 2017 1:27 am

righty, so we continue.
Small update to the cover, taken things in consideration, from everyones point of view  :-$

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Re: Star Wars - The Saga Re-worked.

Postby ctaulbee » Apr Sun 23, 2017 1:33 am

Looks good bud :)
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Re: Star Wars - The Saga Re-worked.

Postby bankska22 » Apr Sun 23, 2017 3:55 am

Coming along nice!
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Re: Star Wars - The Saga Re-worked.

Postby alienmem » Apr Sun 23, 2017 6:27 am

Looking very good now but I'd center the SPECIAL FEATURES or extend the blue gradient to like almost the end. This way itseems like there's a gap there..what Ctaulbee calls negative space. I dunno if it's negative, but just a suggestion in my view.

But looking very cool
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Re: Star Wars - The Saga Re-worked.

Postby stampe » Apr Sun 23, 2017 11:16 am

a sad maul :D
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Re: Star Wars - The Saga Re-worked.

Postby jamshedt » Apr Tue 25, 2017 1:28 pm

So thought I'd try something a bit different, so another option on the back cover.  :-?

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Re: Star Wars - The Saga Re-worked.

Postby chouette » Apr Tue 25, 2017 4:34 pm

Decisions, decisions, lol - I like this new version, but to be fair, I liked the previous one also. :D
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Re: Star Wars - The Saga Re-worked.

Postby ctaulbee » Apr Tue 25, 2017 4:39 pm

I like the new features, the new synopsis not so much :)
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Re: Star Wars - The Saga Re-worked.

Postby Fogdude » Apr Tue 25, 2017 5:15 pm

ctaulbee wrote:I like the new features, the new synopsis not so much :)


Same here. I thought there was enough space below the figures the synopsis could just go across the whole bottom area & stop at the features, maybe with a framing style similar to the features, to help it stand out.
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Re: Star Wars - The Saga Re-worked.

Postby stampe » Apr Tue 25, 2017 6:07 pm

ctaulbee wrote:I like the new features, the new synopsis not so much :)


:agree:  :D
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Re: Star Wars - The Saga Re-worked.

Postby jamshedt » Apr Tue 25, 2017 10:56 pm

Fogdude wrote:
ctaulbee wrote:I like the new features, the new synopsis not so much :)


Same here. I thought there was enough space below the figures the synopsis could just go across the whole bottom area & stop at the features, maybe with a framing style similar to the features, to help it stand out.


Well, I guess that makes sense... back to the old drawing board.  ;)
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Re: Star Wars - The Saga Re-worked.

Postby jamshedt » Apr Wed 26, 2017 10:04 am

So two variation with regards to the synopsis, one with the a place holder & one without.



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