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    Posted: December 20 2010 at 18:21
I am going to release my first album next year and now I am starting to look for someone who can just make me a simple jpeg picture that I can use for the front cover of the album. I have looked all over the web and most people either want to charge me outrageous prices or can only design for CD covers. This album will just be avalible in digital format, so I only need a jpeg.

I am willing to pay a fair amount if anyone is interested. The album will be called "Surrealavision". It is a progressive rock concept album basically about how TV and the media brainwash people from the time they are infants to when they are elders.

Anyway, if you interested, please email me at [email protected] . Thanks!
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Try here e.g.
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Pretty much what I would have suggested too, good going Bartek. 
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probably our member Abel - nickname darksideof - is willing to help  Smile
he's responsible for a bunch of nice wallpapers, you can admire them here when you scroll to the bottom

btw - please tell us more about your project/music please ...


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I would be interested. Purely amateur, I don't charge for artwork - acknowledgement in the blurb is enough.
 
I haven't designed an album cover for several years now, but here are samples of my earlier works: (click on thumb-nails for larger image):
 
(Sorry for the slow loading - I cut and pasted these from a retired web-page on my server - too much work to copy every image to an online host)
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^ did that work? I'm the wrong side of my firewall/router to see the images.
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^ Yes, it did. I can see the pics, Dean. Smile
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Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

^ did that work? I'm the wrong side of my firewall/router to see the images.
I am impressed - i had no idea you did those
 
 
Well you the man! Or darksideof definitley
 
you can fight it out who gets chosen, if any...
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The album hasn't even been recorded yet but I would like to get a good idea of what the album cover will look like. I can't go too much into detail with the album because it's way too early (I am aiming for a late August/ early September 2011 release). I really want this to be a masterpiece! My influences are Gabriel-Genesis, Glass Hammer, Simon Says, Ayreon, Rush, etc. I don't want this to sound like the typical ELP rip off though which is why I'm taking a long time with this.

Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

I would be interested. Purely amateur, I don't charge for artwork - acknowledgement in the blurb is enough.
 
I haven't designed an album cover for several years now, but here are samples of my earlier works: (click on thumb-nails for larger image):
 
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(Sorry for the slow loading - I cut and pasted these from a retired web-page on my server - too much work to copy every image to an online host)
 
I am very impressed with the 3D ones.


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Very nice Dean. Had no idea.

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I am going to keep accepting offers to make the cover, and after they have all been sent to me, I will decide which one in my opinion best fits the music.
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http://jakekobrin.blogspot.com/

not me but this guys got good taste in music and is pretty talented and versitile. - im not sure if he's still active here but i used to see him around all the time
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Edited by AtomicCrimsonRush - December 26 2010 at 01:36
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Crikey you are very talented Dean. I really like the one titled Fluidic. I am currently working on a rock cd project but the artwork has already been done otherwise I would have asked you! I wished I had the talent to do this sort of work, if you don't mind me asking, what software do you need to produce images like these?
Cheers Tony C.
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Originally posted by clarkpegasus4001 clarkpegasus4001 wrote:

Crikey you are very talented Dean. I really like the one titled Fluidic. I am currently working on a rock cd project but the artwork has already been done otherwise I would have asked you! I wished I had the talent to do this sort of work, if you don't mind me asking, what software do you need to produce images like these?
Cheers Tony C.

Fluidic is a bit of a con (well, quite a lot of a con really) - it was produced using Bryce - freeware 3D modelling software - the skill is in using the software and in placing the "objects" artistically, all the hardwork is done by the software. Its failing is that all "Bryced" pictures are fairly easily recognised and are a bit "naff" - it's 3D modelling for numpties, but it serves a purpose.
 
All the other 3D imaged covers were made the hard-way using PovRay/Moray - I could never have modelled my Kramer & Vox using Bryce, but I could with Moray (it took bloody hours mind).
 
 
Everything else is pen and ink, acrylic paint on paper or Photoshop - but everything gets the Photoshop treatment when making them up as CD covers.
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Points: 635 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 19 2011 at 18:31
Well it looks clever and impressive to me Dean! Thumbs Up
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Points: 29630 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 19 2011 at 22:03
Q. Can anybody here make album covers?
A. As far as I know there are no prohibitions.
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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