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Posted at: 11/18/08 11:04 PM
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I need your opinions. See, I'm starting up an online magazine, and I need to know if this cover I made looks good.
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Posted at: 11/18/08 11:06 PM
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You're title font needs a better design. That font is so uninteresting, I almost didn't look at the rest of it.
Also, all of your sub-article pictures only seem to hover in the corners...bring them more out into the body.
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At 11/18/08 11:04 PM, gamerdakota wrote: I need your opinions. See, I'm starting up an online magazine, and I need to know if this cover I made looks good.
What?, it doesn't have that, ZING! representative look.
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Its a little blah it needs more variation in the size and face of the font- and its a little to bright everything just kinda blends together. The pictures at the bottom look like they were cut out and glued on.
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Posted at: 11/18/08 11:07 PM
At 11/18/08 11:06 PM, sander-valk wrote: At 11/18/08 11:04 PM, gamerdakota wrote: I need your opinions. See, I'm starting up an online magazine, and I need to know if this cover I made looks good.What?, it doesn't have that, ZING! representative look.
Right. It doesn't ensnare your attention.
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It just looks funny that not all the pictures are the same brightness and the pixels don't match up well. Other than that it's not that bad.
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Posted at: 11/18/08 11:10 PM
Maybe you should be going for something really bold and large for the main Topic somewhere in the middle, lowerish and all the sub-topics come somewhere down right or down left corner like all in a column like sub-topic (ex. Star wars) and right under it another one, all close together and bold font
Posted at: 11/18/08 11:12 PM
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If you're gonna make an online mag, don't steal copyrighted pictures.
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The font needs to be moved away further from the border. You need a more interesting font than what looks like Arial. There's some annoying white space at the bottom.
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Posted at: 11/18/08 11:13 PM
You might be able to put the sub-topics in boxes, seperate from the background to get it away from (as another user accurately described it) looking like they were cut-out and pasted on.
Also, vary up the fonts and their colors just a tad. Give it some appropriate flair.
Go for something like this, i made boxes in the areas
Posted at: 11/18/08 11:14 PM
At 11/18/08 11:12 PM, Fantum wrote: If you're gonna make an online mag, don't steal copyrighted pictures.
Ooooh, another good point.
To get around it, umm...draw them?
Posted at: 11/18/08 11:15 PM
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Your fonts need some work and you shouldn't crop a part of a photo out and put it in the foreground. It looks sloppy.
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Posted at: 11/18/08 11:22 PM
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If I were you I'd familiarize with design laws and concepts.
Posted at: 11/18/08 11:23 PM
At 11/18/08 11:22 PM, Preternatural wrote: If I were you I'd familiarize with design laws and concepts.
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Posted at: 11/18/08 11:47 PM
OK guys, this better?
Posted at: 11/18/08 11:58 PM
At 11/18/08 11:47 PM, gamerdakota wrote: OK guys, this better?
Not really. The background sucks and doesn't match the foreground well. I suggest just having a plain background and 1 simple picture in the foreground. Make sure you have text go under the picture in the foreground.
Posted at: 11/19/08 12:01 AM
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Meh, the design itself is okay, but the presentation is bland and uninspiring.
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Posted at: 11/19/08 12:08 AM
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No, it's still crappy. The main focus in this one is the giant moon.
Use a simpler background, have larger text for main subjects to catch viewer's attention, and make the main picture stand out. Just think to yourself -- if I saw this on a newsstand, would I buy it?
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Posted at: 11/19/08 12:11 AM
First one much better.
Posted at: 11/19/08 12:13 AM
You know, I just had an idea. Why don't you ask for someone to help you with the artwork and layouts in the Art forum? You'd probably get better results.
Learning photography fundamentals is a big part of knowing how to catch the eye and make good magazine covers.
Like proper placement of objects to draw the eye to certain areas of the frame, and a background that successfully catches attention while allowing the eye to wander over the rest of the text (which needs to be flashy and variable).
Posted at: 11/19/08 12:15 AM
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Posted at: 11/19/08 12:18 AM
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Compare your magazine cover to a real magazine cover. You'll quickly find out your cover is bland, boring, unexciting, and unorganized.
Posted at: 11/19/08 01:47 AM
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That fucking head at the bottom right is creeping me out...
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Posted at: 11/19/08 02:10 AM
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Blend better.
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