FOR THE JUDGES:
HERE’S MY FINAL VERSION OF THE COVER
THANKS A LOT
http://img95.imageshack.us/my.php?im…nature21dw.jpg
This is my second try!
Please give me some advice! Also about the other one (Wallpaper) too!
Thank you a lot guys!
Please pardon me if I make some mistake in writing but i’m not from an English-speaking nation…
If you see any mistake in the text of my covers please tell me!
Thanks again!
Here it is:
I like this,
theres not much i can say about it though,
Africa doesn’t fit in that well over the image, maybe adda shadow or something.
Other than that, I like the clean simple design
Yes,
you’re right about africa…I now try to make it cleaner…
I’m wondering about the title, I think it doesn’t fit so well…
thanks
It’s definitely more powerful than your previous.
Ok,
I added a shadow below the Africa map.
I guess is better now…
Here’s the link:
Do you think I should write “Impossible Shoots” bigger because is the article which refers to the image on the cover? It’s already a little bigger but maybe people don’t catch the difference…
One question: how can I make the image to appear directly in this page with the text as other users do?
Thanks a lot!
This one’s nice! =)
I like the traditional kind of style which is obviously influenced by nature/science magazines.
The layout is great, with the fat top and bottom bars, and the fat lines.
Adding the shadow to the africa map was really an improvement, and perhaps you could even make that shadow a fat line, like the lines around the other pictures? A black line, that is.
I don’t really like the glow around the headline and other texts. You should remove it from the headline and if it doesn’t fit, perhaps you could add a line to that one too? 
Try to remove the glow around the rest of the text too, if you can keep it readable by doing so.
Also, yes, I believe you should make “Impossible shoots” bigger. I did not really connect it to the main picture at first glance. The difference between that text and “Adventures” is too little. I would move the “impossible shoots” text above “adventures” and increase it in size.
Anyways, this is one of the better entries I’ve seen in this competition so far =)
I didn’t check all of them yet though
Good luck with your work, make more entries if you have the time and ideas
See ya
Well…
Thanks a lot for all the useful advice!
I made some changes as you suggested.
Here’s the result:
I tried to remove the glow but without it the text would be unreadable. Anyway I made it weaker. What about if I blur (is “Blur” also the verbal form of blur noun?) the main image belove insted of putting the glow aroud the text? I’ll try tomorrow morning…!
Moving “Impossible Shoots” just above “Adventures” resulted impossible (sorry for the repetition) because it would have been over the center of the main image. So I had to bring it upper but now, even if it is bigger, it does not convict me so much.Strange feeling about it, as if it is not in place. But I see no other solution. If anyone coul help me with this would be great.
I put a little stroke around the Africa map and I guess is a great step forward, looks so much better now! I still left the shadow belove.
Thanks again for all the advice! Seems like you’re a pro! :thumb:
I just increased a bit the size of “Impossible Shoots” in order to align it with the grid…
Here’s the link:
asdada
Great work!
Removing the glows was just right and your solution with the africa map worked out great, so keep it like that =)
The new position of the “Impossible…” text is better, although it, just as you say, still doesn’t draw enough attention. Maybe it is a little thin? Try to experiment with making it fatter, or anything to make it more “expressive”.
In that case, the “adventures” text should have the same boldness, cause it seems a little to weak as well.
Another thing that I noticed now is that I don’t really like the colour of the headline and its background. I find the brown colour of the text a little bit too purple/magenta. Make it more red/yellowish brown. And the header background doesn’t go well with the yellow lines (although the colour of the lines work really good at the bottom of the cover), so try to see what can be done with the background colour.
Work ahead and I’ll be back later, see ya
Thanks again for the very useful advice!
As you suggested I changed the headline’s (right spelling?) background.
I put this grey-yellow, taken from the African pictures belove.
I found that for the headline itself this dark green was the best choice, even if it’s not a colour of the colour scheme of the magazine I guess it recalls nature in general, so it could be appropriate. What do you think?
I had a 1px black stroke line outside “Impossible Shoots” and I brought it more down. It’s now out of the grid scheme but looks a bit better, still not the best…
I also left only “adventure” above the first yellow line that separates the african pictures, now the subtitle is inside the picture. I find is more balanced with all the other text, before was too much standing alone, or not?
Well, that’s all!
Thanks a lot as always!
Let me know what you think about it!
bye bye
Ups, I was forgotting the link:
Hey, Looks better.
I think the black sub text is too hard to read over the image.
“The latest devices…”
Also “Adventures, Where to go…” needs to be lifted up above the small images.
Heya!
Hmmm… so we are facing some problems :evil2:
I’m not sure the headline’s *(yes, I believe it is correct. I’m unsure on what word to use for the “Impossible shoots” and “Adventures” texts though. Would some native english-speaker help us out here? ;D) *
… I’m not sure about the headline colour. I wanted a brown colour and I saved your pic to see what could be done but I didn’t really find any colour more suiting than the current green one that you’re using. Black could work but it might look a little boring.
About the “Impossible Shoots”, which I actually thought looked better without the 1px line, I have an idea:
Perhaps you could edit the background image? Make it darker near the edges, and keep the center part light. That way you could be able to fit in the “Impossible…”-text where the pic is darker and use a light colour (grab the yellow colour of the lines? Or white?) for the text.
Leave the “Adventures”-text as it is for now. It’s easier to read and a little bit more exciting to read like this.
Also, I just wanted you to know that I am not at all a professional =)
I am studying my second year at a graphic arts school though, so that’s where I got most of my knowledge and experience from (-:
Anyways, the headline is something that needs to be worked on. If nothing else works, just flip out with the colour and go for some all new tones :tb:
Good luck once again,
I’m off to bed,
Ciao
Ok,
First of all I cut “Impossible Shoots” in two line and, instead of editing the image belove (I tried but was not a so good result) I added it a dark shadow. I also changed its color in the same of the separating line and brought it down where it was in the first version.
I retouched the color of the headline too: now the green of the text is more saturated and a bit brighter, while the background is in a bit more sand like colour.
I also gived to text of Advertures a light bright glow, so now it’s less confusing to read over the image. I also tried to bring it upper, as suggested by shiftedfocus, but it seems to be too much separated from the other text.
Well thanks a lot for the useful advice!
Here’s the link:
Let me know…
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