# \- Perfectionist - April 2006

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/perfectionist-april-2006/185765>\
**Category:** contests\
**Created:** [April 16, 2006, 8:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/perfectionist-april-2006/185765 "2006-04-16T08:43:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![markgriffo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/848f3c/32.png) [@markgriffo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/markgriffo)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2006, 8:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/perfectionist-april-2006/185765/1 "2006-04-16T08:43:10Z")

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Heres my creation for a simple, modern, chill magazing that I call Perfectionist.

Its for all you perfectionists out there…

- edit - Thanks for your input! Updated the Cover a bit.

Version 2 -  
 ![](http://www.markgriffo.com/perfectionist2.jpg)

Version 1 -

[![](http://www.markgriffo.com/perfectionistThumb.jpg)](http://www.markgriffo.com/perfectionist.jpg)

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**Author:** ![raduku](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a5b964/32.png) [@raduku](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/raduku)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2006, 9:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/perfectionist-april-2006/185765/2 "2006-04-16T09:01:57Z")

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it’s too plain n booring. on the other hand, i like this slicky look and modern abient. ( oh, and wth are those 2 things in the middle of the image? some chairs or something)

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**Author:** ![LionheartAce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ee7513/32.png) [@LionheartAce](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/LionheartAce)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2006, 1:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/perfectionist-april-2006/185765/3 "2006-04-16T13:03:48Z")

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It has a sleek look, but a rough photograph. Let me illustrate.

![](http://www.lionheartace.net/hosted/misc/Perfectionist0.jpg)

Here if take a good look you can see it’s super grainy. Try to go into photoshop and add a few blurred overlays and other effects to reduce that grainy look.

![](http://www.lionheartace.net/hosted/misc/Perfectionist1.jpg)  
For example.

Another thing is that, I noticed you used the bottom portion of the photo as a sort of block for your text.

![](http://www.lionheartace.net/hosted/misc/Perfectionist2.jpg)

Since you can’t really tell what it is try to keep straigth edges in by making your own block. Notice it’s not exactly black, it has a hint of blue.

![](http://www.lionheartace.net/hosted/misc/Perfectionist3.jpg)

And you can even add the same type of subliminal gradient from the picture ( rather rough in the picture though ).

![](http://www.lionheartace.net/hosted/misc/Perfectionist4.jpg)

Also I kept what you put in the image the same, but I believe you’re going for the word **_Breathe_** 😃

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**Author:** ![SlowRoasted](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@SlowRoasted](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/SlowRoasted)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2006, 3:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/perfectionist-april-2006/185765/4 "2006-04-16T15:26:46Z")

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I like the overall look, but like the other guys said, poor quality of the images.

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**Author:** ![SlowRoasted](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@SlowRoasted](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/SlowRoasted)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2006, 3:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/perfectionist-april-2006/185765/5 "2006-04-16T15:27:11Z")

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I like the overall look, but like the other guys said, poor quality of the images.