Still working on my cover for the interracial dating. I've made some progress on it and I think I'm liking it thus far.
This is what it started as:
I think I'm going to get rid of the football per Kristin's recommendation. Jen suggested wondered about my color usage and thought that the blots looked rather reminiscent of blood. I hadn't even thought of that, but I can see how someone might see that. She also felt a disconnect between the top half of the cover and the bottom half. I was going for a more of a design method for my cover; controlled chaos. I think I felt that kind of leaving the bottom a little less crazy than the top was just one way for me to control the chaos, but now that I think about it, I'm going to try switching the chaos; that is, put the less busy stuff on top so it doesn't interfere too much with the flag and try the chaos on the bottom.
This is the state it's in now. But after tonight, it should be drastically different, or I'll at least have a couple working versions of it.
The hands were meant to be jagged and rough but some are concerned that If I leave it like that it will just look like I don't know how to draw hands. Hmm. . . please opine. Can you tell that it's artistically motivated or does it look amateur?
And color. . . oy. I like the red. I really do. It's powerful, and paired with the black, lends itself to a very serious subject matter. I'm going to try some different colors, but I don't know if I'll like any quite as much as I do the red. Any thoughts? Does anyone else get a bloody feel from it? I definitely do not want that on this interracial cover.
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The Pantone Guide to Communicating With Color is a great book. So great, in fact, that I bought it five years ago when I was designing stuff in high school! I use that book all the time when I just don't know what color I should use. That book is the reason I chose the red for my interracial dating cover. Red is an exciting and dynamic color, according to the book. It's such a great resource to just be able to flip through the pages and read up on each color; it's not like we don't know what the book says, we just need to be reminded! Love it.
-| You Can't Miss. . . Stephanie Grace Lim! |-
Stephanie Grace Lim is a great designer. Newsdesigner.com reported that Lim has announced she is leaving the San Jose Mercury News to take a position with Pay Pal. The Merc must be heartbroken. I had the opportunity to hear her speak at the Society of News Design conference in Orlando this past fall. She's great. Here's some of her best work:
I'm curious to see what will come out of her working with Pay Pal. Their website has to be changing or something. For them to have attracted such a creative genius, there must be something spectacular their for her to work on. Keep an eye on her work here.
CLICK TO SEE LARGER VIEW! This front page blew my mind. It's very dramatic, very cutting edge. I don't know if I've ever seen a newspaper throw an actual documentary image behind the flag. I think it's entirely appropriate. It IS Kansas City. When an image like that is run so large, the impact just gains so much for the reader. How bad was the smoke from the fire? Oh, well if you saw the paper you'd know exactly how bad it was! I LOVE it. (Sorry it had to happen, but way to work it, KC Star!)
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