design competition round 1 Rating Options

[brooklyneast05]

first round: book cover

first round is to redesign a book cover. you can choose whatever book you'd like. you need to do the full cover, so you need a front, back and spine. you need to set up the document to be one full piece though, not three separate images. here's an example:

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the front cover is 5 and half inches, the back cover is 5 and half inches and there's a 1 inch spin. so therefore the actual document is 12 inches wide and 8 and half inches tall.

this is just a sizing suggestion. you can change the sizing but make sure you're proportionate. don't do a 4 inch wide back cover and a 5 inch front cover. also keep in mind the spine size. the spine doesn't have to be one inch, but it needs to be considerably realistic. for example, don't redesign a book that's 700 pages and give it a 3/4th of an inch spine. there's no way 700 pages are going to fit into 3/4th of an inch.

send your design to me. you just needa give me a jpg or png image of it, not the whole file. if you're doing a book that you've read and you're including things in the design that people wouldn't get if they haven't read the book...give me an explanation with your entry so the judges will have a better understanding of your design.


send your entry to me by midnight may 15th


if you've got any more questions ask here or pm me.

[lovescream]

so.. we can use pictures right? like not just illustrate? and if so, does it have to be taken by us? can we use a stock/photomanip it or something & give cred?

[brooklyneast05]

so.. we can use pictures right? like not just illustrate? and if so, does it have to be taken by us? can we use a stock/photomanip it or something & give cred?

yes ma'am.

you guys can approach it however you want as far as pictures vs. illustration ect. like you said though you have to give credit, so when you submit it make sure to include information on what's not original. a link to the original image would be a plus if possible.

this goes for everyone, but,

for example, if you got a photo offline and manipulated it a lot then it would probably be in you guys favor to show us the original version too. just because it gives a better sense for the work involved you know