Book Cover Design in Other Graphic Design

Held by RHMF

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won
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Congratulations to the winner, haetro!
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138
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$150
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Created:
Thu, 04 Oct 2007 03:23:30 +0000
Ends:
Thu, 11 Oct 2007 03:23:30 +0000
Modified:
Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:04:54 +0000
Last Feedback:
Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:26:06 +0000
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31
Designers:
31
Feedback:
74%
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This is a self-help book for couples written in Spanish by Dr. Amauri Castillo. Dimensions are 6 X 9 inches.

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    Tropicandrew
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    Sat, 03 Nov 2007 21:27:54 +0000
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    Wow, well, okay...like I said though, as a hispanic male myself I wouldn't pick up that book to read for myself. Yeah, I know, we're supposed to be romantic "Latin Lovers", but I still feel that if I needed help in my relationship I'd hope to find something that didn't make me look like a big puss when I carried it around. JHMO.

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    RHMF
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    Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:24:33 +0000
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    Hey everyone, in case you got this far down the thread. Just wanted to say "great contest". You all rock! Some amazing designs were created by some amazing designers. Bless your creative souls each and everyone. The winner was picked by the author of the book, while I offered some of my favorites, he had the final say. He like Haetro's warm colors and heart design. While maybe a bit leaning toward the feminine side, he felt it would appeal to men as well. This author has two other books in need of a cover designs - One is called one is a father's advice for his son; the other is a father's advice for his daughter. So we'll be sure to let you guys know when we launch them. Hope you all come back with great stuff. And sorry for the few days it took us to decide. The author was traveling for a few days. He loves Sitepoint now...I always have. Best to everyone - RHMF

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    Tropicandrew
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    Sat, 13 Oct 2007 12:10:13 +0000
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    It seems to be an error that happens in the contests lately. I've noticed that when the CH picks the winner, the "late" entries disappear (happened in that Cider Label contest I was in). It's weird. o_O Someone should probably notify the mods/admins about it....

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    iimagination
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    Sat, 13 Oct 2007 07:55:57 +0000
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    How come new entries are coming in after the contest has ended?

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    Tropicandrew
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    Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:25:46 +0000
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    You're -really- missing the point here, but I'm sorry I offended you re: the comment re: your photorealistic gender metal.
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    ... (separating commentary here, because the following isn't really addressed to anyone and SP's comment featuring doesn't separate paragraphs for some reason)
    I have seen libraries upon libraries of books and some of them have great covers and some of them have really terrible covers, so it's a gamble. As for what I think, I think that vision176's "cover" (as in, the one named "cover") works quite well if the CH goes the romantic route...it's well-composed both graphically and typograhically (so are yao's, though they're less romantic and more subtext, which is cool too).

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    StealthWorks
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    Fri, 12 Oct 2007 07:52:18 +0000
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    Tropicandrew - I still don't see why natk felt she had a right to be annoyed when I used the standard male/female symbols in my image. I see you used a heart in your image, I guess everyone who used a heart in theirs before you should really be taking offence at you too!!!
    Guess I'm done with this thread - good luck to all of you - there are some really great designs for this one.

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    Tropicandrew
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    Fri, 12 Oct 2007 01:14:15 +0000
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    Re: "Will we know if anyone won and who won?", sometimes it takes ages for people to decide, or they just flake out and forget to decide. The last book cover that I did win (which I think is the first thing on my info page/since the new set-up is up), that contest holder flaked out and seemed to "forget" that he held a contest, LOL. It was a few weeks/a month or so I think until he finally declared. :( I would venture that this contest holder might not be like that though, because he/she's given okay feedback (some don't give ANY). It's possible that they might have their favorites and are hashing it out. Who knows? Patience is the key, I guess. ^_^

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    Tropicandrew
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    Fri, 12 Oct 2007 01:07:37 +0000
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    Interesting. Well, then nice work re: the 3-D modelling (you might want to fix the fuzziness on the rendering in the final design though, because it does look like a lower-res-photo of the symbols was carefully Shopped into your composition), but I still think it's a bit weird re: the comments that ensued. No one's jumping down anyone's throat here (well, *I*'m not, I can't speak for anyone else), I'm just saying that I can relate to natk's feeling re: the usage of particular symbols or design motif or model in a SitePoint spec contest. We're all creatives to various degrees, and it's interesting to watch the course of the designs coming up every day. :)

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    StealthWorks
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    Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:39:19 +0000
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    Tropicanandrew - Actually just for the record - I DID render the symbols! I created them as 3D models and then used a rendering package to create them as photo-realistic objects. Yes a couple of the backgrounds (in entry 2 & 3) are stock photos integrated into the scene but the first and last one don't use any stock photographs. I created these models specifically for the contest. If you read my post to the contest holder I wasn't implying I had any unique brilliant idea, I was just saying that I had read his comments on other pieces and taken them on board when creating mine. Not really sure why you are jumping down my throat on this one - it was a perfectly innocent statement! So in summary Tropicandrew, my comments were also 100% true - I could take offence that you are implying otherwise!

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    StealthWorks
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    Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:25:32 +0000
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    Tropicanandrew - Actually just for the record - I DID render the symbols! I created them as 3D models and then used a rendering package to create them as photo-realistic images. Yes a couple of the backgrounds (in entry 2 & 3) are stock photos integrated into the scene but the first and last one are completely created by me ie. you won't find them anywhere else - I created them specifically for this contest. If you read my post to the contest holder I wasn't implying I had any unique brilliant idea, I was just saying that I had read his comments on other pieces and taken them on board when creating mine. Not really sure why you are jumping down my throat on this one - it was a perfectly innocent statement! So in summary Tropicandrew, my comments were also 100% true - I could take offence that you are implying otherwise!

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