Sijun Forums :: View topic - [bookcover] - Saapa, or soap for you english speaking monkey

BooMSticK · Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2001 8:38 am

Hi,
Some of you might have seen the wip of this image in the wip-gallery. I got some good suggestions there as well at the lumental messageboard... And this is the outcome!
I still have a couple of days before I have to hand it over to the editor so keep them suggestions/comments coming fast!

thx,
Boom

Tinusch · Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2001 4:07 pm

I like it a lot, looks very Breakerboy-ish. I really like your new style. But I'm not quite sure what the meaning of this picture is... Maybe I'd be able to give some better critique if you explained it a bit. And I'm not too sure of the intention of the black scribble.

Gothic Gerbil · Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2001 4:15 pm

The black scribble is where his title is going as I recall? I think you should ditch or otherwise tone down the receipt up there next to his head, it is far too much of a focal point. I really like your detail in the illustration on the pizza box. Well that's really all I've got to comment, sorry, just woke up.

mk · Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2001 1:01 am

Japp i dont like that black thing also. It looks like an error or accident while painting...

mk

Biseor · member Member # Joined: 10 Nov 2001 Posts: 62 Location: US

Whoa! You Euro's serve dead dogs as Pizza?! The EU is worse off than I thought!

BooMSticK · Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2001 2:47 am

hi there

Yes, the big black blob (bbb) is where the title and authors name are going to be placed. Its a fixed layout that I had nothing to do with.

tinusch - thx. I don't think this is my new style. I just wanted to try something different, graphic and still painted with volume. Your remark about Breakerboy is spot on! I very much like his work!
Gothic - Your'e right! Good suggestion and observation.
mk - yep, nothing I can do about it though.

Biseor - haha!

Nah - it's a scene in the story where a little dog gets run over by a big 18-wheeler. The kids uses an old pizzabox to get the flat dog back home...
more comments?

,Boom

taff · member Member # Joined: 04 Nov 2001 Posts: 140

lmao @ your explanation, why the dog is in the pizzabox. *laughs*

You did a great job on the receipts. The typo on it rocks. looks awesome.
I think the Pizza-Cover is a bit to strong in color. Might desaturate it just an little little bit, or make it more, �hhh (do not know the word for it) ,ore swishy or something,like the rest of the pic. I.e. compare the dogs head with the cover, looks different. -> but I could be wrong, I'm at school with a pc equal with a piece of crap, with just 256 colors.

BooMSticK · Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2001 4:36 am

t4fF - Good observation through only 256 colors... LOL!

I'll give it a shot and try to desaturate the cover abit...
Thx for the comment!

,Boom

DiXter · Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2001 7:39 am

I like this! And I like the style you're using..

Maybe you should try to do some black outlines around the characters to this pic..
I think it would look cool with the style you have

Well just thought anyway..

andreas ost · Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2001 8:14 am

Nice job! Great style!

I agree with Gothic Gerbil about the receipt.

BooMSticK · Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2001 9:20 am

Dixter - thank you. I did try using outline around the maincharacter, but I really didn't feel it worked really well... Some have said the same though, so I might give it another shot.
Andreas - Thank you... and so do I!

,Boom