Hey All
Dropping in with my entry into the @soundlegion Steemit artists music compilation volume 4 cover contest.
Breakdown
For the design, I started by making some vector art to serve as a clean base for the cover in Illustrator. Vectors have the ability to infinitely scale and retain their image quality, which I'm always a stickler for. The resultant art was the snakey-kinda thing [or more technically, a blend between shapes along a spine] in the background, which originally had a gradient and some other color properties that I ended up ditching in favor of a monochromatic final image.
I then ported it over to Photoshop to add in the logos, typesetting, and get the colors right. After looking through the provided logos, I decided I wanted to emphasize the steemit logo. Balancing the size and placement of the elements within the piece always takes a few tries and a bit of experimentation.
The last step of the process for me can be the one where the design undergoes the most drastic changes, as I tend to work with color last. When I was laying everything out, I had several strongly contrasting colors going on, a very busy gradient within the vector art, and the Steemit signature color all competing for attention. I do it this way for inspiration, as it allows me to see several avenues to pursue once I reach the end. Discarding the majority of the color information and going with a flat and simple design emphasizing the steemit colors [which I nudged darker to be easier on the eyes] won out.
Here's an alternate take
Be sure to submit a track or cover over at the contest page.
Thanks for reading.
Perfect..
contest update: I have sent you 2 steem for your work because of contest changes.
https://steemit.com/soundlegion/@soundlegion/steemit-artist-music-compilation-volume-4-cover-art-contest-revised-no-longer-using-the-official-steemit-logo
would you please re submit?
Thank you friend
Hey @soundlegion ! Didn't get a chance to fix it before I went on vacation. Here's two without the steemit logo!
thank you big my friend. such a total shame to cause looked so awesome with that logo like that, lots of votes in for that one too.
Ah bummer. Sure thing, I'll whip something up tonight.
these are fantastic thank you so much for entering. This is pretty top knotch i love it!
Thanks for checking it out, and hosting the contest!
nice art...
thats wonderfull
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