GT4 Photomode Magazine Cover: Week 4

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wow Civ ... very clean cover
simple but looks really great
I just can't explain why
however I prefer the non-blur one
 
Civ
Might as well give this a go. I used the Golf GTI and went with a clean mag cover look. I hate cluttered covers. 2 versions - 1 has some motion blur in it.


My favorite so far, although the aston martin in the corner could have done with a shadow
 
I think the m3 CSL text blocks the car too much
try use smaller text than the magazine title
the photos are pretty good however
 
franz
I think the m3 CSL text blocks the car too much
try use smaller text than the magazine title
the photos are pretty good however

Not sure about mine yet! Any tips or comments?



Edit: ok I changed it
 
boud101
Most of theses are very clean and professional this week. Good Job!

Mine sucks, I am not happy with it at all. I just can't get it right.

Edit: I have changed it yet again, I think this one will do me...

 
Civ
Might as well give this a go. I used the Golf GTI and went with a clean mag cover look. I hate cluttered covers. 2 versions - 1 has some motion blur in it.


Looks good!! Only suggestion I might say is to stroke the GTI text or do something to make it stand out. Looks kinda flat. Other than that, looks really well done 👍

Oh and add that shadow to the Nuvolari. :)
 
eastley
Mine sucks, I am not happy with it at all. I just can't get it right.

Edit: I have changed it yet again, I think this one will do me...


Id lose the 'wassssup' on the front plate. Other than that...looks alright.
 
Thanks for the feedback guys. I've now made some modifications, like adding shadows and just making some things stand out more. :)

 
Civ
Thanks for the feedback guys. I've now made some modifications, like adding shadows and just making some things stand out more. :)


The text looks much better. I think I might have made 'GTI' red but it doesnt look bad the way it is. Good Luck!
 
Just surfing thorugh and I like what I see!

I was working on a newsletter in my DDT class before I registered here and made "greeked" newsletter. None of the articles are real but the photos I put in are nice. Neads a letter-head and some other stuff so I'm not gonna post it yet. I'm supposed to be doing something else.... LOL

I may get around to participating in this contest using GIMP. Anyone else use that program?
 
one thing I wanted to mention...

I wont get to see the rest of the entries nor will I be able to vote for the poll this week. I will be on my honeymoon, so good luck to all the participants this week!! See ya in a week!
 
Easy$$ > have fun!
RedWolfRacer > most people here use photoshop or paint shop pro I think
Someone talked about Gimp before, but I have no idea who actually use it
anyway hope we will see your work in a bit
 
Civ
Thanks for the feedback guys. I've now made some modifications, like adding shadows and just making some things stand out more. :)

I like this one. The only thing that looks a bit off is the second "dot" before the M. It seems to be a bit close. Other then that, it's very nice!
 
eastley
Mine sucks, I am not happy with it at all. I just can't get it right.

Edit: I have changed it yet again, I think this one will do me...


Hey not to nitpick, but I think you mispelled 'imports' on your mag cover.
 
Hey, what is up fellas? Sorry I have'nt been around the last couple of days, but I have been pretty busy with school all this last week. I have been working on a final project, 120 page cook book that I fully designed, printed, and bound, and I am finally finished with it!!!:crazy: So I'll probably take a few pics tonight and try and get a few ideas of what I may wanna do, as well as snap a few shots of an MR car for the other comp. And some very nice looking entries this week BTW! Very nice Vicious VP, and Civ!👍
 
Getting better now ...
only problem is the Merc SL
it looks compressed horizontally
 
Gah I've been swamped with my job so I haven't had time to sit down with it. I think tomarrow is looking good.
 
eastley
What do you exactly mean by that? it's still it's original size...
I dont know .. it just don't look right for me (maybe I am wrong)

I am still doing the mod for my main car
just spend a whole day for a pair of doors and patching the body
think I should post a preview for my car ... Spyker spider :crazy:

It's almost done ... just need 2 more hours for the mod
and then the cover design will follow .... shouldn't take too long
Hope I have time to finish it up tmr
 
eastley
Ummmmmmm, what about this one?

Hmm, it's getting better but it needs a "clean up". You could play down the very bright gradients imo as they're too overwhelming. Try getting rid off the yellow glow on all the text too.
Another thing to consider is to move the main story heading (BMW M3 CSL) up or have the secondary story headings a bit smaller and off to the right somewhere.

I've now made some more slight modifications to my cover. I took Easy$$'s and Vicious VP's tips and applied them to the cover. I think this will be my final entry, unless someone suggests any other fixes. Last note - one has the word "GTI" in red, which Vicious suggested, but I thought that having the mag's header and GTI in red kinda "clashed" as there would be too much red, which is why I went with the grey. Which one looks best?

 
eastley
Ummmmmmm, what about this one?


Just to help out, I can say that from previous criticism I received in week 1, the black cover car is the "kiss of death". The cover has to be really good in order to overcome the black car.

What might be a good alternative in the future is take a different color car, say laguna blue or phoenix yellow (which kind of follows your theme already) and match your Mag logo color to the car (with a little gradient fade similar to what you already have). I personally think that with some tweaking that cover could be very well done.

You've got a lot of creativity eastley. It's nice to watch artists progress as they learn. I'm doing that myself but I don't get to see the progression without searching my old folders. :)👍
 
I wish I was able to enter this week, but I left my flash card at work, and that place is on lockdown and it's 62 miles away.:( I would have used the many many pics I took already, but I didn't really take enough of european cars. So i'm out this week, this sucks.

btw. Civ, that's a really nice cover, it will probably win, good job.
 
[FPV]Rusty
FINAL ENTRY



Just a quick one, didnt really take to long on it.
OH NO! ze Germans!!!

heheh I like that one a lot! 👍 :D

time pending I'm going to have a go with this, I've mocked up the main cover image but that's all I've had a chance to do so far.

 
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