this is from a couple months ago, but I don't think I ever posted any updated versions. I'm still not entirely happy with parts of it so it'll probably get some more tweaking before it's printed. view the full size please

the glow around the boat bugs me still. find a different way to set it apart from the background. the moon also looks a bit random.

Album cover and handwritten logo for a band called The Drive out of Las Vegas, NV.

cmeyers said:the glow around the boat bugs me still. find a different way to set it apart from the background. the moon also looks a bit random.

I don't like the way the moon is, but I can't think of any other way of having a light source without completely reworking a huge portion of this

Just did this for some practise. Comments & critiques welcome,

kevinsylvia said:

cmeyers said:the glow around the boat bugs me still. find a different way to set it apart from the background. the moon also looks a bit random.

I don't like the way the moon is, but I can't think of any other way of having a light source without completely reworking a huge portion of this

What if you made the moon huge behind the ship and the ship was kind of silhouetted by it

cityhall said:

kevinsylvia said:

cmeyers said:the glow around the boat bugs me still. find a different way to set it apart from the background. the moon also looks a bit random.

I don't like the way the moon is, but I can't think of any other way of having a light source without completely reworking a huge portion of this

What if you made the moon huge behind the ship and the ship was kind of silhouetted by it

I think that could look sick if done right.

Matt Borchert said:

cityhall said:

kevinsylvia said:

cmeyers said:the glow around the boat bugs me still. find a different way to set it apart from the background. the moon also looks a bit random.

I don't like the way the moon is, but I can't think of any other way of having a light source without completely reworking a huge portion of this

What if you made the moon huge behind the ship and the ship was kind of silhouetted by it

I think that could look sick if done right.

I've tried that a few different ways, but it felt too overpowering for my liking

kevinsylvia said:this is from a couple months ago, but I don't think I ever posted any updated versions. I'm still not entirely happy with parts of it so it'll probably get some more tweaking before it's printed. view the full size please

I'd actually add more splatters or waves instead of putting a large moon behind it.

mhooper said:

Alot of unnecessary decoration here in my opinion. The background and the textures are distracting from the logo far too much. I think the logo looks nice though.

kevinsylvia said:

cmeyers said:the glow around the boat bugs me still. find a different way to set it apart from the background. the moon also looks a bit random.

I don't like the way the moon is, but I can't think of any other way of having a light source without completely reworking a huge portion of this

Do you need to show where the light source is coming from? Maybe you're over complicating things by trying to justify why the light is sitting how it is. I think if you fix the glow around the boat as mentioned before, you may not even need the moon there.

Definitely nit picking here, i personally really like the design. Really impressive stuff.

Anthony Smith said:

kevinsylvia said:

cmeyers said:the glow around the boat bugs me still. find a different way to set it apart from the background. the moon also looks a bit random.

I don't like the way the moon is, but I can't think of any other way of having a light source without completely reworking a huge portion of this

Do you need to show where the light source is coming from? Maybe you're over complicating things by trying to justify why the light is sitting how it is. I think if you fix the glow around the boat as mentioned before, you may not even need the moon there.

Definitely nit picking here, i personally really like the design. Really impressive stuff.

Yeah when I cover up the moon I actually like the design better. Less distracting.

Jupit said:

Sweet

kevinsylvia said:

cmeyers said:the glow around the boat bugs me still. find a different way to set it apart from the background. the moon also looks a bit random.

I don't like the way the moon is, but I can't think of any other way of having a light source without completely reworking a huge portion of this

Like a few others have said, do you even need the moon? I imagine that its pretty stormy if the boat is sinking and to be having waves chopping like that, therefore it would be raining and clouded over so you wouldn't see the moon anyway.

Matt Borchert said:

Anthony Smith said:

kevinsylvia said:

cmeyers said:the glow around the boat bugs me still. find a different way to set it apart from the background. the moon also looks a bit random.

I don't like the way the moon is, but I can't think of any other way of having a light source without completely reworking a huge portion of this

Do you need to show where the light source is coming from? Maybe you're over complicating things by trying to justify why the light is sitting how it is. I think if you fix the glow around the boat as mentioned before, you may not even need the moon there.

Definitely nit picking here, i personally really like the design. Really impressive stuff.

Yeah when I cover up the moon I actually like the design better. Less distracting.

I prefer it without the moon as well, but when I posted it the first time everyone complained about the lack of a light source. I've tried making the glow around the boat less noticeable, but all I had was a silhouette to work with (the band wanted me to use that specific reference image), and without the glow it's hard to separate the boat from the sky. I'm going to mess with it a bit more though and see what I can come up with

also, thank you Anthony, always nice hearing good things from designers I respect

I haven't done anything in a very long time. But, I did get to do my old bands album art once again. I'm quite happy with the way that it came out. Any thoughts?!

The Mothman said:I haven't done anything in a very long time. But, I did get to do my old bands album art once again. I'm quite happy with the way that it came out. Any thoughts?!

a lot of empty space on the bottom. and the lightning needs to be emitting light and not be so transparent.

cmeyers said:

The Mothman said:I haven't done anything in a very long time. But, I did get to do my old bands album art once again. I'm quite happy with the way that it came out. Any thoughts?!

a lot of empty space on the bottom. and the lightning needs to be emitting light and not be so transparent.

I originally had the lightening admitting more light (As seen below). But, I thought that it was overly distracting from the focal point. So, I had to dumb it down and take away from the "realism". Also, I really struggled trying to fill the bottom half. I tried numerous things and they all looked awful. Over time I grew fond of the desolate look and decided against adding more. Not to mention that I only had 5 days to get this done while juggling my time between work and school. But, thanks for the feedback! I appreciate it :-D

The Mothman said:

cmeyers said:

The Mothman said:I haven't done anything in a very long time. But, I did get to do my old bands album art once again. I'm quite happy with the way that it came out. Any thoughts?!

a lot of empty space on the bottom. and the lightning needs to be emitting light and not be so transparent.

I originally had the lightening admitting more light (As seen below). But, I thought that it was overly distracting from the focal point. So, I had to dumb it down and take away from the "realism". Also, I really struggled trying to fill the bottom half. I tried numerous things and they all looked awful. Over time I grew fond of the desolate look and decided against adding more. Not to mention that I only had 5 days to get this done while juggling my time between work and school. But, thanks for the feedback! I appreciate it :-D

not what i meant. they're hardly glowing. you know how lightning flashes when it strikes? it's because it's a light source. the way you have it here, is like photoshopping a lit lamp into a dark room. it doesn't make sense. they aren't effecting the environment around them. look at this photo, how the cloud is lit up by the lightning. your lightning isn't actually putting out light.

cmeyers said:

The Mothman said:

cmeyers said:

The Mothman said:I haven't done anything in a very long time. But, I did get to do my old bands album art once again. I'm quite happy with the way that it came out. Any thoughts?!

a lot of empty space on the bottom. and the lightning needs to be emitting light and not be so transparent.

I originally had the lightening admitting more light (As seen below). But, I thought that it was overly distracting from the focal point. So, I had to dumb it down and take away from the "realism". Also, I really struggled trying to fill the bottom half. I tried numerous things and they all looked awful. Over time I grew fond of the desolate look and decided against adding more. Not to mention that I only had 5 days to get this done while juggling my time between work and school. But, thanks for the feedback! I appreciate it :-D

not what i meant. they're hardly glowing. you know how lightning flashes when it strikes? it's because it's a light source. the way you have it here, is like photoshopping a lit lamp into a dark room. it doesn't make sense. they aren't effecting the environment around them. look at this photo, how the cloud is lit up by the lightning. your lightning isn't actually putting out light.

Well, I understand what you are saying. The pretentious fashion in which you said it was a bit unnecessary though. The lightening is actually coming from the tower. It's supposed to essentially be a giant tesla coil. I looked at a lot of pictures of tesla coils while working on this. I found that, unless it was a long time lapse photo, that the energy released from them does not admit strong reflections; especially for objects that have any kind of distance from them. Watch some videos of them in action. A lot of the times the videos almost look fake because of the lack of light admitted from the electricity. I can't explain it, but that's what I observed. Regardless, I fully understand what you're saying, and why you're saying it.

The Mothman said:

cmeyers said:

The Mothman said:

cmeyers said:

The Mothman said:I haven't done anything in a very long time. But, I did get to do my old bands album art once again. I'm quite happy with the way that it came out. Any thoughts?!

a lot of empty space on the bottom. and the lightning needs to be emitting light and not be so transparent.

I originally had the lightening admitting more light (As seen below). But, I thought that it was overly distracting from the focal point. So, I had to dumb it down and take away from the "realism". Also, I really struggled trying to fill the bottom half. I tried numerous things and they all looked awful. Over time I grew fond of the desolate look and decided against adding more. Not to mention that I only had 5 days to get this done while juggling my time between work and school. But, thanks for the feedback! I appreciate it :-D

not what i meant. they're hardly glowing. you know how lightning flashes when it strikes? it's because it's a light source. the way you have it here, is like photoshopping a lit lamp into a dark room. it doesn't make sense. they aren't effecting the environment around them. look at this photo, how the cloud is lit up by the lightning. your lightning isn't actually putting out light.

Well, I understand what you are saying. The pretentious fashion in which you said it was a bit unnecessary though. The lightening is actually coming from the tower. It's supposed to essentially be a giant tesla coil. I looked at a lot of pictures of tesla coils while working on this. I found that, unless it was a long time lapse photo, that the energy released from them does not admit strong reflections; especially for objects that have any kind of distance from them. Watch some videos of them in action. A lot of the times the videos almost look fake because of the lack of light admitted from the electricity. I can't explain it, but that's what I observed. Regardless, I fully understand what you're saying, and why you're saying it.

was not intending to be rude or pretentious. apologies if it sounded that way.

DoomToof said:

even though you have flipped some of the letters the brush font is super obvious, just draw it out.

The Mothman said:

cmeyers said:

The Mothman said:

cmeyers said:

The Mothman said:I haven't done anything in a very long time. But, I did get to do my old bands album art once again. I'm quite happy with the way that it came out. Any thoughts?!

a lot of empty space on the bottom. and the lightning needs to be emitting light and not be so transparent.

I originally had the lightening admitting more light (As seen below). But, I thought that it was overly distracting from the focal point. So, I had to dumb it down and take away from the "realism". Also, I really struggled trying to fill the bottom half. I tried numerous things and they all looked awful. Over time I grew fond of the desolate look and decided against adding more. Not to mention that I only had 5 days to get this done while juggling my time between work and school. But, thanks for the feedback! I appreciate it :-D

not what i meant. they're hardly glowing. you know how lightning flashes when it strikes? it's because it's a light source. the way you have it here, is like photoshopping a lit lamp into a dark room. it doesn't make sense. they aren't effecting the environment around them. look at this photo, how the cloud is lit up by the lightning. your lightning isn't actually putting out light.

Well, I understand what you are saying. The pretentious fashion in which you said it was a bit unnecessary though. The lightening is actually coming from the tower. It's supposed to essentially be a giant tesla coil. I looked at a lot of pictures of tesla coils while working on this. I found that, unless it was a long time lapse photo, that the energy released from them does not admit strong reflections; especially for objects that have any kind of distance from them. Watch some videos of them in action. A lot of the times the videos almost look fake because of the lack of light admitted from the electricity. I can't explain it, but that's what I observed. Regardless, I fully understand what you're saying, and why you're saying it.

Learn to take a critique without being so sensitive to the critique itself. It'll help you a lot in the long run. And it's "lightning" not "lightening".

itcamefromthesky said:

The Mothman said:

cmeyers said:

The Mothman said:

cmeyers said:

The Mothman said:I haven't done anything in a very long time. But, I did get to do my old bands album art once again. I'm quite happy with the way that it came out. Any thoughts?!

a lot of empty space on the bottom. and the lightning needs to be emitting light and not be so transparent.

I originally had the lightening admitting more light (As seen below). But, I thought that it was overly distracting from the focal point. So, I had to dumb it down and take away from the "realism". Also, I really struggled trying to fill the bottom half. I tried numerous things and they all looked awful. Over time I grew fond of the desolate look and decided against adding more. Not to mention that I only had 5 days to get this done while juggling my time between work and school. But, thanks for the feedback! I appreciate it :-D

not what i meant. they're hardly glowing. you know how lightning flashes when it strikes? it's because it's a light source. the way you have it here, is like photoshopping a lit lamp into a dark room. it doesn't make sense. they aren't effecting the environment around them. look at this photo, how the cloud is lit up by the lightning. your lightning isn't actually putting out light.

Well, I understand what you are saying. The pretentious fashion in which you said it was a bit unnecessary though. The lightening is actually coming from the tower. It's supposed to essentially be a giant tesla coil. I looked at a lot of pictures of tesla coils while working on this. I found that, unless it was a long time lapse photo, that the energy released from them does not admit strong reflections; especially for objects that have any kind of distance from them. Watch some videos of them in action. A lot of the times the videos almost look fake because of the lack of light admitted from the electricity. I can't explain it, but that's what I observed. Regardless, I fully understand what you're saying, and why you're saying it.

Learn to take a critique without being so sensitive to the critique itself. It'll help you a lot in the long run. And it's "lightning" not "lightening".

I assure you that I did not take it sensitively or personally. I was giving explanations, not excuses. The only semi-excuse I mentioned was my time crunch. I actually agreed with cmeyers and was explaining my reasonings for why I did, what I did, to this particular project. It truly can be frustrating, explaining the mannerisms that you intended to use through text. I apologize if I came off the wrong way.

Also, thank you for correcting my stupid spelling error that I kept using. I'm slightly embarrassed of that actually.

Craig Robson said:

DoomToof said:

even though you have flipped some of the letters the brush font is super obvious, just draw it out.

Obvious Levi Brush is obvious.

got rid of the moon and the red brackets and reduced the glow quite a bit. I think I'm finally done tinkering with this.

finished this up as well. photoshop and an india ink painting scanned in and manipulated. The outer ring represents the lives of those around you, the inner circle represents your life, and the lines connecting between the two are the relationships you form and the lessons you learn from them.

Did some branding/logo work for my wife who does interior design. I definitely went outside my normal aesthetic to acheive a more classy and elegant look. I tried a lot of ideas, but in the end we both agreed that simplest approach seemed to be the most effective.

Today we got the calling cards back from a local letterpress studio. They are even better than I imagined they would be. I literally got the chills when I saw the finished product.

Thats awesome Deekin! All of the concepts are great and the final outcome is phenomenal!

That looks great deekin! nice job

my two dogs names are Twig and Fig

RobotTiger said:my two dogs names are Twig and Fig

They do great letterpress work, did you teach them?
"Sit! Rollover! Print my business cards! Good doggy..."