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Re: So You Think You Can Design a Better Modern Times Cover?

Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2010 5:09 am
by knives
It's only mostly false.

Re: So You Think You Can Design a Better Modern Times Cover?

Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2010 5:11 am
by domino harvey
Isn't false a binary distinction?

Re: So You Think You Can Design a Better Modern Times Cover?

Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2010 5:20 am
by knives

Re: So You Think You Can Design a Better Modern Times Cover?

Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2010 5:32 am
by domino harvey
That reference was inconceivable! [/someone had to do it]

Re: So You Think You Can Design a Better Modern Times Cover?

Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2010 8:31 am
by Duncan Hopper
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Re: So You Think You Can Design a Better Modern Times Cover?

Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2010 3:03 pm
by Steven H
stealing domino harvey's idea:
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Re: So You Think You Can Design a Better Modern Times Cover?

Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2010 3:33 pm
by domino harvey
Oh I'm taking it to Twitter now, bitch

Re: So You Think You Can Design a Better Modern Times Cover?

Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2010 3:40 pm
by Steven H
This thread is driving the board apart!

Re: So You Think You Can Design a Better Modern Times Cover?

Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2010 3:44 pm
by domino harvey
I haven't experienced emotions this heightened since Marcy Playground's last album

Re: So You Think You Can Design a Better Modern Times Cover?

Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2010 4:05 pm
by Steven H
It's like this thread is a brick and we're drowning slowly.

Re: So You Think You Can Design a Better Modern Times Cover?

Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2010 4:17 pm
by Brian C
Alphonse Doinel has my vote. That's excellent.

Re: So You Think You Can Design a Better Modern Times Cover?

Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2010 4:37 pm
by godardslave
Steven H wrote:It's like this thread is a brick and we're drowning slowly.
At least, this is true,
Twitter is better than war.
And it is safer.

Re: So You Think You Can Design a Better Modern Times Cover?

Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2010 8:10 pm
by Flike
I think Steven's redo of domino's cover along with Alphonse's are actually really good. Frankie's first is good enough despite the queasy colors, which is still saying a lot as he spent fifteen minutes on it. I was starting to get worried after the end of the first page but, yes, good stuff.

Re: So You Think You Can Design a Better Modern Times Cover?

Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2010 9:25 pm
by Paupau
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My brother envisioned this.

Re: So You Think You Can Design a Better Modern Times Cover?

Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2010 10:44 pm
by Numero Trois
godardslave wrote:Twitter is better than war. And it is safer.
Tell that to the Iranians

Re: So You Think You Can Design a Better Modern Times Cover?

Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 12:17 am
by Mikos Stenopolis
so far the only good input is paupau's

Re: So You Think You Can Design a Better Modern Times Cover?

Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 3:45 am
by AtlantaFella
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Re: So You Think You Can Design a Better Modern Times Cover?

Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 3:49 am
by Frances
Can you guys create a better cover for Darjeeling too? :-"

Re: So You Think You Can Design a Better Modern Times Cover?

Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 3:49 am
by AisleSeat
A lot of wonderful creativity ... some of these designs are truly excellent!

Re: So You Think You Can Design a Better Modern Times Cover?

Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 10:04 am
by Finch
Words fail me re that Variety blurb on Atlantafella's cover #-o

Re: So You Think You Can Design a Better Modern Times Cover?

Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 11:04 am
by perkizitore
Some nice ideas but monstrous fonts...
So far, only Paupaus' cover captures somewhat the essence of the film.

Re: So You Think You Can Design a Better Modern Times Cover?

Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 1:18 pm
by AtlantaFella
Finch wrote:Words fail me re that Variety blurb on Atlantafella's cover #-o
Yeah, my cheek is sore from creating that cover, but the blurb is legit. Priceless, eh?

Re: So You Think You Can Design a Better Modern Times Cover?

Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 12:55 am
by HistoryProf
it seems mr. designer guy deleted the tweets people discussed late last week, but Domino linked to this saying he had posted it as the starting point/draft idea for the cover...is this real? Did he really make a cover w/ Times New Roman as the main font?

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I find all of this quite hilarious, but the fact that Criterion green lighted the cover they did is hard to understand. It's just lazy, sophomoric photoshop garbage. anyone could do it. there is nothing remotely inspired about it, it rips off A Clockwork Orange, and shows extremely limited graphic design comprehension. I'm not a designer, but I know what good designs look like, and this ain't it. It's flat out boring. I can only pray they don't make it a template for future covers using the same spare theme and overwhelming blankness.

Re: So You Think You Can Design a Better Modern Times Cover?

Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 1:06 am
by HistoryProf
zitherstrings wrote:To be fair this took me 12 minutes and it appears Smith only have 5-8 to do his.

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this is 10x better than the current one. easily.

Re: So You Think You Can Design a Better Modern Times Cover?

Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 3:31 am
by MyNameCriterionForum
Let's be fair: How many other drummers are good designers? Lars Ulrich? Phil Collins? Buddy Rich? Chris Mars (actually...!) He's practically a Renaissance Man. Let's hope he's not a comedian as well -- he'd be giving Phil Hartman a run for his money.