Before Enhancement
After Enhancement
I decided to try and take this book cover in another direction. Rather than the warm reds and browns that gave it the Indiana Jones Temple of Doom feel. I wanted to move towards greens, representing radioactive, cosmic forces. I also felt that the image filter I put on the temple was taking away from it. I adjusted the hue on the radiation symbol. I also adjusted the hue on the background, and reduced the saturation. I also reworked the title . I changed the font to a much bolder one. I also took the same flames that were behind the radiation symbol and used them as a fill for the title. I took the flames and adjusted the hue, and added a white color overlay at a low percentage to try and make them pop. For the smaller letters I sampled a green from the newly adjusted radiation symbol, and again added a white overlay.
Hope you guys like this version.
I do like the move to green. It gives it an eerie, nuclear feel. Nice touch. I also like the type adjustments, but think the title could be bigger with a solid fill. Nice cover. Lots of interest.
ReplyDeleteI like the new type. Its stronger and I could see not reason for the wavy lines.
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The new color does add a sense of bio hazard to the design. I also like the straight type versus the wavy.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the professor, I like the straight non-wavy text, but I almost feel the green makes this piece seem more cartoonish then the red hues. Besides the text cleanup, I really like the original better.
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