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Hey all!Just wondered if you would take a sec and check out my album cover. It's finally done:www.jamiesouthworth.com/FYBCover.jpgThe Album is "Follow Your Bliss" and when you hear the music the cover makes a lot of sense LOL.It's all here: www.jamiesouthworth.com or on Taxi: www.taxi.com/jameii (I think!)thanks in advance!Jamie

Jamie,Well, you ain't no Amy Winehouse.And that's SO GOOD!You have a beautiful voice, and the cover looks great.

LOLOLOL....I can sing her stuff..does that count? LOL...thanks for checking it out!J

It's a BEAUTY of a shot, Jamie.Ted

Studying those leaves on that plant(or tree) you are holding. Nice pic. My oldest daughter has green eyes also. Have your feet settled back on earth again after all this excitement?later

Great job , Curious - did you do it yourself? I like the faded background effects & text. I think creating your own image is a very hard thing to do , to keep a level head and perspective on your own critique of yourself. I'm a design school drop out, with a love of Photoshop. I enjoy doing all my own artwork for my music. I dont know how to post links, etc of my stuff into the forum yet. ~Chris

Hey Chris,No. Although I AM a graphic artist from a former life LOL....I knew better. There are some things we can't do and this is one of them. I used to own a software company (www.aluriasoftware.com) and we sold it to Earthlink a few years ago. There was an amazing artist there named Shane (www.launch-design.com) and I commissioned him to do the artwork for the Jacket. The cover is just one part. The rest is KILLER. It has a booklet w/lyrics, etc. Very very beautiful. It took 3 photo sessions to get it "right"...I had no idea how hard this was!This has been a pretty awesome project from day one..and it's getting more and more interesting...

Oh...wow Ok, now you´re going to hate me for saying this but... Two things that grabbed my attention:- the cutting is a bit rough (several jagged edges)- the plant is obviously pasted from another picture (it looks unnatural because the plant should be out of focus and the lighting is wrong/different as well) Other than that it´s great.- JH

Quote:Oh...wow Ok, now you´re going to hate me for saying this but... Two things that grabbed my attention:- the cutting is a bit rough (several jagged edges)- the plant is obviously pasted from another picture (it looks unnatural because the plant should be out of focus and the lighting is wrong/different as well) Other than that it´s great.- JHLOL...I wouldn't ask if I didn't want an opinion I have 5 kids...trust me I have thick skin!!Yes..you are right on all 3 counts. The lighting on my hands is a bit washed out...too.The plant was and is a problem because we weren't sure during the shoots if we were doing a plant or a ball of light...went w/the plant...but I agree it has a more "pasted" look.That said...the average person won't see what you or I would see as graphics ppl. He's still tweaking all of it..I'm going to mention this to him since it's been bugging me a bit too thanks!J

Ahh ... but remember "scale" jh ...... Your not going be able to "zoom" in on her CD cover as you did this photo file..... which already opens up 4 times larger than the CD will actually be. Chances are what you've pointed out wont be noticed Chris