Cd cover

I did this cd cover for a ****y! client. what do you guys think? im used to not saying what looks better cause of my job ,i dont usually get much freedom when doing a piece for someone .... but hey as long as im getting paid maybe you guys can tell me what you all think....thanks!

http://www.infamousonline.com/cover.jpg

Did you take that photo? The photo is great but I would rethink the type stay away from drop shadow on type unless it is completely needed, which is rarely. The pencil seems out of place to me atleast. I dont understand why he is holding it.

Yummy juicy veins!! I like the photo.

I'd move the parental advisory thing up about a quarter of an inch. You want to give it a little more room for mistake when it gets cut.

it's very awkward being upside down. you may want to ty playing with some other fonts as it's very difficult to read right now.

I don't like any of it, to be honest.

The photo would be so much better if he weren't holding a PENCIL. He looks like he should be holding a gun or a knife, or some illegal sunstances, not a frikken PENCIL. The font is obscure - it's very hard to read, and it's just flat our an ugly font. Try putting a new font up, i am not sure what it should be, but you'll think of something i am sure. Just make the name/album title more readable.

Nos.

The pic is nice but the text is not at all, especially the Nepharius part is very much out of place and just ugly. First thing you should do IMO is remove it from the left and put it above the other text, using a smaller, and other!, font. I would like to see one of those classic, very curly fonts there, I think it would look real nice. Also, text color is not very good either I think.

But I can see this turning into a really nice cover and I mean it.

The picture is nice and that is kinda original for a layout. The only thing that I dislike is the text and the parental advisory logo. Maybe I'm just simple but I don't like the font that you use on this one. I'd rather go with something simple and straightforward. Then on the logo, if you can make that image sharper, it would look better.

Thanks fellaz
yea i think the font doesnt look to goon there...

The reason he is holding a pencil is because the album is about rhymes, about lyrycs, tahts why i didnt put a knife or some illegal substances, its not on the topic. hope you understand now why i chose a pencil

The photo i flipped upside down cause i like the way it looks when i take a glance at it. Since its upside down it grabs an eye (well as me and the client think) but i will try to mess around with the type and post again thanks

[QUOTE=infamous]Thanks fellaz
yea i think the font doesnt look to goon there...

The reason he is holding a pencil is because the album is about rhymes, about lyrycs, tahts why i didnt put a knife or some illegal substances, its not on the topic. hope you understand now why i chose a pencil

The photo i flipped upside down cause i like the way it looks when i take a glance at it. Since its upside down it grabs an eye (well as me and the client think) but i will try to mess around with the type and post again thanks[/QUOTE]

Well if you are trying to show that it is about lyrics Id recommend having a notepad filled with lyrics on the ground so we understand that he is writting and getting frustrated.

Or at least a broken pencil. I like the idea, you just need to elaborate a bit more with it.

Also, everyone is right, that font sucks. Or at least how you have handled it. Don't run the name in a vertical manner. It has poor legibility on top of the fact the font is hard to read already..Work off what you have and develop it a bit more. It's a good concept, don't drop it.