REQ: Grapic designer for label releases

[RDR]

Hi Folks

After a brief foray with photoshop i have decided that im rubbish. (DirtyB also pointed this out too.. so THANKS 'mate' )

So im looking for designers to put forward designs for record covers.

Im open to any sorts of designs.

main precepts

1400x1400
nowt with gorillas or any other primate. oh and no snails.

Sadly we wont be able to pay for this as things are run on a shoe string budget.

The labels logo will be placed by me on the finished item although i can give designers the logo if they want to incorporate them into a design.

Thanks a lot!

PS if you want to contact me can you please use

chris@r3tox(dot)co.uk

Cheers!

[Aratron]

Hi Folks

After a brief foray with photoshop i have decided that im rubbish. (DirtyB also pointed this out too.. so THANKS 'mate' )

your okay dude

stick at it.

[xes]

hhmm,if I can get the scanner working at work (don't have one here) I'll try to email you some of my pics that I drew when I was on drugs many years ago. If you like them,cool,if you don't,then scrap'em. Will see what I can do on monday. (if you do use any,a free record wouldn't go a miss :cheese: )


and also what Aratron said,stick with it. You can only get better the more you try.

[dan the acid man]

would this be for digital releases, vinyl or both, just asking so we know what shape to design for?

[xes]

can't go wrong with a square.

[xes]

unless you make it oblong.....

[RDR]

unless you make it oblong.....

A fair observation.

its for digital releases.

[RDR]

Here are a few examples of what ive been doing... opinions anyone, also it might give a good idea.

[dan the acid man]

erm, best let somebody else have a go mate

[RDR]

This seems to be the consensus of opinion

ah bollocks!

I spent ages on them as well...

Back to the drawing board innit...

SEE! i need help!

[dan the acid man]

i'll have a play about, im sure lots more people will too.

[MARK ANXIOUS]

i've learnt alot over the years about colour and shit through doing this website but everything takes me 10 years to get right and even then, i'm never happy with it. i think unless you're a trained graphic designer or have a natural talent for this shit, you're best using someone else. those designs you've done are good, but need stripping down colour-wise if you ask me. it's like making a tune i think, you gotta strip and strip, subtract subtrack, until it's really punching through. but then wtf do i know.

sure you're on a budget but sometimes you just gotta take the risk and pay. at the end of the day, the better the covers look, the more they will sell. if they look cheap, more often than not that means the music is shite (although hey, that theory has been proved wrong on numerous occasions over the years hehehe). it's worth it that you present yourself in a really nice way. you want to give your music the best chance don't ya?

i use the paranoid guys for all my artwork and it's the best decision i ever made. they're actualy really reasonably priced. ask them to make a logo and they'll give ya like a choice of 10 and ya pick the best. it's worth the initial spend mate, save up and trust me.... just check their portfolio on their website, the label will look wicked..

http://www.paranoiduk.com/ - tell them i sent ya (and anyone else reading this for that matter ;) )

good luck man.

[dirty_bass]

(DirtyB also pointed this out too.. so THANKS 'mate' )

Oi you cheeky fecker, I`m not a demon. I want your new venture to do well, and you need the whole package to be pro.
Did I not give you some good suggestions as places to look for designers?

[RDR]

Oi you cheeky fecker, I`m not a demon. I want your new venture to do well, and you need the whole package to be pro.
Did I not give you some good suggestions as places to look for designers?

im winding you up you twit!

[dirty_bass]

im winding you up you twit!

Sorry, post weekend brain skrunch

[RDR]

Sorry, post weekend brain skrunch

:cheese: :briggin:

[Aratron]

why dont you do it dodgy and stop being a coward

[The Overfiend]

Try Filip Xavi of the Concrete Djz, phenomenal work.
Also browse deviant art, alot of those guys are willing to work as long as credited for their designs.

[Ritzi Lee]

Damn those graphics hurt my eyes! :lol:

But seriously, you can't expect to have something for free if you want it to have at least some quality.

[RDR]

Damn those graphics hurt my eyes! :lol:

But seriously, you can't expect to have something for free if you want it to have at least some quality.

Yes and no to that.

your right and also wrong.

im hoping your wrong of course.