orgo

Heya,

Well whenever you combine copy (words) with visual elements you tread into the realm of print layout. The main thing that I'd address here is a real simple rule to follow for design in general: the 50% rule. That is, if the main object or focal element of a design does not possess at least 50% of the layout area then the design is conflicted and unfocused. In this particular piece, the colorized photo presents the focal point: the man walking toward the horizon line. That is being conflicted by the large block of copy (words) that you have kinda ghosted in the center of the image. My suggestions to remedy this are: 1. Drop the copy down to the bottom 1/5th of the image and place a black box behind it that covers the width of the image. 2. Change the copy to a less-serif font face...like Georgia or Rockwell. 3. Reduce the point size of the copy by about 4-6 points (like form 18pt to 12...experiment).

Color-wise this is great...very evocative. However, I am one to gravitate towards conventional color theory. Your image is very cool in temperature...mostly blue in fact. Basic good design stresses Contrast as one of its principles. You can achieve Contrast through basic color theory, which states that all colors have an opposing hue (color) on the color wheel. These opposing colors tend to harmonize with each other in nature and also contrast each other to provide visual tension. They are called Complementary colors. The complementary color of blue is orange. So I think you should change you copy to a neutral (grayish) yellow-orange or something there about.

It's the little things that come together to forge a powerful design.

Hope that helps!

~Craig

Wildangel

This helps me out alot. I kinda goobered tho. with CS2 I forgot to save m y work and just saved for web, so I have to recreate it. But with what you have said, I may come up with a totally different piece entirely. Thanks again Craig. I love your design concept!

Wildangel

Okay so I got a little silly here. This was a stage with my child that I thought we were past..... oh my...here we go.

Crack-Sho-Booty

I got crack-sho-booty
something girls panties shouldn't do
they're cute as can be
but it just isn't fair
a little rub here,
a little tickle there
*whine* mom i got crack-sho-booty
*whine* fix it.
boys undies,
yeah there we go
we got sponge bob and scooby doo
woohoo no more crack-sho-booty

sorry this was short*lol* my daughter made up the lil phrase crack-sho-booty when she was just over a year old. She has serious issues with wedgies. if undies touch her butt, she freaks out. Girls panties, forget it. We've learned to remedy the situation with first, boxer briefs, then underoos. I probably have the only girl who runs around in boys undies. But at least she's comfy.

Wildangel

Here is a picture I did in photoshop. I love how it turned out. Not quite sure what all I did. But I like how it turned out. The refrence can be found in Droppers Photographs Thread


With an overlay of Hello Sheet Music.



oh boy compression kills.

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Wildangel

Here is a song I recorded. I had quite a bit of help with mixing and backing vocals from Alarandiia. Can't thank her enough. The song is by Leann Rimes. Probably wouldn't be this way. Right click and save as-to save bandwith. Thanks.

Jane

Well, it's fairly well done... especially for you tackling a Leann Rimes like that. Good on you. And I have to give Alarandiia props... she's doing a great job figuring out how to add extra sets of vocals. I'd listened to her most recent one... quite an experiment.

In fact, your voice is so gentle, that at times Alarandiia's backup vocals almost take over the song. O.o; But anyway, this song is definitely good and decent. I'm quite impressed with how you handled it. Good job, hun.

P.S. Your new avatar is adorable; I'd been meaning to say something. :P

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Alarandiia

I totally agree. I was trying so hard to make them lighter, but if I brought the volume down any more than I did, you could barely hear them. Maybe if I devote some more time to it, I could make it a lot better.

I really like Karen's voice a lot on this, her tone is perfect for it, and I think it turned out great.

Wildangel

I think with a bit more practice I could tackle it a bit better. warming up and all. I was naughty and didn't warm up. and I didn't know the song all that well. But you did a wonderful job mixing it. I'll play around with it and a couple others we discussed tomorrow.

Thanks. means alot. Leann is very hard to do. SHe's very talented. I think that Alarandiia did wonderfully with the mixing. I have a very soft voice. so it's easy to be overpowered. I think with a lil more vocal control i'll be able to be a lil more productive in the vocal range. I think with the confidence boosting i've been getting lately, has helped tremendously. I find I am relaxing a bit more behind the mic than what I was during the Karaoke contest. So look for more music to come. I have a decent song as a surprise if i can pull it off. More to come tomorrow I hope.

Jane

You guys are definitely getting better and better at recording songs, let me tell you. Keep it up, because you can only improve. You two will probably be stars in no time, lol. ~.^

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Wildangel

Well I know Alarandiia will be a star in no time. It's just a hobby for me. But I love to sing, and getting pointers and encouragement to do it helps alot.

Okay, so I am hoping that by the end of next week I'll have a new song on here for ya'll to check out.