Cover art, Hell's Circus.

[ColAvanor]

Hey,

 

 

 

Made a cover art for an online game acquaintance of mine. The album's name is Hell's Circus and I wasn't feeling very creative, hence the outcome. It's part painted, part photomanip, part ugly. Took quite a bit of time in the end. About ten hours I think.

 

 

 

I'd wanted to have the maestro himself wearing a director's white tie type of garment, but he insisted on this choice of cloathing. Was quite a pain to sink him into the picture. Tried to achieve that by painting him the hand that is grasping the skull, but I'm not completely satisfied.

 

 

 

The cover for Hell's Circus: http://www.elias.pietila.fidisk.fi/enigmanFlat.jpg

 

Original picture of the artist: http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/9483/dsc01420tb0.jpg

 

 

 

Feel free to comment and do make suggestions for changes, it's not in print yet. (I'll point out the messy looking album name myself)

[VjuliusT]

It's quite amazing to look at, gives me that "warm" feel (Of death :twisted:).

 

 

 

Improvements (My opinion) :

 

The text is a bit confusing, it points at one direction and the sign points at another direction, I know the text would look like this in real life but it's way to much in my opinion.

 

 

 

His right arm (upper arm to his shoulder, our left) feels a bit like the picture and not "painted" like the rest of his body.

 

 

 

The hands need to be improved slightly, I would like to see a bit more of the hand, not too much but just as you can spot it.

 

 

 

The lava looks a bit "ember"ish and not like lava, needs a darker colour on it, if you look on pictures with lava you'll see it. Also the lava north-west of him looks like it's closer than it should be, blur it out a bit?

 

 

 

The stalagmites (Sp?) needs to be straight, some of them look a bit wavy (Can't figure out the word so I used wavy).

 

 

 

The wall (South-east of the Circus) looks a bit sketchy if you get me, I think it would look better if it was smooth like the rest of the walls.

 

 

 

The paths lines could be a bit better at the edges and it could use some rubble.

 

 

 

Might want to remove that NY logo to avoid copyright thingy.

[ColAvanor]

Don't ask me how I noticed this, but this thread is already indexed by google with the name "elias pietilä" from the url.. still there's only one comment. Come one people, I know you want to say something! :oops:

 

His right arm (upper arm to his shoulder, our left) feels a bit like the picture and not "painted" like the rest of his body.

 

The whole character is a bit out of place due to the same reason. I might go over it with a brush to sink it in better.

 

The hands need to be improved slightly, I would like to see a bit more of the hand, not too much but just as you can spot it.

 

I actually made a hand that showed the back of the palm partially. Paint-wise it was bette than the current one, but it also made the stance look uncomfortable and akward.

 

 

The stalagmites (Sp?) needs to be straight, some of them look a bit wavy (Can't figure out the word so I used wavy).

 

I guess my hand isn't as steady as I wanted it to be :). What's wrong with curvey things anyway? ;)

 

The wall (South-east of the Circus) looks a bit sketchy if you get me, I think it would look better if it was smooth like the rest of the walls.

 

The part of the wall that covers some of the tent is actually supposed to be a very dense stalagmite bunch. A bit like the ones in this picture.

 

 

 

http://hays.outcrop.org/images/groundwa ... -13-17.jpg

 

 

 

 

Might want to remove that NY logo to avoid copyright thingy.

 

Ye, I'm sure they'll sue for a free advertisement :)

[xxxShade]

Overall, this picture looks very tossed together: the skulls, sign, and parts of the character all seem to be made in/for different contexts. One thing that bothers me is the path and stalagmites seem rushed and for a album cover. Also, the hand grabbing the skulls seems to be painted in a completly different style than the character itself. Finally, the perspective on the lava makes it akward to look at. I see a lot of potential in individual parts of this piece, but brought together hurts the collective feel of it.