Your Input is Appreciated! (CD cover poll related)

soulmarcosa

I'm working on a cover for a local bollywood cover band and we're almost there, designwise. These four options are very similar, but I'd be interested to see which one of these covers ya'll like the most. Holler.

faux_rillz

I mean, they're all cool, but do you think you could add a touch of:




Seriously, I think I prefer the top one.

Birdman9

The white "Mastana" is a must no mater what you go with, that black doesn't jump.
But this is my fave, and it all loks great. I need to have you do a flyer for our Wed nite!

Mr_Lee_PHD

Definitely the third one.

Zeus

Definitely the third one.

Sho' nuff

tallbobsmoke

I vote for the first one.

By the way, does anyone know what that bollywood website is that had pictures of the Composers and their albums? I can't find it.

Thanks

The_Non

Put this up in the mizzix

Artifactor

Put this up in the mizzix

I AGREE.

twoply

Definitely the third one.

DOR

DjArcadian

KARLITO

I vote for no. 1 but w/ the "Project Mastana" type treatment and flower burst from #2. Or for # 2 w/ the building from #1 instead of the Taj(?). They are all awesome though!

knewjak

this cover has the best color displacement, and its easier to read (ie the yellow text and blue people work well). However, I would like to see the slogan: 'bollywood and beyond'.

asprin

dsanders

The first one.

LooksLikeSinbad

The blue in the 4th one and the red in the 1st one look great. 2 & 3 don't have enough contrast in the colors, it all runs together too much without anything popping. Overall I like #4 the best but I would try it with the circle and burst from the first one. Hope that helps.

nice work.

djdaze

#4 looks dope

HAZ

the first one!

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Strider79it

yuichi

1 and 4:

#1 says "Obscure heat!"

#4 says "Bangin!"



also i prefer "backroads to bollywood".

Phill_Most

I like #3, but you good anyway you go, hommie. Nice work.

funky16corners

Number Three...

mordecai

jeez. tough call. i pick this one, but i like "Bollywood and Beyond"...and i like the straight treatment of it, not feelin the angled text.

all look nice though.

Sooks

I like #4, but you good anyway you go, hommie. Nice work.

TheeeCasualMale

Number 3 is the best, color and layout-wise. Nice work mang!

I'd recommend changing the type size and layout of the BACKROADS TO BOLLYWOOD text at the bottom, as the word "bollywood" is really competing for airtime with "mastana." Since both of those words are calling for my attention at the same time at the same size and volume, I don't know which to look at first and the whole hierarchy is thrown off. If just "mastana" were big, I'd see it as more of the header it should be and the composition would flow really nicely. Mad flavor... heavy flow.

soulmarcosa

Thanks for the input & compliments, guys. I was hoping we'd see a clear winner, but so far the votes have been split fairly evenly:

OPTION #1 - 6 votes
OPTION #2 - 0 votes
OPTION #3 - 7 votes
OPTION #4 - 8 votes

Which is interesting - the band and their "focus group" of friends and designers pretty much had settled on option #1 with some minor tweaks. Personally I like #3 & #4 the best, because of the textures and the "vintage postcard" look of the dancers. We'll probably replace the Taj Mahal with another building because it's a bit too obvious for an Indian theme.

I'm gonna forward this thread to the band so they can see your comments. Thanks again and here's a look at the original photo I took of the dancers (they're not officially part of the band, but usually accompany them onstage):



BTW the girl in orange in the center, Kriti, went to India last year and picked up some records for me, hooking me up for $5/each:

bull_ox

I'm divided between 3 and 4.

Though I would like to see the album title text straightened out

Lookin good though, M**k

DJPrestige

three