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Demit

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9. I'm afraid if you are too literal you will make people queasy.

Reply to LuckyTheDog (Reply #8)

Wed Jul 17, 2013, 08:49 PM

Jul 2013

I would say that a posterization technique, such as yours, is more high concept than a straightforward unretouched photo. Yes, I'm a designer too.

Btw, your posterization screams 'blood'. The cast shadow in back of his head reads as a smear, and the lettering on his shirt reads as spatter. Is that what you were going for?

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Rolling Stone - The editors fucked up w/ that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev photo [View all] LuckyTheDog Jul 2013 OP

How would your treatment relate to the story Janet Reitman wrote? Demit Jul 2013 #1

My sense is that the photo was too "glamorous" LuckyTheDog Jul 2013 #2

While I like your treatment… I think the cover is a great design as it stands. targetpractice Jul 2013 #4

Having once been in the print media for decades LuckyTheDog Jul 2013 #7

"You either want to be them or you want to fuck them" targetpractice Jul 2013 #13

I think they created an equipoise between the innocence in the photo and the reality of what he did. Demit Jul 2013 #6

I get what they were going for, I really do LuckyTheDog Jul 2013 #8

I'm afraid if you are too literal you will make people queasy. Demit Jul 2013 #9

Kind of... LuckyTheDog Jul 2013 #10

What's "high concept" about it? targetpractice Jul 2013 #14

The cover design challenge for telling the backstory of a monster... targetpractice Jul 2013 #16

I actually kind of like the cover Bjorn Against Jul 2013 #3

The photo is honest... targetpractice Jul 2013 #15

Boston Strong GeorgeGist Jul 2013 #5

I think they were spot on. janlyn Jul 2013 #11

not good enough. no horns on head. no spitting of fire. no dead babies. delrem Jul 2013 #12