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December 13, 2012
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Album Cover Needed!!!

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~Shifty2604 Dec 13, 2012
Firstly - being honest and upfront, we have no money. (Just thought I would get that out of the way)

I am in a band, and am looking for a album cover. We are female fronted rock, like evanescence. And the album cover we would like is for our album called Be{LIE}ve - the songs are about relationship lies, demons inside you (metaphorically speaking) - well you get the idea. I can always send some mock ups I have made, with the help of a few other people, but nothing gets the spark at the moment.

We (as a band) can obviously credit it to you - we have a distribution deal, (just we have no money though, the album is self funded). The album will be released in UK, Europe and possible Japan/USA too.

You can hear us www.curvatureband.co.uk

I hope to hear from you soon. My email is shifty2604@gmail.com

Dave
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:iconlosqui:
~LoSqui Dec 19, 2012  Student Traditional Artist
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~Amok-Studio Dec 13, 2012
I agree with marblanco and others,anyhow here you'll find the same quality job for free as your previous cover ,so I recommend to invest a little more in cover art,does not make sense spend money for record,print etc and then destroy all...that maybe someone will not buy it just for a bad cover,a lot of bands invest money in their project and then release it for free.These bands have more chance to emerge and will be rewarded one day.
But in the end.. the decision is yours!
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~Shifty2604 Dec 13, 2012
Thanks to those that have been helpful. I will admit, yes we can design the cover ourselves, and yes we have had a few - very good and kind offers. We play gigs for free, we travel for free and late in to the night. The album has already cost in excess of £2000 GBP, but was looking for that little spark.

Thats all, I know people need to be paid - and hell, we would too for every gig. But sometimes you have to do free stuff to get the bigger picture. Thats all.

Sorry if I offended anyone, that was not my intention.
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:iconmarblanco:
~marblanco Dec 13, 2012
Your situation is understandable. I think we are here trying to you to realize that marketing is all right now, and you can loose all the money and effort you put in your cd just for a bad cover. It goes that way. Just think in you as a customer when you buy books, music, movies, etc.

The movie could be excellent but if you make a bad trailer, in the end you will have a failure.

I think we are a little tired about people thinking art needs to be free just because a project is charitable, there is not money, a tight budget, etc. That is everybody problem, not ours.

I don't feel offended anyway :)

Just to use your example to illustrate the situation: The cd is YOUR project, if you like to make gigs for free, it's ok. But I am sure that you didn't tell the guy at the recording studio "Hey, you need to see the big picture, we don't have money".

The same happens with art. In the end as the phrase says " you got what you pay for". If you pay 10 for a cover, that cover won't be the same one than a 500 cover.
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~NDHutchison Dec 13, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
Well said. A cover is important, in fact i have found myself in the past buying albums just because of the awesome cover.
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:iconmarblanco:
~marblanco Dec 13, 2012
Yes. The fact is that a cover speaks about the "image" of the album. I think the best example is Iron Maiden and their Eddie's covers.

When I see a really bad cover I just think, this guy/band or whatever doesn't take care about his image and now we are 100% visual people, more than never. Even when you can just hear the music in Youtube... And a lack of a good image in all the pack looks unprofessional.
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~Shifty2604 Dec 13, 2012
So true. All of the above. I know every artist respective of field is trying to make their way and earn a living.

You can see our previous cover here:

[link]

That was designed by me. I just can't hit the nail on the head with this one, which is why I posted here. I have seen some fantastic work, and I know we just don't have the money to pay atm. I am sure it will come, maybe later rather than sooner, but it will come. I do appreciate all the comments here though. I really do.
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*LucidCreations Dec 13, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
I might suggest that you actually invest in a good artist to make you a nice cover.

CDs with shittily-made covers are an instant turnoff for marketting and shitty is what you'll get for free.

Have your band save up 100$ between the lot of you..you must make money somehow...and invest. You won't regret it. :)
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:iconfriendlyhand:
~FriendlyHand Dec 13, 2012
Hi,
Job Offers is for paid work only.
You can contact a moderator here: [link] or here: [link] to move your thread to projects where it would be better suited.
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:iconeisart:
~EisArt Dec 13, 2012
art for free, art for free, art for free... those stupid artists... art for free...

lol... that's what rolls in my head all the time when I see posts like that ;-)
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