bodobe Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 My latest project with AP, the cover for the thriller (novel) „Das Opfermesser“ (means something like "The sacrificial knife“). The novel by the german author Simon Geraedts will appear as an eBook & print edition (This work won a competition on a german designer portal; this is my first prize, I'm totally happy). :) However ... is there too much blood? http://b-bertuleit.de/das-opfermesser MacGueurle, 000, anon1 and 1 other 4 Quote Illustration & Grafik bodobe.de Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bodobe Posted September 19, 2015 Author Share Posted September 19, 2015 Hi MBd, it's a mixture of vector and pixel, the knife is a photo manipulation. The background is made with different layer effects. Quote Illustration & Grafik bodobe.de Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bodobe Posted September 19, 2015 Author Share Posted September 19, 2015 Thank you, MBd :rolleyes: Quote Illustration & Grafik bodobe.de Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Looks great, no wonder you won! Well done. :lol: bodobe 1 Quote MacBook pro, 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB, OS X 10.11.6 http://www.pinterest.com/peter2111 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakerlund Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 It looks very good :) bodobe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted September 20, 2015 Staff Share Posted September 20, 2015 Congrats Bodo B! Nice work. Well deserved ;) bodobe 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodobe Posted September 20, 2015 Author Share Posted September 20, 2015 Thank you, guys! :) Quote Illustration & Grafik bodobe.de Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MattP Posted September 21, 2015 Staff Share Posted September 21, 2015 Yeah, that's brilliant! Really great work Bodo B! :D bodobe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodobe Posted September 24, 2015 Author Share Posted September 24, 2015 Thank you, MattP, and thanks for all your comments to my work, I appreciate that very much :) MattP 1 Quote Illustration & Grafik bodobe.de Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnyb Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Very nice! I love the blood on the knife, looks very realistic. Is that vector or pixel? Congrats on a well deserved prize! bodobe 1 Quote 2021 16” Macbook Pro w/ M1 Max 10c cpu /24c gpu, 32 GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Ventura 13.6 2018 11" iPad Pro w/ A12X cpu/gpu, 256 GB, iPadOS 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodobe Posted March 2, 2016 Author Share Posted March 2, 2016 another view: Madame and Dale 2 Quote Illustration & Grafik bodobe.de Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
000 Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 There is no such thing as "Too much Blood". :o) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted March 2, 2016 Staff Share Posted March 2, 2016 Great composite. Fantastic work on the expanded blood idea. Nice touch :) Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 This style has been used before, to sell car/automobile oil. The firm was Castrol and the product was called GTX. It was a brilliant tv advert campaign in the 1980s, here in England. It was demonstrating that oil (CASTROL GTX to be precise), was the life blood of your car's engine. Oooh, how I love TV adverts/commercials from this era :wub: www.youtube.com/watch?v=384CsvbMGO4 Quote MacBook pro, 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB, OS X 10.11.6 http://www.pinterest.com/peter2111 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodobe Posted March 2, 2016 Author Share Posted March 2, 2016 really, a brilliant tv advert campaign @peter, > blood ideas ... I think there is a big difference between oil and blood ;) a difference between advertising for motor oil and the presentation of a book cover :) ok, it's liquid. Quote Illustration & Grafik bodobe.de Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oval Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Klasse, schön plakativ. Macht Lust auf eine Mords-Story. Super, mal keine Futura und keine Helvetica. Ist es eine Impact? Warum fehlt denn der Trennstrich? Die Ausrichtung der Titel-Zeilen ist sehr subtil. Noch besser: etwas weniger Sperrung und P—F mehr unterschnitten. there is a big difference between oil and blood ;) a difference between advertising for motor oil and the presentation of a book cover :) ok, it's liquid. Genau. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodobe Posted June 14, 2016 Author Share Posted June 14, 2016 Hi Oval,a (german) dash (Trennstrich) should not appear on a book cover. No punctuation on the book cover. No point, comma, dash, question mark, that's my line & direction. Artistic freedom, maybe ... and it looks better. Thank you :) Quote Illustration & Grafik bodobe.de Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oval Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 […] No point, comma, dash, question mark, that's my line & direction. Artistic freedom, maybe ... and it looks better. Thank you :) The omission of hyphens in German texts leads to wrong meanings. Here: The victim is the knife. Perhaps not very easy to understand for English speakers. Free art/The customer is always right and can beat the Duden? :( Money beats orthography and typography. Or is it orthography & typography? There are always design solutions that are correct and that look great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrkradio Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 Well done! Really like your work !! bodobe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodobe Posted June 15, 2016 Author Share Posted June 15, 2016 @rrkradio: thank you :) Quote Illustration & Grafik bodobe.de Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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