"The Hippy Rooster" - CD cover design

[perlaki]

This is a design I've done for a band's cd cover. The cd is called The Hippy Rooster, and I thought this guy looked the part for some reason. Anyone agree?
I used flash for the outline and photoshop to fill it in.

http://www.gigwise.com/othersites/perlaki/images/hippyRooster_moog.jpg

[perlaki]

No one agrees then? What should a Hippy Rooster look like? I'm flumuxed.

[Hei Gwei]

I like it!

Is he giving me the Finger!!

I like the non-literal translation.

My only problem is that it is too soft in places where I think harder shadows and shades could have made it pop a bit more and really pushed the 3d aspect.

Have you tried working with paths in Photoshop as opposed to Flash or Illustrator?

Hei

[perlaki]

Hi Hei Gwei, thanks for the feedback!
Just taking a look at paths now, but don't see how that could be of use to me (havn't even used them before and I've been using photoshop for about 4 years - talk about stuck in my ways!)

I just use Flash for the outline 'cause I can draw vitually freehand for the curves, giving a more handrawn feel (apart from the straight lines). I then export this as an eps and gives me a clean edge for filling in with Photoshop. I sort of agree about the shadows, the bright light should give sharper shadows. I'll have a pop at making it pop more.

Is he giving me the Finger!!

Only if you didn't like it :D

[sixBlade]

I like the shapes, could be nice.

I have a personal vendetta against the use of layer effects (bevel in particular) unless used very subtly. I would probably like this more if you'd simply done black lines around the edges in varying widths (to add depth) or done a simple pixel border rather than bevelled.. for something which overall is so flat in colours, adding bevel I think takes away what would otherwise be a strong illustration.

I might do an overpaint tomorrow :)

edit: dont like that dot in the middle :P

oh yah and get adobe illustrator for doing paths etc.. its soooo much easier to use, and far better than flash at it :) (I use both in my multimedia course, flash and freehand both suck at paths comparatively)

[H.Evans]

nice design... very psychodelic

[perlaki]

Thanks peeps for the comments.

sixBlade, the bevel effect was only used on the spiral background, but I agree in that using it I took away the control over the image. Look forward to an overlay if you have time. I have the ideas, but not the time to spend on finishing them the way I would like. I need to take a year out me thinks!

This one could interest the more freaky people out there.
Pinchitch

http://www.gigwise.com/othersites/perlaki/images/pinchitch.jpg

[n69n]

verrrrry niiiiiiiiiiiiiiice!!!!