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11-02-2009, 06:31 PM
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Coconut Ninja Master
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Head Asplode!!!
I'm getting so beyond frustrated trying to come up with a cover for my next magazine, I just want to go postal!
My magazine (at trim size) is 8 1/8" x 10 7/8". I've been given an image that MUST be used on the cover that is 7" x 4 2/3".
So not only is it not even close to the right dimensions, it's not even the right orientation!! I've been racking my brain trying to come up with ways to make this work, but everything I come up with requires finding other photos to pull it all together. I've found the PERFECT photos that will give me exactly what I want, but I have to buy them. So that's out. ('cause as you all know, my publisher flat out refuses to spend money on photography). So now I'm so strapped for ideas that I just want to throw my monitor. I've gone through several different concepts, but they just don't work with any of the Free photos available to me. And I just can't figure out any other ideas that don't require using additional photos.
*deep breath*
Sorry for that, but I just needed to bitch and rant and get it out of my system before I hit something or spontaneously combusted!
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11-02-2009, 06:33 PM
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unicorn extraordinaire
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no deal on spontaneously combusting... I would miss you!
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11-02-2009, 06:47 PM
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Dublin
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I PM'd you there old chum.
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11-02-2009, 09:15 PM
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I want to see pictures of your head asplosion!
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11-02-2009, 09:18 PM
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Coconut Ninja Master
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Taken with a low quality webcam:
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11-02-2009, 09:42 PM
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going rogue!!
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can you place the photo in the middle and have boxes of color on the top and bottom of the image? C = color P= photo.
CCCCCCCCCCC
CCCCCCCCCCC
CCCCCCCCCCC
PPPPPPPPPPPP
PPPPPPPPPPPP
PPPPPPPPPPPP
CCCCCCCCCCC
CCCCCCCCCCC
i dunno man sounds like your boss needs to loosen up the wallet a bit and buy some stuff.
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11-02-2009, 09:50 PM
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Fontalicious
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what about layered "polaroids"
or layered smaller files?
maybe show a mock-up of a paid piece and then a stretched or badly cropped mock-up of the FREE one and let them decide?
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11-02-2009, 09:52 PM
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Coconut Ninja Master
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It may come down to that Typ. I did the same thing for my August issue, and more or less for my Sept. issue too. tho this months will be more like
CCCCCCCCCCCCC
CCCCCCCCCCCCC
CCPPPPPPPPPPPCC
CCPPPPPPPPPPPCC
CCCCCCCCCCCCC
CCCCCCCCCCCCC
MIGHT have a rough outline of something worked out tho......
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11-02-2009, 09:53 PM
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going rogue!!
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you could always fill the empty side space with pics of kittens! 
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This is my pen tool. There are many like it, but this one is MINE. My pen tool is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. My pen tool without me is useless. Without my pen tool, I am useless.
Space between a blink and a tear, Death Blooms.
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11-02-2009, 10:18 PM
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8-bit
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Typically
you could always fill the empty side space with pics of kittens! |
Heheh, I was about to post this half an hour ago
KITTEN•KITTEN
KITTEN•KITTEN
KITTEN•KITTEN
PPPPPPPPPPPP
PPPPPPPPPPPP
PPPPPPPPPPPP
KITTEN•KITTEN
KITTEN•KITTEN
But then decided I really should *try* to cut back on unhelpful threadjacks.
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