What does /gd/ think about the cover.

>>304804
Should have gone to specsavers

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His single Humble has better cover art.
Should have used that instead.

fucking ugly

>>304804
Pretty ugly. It's perfect

>>304825
I personally really like it

>>304804
The photo is great, colors, contrast and composition are very nice, the type is also really good nice throwback to 90's albums from the west coast, like the ghetto boys, while still retaining it's own personality.


Love the composition too, it really centers the attention to kendrick's face, which is the real centerpoint of the photo.

there's something off about the kerning

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>>304804
This is better KEK

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>>304804
Here's your template.

>You're welcome!

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>>304804

The fucking full stop got cut off. Ew

What font is that?

>>304852
>Time New Roman Regular**

terrible; he doesnt get a pass because he's kendrick

i wouldnt even defend yeezus if he put out a trash cover like this

it looks like a viper album

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>>304804
It's not good. It screams I think I'm a badass, but actually I still live with my mom and this whole thing is way to get pussy and rE-spek

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made this in like 5 mins enjoy x

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http://pitchfork.com/news/72828-kendrick-lamars-damn-graphic-designer-explains-cover-art/

>>305012
Typical trash for trash music.

>>305012

Wait - that crap art in the OP is the REAL fucking cover?

Fuck me. I thought it was a PS joke.

>>304804
ugliness is as provocative as beauty

else ya'll wouldn't be talking about it

>>305046
Replace provocative with repulsive and we're good.

>>305046
>ugliness is as provocative as beauty
>else ya'll wouldn't be talking about it

Just because we talk about things that are fucked up doesn't mean they aren't completely fucked up.

You could put goatse on your fucking cover... we'd talk about that too. Doesn't mean it would be good /gd.

>>305012
>loud and abrasive

I guess

this is really interesting. kendrick is popular and powerful enough to carry absolute garbage into 'validity' and discussion. kind of crazy when you think about it.

i reckon something like this even has the power to change the landscape of design a little bit. keep your eyes peeled, /gd/'ers. we haven't seen the last of this 'loud and abrasive' stuff

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

*breath in*


AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

>>305059
if the purpose was to get attention, did it not do it's job?

>>305071
>we haven't seen the last of this 'loud and abrasive' stuff

We've seen crap design for decades. Rapper boi isn't breaking new ground.

>>305080
> if the purpose was to get attention, did it not do it's job?

The kid kicking and screaming on an airplane for fucking ice cream is just trying to get attention too. No one looks at him with admiration. They just want to slap him.

You fucking hipsters trying to wax poetic about ugliness and a fullstop. This design is ghetto amateur at best. Go jerk each other off at some post modern exhibit and drop dead.

>>305235
would love to see yours, chump.

>>305237
I cannot express a personal opinion without validating my own work to a stranger on the internet.

>>304804

Prepare for a blue brick version on sunday. Titled "Nation."

At least this is what everyone is speculating.

>>304808
Lol no it doesn't, generic as fuck

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>>304804

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>>305270
why even bother contributing if you are putting in such little effort?????????

>>305383
>why even bother contributing if you are putting in such little effort?

...also feedback that could be directed at the original designer.

>>305264
Better generic than bad.
If this trend of bad album cover designs catches on it's gonna be a big problem, i can see a lot of well known artists following Kanye's TLOP and Kendrick's DAMN. bad cover designs just to get some buzz like this.

>>305146
>>305146

Screaming kids don't get millions of dollars from screaming

>Inb4 naming some artist

>>304804
Tbh bad choice of font.

>>304804

Looks bad. Fan designs from tumblr are better than the original cover.

isn't the idea of his work as being homemade and simple? Easy to absorb truth you don't have to fight with.

The cover reflects that

>>305485
>isn't the idea of his work as being homemade and simple?

Or "shitty and amateur". Either one.

>>305486
It's a lot better then the stuff posted here honestly, /gd/ in an effort to "overdesign" shit either lose all form of tone or mood or have clear eligibility issues.

There are no bad fonts, only bad designers.

only major issue on the og cover is maybe the text could have been typeset a little better, but deadlines are deadlines.

>>305489
>It's a lot better then the stuff posted here honestly

No it's not. It's on the same level as some of the worst junk posted in /gd. I actually thought the OP was a fucking joke/troll pic.

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>>304804
r8

>>305625
You actually managed to make it worse. Good job.

I love it lol. If only for the discussion it creates.

>>304883
Do you even know who he is?

>>305660
>Do you even know who he is?

Yes. He's Sardo Numsie.

>>304808
Thumbnail looks like a giant light penis

Overrated much like the artist.

>>305529
So much better.

>>305964
Nice, also nederlander gespot

I feel bad for all you "designers" who don't even get that he's trying a different aesthetic.
You automatically think he's doing "bad" design for attention, since he COULDN'T do something so "bad" sincerely, "like Kanye".

Open your heads, these aesthetic has been part of underground/alternative graphic design for years, just check fucking trendlist.org

But anyway, that's expected. It's the obvious reaction to trying something different.

>>306029
>I feel bad for all you "designers" who don't even get that he's trying a different aesthetic.

We get what he was trying to do. And he fucking failed hard.

>You automatically think he's doing "bad" design for attention, since he COULDN'T do something so "bad" sincerely, "like Kanye".

Kanye makes a lot of awful shit too.

>Open your heads, these aesthetic has been part of underground/alternative graphic design for years

Crap design has definitely been around for years. So has spoiled food. No one eats it just because it's different.

>But anyway, that's expected. It's the obvious reaction to trying something different.

Or trying something that looks like you've been using inDesign for about 20 minutes and your only experience with GD is looking at yard sale posters on the bulletin board at the grocery store.

>>306029
lol lad, don't waste your energy

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>>306048

>Or trying something that looks like you've been using inDesign for about 20 minutes and your only experience with GD is looking at yard sale posters on the bulletin board at the grocery store.

Hey grandpa, it's clear that you have a lot of old ideas about art that's been long abandoned.
These notions of high and low art ("grocery store bulletin board") and that spending time in creating = good art are pretty antique views. Automatic art is being made since the 20s & pop art is around since at least the 50s.

>We get what he was trying to do. And he fucking failed hard.

Please elaborate, I'm interested in this.

>>306051
I have nothing else to do :D

>>306052
>These notions of high and low art ("grocery store bulletin board") and that spending time in creating = good art are pretty antique views

I didn't suggest that creating good design requires a lot of time. I pointed out that whomever designed this abortion hasn't spent much time learning the craft in the first place.

>>306053
It doesn't matter, it's about the composition, and if you don't like it, that's okay. It's messing with these notions of "bad" design that makes the whole thing fun, to me. You have to look for something new in unexpected places & that leads to strange reactions. That's why it's called experimental, I guess.

Anyway, I'm not defending the cover, just that if you will say it's bad or it doesn't work, at least tell me exactly why in details

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>>306029
>But anyway, that's expected. It's the obvious reaction to trying something different.

This can be done in a better way tho, for example Calvin Harris made a better version of Kanye's TLOP style for two of his singles covers, Heatstroke and Slide.

>>306059
Nice. Too bad Calvin Harris's music is absolute horseshit.

>>305019
loq quality bait lul

>>306059
how is that the same style? it doesn't have repetition and overlaying. it's a much more traditional, symmetrically balanced composition,

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more kid friendly

>>305889
kek

>>306237
beautiful

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>>304804

It looks like someone took a picture, added the text, and then runned it throught Instagram and added a cheap radial effect.

>>306348
But muh Artistic Design.

>Designers looking for meaning where there is none.

>>304804

Negroes aren't exactly great at design. Looks like he pasted the logo and text in MS Paint.

Go back to illustrating africans, kebab

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>>306753
this

>instagram pic
>add text
>graphic design

>>304804
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>>306344
all shit

is this sub just a joke full of high schoolers?
>no potential
>try something else

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>>306821
pls show us how's done senpai

>>304828
Yeah me too. Don't get my comment wrong, I think its perfect for the album and what they're trying to achieve. Pity that album wasn't as good as his last two though. Good Kid Maad City is one of my all time favourite albums.

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>>306828

Want to try out something. Anyone have the cover without text?

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>>304804
Probably the worst "trying to be edgy" cover I've ever seen. At least it clearly identifies what's inside of it - pure shit.
>pic related
This is how you make a cover.

>>306955
>This is how you make a cover.
"no"