Painting by Bill Moran -- movingdot.tumblr.com
This is my bands new album's cover. You can critique it as a cover design but I'm mostly interested in what pros think of the painting. Personally I love it. Oil, about 20" x 30". Yes, the source material was amateur POV porn.
>>2878924
looks amazing, the text, not so much. contact him again and get him to choose the font size color.
>>2878926
Welp the text was my contribution
>>2878924
Looks great from thumbnail view, but the face is really poorly done. I think they should have either focused on correctly getting the proportions and alignment on things, or should have left it more shrouded in soft darkness so the features are not visible and it is left to the imagination. How much did you pay him for it? overall it's pretty good stuff and I'd be pretty happy if it's what I received.
>>2878935
The face is supposed to be ugly. And the breasts are supposed to be asymmetrical. The vibe is supposed to be not-sexy. $300. (A good deal!)
>>2878935
Something kind of interesting about the face... In an early draft it was completely different. Then Bill revised it. A key lyric in the first song:
>we're turning into me
The final draft looks a bit like my face (the singer -- a man). Pretty sure Bill heard that line and revised accordingly.
>>2878924
the text's placement distracts from an otherwise good painting.
>>2878924
face looks like shit. not in an intentionally hideous way, in an I-suck-at-anatomy way
>>2878948
the face sucks because the rest closely follows a photo reference. your artist can do this well enough, but when he goes out on his own and tries to draw a face from imagination, he totally fucks up the perspective and anatomy
>>2878924
It might have some issues, but seeing that it's an album cover (not usually seen in high res), it's not a huge deal.
Overall, I like it.
>>2878924
"the empty mirror the mere" sounds weird. change it to just "mere"
"the empty miror, mere" - see doesnt that sound way better? easier to remeber too. mere. wow that sounds sick as fuck.