Make Your Own Album Cover

**Steez Police** · 04-14-2008 12:44 PM

Let's see some ideas. Follow these steps if you think you can make something at least kindof cool.

Random Wikipedia Entry
The title of the article is the name of your band.

Random Quotes
The last four words of the very last quote on the page is your album title (IMPORTANT: Refresh the page when you get there, I can't get this link to generate a random combination, so if you don't refresh, then everyone will have the same title)

Random Flickr Photos
The third picture from the top left is the album art, no matter what it is.

Now, combine the three elements to create an album cover in photoshop or something, and then post it here. The idea is to operate (kindof) like a design firm, where you have to work with names and titles that the band comes up with rather than something you create yourself. You might even get a cool name for your band out of it hahaha

Here's what my first attempt rendered (I cracked photoshop this morning

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**supergildo** · 04-14-2008 12:55 PM

This looks fun. I want to do it, but dont have photoshop on m mac yet

**V.B** · 04-14-2008 01:05 PM

**Steez Police** · 04-14-2008 01:12 PM

Originally Posted by V.B

explicit content sticker! haha that's awesome

**bccarlso** · 04-14-2008 01:30 PM

Here's mine:

**bucksaw87** · 04-14-2008 01:44 PM

TREE THROW
"Place him in authority"

**southshorelocal** · 04-14-2008 02:05 PM

Perseus Cluster
"it is completely honest"

**HerBDerb** · 04-14-2008 02:10 PM

Central Bank Of India
"Grit To Fail Thrice"

**breamo** · 04-14-2008 02:29 PM

**zoklar** · 04-14-2008 03:02 PM

I need photoshop.

MSPaint FTW!

SS United Oil & Gas Company
"Was Rising In You"

**HerBDerb** · 04-14-2008 03:15 PM

Originally Posted by zoklar

I need photoshop.

Get GIMP!
It's photoshop... but free!
GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program

**zoklar** · 04-14-2008 03:17 PM

Originally Posted by HerBDerb

Get GIMP!
It's photoshop... but free!
GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program

I actually have GIMP. I used it a long time ago to make GIFs, but I don't care much for the GUI, and I must admit I tend to forget about it.

**Steez Police** · 04-14-2008 03:22 PM

Montacute - Trouble of All Kinds

Oh man I love not going in to work today...

**HerBDerb** · 04-14-2008 03:46 PM

Originally Posted by zoklar

I actually have GIMP. I used it a long time ago to make GIFs, but I don't care much for the GUI, and I must admit I tend to forget about it.

True, the GUI could use some work...
But the latest version (2.5) has improved a bit over the older versions.
http://developer.gimp.org/screenshots/gimp-empty.png

**V.B** · 04-14-2008 03:56 PM

Originally Posted by HerBDerb

Get GIMP!
It's photoshop... but free!
GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program

It's good but not even close to photoshop.

**southshorelocal** · 04-14-2008 04:26 PM

Originally Posted by V.B

It's good but not even close to photoshop.

yea but I don't think that many people are willing to pay $600 for photoshop so a free, but lesser, alternative would work just fine.

**HerBDerb** · 04-14-2008 04:44 PM

Originally Posted by southshorelocal

yea but I don't think that many people are willing to pay $600 for photoshop so a free, but lesser, alternative would work just fine.

And honestly, unless you need it for commercial/professional use, the Gimp has all the functions you'll ever need and then some.
And if you do need more functions, there's a good deal of plugins which expand it's usability.

**V.B** · 04-14-2008 06:03 PM

Originally Posted by southshorelocal

yea but I don't think that many people are willing to pay $600 for photoshop so a free, but lesser, alternative would work just fine.

one word, torrent. And if you are still in school you can get a student discount.

**breamo** · 04-14-2008 06:06 PM

Originally Posted by southshorelocal

yea but I don't think that many people are willing to pay $600 for photoshop so a free, but lesser, alternative would work just fine.

Photoshop Elements is actually a great program that has almost all of the functionality of PShop, but for $79. I got a copy for my pops and was amazed at how many Pshop features were retained.

**zoklar** · 04-14-2008 06:20 PM

Originally Posted by V.B

one word, torrent. And if you are still in school you can get a student discount.

Even if I am a student, I still like the (virtual) five-finger discount.

And more album making! It's really fun to see what you come up with.

Originally Posted by breamo

Photoshop Elements is actually a great program that has almost all of the functionality of PShop, but for $79. I got a copy for my pops and was amazed at how many Pshop features were retained.

Sounds interesting...