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 07/19/2004 09:32:56 AM · #26
I LOVE it! What a fun topic to wake up to! :)
 07/19/2004 10:19:16 AM · #27
Important Questions:

* Are we designing the album cover, or just submitting a pic?
* Added text can easily start to look like a graphic and not simply text, is this allowed?
* Many TTF fonts look a lot like photoshop creations and not much like normal text, does that matter (extension of question above)?
 07/19/2004 10:32:09 AM · #28
Originally posted by bill_hk2002:
Originally posted by richterrell:
Interestingly, there is a band out there that this acronym fits:

//www.driftlessponyclub.com

But they don't look famous, yet....

Maybe this link will get them "discovered" .... :-)


I realize that I have become older than dirt without realizing it, and furthermore, that I no longer have useful technical skills.

So, given that I am a slow learner, how did you figure this out?


I just searched the phrase "DPC Band" in Google and found something in the first few pages. Just took a stab at it and got lucky.

07/19/2004 11:51:06 AM · #29
SC? (bump)

Originally posted by hopper:
Important Questions:

* Are we designing the album cover, or just submitting a pic?
* Added text can easily start to look like a graphic and not simply text, is this allowed?
* Many TTF fonts look a lot like photoshop creations and not much like normal text, does that matter (extension of question above)?
07/19/2004 11:58:19 AM · #30
This may be a dumb question, but what does the little yellow flag next to the challenge title mean?

Message edited by author 2004-07-19 11:58:58.
 07/19/2004 12:00:09 PM · #31
Originally posted by jbeazell:
This may be a dumb question, but what does the little yellow flag next to the challenge title mean?


- Challenge has extra rules involved that may negate or add some rules.
07/19/2004 12:02:48 PM · #32
Extra Rules: For this challenge, text may be added to your submission.
 07/19/2004 12:23:22 PM · #33
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Does it have to be square for a CD/LP, or can it (please!) be in the shape of a cassette tape? I think there's quite a few of those still being sold ...

This is from last month ...



Even cassette tapes are usually either crops of the album cover, or the square album cover padded with black or white space. I'd say (at the risk of being branded picky or, even worse, literal) yes, it should be square.

Though, you could take your non-square shot and pad it with a non-uniform frame to make it square. Lots of album/cd covers do that.
 07/19/2004 12:29:45 PM · #34
THE JIMMY HOFFA EXPERIENCE- Live at Montreaux!
 07/19/2004 12:34:56 PM · #35
Da Punk Chicks
Dirty Peach Chihuahuas
Downtown Party Clubbers
Drag Pussy Cats
Daisy Pie Chancers
Deep Pearl Crooners
Dungeon Peeping Cadets
Delicious Pudding Cookies
Disobedient Pleasure Climax
Delightful Pea Champion
Ducky Peculiar China

All up for grabs, courtesy of Kavey's-Weird-5-Minutes (TM)

07/19/2004 12:42:57 PM · #36
The Dellusional Pink Cockroaches
Dormant Postiche: Captured
Don't Provoke Cats
Denim Padded Cockpit
 07/19/2004 12:56:41 PM · #37
Originally posted by Gordon:
Don't Provoke Cats


07/19/2004 01:31:10 PM · #38
Originally posted by Pedro:
Originally posted by Gordon:
Don't Provoke Cats




...or he could be the mascot for the Devil Pussy Cats...
 07/19/2004 01:44:12 PM · #39
This is going to be such a fun challenge.

Dead Plucked Chickens?, Hmmm wonder if we have any chicken slaughter houses in my area.

07/19/2004 01:45:49 PM · #40
Originally posted by fayepek:
This is going to be such a fun challenge.

Dead Plucked Chickens?, Hmmm wonder if we have any chicken slaughter houses in my area.


Damn! You stole my idea! ;o)
 07/19/2004 02:22:35 PM · #41
hmmm .... trying to be heard in a room full of talking people

:)

Originally posted by hopper:
SC? (bump)

Originally posted by hopper:
Important Questions:

* Are we designing the album cover, or just submitting a pic?
* Added text can easily start to look like a graphic and not simply text, is this allowed?
* Many TTF fonts look a lot like photoshop creations and not much like normal text, does that matter (extension of question above)?
07/19/2004 02:50:26 PM · #42
hopper,
with the advanced editing rules, any of the things you have mentioned would be "legal" per se.

Some people will probably design the whole cover. Others may just do the picture.

Just be prepared to submit your original for verification if it looks to "graphicky" cause someone will probably ask.

If it is done as text and not in photoshop, then it would be okay, I would think, but defer to the answer above as far as being prepared to verify.

Does that help any?
 07/19/2004 03:12:03 PM · #43
yes ... thank you

Originally posted by karmat:
hopper,
with the advanced editing rules, any of the things you have mentioned would be "legal" per se.

Some people will probably design the whole cover. Others may just do the picture.

Just be prepared to submit your original for verification if it looks to "graphicky" cause someone will probably ask.

If it is done as text and not in photoshop, then it would be okay, I would think, but defer to the answer above as far as being prepared to verify.

Does that help any?
07/19/2004 03:22:50 PM · #44
My opinion would be that text is just that: text -- that is, letters, numbers, things you see on a normal keyboard. The use of a "wingdings" or "clip art" font would be clip art, and not text, and therefore subject to DQ. Just because the source of the clip art is a font doesn't make it acceptable. A simple test is to ask somebody to look at your "text" and say "Would you call this 'text'?" If they say "no", it is quite likely it could be DQ'd under the "clip art" rule.

Remember, the spirit of the DPC challenge rules is about photography. Being able to add text in a special situation like this should not shift the primary focus of your entry away from a photographic exhibition to something more akin to "graphic design".

Again, this is just my own opinion and how I'm likely to interpret any DQ requests. But remember the SC opinion is always by majority vote.

Message edited by author 2004-07-19 15:24:55.
 07/19/2004 03:55:16 PM · #45
but can we name the band in Icelandic?
 07/19/2004 04:03:56 PM · #46
Originally posted by Nazgul:
but can we name the band in Icelandic?


You certainly can... so long as you don't get ticked when nobody gets it... :/
 07/19/2004 04:06:44 PM · #47
Originally posted by alansfreed:
Originally posted by Nazgul:
but can we name the band in Icelandic?


You certainly can... so long as you don't get ticked when nobody gets it... :/


Well I think its kinda not fair having challenges like that where the title plays such an important role to us that dont have English as a native lang....

I actually think this challenge is more of a graphic design challenge than a photographing challenge.....
 07/19/2004 04:09:17 PM · #48
Album Cover Photos and Art

I found this site with many links to album cover photos and artwork; thought it was neat and might help us come up with some ideas. Peruse at your leisure! :o)

edit: there are a couple of dead links on the list...but there are a few that are just really neat and made me feel like an old fogey..."I remember buying that one...I remember my sister having that one..." Have fun! ;o)

Message edited by author 2004-07-19 16:27:42.
 07/19/2004 04:12:19 PM · #49
Originally posted by Nazgul:
Well I think its kinda not fair having challenges like that where the title plays such an important role to us that dont have English as a native lang....


I'm just telling it like it is. The site is predominantly an English site... the reality is that not many people are going to hunt down an Icelandic translation to understand the meaning of the shot.
 07/19/2004 04:14:11 PM · #50
the meaning of the shot shoud be seen in the shot not the freaking title!
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