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by Nav » Fri Dec 12, 2003 4:00 pm
I saw this on another webboard and decided to copy it.
The premise is simple; try to recreate your favourite album covers using a crappy graphics package!
Here's my attempt at Jeff Buckley's
Grace using microsoft paint:
Or if I can't get that to work, try clicking in this URL instead:
Grace
Now you try!
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by aTOMiC » Fri Dec 12, 2003 4:36 pm
I'll take a crack at it. I've got to pick a cool cover to draw though. It might take some time. Lets see.....
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by CovenantJr » Fri Dec 12, 2003 6:09 pm
I tried, but Paint saves them as bitmaps, and the KW Album won't allow bitmaps...
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by birdandbear » Fri Dec 12, 2003 6:33 pm
In my Paint you can save them as .bmp, .jpg, or .gif....
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by CovenantJr » Fri Dec 12, 2003 7:17 pm
I just went and checked...it will only let me save as four different kinds of bitmap. Must be a very old version of Paint. No surprise there
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by aTOMiC » Fri Dec 12, 2003 7:18 pm
CovenantJr wrote: I just went and checked...it will only let me save as four different kinds of bitmap. Must be a very old version of Paint. No surprise there
CJ. If you want to email me your bitmap I will be happy to convert it and send it back.
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by CovenantJr » Fri Dec 12, 2003 7:54 pm
I have done so, thanks. Appreciated
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by aTOMiC » Fri Dec 12, 2003 8:00 pm
CovenantJr wrote: I have done so, thanks. Appreciated
I await its arrival.
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by Lord Mhoram » Fri Dec 12, 2003 8:13 pm
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by CovenantJr » Fri Dec 12, 2003 8:13 pm
Await it no longer
Hotmail said it's too big to attach
Oh well, my artwork shall have to just fade into obscurity, unappreciated...
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by [Syl] » Sat Dec 13, 2003 12:21 am
Great idea, Nav. Let me know if you want any WGDs or anything.
Here's my attempt...
And just for something to compare it to...
"It is not the literal past that rules us, save, possibly, in a biological sense. It is images of the past. Each new historical era mirrors itself in the picture and
active mythology of its past or of a past borrowed from other cultures. It tests its sense of identity, of regress or new achievement against that past.”
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by Loredoctor » Sat Dec 13, 2003 12:26 am
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by hierachy » Sat Dec 13, 2003 12:37 am
CovenantJr wrote: Await it no longer
Hotmail said it's too big to attach
Oh well, my artwork shall have to just fade into obscurity, unappreciated...
Believe me, it's for the best
ok, what you want to do is when you save it add .jpg on the end of the name on the end.
for instance, if it is called "untitled" name it "untitled.jpg"
that should do the trick...
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by aTOMiC » Sat Dec 13, 2003 3:41 am
Hierachy wrote: CovenantJr wrote: Await it no longer
Hotmail said it's too big to attach
Oh well, my artwork shall have to just fade into obscurity, unappreciated...
Believe me, it's for the best
ok, what you want to do is when you save it add .jpg on the end of the name on the end.
for instance, if it is called "untitled" name it "untitled.jpg"
that should do the trick...
The only drawback is the file size. Bitmaps are uncompressed images. Sometimes even simple pictures created in paintbrush can end up being a couple of meg. The same files in .jpg format are reduced greatly which accounts for the format requirement. Just a caution.
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by Vain » Sat Dec 13, 2003 6:17 am
Can I enter using my crappy photoshop package?
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by hierachy » Sat Dec 13, 2003 3:45 pm
exactly, that's why you want to save it as JPG
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by dANdeLION » Sat Dec 13, 2003 7:46 pm
Hier, I think your pentagram would make a nice enough cover.
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by Nav » Sun Dec 14, 2003 11:30 am
Here's my latest effort, I think it's my best to date:
Anyone can play Vain, as long as the pics look funny.
Why is it that I can't make the images appear in the post, are they too big or something?
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by Nav » Sun Dec 14, 2003 11:31 am
Woah! Thanks for the donation, Syl.
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