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Inspired by 70s scifi book covers.
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Photo  12-03-2017, 04:04 PM
City Of Fire.. or Termites In Space.. either work really.

   
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12-03-2017, 08:04 PM
Cool !

Is it painted or done with selections/filters ?
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12-04-2017, 07:01 PM
Bits of both.

The red/black sky is 1 layer. Used Smudge tool and a soft round brush to get the sweeping effects.

The city came about as I was playing with the small square brush. Just going up and down, switching from black to greys. Use one of the spotted brushes to add a bit of texture to it, deleting bits so it didn’t look to uniform.

The dome was created using the Path Tool, filled in with blue, opacity dropped, mask added so I could remove central part of dome and just try to show it on the edges of the city.

I had so much fun playing with it.
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12-04-2017, 09:34 PM
Maybe you could turn it into a cool Stephen King inspired book cover, like these:

https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2000...X9GjA.jpeg

(from this article about the typography of 'Stranger Things')
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12-04-2017, 09:46 PM
Now theres an idea! Will have a play and post results.
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12-05-2017, 08:57 PM
Tried to give the book cover a faded look. Happy with the crease but feel the white marks are too soft, should be sharper.


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12-05-2017, 09:31 PM
You are overdoing it. I'd vote for the original picture with a tile like "The Lost Cities Of Kanipoor".
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12-05-2017, 09:37 PM (This post was last modified: 12-05-2017, 09:41 PM by Espermaschine.)
I think you nailed the theme 100 % ! Its very dramatic !

Maybe make the words 'OF THE' smaller, to make it more epic ?

   

Not sure what you mean with white marks....the black grunge on the text ?
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12-06-2017, 06:01 PM (This post was last modified: 12-06-2017, 06:14 PM by BlueHobbit.)
(12-05-2017, 09:37 PM)Love Espermaschine Wrote: I think you nailed the theme 100 % ! Its very dramatic !

Maybe make the words 'OF THE' smaller, to make it more epic ?



Not sure what you mean with white marks....the black grunge on the text ?


White smudges on edge of frame, supposed to look like worn/cracked paper.

Your text change looks spot on. Will amend tonight if i get chance. Thanks for feedback. Smile
(12-05-2017, 09:31 PM)Ofnuts Wrote: You are overdoing it. I'd vote for the original picture with a tile like "The Lost Cities Of Kanipoor".

It’s the termite isn’t it? Lol. Originally I thought a silhouette of a giant termite would work. 

Found a picture, quickly masked areas I didn’t want as a rough look and tried the Posturize tool to reduce colours... suddenly I had what looked like a radioactive termite. 

It didn’t really fit..but i just loved it lol. 

By the way really like The Lost Cities Of Kanipoor.
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