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Godsend · Joined: 07 Apr 2009 Posts: 55 Location: Canberra, Australia

Hi everyone:

Here's another artwork, this one for Lucretius' "The Nature of Things":

And here's the link to the CD Cover.

Cheerio,
Nathan.
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Godsend · Joined: 07 Apr 2009 Posts: 55 Location: Canberra, Australia

Hi all:

Here's a cover for Arnold's Balder Dead:

Click here for the link to the CD Cover.

Enjoy!

Nathan.
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annise · Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 3:56 am Post subject:

Looks great. You better finish the poem now so we can use it Very Happy

Anne
And the back cover is nice too

jennydisini · Joined: 09 Nov 2009 Posts: 17 Location: Philippines

hi, i'd like to volunteer to make some cd covers. (i'm quite devastated that my voice is too lifeless/monotone to make an audio recording). So I still would like to contribute to LibiriVox.

Is there a cd that needs a cover? if yes, please email me at jennydisini@gmail.com

Just so that the cover design is totally relevant to the recording, pls brief me:
1) the books overall theme/moral.
2)The setting and time. is it 17th century england? or present day india?
2) what its personality is. if it were a film, would it be "Fight Club" or "Remains of the Day"?
3) if possible the URL of the audio or the text
( so i can listen and get a feel for what it should look like.)

I'd like to do some original art for this, maybe shoot pics of my own.
is that okay? also, do i use the librivox logo that's posted on this site? the green logotype?

also, should i download the cd template in the earlier post and use that as my guide?

also, what is the required resolution? 300dpi? tiff, jpeg or eps? I'm using a mac. pls advise if i should send a pc formatted file.

Thanks!!!

Hokuspokus · Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:20 am Post subject: Re: volunteer CD art

Hi jennydisini and welcome to LibriVox Very Happy

Most of our recordings have no cover yet. Have a look at the catalogue. If there is no picture, there is no cover.
Links to text and recording can be found on the catalogue page of each recording.
You can find more informations about the books in the summary on the catalogue page. I'd recommend to create covers for books you already know.

More information about file format, templates and picture size are in our Wiki here:
http://wiki.librivox.org/index.php/CD_Covers

You are completely free in your design. Have a look at our covers to see what others did.
http://www.archive.org/details/librivox_cd_covers

Please note that we can only upload your work to archive.org when you release it into the public domain. If you prefer to chose another license, you must host it somewhere else, but we can link it to the catalogue page.
If you release it into the public domain, you can only use pictures already in the pd (pre 1923) or your own work.

Unfortunately I have no idea about mac but I guess that pdf and jpg are the same for PC and mac.

I'd recommend not to write down your email address in an open forum. You will get lots and lots of spam.

If you have any questions, please ask.
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jennydisini · Joined: 09 Nov 2009 Posts: 17 Location: Philippines

thank you for your reply. I'll get right down to it!
Laughing

jennydisini · Joined: 09 Nov 2009 Posts: 17 Location: Philippines

hi. I did a cover for "THe Indiscreet Letter"
Please let me know what revisions must be done. thanks.

Pls let me know if the size or resolution is incorrect.

URL:

http://rapidshare.com/files/305460289/Indiscreet_Letter.jpg.html

Thanks,

jen

Availle · Joined: 02 Aug 2009 Posts: 135

Hokuspokus · Last edited by Hokuspokus on Wed Nov 11, 2009 5:09 pm; edited 1 time in total

Hokuspokus

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jennydisini · Joined: 09 Nov 2009 Posts: 17 Location: Philippines

I totally agree with hokus pokus.

You know this book way better than anybody else. You'll definitely have better insights into the theme. Smile

jennydisini · Joined: 09 Nov 2009 Posts: 17 Location: Philippines

Thanks for the Open Office link!
{I'll send you a pdf file as soon as i'm able.)

rest assured, in the next submissions I will properly name the files.

thanks!

jennydisini · Joined: 09 Nov 2009 Posts: 17 Location: Philippines

hokus pokus,
am glad you liked the design. thanks for the encouragement. Smile

I've renamed the file and exported it into pdf. here is the URL

http://rapidshare.com/files/305969851/book_title.pdf.html

hope this up to specifications.

cheers!

Hokuspokus · Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 8:01 pm Post subject:

Hi Jen,

I'm really sorry that I had been so unclear.
Your file name was perfect the first time, it was the format that was not right. book_title is only the scheme.

I've downloaded your new file. the pdf is perfect. But the back side is hardly readable. I guess that was all my fault talking about separate jpgs. Forget all I've said about the jpgs and all about 300x300 and 150x150 pixels. You can use what ever resolution you find good for designing your cover. Only at the end you must make it fit into the template.

Only as example: I make my pictures 600X600 pixels, add the front picture to the template and scale it with this little handles to the right size. I do the writing on the back side only in Open Office and in very few cases I add a picture in the back ground only to have the rigth colour.

(Maybe this is horrible babel to everyone who speaks better English than I do. I'd be very thankful if someone who knows what I mean would put this in proper language. Sorry.)

Please let me know if you want me to use your pdf, if you want to redo it or if we could simply use the pdf I made from your first jpg.

Again, so sorry for the poor explanation. Embarassed

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