Comments for George Cotronis http://georgecotronis.com Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:30:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Dark Days Cover by Daniel Solis http://georgecotronis.com/?p=90&cpage=1#comment-185 Daniel Solis Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:30:35 +0000 http://georgecotronis.com/?p=90#comment-185 If you're asking whether I "like" it, I'll have to take my designer hat off and put my gamer hat on. :P With gamer hat on, I say "Cool!" It's professional and sharp as always. With my designer hat on, I get analytical and objective. :P If you’re asking whether I “like” it, I’ll have to take my designer hat off and put my gamer hat on. :P

With gamer hat on, I say “Cool!” It’s professional and sharp as always.

With my designer hat on, I get analytical and objective. :P

]]> Comment on Dark Days Cover by northerain http://georgecotronis.com/?p=90&cpage=1#comment-184 northerain Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:12:19 +0000 http://georgecotronis.com/?p=90#comment-184 The cliche idea is to add a flashlight and maybe the light beam...but I'll think about it. What do you think of it, in general? The cliche idea is to add a flashlight and maybe the light beam…but I’ll think about it.

What do you think of it, in general?

]]> Comment on Dark Days Cover by Daniel Solis http://georgecotronis.com/?p=90&cpage=1#comment-183 Daniel Solis Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:09:20 +0000 http://georgecotronis.com/?p=90#comment-183 I think so. Right now it's a very flat, blasted horizon. The figure has the look of a survivalist, not so much an urban investigator, if that's what you're wanting. I think so. Right now it’s a very flat, blasted horizon. The figure has the look of a survivalist, not so much an urban investigator, if that’s what you’re wanting.

]]> Comment on Dark Days Cover by northerain http://georgecotronis.com/?p=90&cpage=1#comment-182 northerain Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:47:42 +0000 http://georgecotronis.com/?p=90#comment-182 Ya know, post apocalypse isn't really the vibe I'm looking for. Maybe some urban elements are in order. Ya know, post apocalypse isn’t really the vibe I’m looking for. Maybe some urban elements are in order.

]]> Comment on Dark Days Cover by Daniel Solis http://georgecotronis.com/?p=90&cpage=1#comment-181 Daniel Solis Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:32:25 +0000 http://georgecotronis.com/?p=90#comment-181 Suggestions for a reference to investigation? Perhaps if there were a visual cue or easter egg that the viewer could discover on their own? Ambigrams are a little passé, but there's always something clever to do with silhouettes and negative spaces. Here are some examples from the world of logo design, but you have a lot more room to play with on a cover. http://logopond.com/gallery/detail/94014 http://logopond.com/gallery/detail/106173 http://logopond.com/gallery/detail/106244 http://logopond.com/gallery/detail/105500 There's also something to be said for focusing on just one concept. If you want that to be horror, then let it be horror. You definitely have that much covered right now. I could see this cover being a new edition of The Road or The Stand. Definitely post-apocalyptic in tone. Suggestions for a reference to investigation? Perhaps if there were a visual cue or easter egg that the viewer could discover on their own? Ambigrams are a little passé, but there’s always something clever to do with silhouettes and negative spaces. Here are some examples from the world of logo design, but you have a lot more room to play with on a cover.

http://logopond.com/gallery/detail/94014
http://logopond.com/gallery/detail/106173
http://logopond.com/gallery/detail/106244
http://logopond.com/gallery/detail/105500

There’s also something to be said for focusing on just one concept. If you want that to be horror, then let it be horror. You definitely have that much covered right now. I could see this cover being a new edition of The Road or The Stand. Definitely post-apocalyptic in tone.

]]> Comment on Dark Days Cover by northerain http://georgecotronis.com/?p=90&cpage=1#comment-180 northerain Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:01:32 +0000 http://georgecotronis.com/?p=90#comment-180 Not that much probably. The general feel of the cover should (hopefully) nail the horror part. The investigation part is nowhere in sight though. The double is there to show one of the concepts of the game, which is a demon-esque being that lives inside of you and is basically the worst parts of your personality rolled into a thing. Some combat is involved so the gun is OK. Suggestions? Not that much probably. The general feel of the cover should (hopefully) nail the horror part. The investigation part is nowhere in sight though.

The double is there to show one of the concepts of the game, which is a demon-esque being that lives inside of you and is basically the worst parts of your personality rolled into a thing.

Some combat is involved so the gun is OK.

Suggestions?

]]> Comment on Dark Days Cover by Daniel Solis http://georgecotronis.com/?p=90&cpage=1#comment-179 Daniel Solis Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:43:22 +0000 http://georgecotronis.com/?p=90#comment-179 Okey dokey, so what about the cover is promising a bleak, character-focused horror investigation? Not trying to be difficult, just curious what your own thoughts were. Right now, the mirrored image says to me "parallel universe" or "underworld." Any depiction of weapons, says to me that combat is going to happen. Overall, I see a single protagonist working alone in a post-apocalyptic (possibly radioactive) wasteland. Okey dokey, so what about the cover is promising a bleak, character-focused horror investigation? Not trying to be difficult, just curious what your own thoughts were.

Right now, the mirrored image says to me “parallel universe” or “underworld.” Any depiction of weapons, says to me that combat is going to happen. Overall, I see a single protagonist working alone in a post-apocalyptic (possibly radioactive) wasteland.

]]> Comment on Dark Days Cover by northerain http://georgecotronis.com/?p=90&cpage=1#comment-178 northerain Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:27:42 +0000 http://georgecotronis.com/?p=90#comment-178 Well, Dark Days is a horror investigation game, it's bleak, it's not straightforward as ''kill things'' and it has a strong focus on characters. Well, Dark Days is a horror investigation game, it’s bleak, it’s not straightforward as ”kill things” and it has a strong focus on characters.

]]> Comment on Dark Days Cover by Daniel Solis http://georgecotronis.com/?p=90&cpage=1#comment-177 Daniel Solis Wed, 09 Jun 2010 02:29:41 +0000 http://georgecotronis.com/?p=90#comment-177 Before I critique, may I ask what you want your cover to promise a potential buyer/player? Before I critique, may I ask what you want your cover to promise a potential buyer/player?

]]> Comment on Dark Days Cover by Guy http://georgecotronis.com/?p=90&cpage=1#comment-175 Guy Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:25:21 +0000 http://georgecotronis.com/?p=90#comment-175 Minimalist, striking, classy. I'm a big fan. The only thing I'm not sure about, but I'm not sure it's wrong, are how pressed together the letters are. Might be perfect though. Minimalist, striking, classy. I’m a big fan.

The only thing I’m not sure about, but I’m not sure it’s wrong, are how pressed together the letters are. Might be perfect though.

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