In the copmany of Kappa - Cover Design
As a related product to Kaidan, we will be releasing some Race and Class books (PDFs).
The first Race book will be In the Company of Kappa, which will feature racial stats, a paragon class, kappa archetypes, and recommended APG archetypes, along with an origin mythos. Since the primary kappa art I have is pencil work by Mark Hyzer, Steve Russell of Rite Publishing suggested I create a B/W cover design. So I wanted to give it a distinct Japanese look. I found me some swatches of origami paper designs and used it as filler art.
Plus this is the first time I get to use my logo design - of course altered to B/W.
What do you think of how I did?
GP
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The pure black & white flatness of the central box is at an odd contrast to both the mesh of texture that surrounds it and the drawing it envelopes. Adding some subtle paper texturing and making the edges of the box less sharp & straight could improve the appearance, I think.
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Got a color version, now.
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I think the color version brings the Kappa image to the fore. In the BW version it seemed lost some how. I also noticed in the BW that the RiP logo was VERY hard to read. I did like what the BW version of your logo looks like though.
I am glad to see this all coming to fruition
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I like the color version much better
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I find the green flowers and linoleum background irrelevant and distracting when combined with a pencil drawing. I'd either simplify or remove them. Of the two, I'd prefer the B&W one without the embellishments and maybe a color title and logo. Shrug. My two cents, not meant to be mean or anything, just honest.
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I'm with the b&w version too. ... there's nothing in it which screams 'Japanese' to me (maybe you want it understated). Maybe use a more japanese looking flower motif? I found a really cool free for commercial ps pattern which may do it (attached). You can find it here: http://www.brusheezy.com/Patterns/17...pring-blossoms
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I'm with Asc and Ravs on this one, GP, although I don't think you'd need to go *fully* black and white. But I'd monochrome it. Black and white with a touch of red like the logo, will keep the branding consistent.
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