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Originally Posted by beel  as a designer, i think it looks great. all of the other suggested mock-ups look unprofessional in some aspect or another, this looks professional and attention grabbing. i'm really glad it doesn't look new agey or have angels and what not. the only suggestions i would make are:
1. increasing the contrast on the silhouettes on the red part, perhaps adding a bit more texture (for example, being able to see in between more of their arms, etc). the huge red block is a bit much but adding slightly more contrast would easily solve this. it may also be the monitor causing this.
2. moving "steve pavlina" up maybe 10 pixels
3. the red band could have a higher contrast or be a different color (ie, reversed to be yellow)
as for the red, i don't love that color, but can understand how it will be good for marketing the book and making it jump off the shelf. red is generally frowned upon in web design (blue is favored), but i imagine it is not the same for traditional media. |
You could be right regarding the publisher's design beel.
I should point out that my version was completed in only 15 min. I would certainly hope that the designer took longer than I did!
