Design thread .... v.2

[Doctor Jones]

This is a Sports Extra page done by one of our sports writers.

What do you guys think?

It's about our local minor league baseball team and their entrance music when they come out to the plate, or to the mound, and tells why they chose it, etc.

 

[Bob Loblaw Law Blog]

^^^ Cool idea. I just wish all the iPods weren't green. He knows that the minis come in many different colors, right?

 

[Doctor Jones]

^^^ Cool idea. I just wish all the iPods weren't green. He knows that the minis come in many different colors, right?

yeah, we were initiially going to do different color variations... I know there are at least 4 or 5 different ipod colors, but our design editor didn't want to make it look like a "seizure on screen," and wanted him to keep it green.

 

[Write-brained]

^^^ Cool idea. I just wish all the iPods weren't green. He knows that the minis come in many different colors, right?

yeah, we were initiially going to do different color variations... I know there are at least 4 or 5 different ipod colors, but our design editor didn't want to make it look like a "seizure on screen," and wanted him to keep it green.

Yes, a page full of baby-poop green is much better ...

 

[Doctor Jones]

^^^ Cool idea. I just wish all the iPods weren't green. He knows that the minis come in many different colors, right?

yeah, we were initiially going to do different color variations... I know there are at least 4 or 5 different ipod colors, but our design editor didn't want to make it look like a "seizure on screen," and wanted him to keep it green.

Yes, a page full of baby-poop green is much better ...

that's what i thought too... could have used at least, black and blue to "mix" it up...

 

[wvsportswriter]

That's my page, so I'll also submit this: I twice sent an e-mail to and left a voicemail at Apple's/Ipod's media relations department asking for Ipod photos like the one I used but in all of the available colors. I never got so much as a reply, much less the photos. So, even if we wanted to use different colored Ipods, which we did, we couldn't have. That was the only usable one I could find on the Web site given the way I wanted to do it. Oh, well. I thought it turned out fine despite the abundance of baby-poop green.

 

[Write-brained]

That's my page, so I'll also submit this: I twice sent an e-mail to and left a voicemail at Apple's/Ipod's media relations department asking for Ipod photos like the one I used but in all of the available colors. I never got so much as a reply, much less the photos. So, even if we wanted to use different colored Ipods, which we did, we couldn't have. That was the only usable one I could find on the Web site given the way I wanted to do it. Oh, well. I thought it turned out fine despite the abundance of baby-poop green.

It's a good page, dude. We're just pickin' ...

 

[Willie-Butch]

I may have put the hammer up high. Other than that and the color issue, cool page.

 

[wvsportswriter]

Write-brained: I'm not whining or complaining about the picking. I just wanted to explain why it turned out like that. Thanks for the comments.

 

[WazzuGrad00]

Yeah, I thought it was kind of strange when he gave it to me. But I'm not the artist. Still a stinkin' sweet shot, though.

Really? Because it bears a striking resemblance to another shot/layout of yours, which bears a striking resemblance to a shot/layout done in the Daily Herald a few months ago.

Documentation?

Hey! I did this cover in 1997! Where's my apology, thief????? [/sarcasm]

From 1993:

I don't think you can really plagiarize a cliche.

 

[brian griffin]

Was there any discussion to running just one ipod instead of 12? I can't really see what the images are in all 12 of them are, but I'm sure it has to do with who they listen to. But what if you had just one big ipod and put a baseball or the team logo in the screen and then wrapped the text around it? What you did works, just throwing out an alternative to 12 green ipods.

 

[Bob Loblaw Law Blog]

Hey gang, thought I'd throw another one out there. I did this a few weeks back. I borrowed a bit from a page The Good Doctor posted a little while back, mainly the thick border on the not-quite-square centerpiece. The CP I think is the strong part of this page. The rest is just, well, it's just there. For those who remember, a few weeks ago I posted my pages from a local team winning a state softball championship. This CP is a feature on the coach who was named State Coach of the Year. Any thoughts on how this looks or what I could have done differently?

P.S. - Looks like there's now a limit on how large posted images can be. Wish I could get this bigger, but I guess you get the idea.