[Project] Fanbook Cover Designs

[nokiirat.livejournal.com]

All the submissions for our fanbook covers are in.
and more...

Take a look HERE for the entries. Most of these are drafts of the artist/designer's concepts. The final cover will be cleaned up with nicer fonts, finalized drawings, and other adjustments if necessary. They are labeled A through M (13 entries). Please look them over and pick out your favorite cover concept. If you have any suggestions, feel free to comment and we'll give them to the winner.

A poll will be posted in a couple days for voting.

Comments

[cetriya.livejournal.com]

oh, a lot of good ones!

I like B but i'd like it another shade of color. dont know what, maybe gold or purple or even a pastel color.

I like the Egg from cover C

Cover I I rather not the black character silhouettes but use the what shape as a silhouette instead of the cross T. maybe have the stars as hearts too?

I think i'll change mines, cover L red background to just white since i'll be coloring the chibis of the group.

thats my 2 cents

Fan Book Covers Look Great!

[(Anonymous)]

These all look great ^_^

[selenityshiroi.livejournal.com]

Some great ones, but does CLAMP still have the blurb about people not using their images on their website? If so, I thing that cover with a collage of actual CLAMP images on it would not be in the best taste (even though it's pretty). I just seems to me like it goes aganist their wishes.

[nokiirat.livejournal.com]

it's actually a collage of the artist's fanart if you look closely. :) which is why it should be ok.

[selenityshiroi.livejournal.com]

What, C? Really? Is it vectored, because the poses seem familiar.

If not, wow.

But, I agree with the majority that B looks the best. It's simple, uncluttered but stylish and screams CLAMP.

[shiroki-tenshi.livejournal.com]

I agree with you on C. It does look really familiar, unless the artist looked at the picture and drew it freehand.

Is there a bigger version of it?

[psychoe.livejournal.com]

I cannot tell you just how MUCH I am in love with Cover B.

In all honesty, it's fairly simple but I feel it's also the strongest, most visually striking and conveys the concept of a "global fan community" extremely well. I love how the designer unified the front and back covers with graphic of the globe. And the wings are always a great touch!

I'm sure we can choose a more festive color scheme for the final draft but I feel this is a particularly awesome entry!

[kryptyd.livejournal.com]

Ohh! I like covers B, I and L. Actually I think I like cover I the most because it is so sweet and has the gift giving aspect to it. I think it would be nice to use a cover that has aspects of Clamp style, but doesn't look like a complete Clamp rip off, if you know what I mean.

[darksage29.livejournal.com]

B, H, and I get my vote.

[sole-the-kid.livejournal.com]

They are all very pretty, but the cover that like me so much is one B. Compliments to the producer ^^

[punkypeggy.livejournal.com]

Cover B, no doubt about it.
Great concept.

[schwindelmagier.livejournal.com]

I really love cover B.
Very, very well done.

[ladyofjoy.livejournal.com]

It's true! They're all great jobs, congrats to the people who did it!
But I've got to say, cover B got me. I like F, D and I too, but there's something missing on them.
About cover B, it would be nice some colors, and maybe, a more "visible CLAMP thing" - I mean, something that reminds CLAMP more, I like those two little wings, but the egg on cover C or D are just more CLAMP like.
I don't know... just my random opinion xD Anyways, congrats to all the designers once more!
And of course, to you Nokiirat, putting so much efforts on it!

[existence-proof.livejournal.com]

In love with covers B and D.
Simple, yet the most awesome-est. [sorry for the lack of vocadbluary xD]

[x-reggg.livejournal.com]

ohhh pretty *______* i like cover B and F the most :3

for B, the map on the globe seems to be kinda off? i dunno if that's what the designer wanted or is it just at a drafting stage, but it seems kinda weird to have an australia-looking country next to america :x

i really like the small logo things in F, and how they kinda represent all the series they've done. but it might be better if it was also 'expanded' to the backcover as well? the balance between the front/back seems a bit off, but otherwise i really like the concept :3

[kioto-san.livejournal.com]

I think "cover B" will work the best :) I just want to propose to make some changes (click on the preview pic)
(http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww301/ki-sempai/arts/CoverB-variation.jpg)

I think if the wings will be white the whole cover will look better. And maybe the color of title change to gold for example (without outlines just gold)...

[cetriya.livejournal.com]

i like your suggestion, I hope B wins. its much more classy especially since its going to be a hard bound book.
if only we could print on silver paper and have gold foil on it

[cetriya.livejournal.com]

oh and maybe the spin text be gold too

[kioto-san.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I wish B will win too:)
The printing on the silver paper would be perfect especially with golden text :) But I think it will work good on the gray paper as well :)

[yume-mi.livejournal.com]

I like cover B and F. :D

[mikayukixx.livejournal.com]

i like B ^-^

[clamp-hikari.livejournal.com]

B all the way ^^

[clampkingdom.livejournal.com]

^_^ Wow B is really cute!
FYI - I did 20 clamp symbols for design F to go with the whole 20th anniversary ^_^

[shaoran-x.livejournal.com]

I like D and F ^^

[deedlit-san.livejournal.com]

B! B! And once more B! It's the best and matches the splasch pages very much! Great design!

[chiapetzukamori.livejournal.com]

I know we're not voting yet, but B is my choice, easily.
I'm not a huge fan of the idea of fan art being on the cover, since that's what the book is filled with. Plus, that cover ties the CLAMP feel with the global splash pages.
I'd recommend it be white or just slightly off-white rather than gray though ^_^ (the background, not the globe/text)

aaaaah my only regret is that I was so bogged down with school that I couldn't submit one that I thought was good enough *cry cry* oh well lol

[archangelunmei.livejournal.com]

I like B, but I also love F. I love the little icons on F that draw ALL of Clamp's works together, not just one or two of the artist's favorites. XD Plus, I had a very fun few minutes sitting here figuring out which icon represented which manga (and I'm still not sure about the bread...)

I just think it's more representative of Clamp and shows love for ALL their works, which is what we're trying to do. =) Plus, it's awesomely creative.

[clampkingdom.livejournal.com]

thanks ^_^
The bread is from Duklyon. Most of the symbols were actually from a series of group images that clamp did for their clamp su exhibition. The characters wore hats and arm bands with the symbols on them. And the bread was one of them, though it took me a while to figure out what it was too! I believe they chose that because they worked in a bakery? -shrug-

[archangelunmei.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, that makes perfect sense! ^_^ It also explains my confusion, since Duklyon is one of the ones I haven't read yet, lol.

[shiroki-tenshi.livejournal.com]

B, D, and F get my votes. Lovely. :)

[li-vox-il.livejournal.com]

nokiirat, Is it too late to submit a cover? I didn't know about this contest since I was busy with the Cover Photo Contest for LA.

[trishpawachunyu.livejournal.com]

covers B and F, but I like F more...