Music FanArt Pack - Printable Version

Music FanArt Pack - Printable Version

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- digitalhigh - 2008-11-17 05:04

Rand Al Thor Wrote:@digitalhigh

Thanks for all the great fanart. Lots of good stuff in there. Just so you know, you have the Dropkick Murphys labeled as Flogging Molly. Similar styles of music though so I could see how that might happen Cheers.

Thanks for pointing that out. I'm a fan of both bands, but have never seen pics of them...will fix in a day or so.

Any requests?

- Rand Al Thor - 2008-11-17 16:35

No worries Wink

They are two of my favorites too. Only reason I noticed is I have seen them both live quite a few times. I will go through my albums and see if I have any bands that I really need fanart for. Thanks again.

- shizzle - 2008-11-17 16:42

how do you use music fanart in mediastream?

- KevinSartori - 2008-11-17 18:30

digitalhigh, more awesome work with the second pack! Another tip, though (don't you hate people who think they know it all?). Some of those B&W pics are a bit contrasty. A feature I probably overuse in Photoshop is Shift-Ctrl-Alt-L (Auto Contrast) and Shift-Ctrl-L (Auto Levels). I fact, I have a habit of opening pics, doing Auto Contrast and then Auto Levels. About half the time, I don't like what Auto Levels has done, so I undo it in History. It's quick to do and can make a huge difference. Also, for some of the fuzzy pics, you could try Filter -> Sharpen -> Unsharp Mask. I keep Radius at 1.0 pixels and Threshold at 0 levels. Depending on how much sharpening is needed, I tend to be either 20%, 40% or 60% on Amount. Oversharpening looks bad, but a little can make a big difference on an HDTV.

I love the work you're doing and I don't mean these tips to criticize! Please, feel free to ignore them! Hell, you can even insult me if you want! Wink

Thanks again, good work.

- digitalhigh - 2008-11-17 23:49

KevinSartori Wrote:digitalhigh, more awesome work with the second pack! Another tip, though (don't you hate people who think they know it all?). Some of those B&W pics are a bit contrasty. A feature I probably overuse in Photoshop is Shift-Ctrl-Alt-L (Auto Contrast) and Shift-Ctrl-L (Auto Levels). I fact, I have a habit of opening pics, doing Auto Contrast and then Auto Levels. About half the time, I don't like what Auto Levels has done, so I undo it in History. It's quick to do and can make a huge difference. Also, for some of the fuzzy pics, you could try Filter -> Sharpen -> Unsharp Mask. I keep Radius at 1.0 pixels and Threshold at 0 levels. Depending on how much sharpening is needed, I tend to be either 20%, 40% or 60% on Amount. Oversharpening looks bad, but a little can make a big difference on an HDTV.

I love the work you're doing and I don't mean these tips to criticize! Please, feel free to ignore them! Hell, you can even insult me if you want!

Thanks again, good work.

How dare you come into my thread and insult my work! I spend hours doing this stuff, and all you have to say is...

Just kidding. Big Grin

No, actually, thank you for the pointer. I use photoshop a lot, but don't take the time to play with any of the automated stuff or the newer features. I still do touch up work with just the clone stamp tool and the pencil, and I adjust all the brightness/contrast/saturation stuff by hand.

The problem is that I have a three-monitor setup, and the levels aren't matched just right. I try to check them across all three screens, but sometimes it's hard to tell what will look best on all screens.

So any advice is more than welcome. Have you re-adjusted the levels of the ones that needed it? If so...send em my way and I'll re-add them to the pack. Or I can do it...whatever works.

And I see what you mean about the unsharpen mask. That seems to create the kind of textures you see in higher resolution images, where up close it's spotty, and at normal rez it looks incredibly crispy. Hmmm...now I've got much playing to do.

Thanks again. Wink

- Jeroen - 2008-11-18 20:14

Nice work on the packs, quite a few bands that I like Cool

thanks

- FourTwentySmilz - 2008-11-18 21:09

I know I'm gonna get slammed hard for this........but, I do have a wife. I would rather be slammed verbally on here, than in real life by her. LOL
Could you release some country music FanArt? Like Hank Williams Jr, Charlie Daniels Band, Bellamy Bros., Taylor Swift......Some others too?

- digitalhigh - 2008-11-19 00:21

FourTwentySmilz Wrote:I know I'm gonna get slammed hard for this........but, I do have a wife. I would rather be slammed verbally on here, than in real life by her. LOL
Could you release some country music FanArt? Like Hank Williams Jr, Charlie Daniels Band, Bellamy Bros., Taylor Swift......Some others too?

I don't know about getting slammed...now if you'd included Big and Rich in that list...

Big Grin

I can whip up some country ones. I'm a bigger fan of the old-school country music, so if you want any other specific artist...list em.

In fact...just give me of bands to do. Anything you listen to. Just start rattling off bands. And this goes for everybody...just throw em out there.

Please. Wink

- timdog82001 - 2008-11-19 01:00

rage against the machine, mars volta, pink floyd, jimi hendrix, offspring, goldfinger, dr. dre, ice cube, big pun, eminem....all good stuff Smile

I think you might have already found some stuff for a couple of those but i'm just tossing out there what I think of.

Also, I think it would be nice to have more images with actual music or instruments in the picture, rather than just a picture of a band (most of which most probably won't recognize) standing on a street corner or whatever). So, you know, people playing music, concerts, jam sessions, even just random pictures of instruments. Even a few pictures of classical instruments or pictures of orchestras or something like that might not hurt. Anyway, just ideas!

- rwparris2 - 2008-11-19 02:01

Quote:In fact...just give me of bands to do. Anything you listen to. Just start rattling off bands. And this goes for everybody...just throw em out there.

k...

I'm at work, so no master list but this is whats sitting on my mp3 player right now (minus some local stuff & stuff you already put out) so i'd definately like any or all of these.

You may already have put out some of them, I can't remember everything you've done so far.

sigur ros
the cool kids
the roots
snoop dogg
ministry
miles davis
john coltrane
thelonius monk
the kills (different from the killers)
gang of four
the minutemen
the dead kennedys
tenacious d
nick drake
the flaming lips
tom waits
fugazi (more please)
medeski, martin, and wood
del the funkee homosapien
the presidents of the united states of america
the black keys
the black lips
soul coughing
pj harvey
the blow
sublime
yeah yeah yeahs
17 hippies
the strokes
the dirtbombs
the liars
the hives
old time relijun
vampire weekend
wu-tang clan
the wire
the pixies
esg (emerald, sapphire, gold)
billie holiday
aphex twin
!!!
seu jorge
q and not u
kyuss
keller williams
phish
eagles of death metal
smashing pumpkins
ween
can
joanna newsom
skalpel
frank zappa
sex mob
ol' dirty bastard
minor threat
sex pistols
sleep
spoon
fIREHOUSE
pearl jam
NERD
electric six
hot hot heat
jon spencer
george carlin and the parliment funkadelic (or any combination)
blur
nick cave
the ramones

also to echo what timdog said, live shots are always great to get, but i'm sure its 10000x times harder to get quality ones.

and any generic musical backdrops would also be nice for bands that I can't get good fanart for, i.e. local bands, orchestral stuff, or whatever.