Fucking hell it keeps going. I'm making some phone calls. Gonna organise a mass sterilisation because some of you shouldn't be allowed to breed.
L.O.L. Lack of Love (DC)
Just remembered the Namco Museum series for PlayStation. Picture isn't mine BTW.
I don't know if it qualifies, but...
Cory Schmitz did a collector's edition TLOU case which I've always loved
Hahaha no they're not.These boxarts are definitely minimalist, but they're also awful!
I leave for an hour and we've gone deeper.
Minimalism is still left misunderstood.
I've a spare ticket for the Moonraker if you want. You, me and Jaws can laugh at all these mutants left behind.
These boxarts are definitely minimalist, but they're also awful!
The covers themselves aren't awful, but the typography sure is. It's hideous and not even consistent between each one.
The "WA" in Alan Wake and "AV" in Heavy Rain are particularly egregious.
The "WA" in Alan Wake and "AV" in Heavy Rain are particularly egregious.
Not the person you asked, but the spacing is awful, at least to my eye.Why exactly? Not saying you're wrong or attacking you. Just genuinely curious what's wrong with them. I'm working on making some pictures for my site, and it would be nice to have an idea of why a certain font might turn someone off so much. What exactly makes them egregious?
Maybe?
Why exactly? Not saying you're wrong or attacking you. Just genuinely curious what's wrong with them. I'm working on making some pictures for my site, and it would be nice to have an idea of why a certain font might turn someone off so much. What exactly makes them egregious?
Why exactly? Not saying you're wrong or attacking you. Just genuinely curious what's wrong with them. I'm working on making some pictures for my site, and it would be nice to have an idea of why a certain font might turn someone off so much. What exactly makes them egregious?
No idea what that guy is talking about. The letterspacing is fine, when you get to letter spacing that wide you aren't supposed to kern individual letters because it breaks up the rhythm.
No idea what that guy is talking about. The letterspacing is fine, when you get to letter spacing that wide you aren't supposed to kern individual letters because it breaks up the rhythm.
The problem with the Heavy Rain cover is RAIN. There's no reason to have "RAIN" in bold oblique, like why is there special emphasis on that word? It comes off as an embellishment for embellishment's sake.
The typeface is Futura, which is an extremely ubiquitous font that goes well even when letterspaced.
Edit: Oh fuck, the post linking misled me, I thought we were talking about the original Heavy Rain cover with the origami bird in the rain.
Indeed the minimalist covers with the all caps Helvetica titles have terrible kerning :lol How could you even mess that up, Adobe's kerning algorithm is near infallible.
It's about how the letters are spaced, called kerning. WA and AV are particularly noticeable letter combinations where bad kerning is apparent, because the letters use diagonal lines. Because of the shape of the letters, having one letter drawn right where the previous one ends causes them to look very spaced out, so you actually want the letters drawn closer together. Here's an example from Wiki:
The letter spacing on those covers isn't wide at all, and the lack of proper kerning makes those two letter combos very noticeable.
Is there such a thing as maximalism? Cause if there is, it's ITT
It's about how the letters are spaced, called kerning. WA and AV are particularly noticeable letter combinations where bad kerning is apparent, because the letters use diagonal lines. Because of the shape of the letters, having one letter drawn right where the previous one ends causes them to look very spaced out, so you actually want the letters drawn closer together. Here's an example from Wiki:
The letter spacing on those covers isn't wide at all, and the lack of proper kerning makes those two letter combos very noticeable.
Is there such a thing as maximalism? Cause if there is, it's ITT
Actually, yes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximalism
Huh. TIL. Well, maybe OP should remake this thread asking for maximalist box art and we'll see some more minimalist designs.
Huh. TIL. Well, maybe OP should remake this thread asking for maximalist box art and we'll see some more minimalist designs.
Shovel Knight's box art is really good for this
Love how there's no background, it adds a nice minimalist flair. The Enchantress too.
Yes lolYou're doing this on purpose, right?
Yes lol
Maybe?
I wonder what the ratio is between troll posts and just plain clueless posts.
For the sake of humanity I hope most people are trolling.