Lonely London Lad: Your Artwork Sucks
I received the simple message above today and just had to share it with you.
It's just proof that no matter how good something is, there will always be a detractor. I love the artwork we have -- and note that I personally did not do it, so I'm blowing someone else's horn, not my own. That person's horn is a trade secret, though, so I cannot reveal the name of the horn. I also made sure to wipe the mouthpiece before blowing the horn.
It's also proof that you need to realize that detractors aren't pure judges, but are projecting their own bad day/life/hair on you. All people walk around with a lot of hurt, and compassion is called for when they lash out at strangers, however counter-intuitive that seems (since one's initial reaction is to kick back).
Moral of the story: Don't hate haters, just love them by ignoring them, because they have enough problems as it is.
You know, for someone working for Satan (see my Hamsa blog), that was a remarkably compassionate thing for me to say, I think.
P.S. A chap named Scotty just posted this comment, which is a valid point indeed. I interpret it to mean that it is good to have some reaction to art, whether it's love or hate. It's the middle ground you need to avoid."'amazing', 'good' , and 'sucks' are just meaningless labels. Let's not argue semantics. Your art, as all art - Is. it just is. Someone is expressing themselves and they obviously spent a lot of time on it. Even the hater had feelings about it...."
Here are our current album designs, and below them some really brilliant ones that will be used for future albums.
The double-CD "Lonely London Lad" layout
The "Foaming At The Mouth" layout
The 3rd album CD cover. This deceptively simple design took 3 artists nearly six months to complete, at a cost in excess of $200,000. I am really happy with how it came out, and feel it was worth the wait and countless revisions.
The 4th album CD cover. I figured I'd save a little money by recycling some of the components of the 3rd album cover. This one only took 3 weeks and 2 artists to do, for $150,000. I like the understatement in it. The red pen was a stroke of genius, I think.
The 5th album CD cover. We decided to break trademark law because this idea was just so good. The artistic team from the 3rd album decided to leverage an existing brand from France (they'll never find out, don't worry), and re-brand it LLL. It's not eau de parfum anymore, but eau de musique. You get it? It's Brilliant! And those three "L"s are just beautifully askew ever-so-slightly, but that was planned to look careless (that carelessness cost plenty, believe me). There is a slight problem fitting the CD into the packaging, though, as they preserved the exact size of a perfume box for artistic reasons.
P.S. The last three designs are just... "English humor"...
