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Post by B. on Jun 28, 2012 16:05:45 GMT -5
Because it was bound to happen. I'm lazy, so I copied all of Dante's poll options from the original. I hope you don't mind.
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Post by csc on Jun 28, 2012 16:37:17 GMT -5
I think this poll needs more options. I like it, but don't think it's the most wonderful thing nor do I think it's okayish.
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Post by Poe's Coats Host Toast on Jun 28, 2012 22:08:17 GMT -5
I second that it's too few options. Better would be a scale from 1 to 5, five being the best. I mean the option "Most wonderful thing I've ever seen" is just taking the piss ;P and "pretty okay (...)" is very close to "I don't care" which I personally can't say so.
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Post by Dante on Jun 29, 2012 2:21:30 GMT -5
But the options are just 1 to 5 disguised under flavour text. 1 is clearly good, 3 is clearly ambivalent, and 5 is clearly expressive of extreme distaste.
In any case, I voted the cake option - one stage higher than my vote for the original cover. The original's grown on me a bit, but I'm still baffled by how much better the art is inside the book than outside, and that octopus spine is beyond compare.
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Post by B. on Jun 29, 2012 4:37:41 GMT -5
The octapus spine does it for me. When I saw it I might've reached out and stroked the screen.
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Post by Christmas Chief on Jul 1, 2012 12:28:45 GMT -5
I'll vote 2, as I find the overall effect spatially pleasing and economic in that it's not overwhelming. On the other hand, I'm not a fan of the illustration they chose to magnify, as I don't think it's the best sampling of Seth's work (the interior illustrations, as mentioned, are far more striking). Although I suppose if the falling motif plays a larger role in the plot the decision might have been based on content rather than aesthetics.
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Post by WicCaesar on Jul 30, 2012 0:40:49 GMT -5
I hope the Brazilian version uses this cover.
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Post by csc on Jul 30, 2012 12:35:40 GMT -5
Are you brazilian?
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Post by Lost In Des Moines. on Aug 12, 2012 10:48:26 GMT -5
don't get me wrong I'm, excited for it, but does this not feel a little... childish? in comparison to the ASOUE covers, it doesn't look right to me.
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Post by csc on Aug 12, 2012 10:57:44 GMT -5
Yep, it does. But it's new style, you know? That's just what Seth does.
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Post by Dante on Aug 12, 2012 11:01:56 GMT -5
The style of the cover art is a lot more simplistic than the interior art (which we've seen quite a few samples of), so it's not that Seth can't draw or anything. It's actually quite strange just how different they are.
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Post by Lost In Des Moines. on Aug 12, 2012 14:07:54 GMT -5
Oh I don't doubt his artisic talents for a second, I just feel a lot more at home with Brett Helquist's work and it's a shame they didn't collaborate further. For some reason I always preferred the US covers in the first place, having a few of them amongst a predominantly UK set, although in this case the UK release have the same layout as the original series which comforts me a little more.
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Post by Allyieh on Aug 18, 2012 23:15:37 GMT -5
I noticed that in the spine the octopi have eight legs, while in the design for Ink Inc. the octopus only has six legs. I don't know if that's on purpose or not, but I almost wish that the spined octopi had six legs as well.
While it is simplistic, I have fallen in love with the colour scheme, the spine, and the car on the bottom. Plus, we always have the back cover to depict the Bombinating Beast, or another piece of artwork that has been cut from the more busy design we've seen.
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Post by Christmas Chief on Aug 19, 2012 9:36:51 GMT -5
I noticed that in the spine the octopi have eight legs, while in the design for Ink Inc. the octopus only has six legs. I don't know if that's on purpose or not, but I almost wish that the spined octopi had six legs as well. I'm beginning to think Ink Inc.'s logo was merely a stylistic choice all along. There aren't references to six legs anywhere else in either the text or in other illustrations, and we've had access to plenty samples. If the pattern of full-page illustrations continues, there will certainly be plenty of opportunity to compensate for lost elements or (in the case of the American cover) duplicate in greater detail. Not that the lost illustrations are especially striking.
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Post by Allyieh on Aug 19, 2012 18:27:22 GMT -5
I'm beginning to think Ink Inc.'s logo was merely a stylistic choice all along. There aren't references to six legs anywhere else in either the text or in other illustrations, and we've had access to plenty samples. If the pattern of full-page illustrations continues, there will certainly be plenty of opportunity to compensate for lost elements or (in the case of the American cover) duplicate in greater detail. Not that the lost illustrations are especially striking. Yeah, I'm starting to think that too, lol. It has a nice style with both 6 and 8 arms, though, so I'm not put out by it. I'm highly growing on the regular octopus art too! Well I live in the US so I'll be getting the American version anyways so it's not a huge deal, but it's interesting to see each region's preferred cover art.
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