It's Not All About Us, Here

[lavenderfrost]

We wanna hear from you guys - the founders had our own ideas of what we want to see here, but communities are about more than that.  So.

What would you guys like to get from this comm?

Specific tutorials, contests, fests, more representation of certain apps?  (Founder is admittedly biased in favor of Photoshop, but if someone wants to post GIMP tutorials or tutorials for other programs, that'd be awesome.)

Anyway.  Feedback highly encouraged. :D  You don't have to limit feedback to this post by any means, but here's a space for it if you need it.  Let's talk. :D

Comments

[yue_ix]

I would love a "pimp your covers" type of tutorial or contest or something. Just to show how to turn around an 'okay cover' into a 'great cover', to give people ideas of what to do with theirs if they aren't satisfied with it.

[lavenderfrost]

I kind of had an idea of that being a continuous part of the comm's purpose, yes. I added the "help wanted" tag to our list in anticipation of people coming in for advice. Def open to ways to turn that into a specific 'fest though.

[lesson_in_love]

Challenges or themes for each month? Or maybe inspiration posts to highlight a specific color palette/typeface/imagery? I'd love to have somewhere to come if I've got no inspiration/desire to be creative.

It also would be interesting to see what other people's process for creating covers are! I'm sure we all have different steps and methods. But I'm not sure how to make that a thing without a lengthy and time consuming post?

[lavenderfrost]

We're looking at no-strings attached monthly prompts to start off with, then we'll see how things go. I have some vague ideas for bigger challenges, but they need more brainstorming for a while. :D

[lesson_in_love]

Excited to see what you come up with! :D

[decoy_ocelot]

With the new year approaching fast, would anyone be interested in posting end-of-year round-ups? Like "show off your favourite covers you made this year" kind of thing?

[lavenderfrost]

That would be AWESOME. XD