@Thom and @mthemordant-- very, very cool. The horror approach is really hard to resist, yeah? I was originally tempted to make one of my two horror-oriented, but I'll be lucky to get *one* in before the weekend at this rate.
@ le Golem - Is that ... is that...Stan LEE?!? Oh Christ no.
@ Andre Navarro - Once again, you already are securely in first place for the award for: "Makes Me NOT Want To Look" award. Thank you. ( Actually, now that I think about it - you and le Golem are neck and neck. Deathmatch? )
@ Sobreiro - You're always tight.
@ Brendan & @ Hartter - I love the pulp era feel to these. Dead on.
@ spedwig & Raid71 - You've both reduced the idea to iconic design perfection. Bravo.
( I'm surprised no one has noticed, or just mentioned, the homage in my take. Or is it too subtle? )
I've done enough typographic design the last couple of weeks, wanted to do something a little more illustrative for this one. And you guys are so much better at the porno "adult" angle, so I thought I'd go for the "stuck in a dead life/Walter Mitty" form of "adult".
Here I imagined the title to reflect that it was a publication with literary aspirations. Published in A5, aimed at the New Scientist buyer, desperately po-faced and trying to be taken seriously and keep on the shelves. The image is a bit obvious, but if the deadline was upon me this might be what I'd throw out. I suppose if I was to develop it I'd try something more Saul Bass- spider for a ribcage monotone skeleton? Spider made out of hands of the glow of a bulb through grasping fingers? Something a bit more exciting.
@Hartter haha Fantastic! @Raid71 I love the death-star logo! @frequentcontributor I like the middle one, very awesome. Love the eclectic, grungey type @Lance Sells. You have cleverer brains than I'll ever have :(. Neat subtle typography. @Brendan McGinley and @ mthemordant Awesome pulp stylings! I like the subtle skyscraper and the saturated pinks, respectively. I shall now skulk off to bitterly resent that I could never paint half as well as you.
Strong thread so far; glad to see lots of people sticking to the design/type angle.
Really strong entries so far from Sobreiro, Brendan McGinley, Frequentcontributor, Raid71, Hartter, Spedwig, MtheMordnat and Lance Sells. Still reeling from Andre's, though. Thanks for polluting my dreams, dude!