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:iconmike-obee-lay:
So this was a project I did in my Photoshop class last semester. The assignment was to make a cover for any book of choice. I chose the fanfic Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality. My instructor was fine with it being a fan made book. He told me it was too busy. Now that I see it I understand what he meant... So what do you guys think?

Ps. I don't own Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling does.
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:iconrouge568:
Really cool! This is probably the closest thing to a professional cover I've seen yet - much better than the others!

One small critique - it looks like the snapping fingers are holding either a wand or a wisp of smoke. Which is a cool effect, but it means that the eyes are drawn from the hand first (because it has the most detail and is on top of all other elements), up this line to the crotch. Which I don't think you want as the center of focus :P
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:iconmike-obee-lay:
Hmm... I never noticed that before... It's just the space between the legs... interesting...
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:icondarthparallax:
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is perfect. I beg you not to change it. I like the other covers I've see for movie posters, webpages, and the like, but this one I think perfectly summarizes most of what is important. The Vitruvian Patronus is BLOODY BRILLIANT!
Your instructor is mistaken about it being too busy- look at other Harry Potter covers and you'll see there's actually a lot going on in 1, 2, 3, 4, and 7.
I happened to like 5 the best, but that was only after reading it, and in my opinion 6 wasn't nearly a busy enough cover.

You are now my #2 fav. DeviantArt Methods artist, after Dinosaurusgede, and that's only cuz he's done so much. The covers have always been my favorite fan arts, and each new one is better than the last!

Please do a back cover, or see if you can collaborate with one of the other cover artists to adapt the two covers together. I think the Crystal Ball and Snapping Fingers would make a good back cover to this- anyone else agree? :D :D :D :D :O :O :O :O
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:iconmike-obee-lay:
wow... you put me right up there with dino-gede... that's pretty high up there... Thank you for all of this praise, it means a lot to me... ummm... what do I say to all this?...

Ps. (spoiler alert [maybe {if you haven't read up to the newest chapter}]) What do you think Harry will do to save Hermione? :?
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:icondarthparallax:
If you *do change it, at least consider preserving all the elements from this version, but maybe stretching them across front and back covers. But this is super epic, and VERY close to being what I would want to see sold from the shelves. I hold out the hope that one day JK Rowling actually phones LessWrong to talk about making this publishable. I'm sure the legal work would be difficult, but I'm equally sure that if Rowling chose to support it, it would happen. Someone, please, beg her to do this.
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:iconfireymoonlight:
Awesome! As much as I love the symbols at the bottom but I think it sticks out too much, maybe keep the snapping fingers but remove the fire and happy face?? Love the designs though!
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:iconboundpromethius:
Just lose the three icons at the bottom, and you're good to go. The central image says everything that needs saying, and says it well.
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:iconeliezeryudkowsky:
Nice! Please email me at yudkowsky at gmail with your desired cameo name!
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:iconmike-obee-lay:
OH! cool! ... I have no idea what my name should be... hmm...
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