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I had sooooo many creative ideas for this school project but everything was rejected by the tutor because he thought they were too complicated. Also, I originally had another concept for this project but he shot that down too so..... I went with a concept which was the plainest, simplest, and hopefully most difficult to find flaws with. -_____-I do NOT claim the floral design to be mine. It was taken off a fabric image and traced in Photoshop. (Not enough time, y'see) I still like how this turned out though. The pattern was lovely to work with
"TCHUA" = me
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Since everyone keeps asking - What is it printed on? : Plain paper for the CD and card stock for the cover. This is just a mock up so it was only for aesthetic purposes. CDs + paper don't make a good combination in your CD-rom...
Good luck!
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very nice......its simple yet nice ....like the layout .....gonna fav this ....im gonna be doing a dvd cover on college grad exibition so this is gonna give me sum ideas
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Ahh this is amazing! I can't wait till I have my packaging design course. I'm an art institute student
I've done the same thing on some of my recent work, as far as taking pictures of floral patterns. I haven't uploaded anything in a long time :S
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oh this is lovely!!!
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very clean and crisp. It looks very professional
I hope you don't mind me asking, but I am curious as to where you go to school. I would love to study graphic design and am trying to get an idea of some different schools and if they are good or not.
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Thank you! I'm studying in Melbourne, Australia.
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Cool! If only my family there was on the east coast and I could stay with them
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Simplicity is bliss...
Just don't let everyone shot down your ideas...
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... maybe so... but I'm going to be the only one to shoot down my ideas!
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Too bad that you coudn't made the ideas you had for the proyect wish that someday u draw them so we've could see them ^_^ , anyway the pattern loosk great :3 , what webpage does it says in the cd cover O.o ?
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Yup, someday I will try to complete those projects
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I actually really love the simple design and minimal colors of this. One of my favourite CDs actually looks pretty similar to this design :3 It seems like plain and simple is the way things tend to be now when it comes to marketing, so I can understand why your teacher would want you to tone your work down.
But personally I like lots of colors and cute designs >w< You'll do fine either way in the real world, don't worry :3
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Perhaps I'm still learning to appreciate minimalism 
Thanks so much!
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OMG, how can they shoot down just about every idea you had! I bet they were awesome too... I wouldn't mind seeing them... if you have them that is.
Well, anyways, that pattern does look like fun to work with. Did you trace it with the pen tool or do you have a tablet... I miss my tablet... but I don't have a darn serial port on my new machine! What machine doesn't come with a serial port! >.< LoL ok... I'm gonna stop.
Well, gorgeous as always darlin'!
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Lol, because my tutors should know better than I do
I used a tablet to trace it in Photoshop 'cuz I liked the rough pencil-y lines and wanted to break away from clean vector lines ^^ *blinks* You really don't have a serial port? What machine is that?!
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Yeah... sure they know best... LoL 
The tablet sure worked great for this piece! Breaking away from the mainstream-ness is aways good. Yeah, no serial port... it's a custom machine, runs windows xp, I love it to death(good ram, good space, everything) but the darn thing has gave me so much trouble! Now, I guess I adore it since the problems are solved [damn faulty memory], except for my problem with the lacking of the serial port, I need to buy an adapter or something, we I get some extra moolah.
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Communication Design, aka. Graphic Design. I guess that they do allow creative freedom to a certain extent, allowing me to make my projects look 'fun' but I can guarantee you that my tutors hate anything cute and girly. =_= I'm just stubborn sometimes.
I need a new com too D: My poor iBook is sputtering and dying.. can barely draw a straight line with the Wacom, that's why some of the lines are a bit squiggly sometimes. Hahaha
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I thought it was Graphic Design, just wanted to make sure, because you tend to do things like packaging and things for marketing. Your tutor is such a party pooper... lol... not really, he is teaching you something, later on you're gonna have clients/boss and they might be like him, not like the cute and girly stuff so you have to be able to put the cute meter down (even though you're so good at it!).
Don't you just hate when computers die... and yours is a iBook, those things are so expensive! Anything Mac is! Oh, I can't wait to get my adapter... just need a few extra bucks... lol
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My iBook has served me well, but I think it's approaching the end of its lifespan... T-T Sigh. Hopefully I can afford a new machine soon ^^
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May your iBook rest in piece(when and if he decides to die)! and hopefully you can get a new one fairly soon. I'll be waiting for more things by you!
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Where do you go to get your stuff printed?
The sprout box and the cd cases?
You do such great work!
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At the local print centres
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I love the floral design... an the Cd Cover is great.
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really cool and impressive design *probably would buy it because it looks good* *thumbsup*
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'plagiat'...xDDD the heck? xDDD OoO this is nice.....the cover can catch people's attention OwO/ soooo clean xD
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LOL I dunno man. 'plagiat', never heard of before
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I really like this design. But I also really like the way you choose to photograph and present your work on here; that goes for all of your work by the way.
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Yup, we've been emphasizing a lot on photography of our work this year. It's been good
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This is really nice!
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I'm taking a graphic design degree. Fun? Sometimes. I'd say it was 80% stressful for me because I went into the course not expecting anything and had to learn from scratch. =_=
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Oh, I see. 
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*sniff* Thank you :3 But some people are born with natural talent, while people like me are slow learners
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I'm not sure what I'm interested in at the moment... xD I like so many things! But photography and graphics are probably the things I love most, so maybe I should look into it. I'm just not sure if I could find a class for people as young as 13, and not even in highschool yet. >.<; I highly doubt it.
And I'm a slow learner too. D: So it's OK, I know how you feel. xD
And, you're welcome. <3
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Oooh then you have plenty of time to work that out
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he's right ;] simple comunication is the best =] my teacher always says!!! ; less is more =]
the final product is great ;]
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Minimalism is the way to go! hahaha. Thanks!
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LOLS nps~! i have a problem with trying to keep it neat! lols when its neat its TOO simple and when its messy its way to messy! LOLS all good ;]
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Sigh, the fussiness of design. =_=; I also have a problem with keeping it neat and yet trying to be more expressive. Meh!
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omg! soo tru! AHHAHS *dies* thank god im not choosing that path of design =__=; i`ll stick to my teddy bears AHAHS
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