MOON / blossom covers

[primavera♥]

^gosh i cant tell u how many other covers would be like porn covers then if thats all u had to do. . .

[Kanzaki]

All album/single covers look fake and/or overly photoshopped. Very few just feature a shot of a smiling, natural girl/boy, and a neutral text. Almost always, they will look manufactured and fake. Jus' saying.

[Misa-chan]

Originally Posted by Kanzaki88

All album/single covers look fake and/or overly photoshopped. Very few just feature a shot of a smiling, natural girl/boy, and a neutral text. Almost always, they will look manufactured and fake. Jus' saying.

I don't understand why though. Nobody looks exactly the same in every single photo they take.

If you think ayu looks weird (mismatched eyes, big lips, whatever), why not just understand that she's human, and not a machine/doll? Or if you think ayu looks too fake (too flawless skin, too big eyes), why not accept that she's naturally beautiful like that?

I don't get why everyone loves to (mis)use the word "photoshop" and expect it to explain away everything they personally dislike about the covers.

[Kanzaki]

Originally Posted by Misa-chan

I don't understand why though. Nobody looks exactly the same in every single photo they take.

If you think ayu looks weird (mismatched eyes, big lips, whatever), why not just understand that she's human, and not a machine/doll? Or if you think ayu looks too fake (too flawless skin, too big eyes), why not accept that she's naturally beautiful like that?

I don't get why everyone loves to (mis)use the word "photoshop" and expect it to explain away everything they personally dislike about the covers.

My point exactly

Originally Posted by truehappiness

I created a monster from older covers I thought had similar features, haha.



Dear god.

I'm...oh my.
I need to go lie down.

[Queen Bee]

Originally Posted by Misa-chan

I don't understand why though. Nobody looks exactly the same in every single photo they take.

If you think ayu looks weird (mismatched eyes, big lips, whatever), why not just understand that she's human, and not a machine/doll? Or if you think ayu looks too fake (too flawless skin, too big eyes), why not accept that she's naturally beautiful like that?

I don't get why everyone loves to (mis)use the word "photoshop" and expect it to explain away everything they personally dislike about the covers.

I'm so happy you pointed all that out. I'm a photographer and I definitely know what "over photoshopped" looks like and how people can look different in different photos due to lighting, posing, ect.

[channy]

Originally Posted by Misa-chan

if you think ayu looks too fake (too flawless skin, too big eyes), why not accept that she's naturally beautiful like that?

Because it is fake. In another Ayu forum, people used to post HD pictures of Ayu, where you can clearly see, that she has acne prone skin throughout all her career.

For those people that use to watch Ayu performances only in HD / .ts Quality, its not possible to hide this fact. Just a few random examples of my own:

Spoiler:

I also can remind you on "forgiveness" performances, where she had a bad breakout, as well. I can upload those pics later, have to search for them on my external HDD.

It's Off-Topic I know, but its crazy that people like you are denying the reality, when some users write, they don't like the fact that the CD covers / photoshots etc are uber-fake. I feel, it is a fair statement and there is actually nothing to say against. So why do you do so?

[ayumisrael]

Originally Posted by ShiSeido

Because it is fake. In another Ayu forum, people used to post HD pictures of Ayu, where you can clearly see, that she has acne prone skin throughout all her career.

For those people that use to watch Ayu performances only in HD / .ts Quality, its not possible to hide this fact. Just a few random examples of my own:

Spoiler:

I also can remind you on "forgiveness" performances, where she had a bad breakout, as well. I can upload those pics later, have to search for them on my external HDD.

It's Off-Topic I know, but its crazy that people like you are denying the reality, when some users write, they don't like the fact that the CD covers / photoshots etc are uber-fake. I feel, it is a fair statement and there is actually nothing to say against. So why do you do so?

The people who saw her in realiy (in London for example) have to be considered as well and according to them she is as beautiful in reality as in the images.

[ILoveGeniuses]

pretty and simple... was expecting a bit more though. so i guess this will be what the FP poster will look like too.

[joshohhhhh]

looks like a boring cover. i'm not really impressed; it's pretty and average.

[truehappiness]

I created a monster from older covers I thought had similar features, haha.



Dear god.

[Misa-chan]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

I created a monster from older covers I thought had similar features, haha.



Dear god.

What?

Man, you are a prime example of someone with too much time on his hands. lol!

[Bigtop]

Maybe it's some kind of a "blast from the past" pose or so...

[primavera♥]

LOL. . . . . .thats really gross. it looks like Christina Ricci for a second.

then it just looked disgusting.

this is great work. Picasso

[Calico]

I actually like the font.

I think it's overall an okay cover. I don't find anything particularly omg beautiful about it, but it's not ugly at all. She has worse covers and she has better covers. I really don't expect much from her covers anymore. the only ones I've really liked in the past couple of years were NL and MW.

As for the Miliyah references (yes I still see it ) I don't think it's an insult at all...but then again I'm apparently one of the only people who thinks Miliyah is pretty. It's just mostly her hair an dthe lighting and her facial expression. It still looks like "ayu" though.

[truehappiness]

Man, you are a prime example of someone with too much time on his hands. lol!

I only spent like one minute on it. And it shows. -hides-

I guess I made it because I'm a bit curious about how people would react if she did covers like NEVER EVER or Depend on you now. "Why the blank stare? Why is she so dirty?! This sucks!" I wonder if a lot of Ayu fans have just come to hate anything that isn't what they -thought- it would be. "Oh, this isn't good enough for this three-consecutive-singles... no sir!" Then what is? (I have this feeling that if she did something similar to vogue / Far away / SEASONS in this era, she'd get slammed for it. In fact, any cover that wasn't done by Leslie Kee would probably get some really bad criticism for being boring in this day and age, I think.)

[primavera♥]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

I only spent like one minute on it. And it shows. -hides-

I guess I made it because I'm a bit curious about how people would react if she did covers like NEVER EVER or Depend on you now. "Why the blank stare? Why is she so dirty?! This sucks!" I wonder if a lot of Ayu fans have just come to hate anything that isn't what they -thought- it would be. "Oh, this isn't good enough for this three-consecutive-singles... no sir!" Then what is? (I have this feeling that if she did something similar to vogue / Far away / SEASONS in this era, she'd get slammed for it. In fact, any cover that wasn't done by Leslie Kee would probably get some really bad criticism for being boring in this day and age, I think.)

many here are constantly acting like all her old covers and magazine shoots were like genius or something. . .when i actually see them (as im definitely not a fan from those eras) i figure if that cover wouldve been released now im sure many wouldve found all the criticism in the world for it. besides that i never found her crooked teeth smiles extremely beautiful or some of her hairstyles in that era pretty at all.

but here we are. i feel like majority of people dont like this cover. oh well~~~

[pepper]

Originally Posted by StrawbariSnowAyumi

many here are constantly acting like all her old covers and magazine shoots were like genius or something. . .when i actually see them (as im definitely not a fan from those eras) i figure if that cover wouldve been released now im sure many wouldve found all the criticism in the world for it. besides that i never found her crooked teeth smiles extremely beautiful or some of her hairstyles in that era pretty at all.

but here we are. i feel like majority of people dont like this cover. oh well~~~

i didn't mean that they were genius or sth, it's just that this "cutesy" fact is out of her age area. japanese have their own obsessions about looking more younger then they really are, even they look younger than people from other countries. she still looks young without that curly hair, cutesy face, blured skin. i just... don't know WHY.

[primavera♥]

Originally Posted by ♥pepicolada

i didn't mean that they were genius or sth, it's just that this "cutesy" fact is out of her age area. japanese have their own obsessions about looking more younger then they really are, even they look younger than people from other countries. she still looks young without that curly hair, cutesy face, blured skin. i just... don't know WHY.

ah well now~ im not specifically referring to you. . .but nevertheless. . .i dont see it necessary for someone too look what is deemed as proper for their age. imo she pulls it off. i dont find the cover cutesy anyhow but pretty and simple.

ayu can pull off cutesy imo. shes lucky.

i really dont think the pictures are making ayu look ugly or really that much less pretty. she doesnt look like that creepy feline chick. so its okay.

(id hate to be 30 and told i have to dress super mature all the time)

[pepper]

Originally Posted by StrawbariSnowAyumi

ah well now~ im not specifically referring to you. . .but nevertheless. . .i dont see it necessary for someone too look what is deemed as proper for their age. imo she pulls it off. i dont find the cover cutesy anyhow but pretty and simple.

ayu can pull off cutesy imo. shes lucky.

i really dont think the pictures are making ayu look ugly or really that much less pretty. she doesnt look like that creepy feline chick. so its okay.

i don't think that anyone thinks that the covers are ugly (decent, average, but not ugly, lols) there are some exceptions like S/S or (m)u covers that are really UGLY, but it's still her - she can't reli look ugly C:

[panda♥]

Originally Posted by StrawbariSnowAyumi

ayu can pull off cutesy imo. shes lucky.
)

she can but it's annoying, especially at her age. i wish she'd do more natural, classy and sexy looks instead of straight up cute like she's been doing for the past few months. she goes through more "cute" phases than anything else unfortunately.