Colours covers! - Page 4 - Ayumi Hamasaki Sekai
Ayumi Hamasaki Sekai
· Ayu's Official Site · Ayu's twitter · Ayu's YouTube · masa's translations · Misa-chan's translations ·


Go Back   Ayumi Hamasaki Sekai > Ayumi Hamasaki Forums > Ayu Music News

Notices

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #61  
Old 16th June 2014, 02:34 PM
Kouyou's Avatar
Kouyou Kouyou is offline
End of the World Initiate
 
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 1,471
I think they're a lot a lot better than Party Queen and LOVE again. I'm happy with them. I'm getting the CD edition so I'm pleased c: I think that's one of the best covers.
__________________


久しぶり〜

Reply With Quote
  #62  
Old 16th June 2014, 02:38 PM
AyUmIXx's Avatar
AyUmIXx AyUmIXx is offline
until that Day… Initiate
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 10,403
totally look so AYUMAZING!
ayu looks so sophisticated and elegant!
i'm wondering about the booklet pics!
Reply With Quote
  #63  
Old 16th June 2014, 02:39 PM
BlackSilence's Avatar
BlackSilence BlackSilence is offline
Because of You Initiate
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Lithuania
Posts: 5,588
Quote:
Originally Posted by November4 View Post
I'm not spending money supporting something that had minimal effort and that is too ugly to display lol. On the other hand, I bought 5 copies of Love songs because I really wanted that beautiful alternative cover and kept getting the other one. =p I now have it on my shelf:
You have AL in your signature, so you should appreciate a good album cover. Madonna's done it for 30 years straight.
I always say that artists shouldn't do it halfass, like ok i give you great music but everything else it's gonna be a lackluster. If you do it right, do it till the end.

At least that's what i always say. And i only spend money (lets face it, you do slavery to live these days) on things that are actually 100% in full effort. So it's kinda the same for me if i don't like the music till very last song i won't buy the album,if i only like the cover i won't buy it. I need the whole pack. And so many artists know how to pull it off. You don't need huge funds just right people.
Reply With Quote
  #64  
Old 16th June 2014, 02:45 PM
visionfactory's Avatar
visionfactory visionfactory is offline
ANGEL'S SONG Initiate
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Chile
Posts: 5,426
Oh, they are so great. So simple yet classy and flawless!!
Reply With Quote
  #65  
Old 16th June 2014, 02:49 PM
Ayu-me's Avatar
Ayu-me Ayu-me is offline
from your letter Initiate
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 396
I'm not amazed by these covers, but they don't look bad in my opinion. Text placement could be much better, but otherwise fine, and definitely not the worst Ayu has ever done for covers.
While I do see the point that people are making about these covers not fitting with the album title, I see another side to these covers: these pictures, though they may seem quite plain, do in fact have millions (well, in HQ at least) of tiny different particles of colour, that all together form one image. In the end, even a closeup of Ayu's face would contain many, many different colours because few things are truly mono/duo/tri(etc.)chrome, most things are simply observed at too far of a distance for the variation in colour to be noticed.
Or at least that's my attempt at taking a deeper look into how the covers could tie in with the album name, it might not be the least bit close to the official explanation for the choice of covers at all, but it is the explanation I'm using.
Also, one thing that did bother me majorly about the covers, or should I say about one cover, is this;

Lazy editing???
__________________
Reply With Quote
  #66  
Old 16th June 2014, 02:51 PM
freedreamer's Avatar
freedreamer freedreamer is offline
Don't look back Initiate
 
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Singapore
Posts: 18,096
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ayu-me View Post
Also, one thing that did bother me majorly about the covers, or should I say about one cover, is this;

Lazy editing???
LOL thats obviously the background....its just a blur from the lens...i dont see the need to photoshop it away..
Reply With Quote
  #67  
Old 16th June 2014, 02:56 PM
owlflight's Avatar
owlflight owlflight is offline
ayu trance Initiate
 
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: SC, USA
Posts: 2,073
Not bad. Fits the whole slick dance album idea she seems to be working with. Still buying CD only when my money tree starts growing!
__________________

Book collector, avid reader, writer, cat owner, part time owl who listens to JPOP, KPOP, metal, soundtracks, and instrumental music.

Reply With Quote
  #68  
Old 16th June 2014, 02:56 PM
YUKARI's Avatar
YUKARI YUKARI is offline
No way to say Initiate
 
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Thailand
Posts: 5,285
I like the covers! At least she looks classy and there's no pink or rose colours!!
__________________



ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2012-2013 A ~WAKE UP~. Dec 29/30/31, 2012. Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo.
ayumi hamasaki 15th Anniversary TOUR ~A BEST LIVE~. Apr 13/14, 2013. Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.
ayumi hamasaki 15th Anniversary TOUR ~A BEST LIVE~. July 27/28, 2013. Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo.
ayumi hamasaki ARENA TOUR 2016 A ~MADE IN JAPAN~. May 22, 2016. XEBIO Arena, Sendai.
ayumi hamasaki ARENA TOUR 2016 A ~MADE IN JAPAN~. July 18, 2016. Osaka-Jo Hall, Osaka.
ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2016-2017 A『Just the beginning -20-』. Dec 29, 2016. Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo.
ayumi hamasaki 『Just the beginning -20- TOUR 2017』. July 15/17, 2017. Osaka-Jo Hall, Osaka
ayumi hamasaki 『Just the beginning -20- TOUR 2017』. January 9, 2018. ROHM Theatre, Kyoto
Reply With Quote
  #69  
Old 16th June 2014, 02:57 PM
Ayu-me's Avatar
Ayu-me Ayu-me is offline
from your letter Initiate
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 396
Quote:
Originally Posted by freedreamer View Post
LOL thats obviously the background....its just a blur from the lens...i dont see the need to photoshop it away..
What bothered me is how it only appears on this one cover, and how the rest of the background is so plainly white in contrast. It looks very unintentional, and very much like "I half-assed the background a little", which in the end gives me an impression of laziness and lack of professionalism so I personally think it should have been photoshopped away. But then again, I'm a perfectionist...
__________________
Reply With Quote
  #70  
Old 16th June 2014, 03:04 PM
kendelle's Avatar
kendelle kendelle is offline
A BALLADS Initiate
 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Adelaide, South Australia
Posts: 4,296
Quote:
Originally Posted by November4 View Post
LMAO these are literally the worst covers she's ever had. Hahaha.
But this exists
Spoiler:
__________________


Signature presented by the amazing majrakun <3 thanks photobucket
MY
Twitter | last.fm | Facebook | Tumblr

Reply With Quote
  #71  
Old 16th June 2014, 03:06 PM
chocopockymaster chocopockymaster is offline
Memorial address (take 2 version) Initiate
 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Boston
Posts: 5,673
Wow, that black spot on the one cover is super freaking annoying. My favorite photoshop fail is when they didn't photoshop the background from white -> black in between all of her hair for that one Secret cover/promo pic. lol-ing for daaaaays.

Pic under the cut:
Spoiler:


That is lazy as fuck and I am nhft. With how OCD she can be about certain things, it's truly a wonder to me that these make it past her approval stage.

Last edited by chocopockymaster; 16th June 2014 at 03:09 PM.
Reply With Quote
  #72  
Old 16th June 2014, 03:06 PM
inspire_rmx's Avatar
inspire_rmx inspire_rmx is offline
ayu-ro mix 2 Initiate
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 1,994
i love the shoot but definitely not the placement of the text. Only the cd only works fine for me. Most likely getting that version only
__________________
Reply With Quote
  #73  
Old 16th June 2014, 03:22 PM
Gustavopc's Avatar
Gustavopc Gustavopc is offline
INSPIRE Initiate
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: São Paulo, Brazil
Posts: 5,997
Am I the only one who is bothered by her hands? Like she's holding a wig which is not well fixed and she can't take her hands out of her head?

Besides this, nice covers, not her worst, not her best, but a relief among the PEACHED-FACE-KOSEE we were getting. I mean, it's still a kind of facial shooting, but at least there's a different hairstyle, her eyes don't look giant and artificial and the outfit is also interesting. I wonder if the booklet pics will each be filtered to different colours~
__________________


instagram | last.fm | tumblr | jpop tumblr | twitter | peeproom | goodreads

Reply With Quote
  #74  
Old 16th June 2014, 03:24 PM
BlackSilence's Avatar
BlackSilence BlackSilence is offline
Because of You Initiate
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Lithuania
Posts: 5,588
^^^lol i don't understand why they need to cut her out at all, just shoot the whole thing in front of the black backdrop xD seriously, Leslie must have been on a budget xD

regardless of the lack of concept and safe aproach you've gotta admit she's looking increadibly mature and beautiful. AND herself too.

Last edited by BlackSilence; 16th June 2014 at 03:27 PM.
Reply With Quote
  #75  
Old 16th June 2014, 03:31 PM
tokyoxjapanxfan's Avatar
tokyoxjapanxfan tokyoxjapanxfan is offline
SURREAL H-Initiate
 
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Tokyo
Posts: 8,677
I think there's actually a background... a very very very light background. Especially on the CD/BR version you can see shadows in the back. (as opposed to just being blank white)

And the blackspot looks like it could be her own shadow, more than just a mistake. Granted, as it doesn't add anything to the cover they could have gotten rid of it, but if they just cropped a bigger picture (which contained the fully visible shadow) it could explain it, and it'd be more of an overlook than mistake.
__________________

"Remember, don't let others dictate your music taste. If you like whatever you're listening to, keep listening to it."


Last edited by tokyoxjapanxfan; 16th June 2014 at 03:37 PM.
Reply With Quote
  #76  
Old 16th June 2014, 03:39 PM
Didz-19's Avatar
Didz-19 Didz-19 is offline
appears Initiate
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Brunei Darussalam
Posts: 1,106
I really love the covers. So classy.
__________________
Reply With Quote
  #77  
Old 16th June 2014, 03:39 PM
Party_King's Avatar
Party_King Party_King is offline
BEST Initiate
 
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Berlin • Leipzig
Posts: 1,709
nobody realized it's nearly the exact same position



I like them... they're classy and remember me to one of my favourite shoots from her (something at the beginning of 2007 promoting A BEST 2)
and i'm not sick about that strange font... just about aYUMI HaMASAKI CoLOURS - i don't see any sense for this...

the best 2 Cover for me:


(CD only & CD+Blu-ray+candle)
__________________

concerts i've attended:
「ayumi hamasaki ARENA TOUR 2018 ~POWER of MUSIC 20th Anniversary~」2018.04.07
「ayumi hamasaki ARENA TOUR 2018 ~POWER of MUSIC 20th Anniversary~」2018.04.08
Reply With Quote
  #78  
Old 16th June 2014, 03:40 PM
YUKARI's Avatar
YUKARI YUKARI is offline
No way to say Initiate
 
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Thailand
Posts: 5,285
Alvin Goh made the photoshoot?
__________________



ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2012-2013 A ~WAKE UP~. Dec 29/30/31, 2012. Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo.
ayumi hamasaki 15th Anniversary TOUR ~A BEST LIVE~. Apr 13/14, 2013. Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.
ayumi hamasaki 15th Anniversary TOUR ~A BEST LIVE~. July 27/28, 2013. Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo.
ayumi hamasaki ARENA TOUR 2016 A ~MADE IN JAPAN~. May 22, 2016. XEBIO Arena, Sendai.
ayumi hamasaki ARENA TOUR 2016 A ~MADE IN JAPAN~. July 18, 2016. Osaka-Jo Hall, Osaka.
ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2016-2017 A『Just the beginning -20-』. Dec 29, 2016. Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo.
ayumi hamasaki 『Just the beginning -20- TOUR 2017』. July 15/17, 2017. Osaka-Jo Hall, Osaka
ayumi hamasaki 『Just the beginning -20- TOUR 2017』. January 9, 2018. ROHM Theatre, Kyoto
Reply With Quote
  #79  
Old 16th June 2014, 03:45 PM
Party_King's Avatar
Party_King Party_King is offline
BEST Initiate
 
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Berlin • Leipzig
Posts: 1,709
Quote:
Originally Posted by YUKARI View Post
Alvin Goh made the photoshoot?
for sure
__________________

concerts i've attended:
「ayumi hamasaki ARENA TOUR 2018 ~POWER of MUSIC 20th Anniversary~」2018.04.07
「ayumi hamasaki ARENA TOUR 2018 ~POWER of MUSIC 20th Anniversary~」2018.04.08
Reply With Quote
  #80  
Old 16th June 2014, 03:51 PM
KPL KPL is offline
Initiate
 
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: UK / US
Posts: 667
Quote:
Originally Posted by Party_King View Post
for sure
Actually he's the Stylist rather than the photographer
Reply With Quote
Reply

Tags
浜崎あゆみ, colours

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off



All times are GMT +1. The time now is 04:58 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.