Elle

I'll pay someone to get a video saying "I love you, Elle" and/or something autographed to Elle
Like srsly I just had a show last night and got paid
I'm so jelly of all you LA people. I was going to go to the NY one, but to no avail

Can someone please find the original gif of Lana crying onstage in Ireland? Done with y'allzes gif generators that delete all my references tbh

Took me a lot to color + had to change the whole concept (first sketch ended up like this  ) I really like it feel the surf noir 

QUICK SUMMER OF SAM WIP EVALUATION:
Still working on the Coney Island/Wonder Wheel style, I might just make the alternate cover the more beach-like one, because I'm still getting into the swing of making more brighter, bolder styles of album art, and I keep getting drawn to this idea even if I'm still totally unsure of what I'm really going for.

I have layered a hand holding a cigarette and did similar halftone effects; I figured that there needed to be more going on with Lana. Might replace it with a blunt...might also replace the arm with a different one; might totally scrap the arm.

I also had the idea to find a some Greaser-esque hunk to throw in the mix. Tried to find a good picture of John Leguizamo from 1999 when he played Vinny in the Summer of Sam film and throw him with Lana, but there weren't too many good pictures.

But then I thought of Rob Lowe when he played Sodapop in The Outsiders. Which works because the Greaser culture was hot in the 50s and early 60s, and hit quite the revival around the early 70s, and LANA BE ALL OVER THAT. And it was directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who Lana quoted once in an ad for KEDS. And it's fucking Rob Lowe. I found a few shots, trying to find large enough resolutions to work with.

I also might also brush a few hickies on her neck and then do the halftones on her again.
But until then, here's what I've got.
 


What's been bothering me with the background mostly is that I feel like there isn't enough depth-perception between the background and Lana, and Lana still kind of has that "clip-art" look, which I guess is expected because each layer has been touched with halftone effects. I'm not sure whether or not to do a little defocus on the merry-go-round, and I need to play with shadows or something to give Lana a little more depth and make her look as close to the "camera" as her placement indicates. I have a motion-blur layer following Lana which I am unsure about; I may halftone it to see the difference, or I may just go with shadows instead.

I'm still not too sure with what to do with the album title and her name, still trying to figure that out. There's a lot of empty space at the top. I would have moved Lana higher, but there wasn't enough of the original photo, and I wasn't sure how confident I would be in using other images to make her torso (unless by some miracle someone knows if the original photo was part of a shoot or had a full-body shot.)

She might look less out of place and the rest of the cover might look less empty if I throw Sodapop in. I might also just find a different photo Coney Island/Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement park, maybe a daytime one, not sure.

What do you guys think? Would a daytime shot look better? Maybe a hybrid of both day and night? Do we like the idea of a Greaser hunk? How do we feel about this concept design?

You guys are so sweet!
 
 
 
 

<p>Most of my Photo Manipulation projects usually revolve around line art, 3D/video game renders and a little bit of typography and textures, but not much else. I use a lot of it for decorating my posts for the characters I play in role play forums.<br />
 
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Be that as it may, I needed to spice things up and start making use of all the other ways to recreate and renovate art and photos.<br />
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I've done album art in previous years <del>but we're never going to talk about any of those. Ever</del><br />
 
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So in the midst of scrapping the old album covers for my LDR collection, I've been working on new ones, and this topic will serve as a showcase for my fantasy album art and/or albums for Lana Del Rey.<br />
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I will post WIPs in each album's "spoiler," along with the original copies of any of the photos used. This is how I keep track of how much progress I'm making, where I've improved and where I can use improvement on.<br />
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But this isn't just for me to keep my album art organized; I can talk about how I've improved from older projects I've done and how horrible they were, but I remain my hardest critic, and I can spend more time nagging myself for what I think I'm doing wrong than I spend just figuring out a compromise.<br />
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That's why I love hearing feedback from people, that's why I want feedback from all of you! Whether PhoMa's your element or you just have an eye for art, or even if you just have any suggestions/critiques, I want to hear it!<br />
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I am more of a writer, always have been, so when I take the time to work on other arts (especially PhoMa,) it means so much to me when I'm still trying to get my bearings and people are giving genuine feedback with the intent to help me and encourage me. And as far as that goes, I already got a lot of love and helpful tips already from all of you, and I appreciate it so much.</p>
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And, of course, since the album art is up here, any and all of it is for you guys, as well. I'll be putting track lists up for any of the LDR albums that are of her unreleased demos/leaks/etc. The songs keep their normal title, but what's put after them will not always be "acoustic," "demo," "live," you get the point. I mostly do it just because too many "lives" and "demos" gets confusing for me, but I'll obviously put up what each one really is. Besides, it's not mandatory to follow the track lists since I didn't make CD booklets (I'll probably work on something like that when the actual album art for Lana is complete, all depends.)<br />
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BUT ENOUGH ABOUT THAT.<br />
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Still a little nervous, but... <img class="bbc_emoticon" src="http://lanaboards.com/public/style_emoticons/default/4.gif" title=":eek:" /><br />
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<strong>YOU & ME - <em>B&W Recolor </em>- Progress: <span><em>COMPLETE</em></span></strong><br />
 
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<strong>SUMMER OF SAM - <em>Halftone/Retro</em> - Progress: <em>SCRAPPED</em></strong><br />
 
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<strong>CHELSEA HOTEL NO. 2</strong> - <strong><em>Retro Photo/Swaps</em> - PROGRESS: <em>COMPLETE</em></strong><br />
 
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<p><strong>Teenage Wasteland - <em>Swaps</em> - PROGRESS: <em>COMPLETE</em></strong></p>
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Newest project...

 

CHELSEA HOTEL NO. 2 IS COMPLETE.


Moved Lana around a little bit, which worked out because it helped with keeping too much of the background open, and I managed to get Leonard Cohen's plaque in the shot this time. I couldn't figure out a way to get the night scene to work out, so I just added some warmer filters. It actually kind of has a post-rain afternoon atmosphere to it.

Hope you guys like this! I'll probably do more work on it in the next few days if need be, but I got some other projects to start working on.
 

enduring the most embarrassing proposal ever next to a port-a-potty?..cause shits real
 
Go on a cute Skype date that doesnt go anywhere afterwards (relationship wise) or a really awkward one that leads to a Hitch & Ditch (married for like..a few months and break up)

I dont come on a Lana board in the Lana section to read post after post about Gaga. Kindly STFU and go to GagaDaily xxxxx.

Thanks. Can we just ban Gaga from here?

God damn, I forgot Gaga was relevant to Tropico. Shut the fuck up.

http://lanaboards.com/index.php?/topic/1543-lizzy-grant-lana-in-the-short-film-poolside/?hl=poolside
http://lanaboards.com/index.php?/topic/1518-the-mike-mizrahi-movie-mystery-megapost/?hl=poolside
 

This is literally the first mention of that film on this forum. I think. I searched. How was this never discussed?
 
What with Lana talkin bout a robotic pool-cleaner-thingy that cleans up shit

I AM LITERALLY SKIPPING AN INTERNSHIP TO GO I CAN TAKE OFF ANYWAYS WHOEVER IS GOING TO THE NY ONE LET'S MEET UP IF ANYONE WANTS TO

Gracias, querida~~~
 
Don't remind me, any time I run into my graduating class at a party and the song comes on, I end up involved. But I do a really stanky Stanky Legg doe.

Vinny, you are such a god and I worship you
:kiss:
 
 
 

Oh my god, @@SitarHero, only because your commentary made me HOWL with laughter for the past five minutes, and to reward everyone who makes it through the interview without skipping...




Love you guys, thank you so much, hope this gives you laughs!
Now excuse me....

AND JUST SO WE ARE CLEAR, LE MOI TODEH
 

November has a Member of the Month? It's more than halfway over! I know I know I know, we had some false starts but Vinny Vidi Vici stepped forward to accept the crown, and what a deserving member he is! One of the most articulate interviews I've conducted (read: PM'd a questionnaire) and if you find this lacking in commentary from my end it's only due to a series of "I AGREE"s that I deleted. Let him hear it (and I will allow his reign to overlap into December a bit to be fair).
 
Member of the Month (November): Vinny Vidi Vici!
 

It's not a music video though, it's a short film that includes three of her songs or at least that's what it's supposed to be. She said Ride was going to be a short film but it was more of a long long music video. I like her music videos, she puts some effort into them, it's her own ideas, she doesn't just hire someone to do something, it's her own artistic vision realized by someone who's capable of doing so (even though that just sounded really stupid).

:tommykiss:  :burqa:  :unimpressed2:  :unimpressed:  :tommy3:  :tommy2:  Can leave now

Everyone knows the song I hate.

FUCKING

RADIO



Ugh I can't stand it.

I'll add a list of songs I dislike, but don't hate later
 
 
Okay so I used to really really really hate Radio, but now I've deemed it my happy song and I listen to it whenever I'm in a super happy mood, so I love it now & sorry to everyone I previously offended by saying this lol xx

The best cover I've made. Hope you like it babes 
 

I JUST came back from the show...
SHE FUCKING SIGNED MY T-SHIRT WHILE SINGING VIDEO GAMES. AND I TOUCHED HER.
I still can't get over it. Some friends told me I got shown in the stream! I was at the front row in the very center. <3