In which seth posts exceptionally amateur work

[replacementparts]

(Lyrics by L'arc~en~Ciel)


So... here's what I've got so far. This is super rough and I'm not doing anything really with graphical elements other than the text so far.

I have no idea if that's a good way to go about it, or if I should be figuring out ideas and concepts first and fitting the text in.

This project seems so huge and unweildly. I had a bit of overwhelm earlier going through fonts. I don't even know how to tell what typefaces are good and which are terrible. I have a couple at this point I feel kinda comfortable with (Georgia, Caslon), but... the ones I have available to me right now are very limited.

I'm at this really awkward stage in my graphic design understanding. I know enough to know that everything I'm doing is somehow wrong, but not enough to know how to fix it. I know a little about baseline grids, but not how to use them effectively. I know less is more but I feel like this stuff could have been done by a two year old.

I should try a layout or two without the romanji- just go straight to the translation. See if that works any better.