Saboteur (1942) 4K UHD

[The Sovereign]

Originally Posted by Mister_Kidd

Graphic designer here. The bolder part above is 100% the point. I NEVER get final approval on a project and most of the time the original concept belongs to someone else. Most projects are like 50% trying to conceptualize what some non creative person is seeing in their head and 50% outright copying something they saw someone else do. It’s a cruel reality of my profession that the people who make the final call rarely have any taste or an artistic eye.

So anyway, I wouldn’t blame the designer. I’m sure they were doing their best with what they were told they had to make. And their first 5 (most likely superior) drafts were rejected.

Thanks - I respect your take on it. And yeah, no way for me to know if this was the designer’s best work, or if this was a directive from some hack who thought this is how the cover should look. But regardless, the person who ultimately approved it, owns it. And this one’s crap.