r/graphic_design • u/MrMermaiid • 1d ago

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Hey guys, I’m not a graphic designer but a musician. I make very minimal cover art design for myself like this one because I don’t like thinking much about that side of things. I wanted to have a cool gradient vibe with the purple fading into the black since I usually just use full black and this is a special release. I hate however the way you can see each tone/layer of purple in this really pixely sort of way. Is that just inevitable since I’m using such simple colors, or did I do something wrong exporting and is there a way for it to look smoother?

Thanks in advance!

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u/steaimh 1d ago edited 1d ago

You should use a png file with 3000 x 3000 pixels inside a 72 ppi [(pixel per inch) raster size of a pixel inside a square which is an inch wide and high ] this should be the usual size for Spotify covers. If you set your color profile to sRGB, which determines the range of your colors inside a defined space, you shouldnt be having any problems.

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u/steaimh 1d ago

Oh and use inside the black color gradient the same purple a little bit, otherwise it will look too greyish.