BEAUTIFUL!! Excellent Job!!

Does anyone have a direct link to a custom cover for the Alien Anthology set? I searched but no luck, the one I printed was way too small. :o

I have done that once or twice when I was fine with the front/back cover but not the spine. I think I only did that with Forrest Gump and Spaceballs.

I remember seeing this movie in the theater as a kid. I remember it being a good movie, but it seems to have never been released on home video in the US.

Great cover art BTW.

I like it! Looking forward for the finished result. Just in case you are interrested, I have all the Evil Dead Trilogy fonts. Send me a PM if you want to use them also, or they should still be on the http://www.deadites.net website.

The recent Image Ent. release of Phantom of the Opera had an uninspired cover, to say the least. The UK Park Circus cover was better, but that too showed the Phantom unmasked. Here's my spoiler-free alternative:

http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/664...eopera1925.png

Anyway, my main objective was to make a cover that doesn't have the big reveal make-up plastered all over it. My non-commercial cover may not lure todays kids in off the streets, but as a pure design exercise it's very fulfilling.

Avoiding spoilers on this wasn't easy. Almost all the stills from the movie featured the Phantom unmasked, so I was left with a promotional image from a glass slide for the back. It was riddled with scratches and dust, so I spent quite a bit of time cleaning up that image. The background was transparent, leaving the shadows to interact with the actual background colour of my cover. It worked out fine, as I like deep-etched images like that. It avoids the blocky feeling of square pictures.

The front poster was an original 1925 version. No image of the Phantom on this either. I only changed the lettering of the actual title to match the one on the back and spine. Otherwise the poster is untouched. The Blu-Ray logo fits in nicely, methinks.

The two-toned nature of the front poster dictated the look of the entire cover. I always start with the front poster and let that guide the design. You'll note that all the elements on the back are organized in a sort of egglike shape, mirroring the shape and size of the poster on the front.

I just noticed there's no mention of the director's name anywhere. I'll have to remedy that, including his credit on the front somewhere. Oh well, back to the drawing board.

There's too much text on the back, but this disc had such a plethora (who can say that word with a straight face anymore?) of versions and soundtracks so there was so much info to get across. I also wanted to emulate the marketing materials of the time: "Photographed in Color". You don't see that on too many posters nowadays.

The synopsis is taken from the original 1925 theater programme. It was also wordy, but the grandiose prose just rolls off the tongue. Wonderful!

Finally, I kept the studio logos and stuff off this time, because I want this cover to work for both the US and the UK releases, which are identical in content, I believe.

There you have it. If anyone wants this all you have to do is PM me.
Now that I've made a cover for this, I should get around to actually seeing it.

Grandiose work.

I finally completed one!

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c3...DEADONLINE.jpg

Anyone out there have a custom or scan of POTC On Stranger Tides cover?

Thanks!!

sorry I got rid of me single pirates cause I upgraded to the treasure chest. But Ill keep an eye out.

I think this one is too messy. Too much stuff overlapping, and jarring colours that might otherwise work if it wasn't too busy.

Thank you so much!
Could you please share the HQ files of the other 2 "Drive" customs you made?
The 3 options are great! Thanks in advance :)

Please tell me you finished this. :) Because I want to print it and use it.

Great design. Here are some thoughts:

-I'm not a fan of the "Dustin Collection" theme
-Could use a Blu-ray logo on spine and maybe cover
-You've written "Bluray" instead of "Blu-ray"
-Any reason you went with the shortened "Evil Dead" instead of "The Evil Dead"?
-The green is too bright
-Maybe the spine could be green instead of grey
-Don't like how the spine art overlaps onto the cover, or how it pushes the back text to the left side

Alternative version
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c3...vilDeadAlt.jpg

I tried clearing most of the clutter. I toned down the green, now it matches the limited edition blu ray version. I know people probably wont like the dustin collection but thats more so for my wife and I.

Here ya go
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1482927/Cove...over%20lge.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1482927/Cove...nate%20lge.jpg

sorry about the poor resolution of the front of that one ^
there are no higher available versions of that image

I think it is much improved, Sir. It wasn't as much clutter, as just toning down the green somewhat.

But....
May I just focus your attention on the placement of elements in relation to the edges of your cover.

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/1...deadguides.jpg

Much of the "clutter" can be wrangled in check if you adhere to a common margin for all the elements. I'm using the edges of your specs-box as a starting-off point, and I've taken the liberty of illustrating with some guidelines (added in Photoshop).

If you keep all text, logos and taglines aligned to those guidelines, it will tighten up the whole back considerably.
The synopsis is too close to the border, and I always advocate a little breathing room around text. If it can be perhaps block-aligned as well, I think it would help immeasurably. (And to my eye, perhaps you should tighten up the spacing between lines as well).
Likewise with the bottom logos. Nudge them up until they share a common baseline with your "Dustin Collection" box.

Also, on the front, the placement of "The Dustin Collection" from your template, clashes with the border underneath. Maybe you should just make the green rectangle opaque?

As always, you are free to ignore any and all advice.

I love the poster, but the movie itself is not very good. I re-watched it again when I sat down to do the cover and its astounding just how bad the talented cast are - including Christopher Lee, Donald Sutherland, Richard Widmark, Vanessa Redgrave and Lloyd Bridges - it really is no surprise that it has never surfaced on DVD.

It's aso not the most exciting Alistair (Where Eagles Dare) MacLean novel ever filmed (most of the action in the actual novel takes place on the ship rather than on the island as it does in the movie)

Still, great poster art.

No I appreciate all the input. This is only like my second attempt at making covers so I always welcome criticism and advice. I agree with what you are saying and I also agree that the softer green looks alot better(thanks to those who pointed it out) Sometimes you need another eye to point out the little things you may over look. Thanks for the support and advice, hopefully someday (once I learn photoshop) I can be half as good as all the talents on this thread!

That's beautiful...I want to buy that film just so I can have that cover! :D