Custom Cover Art Thread

[John_Carpenter]

Originally Posted by Harvey Plissken

Please, tell me you plan to make more covers in those Scanavo cases. Because, you did an awesome job doing those covers.

I plan on doing Scanavo covers from now on

Originally Posted by Guydowood

All are excellent JC! My choice would be standard. Please do Top Secret

Top Secret should be done in a day or two

[jordanjabroni]

Where's the best place to find sleeve templates?

For now I've resorted to scanning mine in (of various spine widths) and working over those...

[maverick22]

Originally Posted by John_Carpenter

I've been toying with the idea of doing a standard 4k cover, a vhs inspired cover, and a Scanavo sized cover for each movie I do covers for. My guinea pig is Airplane! Let me know what you think

[Show spoiler]Standard


VHS-inspired


Scanavo Size

They all look great! Probably standard gets my vote.

Do you plan on doing Top Secret and Naked Gun as well? I'm looking for art for the new ZAZ Collection.

Noob question. Are we able to download those?

Thank you!

[John_Carpenter]

Originally Posted by maverick22

They all look great! Probably standard gets my vote.

Do you plan on doing Top Secret and Naked Gun as well? I'm looking for art for the new ZAZ Collection.

Noob question. Are we able to download those?

Thank you!

Thank you! I did The Naked Gun around the time the steelbook came out.



I upload over at uncovered.name or I can send you a link, whichever is easier for you.

[John_Carpenter]

Standard


VHS


Scanavo

[jstxanothrxstory]

Originally Posted by John_Carpenter

I've been toying with the idea of doing a standard 4k cover, a vhs inspired cover, and a Scanavo sized cover for each movie I do covers for. My guinea pig is Airplane! Let me know what you think

Love the Scanavo sized cover!

[thelwig14]

Anyone do a cover for Stardust 4K? One I found I thought was perfect ie cropped at bottom.

[gregmasciola]

Originally Posted by AmishParadise

For the upcoming Arrow Video release I decided to work up some cover art which mirrors the DVD release. End result shown below.
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Background image for back portion sourced from Amazon Prime stream.


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Versions of the above, the background image for the back portion carrying over into the spine.


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Background image for back portion sourced from Videobuster.de, a close match to what was used for the DVD releases.


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Versions of the above, the background image for the back portion carrying over into the spine.


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For the back portion I'll be offering one more variant, a version which mirrors the Arrow Video release. When the time comes I'll chime back in making those available as well. Also, I've since improved the spines for those who may have downloaded some of these already. I increased the size of the Catalog Number, Paramount Pictures logo and Blu-ray Disc logo. They looked understated prior. A nice improvement I think. Enjoy!

Any way you could repost these? The links seem to be broken.

[jordanjabroni]

Originally Posted by jordanjabroni

Where's the best place to find sleeve templates?

For now I've resorted to scanning mine in (of various spine widths) and working over those...

...anyone?

[disclose2losingit]

Has anyone made a custom cover of Sage Stallone's Vic?

[jaws3dfan]

I reached out to @Nissen and had him make me a US Blu-ray cover using the UK "Rides Again" artwork for Smokey and the Bandit Part 2. Let me know what you all think!

[Moviefan2k4]

Hey, all. I spent most of today, trying my best to make an editable template for the front panels of all the main MCU movies, mimicking the retail design as closely as I can. Here's what I've come up with so far; the only great departure is the art for Thor, but I do plan on making a version with the original cast poster as well. I'm not just doing the fronts, either - this will be expanding over time to form full covers for every film; I don't know yet if I'll be doing the TV shows (though I would like to). I am leaving out Agents of SHIELD, since the bulk of that program went its own way after Season 1. I already have an idea in my mind for an "Alternate Universe" template, that would be for all Marvel films which predate the MCU. Anyway, here's the result of today's work - what do you think?

[mpls1981]

Wanted matching covers for the series, so made a fake Arrow version for Riddick and re-made the first two to give a fully matching design with the standard case size.
I wasn't able to find the full original artwork so went with basic black and added an image to change it up a bit.

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[spanky87]

I whipped up this custom for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice since the 4K cover is nothing special and didn’t use the theatrical artwork:



For the back cover I just used the same retail one from the database here.

The full image is posted above for anyone that wants to use it. But please don’t post it anywhere else.

[jaws3dfan]

UPDATE

I reached out to @Nissen and had him make me a US Blu-ray cover using the UK "Rides Again" artwork for Smokey and the Bandit Part 2. Let me know what you all think!

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Cover B

***This version includes an actual screenshot of the Title Card as seen in the UK

[Moviefan2k4]

Here's an update to my MCU efforts, containing designs for every film in Phases 1 & 2. As you can tell, I've done a few variants, and I plan to include more, but it largely depends on the resources I have available. The template that contains all these layers has grown to 115 MB so far, and I have no doubt it will at least double that when I add everything for Phases 3 & 4...so keep your eyes peeled. Until then, enjoy!

[Heartbreaksoup]

Moviefan, I think this is an admirable job on a thankless task. The banners are giving these covers some strong uniformity. My own preference is for minimalism and "calm" in cover artwork. That's often not going to happen with contemporary movie marketing design, but the repeated red anchors (which perhaps are also planned for the rear?) and the centered Marvel Studios logo anchored on each front do provide consistency and continued form which make each image appear part of the same series.

I don't know whether it's possible considering the source material, but if the character / film name typefaces remained consistent across the fronts, I think your results could be stronger. By that I mean if the two Captain America films and the two Thor films had the same logo, the way the two Avengers films do, they'd look better as a piece.

(That may not even be your goal, because I think your intention might be to honor the original poster art, which changed logos/fonts between films, in which case the problem is with the original design and marketing, and not your own hard work!)

I'd also like to see the artwork without that hideous "Watch Anywhere" banner on the front.

I don't wish to sound overly critical, because I'm genuinely interested in a great solution to what I jokingly call The Marvel Problem. Before I upgraded to Blu-ray, I bought all the films through Endgame on used DVD and stuck 'em in clunky 6-disc clamshells to save space, intending to have better art for them one day.

I've upgraded a few of them when I've found them cheap (not hard if you buy used) and occasionally consider what nice, uniform collection artwork would look like, either as singles or as 6-packs. But The Marvel Problem for me starts with the source material being really cluttered and visually unappealing, especially when we get 22 films into the series and every performer's agent is demanding they appear on the poster.

But definitely keep at it! I may not like the artwork, but I think most of the first 22 movies had more heart and soul in them than most contemporary product (even some of the ones most fans dislike) and they deserve a good, uniform collection, and what you're doing here gives the disparate releases an anchor. I'm curious to see how you tackle the spines, and especially the back covers, which on studio releases tend to always break my heart with clutter and noise.

[Moviefan2k4]

Originally Posted by Heartbreaksoup

Moviefan, I think this is an admirable job on a thankless task. The banners are giving these covers some strong uniformity. My own preference is for minimalism and "calm" in cover artwork. That's often not going to happen with contemporary movie marketing design, but the repeated red anchors (which perhaps are also planned for the rear?) and the centered Marvel Studios logo anchored on each front do provide consistency and continued form which make each image appear part of the same series.

Thank you very much, for your recognition in this regard. Yes, I do intended to carry the red tones over to the spines and the backs; you'll see the specifics of that over the next few days.

Originally Posted by Heartbreaksoup

I don't know whether it's possible considering the source material, but if the character / film name typefaces remained consistent across the fronts, I think your results could be stronger. By that I mean if the two Captain America films and the two Thor films had the same logo, the way the two Avengers films do, they'd look better as a piece.

(That may not even be your goal, because I think your intention might be to honor the original poster art, which changed logos/fonts between films, in which case the problem is with the original design and marketing, and not your own hard work!)

My intention is to honor the original artwork, for the most part. That said, I've made some exceptions, like attempting a "washed-out" gold version of the cast poster for Thor: The Dark World.

Originally Posted by Heartbreaksoup

I'd also like to see the artwork without that hideous "Watch Anywhere" banner on the front.

I happened to work very hard in recreating that, to the best of my ability. I don't watch movies on small devices myself, but I know some do, so I wanted to include that as part of the design.

Originally Posted by Heartbreaksoup

The Marvel Problem for me starts with the source material being really cluttered and visually unappealing, especially when we get 22 films into the series and every performer's agent is demanding they appear on the poster.

Well, that's sadly Hollywood for you. I remember when the first poster for Spider-Man: Homecoming was released, and the fans cried foul because Robert Downey was most prominent. I understood the complaints, and was happier when they revised their design, but I didn't completely hate it like some did.

Originally Posted by Heartbreaksoup

But definitely keep at it! I may not like the artwork, but I think most of the first 22 movies had more heart and soul in them than most contemporary product (even some of the ones most fans dislike) and they deserve a good, uniform collection, and what you're doing here gives the disparate releases an anchor. I'm curious to see how you tackle the spines, and especially the back covers, which on studio releases tend to always break my heart with clutter and noise.

The backs will definitely present many challenges, to be sure...and quite frankly, I don't have a lot of answers for that yet. But I will be experimenting, perhaps even posting some rough prototypes, and letting you guys choose which ones you prefer. Thanks for all your kind suggestions.

[Moviefan2k4]

OK, here's the first version of the back template I whipped up. Its a fairly modified version of one I found elsewhere, with a few elements removed for either redundancy or space limitations. I plan on giving each film its own unique tagline at the top, and then of course the white space will contain the summary and film stills or screencaps. The lists for the bonus features will be standardized, and kept uniform as best I can. As for the credits, that will vary due to the amount of names and descriptions for any given film. What do you think?

[spanky87]

There’s no official physical release yet, and it may never get one since it’s a Disney Plus movie, but I made a custom cover for Young Woman and the Sea anyway.



Full png above. Feel free to use, just don’t upload anywhere else.