Custom Cover Art Thread

[bartlettphoto]

Originally Posted by threefiftyrocket

These are just brilliant! Just a few questions though... WHERE DID YOU GET GOOD WILL HUNTING ON BLU?!?! One of my absolute favorite movies, or is this just in anticipation of the BD?

Second, those Mad Men covers are AMAZING! Please tell me you are going to make Season 4 b/c the official cover for that release is just aweful... IMO.

Thanks! I got Good Will Hunting (one of my favorites, also!) at FYE. It's an Alliance release and has a pretty nice transfer, a great upgrade from the non-anamorphic dvd I had! As for Mad Men S4, I posted that a while back but I haven't purchased it yet, so no need to print the cover yet.

[bartlettphoto]

Originally Posted by dv8pdx

Ok, I think its done! I don't think I could get anymore "Official" with it. Def a fun challenge to see if I could do it!

I decided to do both fronts, one with the current style half front wall and one old style without it.

After this I def want fish for dinner!

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These look great! I like the one without the wall thing Disney has been doing better.

[threefiftyrocket]

Originally Posted by bartlettphoto

Thanks! I got Good Will Hunting (one of my favorites, also!) at FYE. It's an Alliance release and has a pretty nice transfer, a great upgrade from the non-anamorphic dvd I had! As for Mad Men S4, I posted that a while back but I haven't purchased it yet, so no need to print the cover yet.

I see I see... I must have missed you posting that... will definitely use it when I buy SSN 4 thanks! and I didn't know that Good Will Hunting was released by Alliance, hmmm... probably need to do some importing soon!

[alek200]

Where can i download this cover ?

It's very good!!!

[tkdkid717]

Originally Posted by dv8pdx

Ok, I think its done! I don't think I could get anymore "Official" with it. Def a fun challenge to see if I could do it!

I decided to do both fronts, one with the current style half front wall and one old style without it.

After this I def want fish for dinner!

Where did you get all the disc box things on the back? Did you just remake them in illustrator? Also, could you do one for toy story 3 except also include the special edition banner on top thats found on the first 2 releases? Thanks!

[dv8pdx]

Originally Posted by tkdkid717

Where did you get all the disc box things on the back? Did you just remake them in illustrator? Also, could you do one for toy story 3 except also include the special edition banner on top thats found on the first 2 releases? Thanks!

I hand built the 4-disc box specs, everything in it is a layer in Photoshop. This way I can adjust it as needed for updated specs or add Disney3D if they make that.

I may do a Toy Story 3 with the half wall to match 1 & 2 now that I have my Pixar cover template created. Should be easy from here on out making them.

[Dynamo of Eternia]

Originally Posted by dv8pdx

Ok, I think its done! I don't think I could get anymore "Official" with it. Def a fun challenge to see if I could do it!

I decided to do both fronts, one with the current style half front wall and one old style without it.

After this I def want fish for dinner!

Great work! Left you more detailed feedback over at EuphoricFx.

[Ray_Rogers]

Originally Posted by dv8pdx

I hand built the 4-disc box specs, everything in it is a layer in Photoshop. This way I can adjust it as needed for updated specs or add Disney3D if they make that.

I may do a Toy Story 3 with the half wall to match 1 & 2 now that I have my Pixar cover template created. Should be easy from here on out making them.

How about alternates for those who don't give a crap about Digital Copy and DVD of whom would rather have the Blus? Ever consider that?

[dv8pdx]

Started a Toy Story 3 to match 1 & 2

[phony510]

Originally Posted by dv8pdx

Started a Toy Story 3 to match 1 & 2

I do not want to sound needy but could you make it yellow instead, and make it the 4 disc?

[dv8pdx]

probably wont make the 4 disc version since 1 & 2 aren't and I want them to match.

Tried the yellow, and it just doesn't work for me - washes out the Title too much.

[Dynamo of Eternia]

You could probably tone the yellow down a little bit and make it a big more orangish. That might not make it wash out the title as badly. Though the purple looks fine, too.

IMO making both a regular sized case and 4-disc case version would be cool. I honestly don't mind if one movie comes in a regular sized case and it's sequel comes in a slightly bigger one if it has more discs if the titling, etc, on the 'spine' of the box lines up pretty well. That's what bugs me most about the TS3 Blu-Ray. If they just moved the title so it looks good next to the first two movies, I'd be happy.

Though I suppose that the cover could be put in a 3-disc elite case with the digital copy omitted since that's only useful once anyway. I'm just tossing out ideas for the benefit of potential downloaders of the cover. I would totally consider using it if it wasn't for the fact that I keep the slipcovers on all of my Disney movies, which would defeat the purpose of using a custom label like this one.


I do have on additional thought though on a possible 'alternate' version of this cover. I know your goal here is to make it match up with the TS1 and TS2 covers. But there is one thing that REALLY bugs me about the way the paper inserts look on them, and that is the inclusion of the Blu-Ray logo between the "Includes" and "Blu-Ray +DVD". It's very redundant of the Blu-Ray logo that is already on the case. I'm not sure who at Disney made that decision. I think it would look better without the BD logo, and if the blue bar with the format wording was smaller with the text closer together.

I'm almost tempted to scan the first two movie covers and make that one change sometime.

[phony510]

Originally Posted by Dynamo of Eternia

You could probably tone the yellow down a little bit and make it a big more orangish. That might not make it wash out the title as badly. Though the purple looks fine, too.

IMO making both a regular sized case and 4-disc case version would be cool. I honestly don't mind if one movie comes in a regular sized case and it's sequel comes in a slightly bigger one if it has more discs if the titling, etc, on the 'spine' of the box lines up pretty well. That's what bugs me most about the TS3 Blu-Ray. If they just moved the title so it looks good next to the first two movies, I'd be happy.

Though I suppose that the cover could be put in a 3-disc elite case with the digital copy omitted since that's only useful once anyway. I'm just tossing out ideas for the benefit of potential downloaders of the cover. I would totally consider using it if it wasn't for the fact that I keep the slipcovers on all of my Disney movies, which would defeat the purpose of using a custom label like this one.


I do have on additional thought though on a possible 'alternate' version of this cover. I know your goal here is to make it match up with the TS1 and TS2 covers. But there is one thing that REALLY bugs me about the way the paper inserts look on them, and that is the inclusion of the Blu-Ray logo between the "Includes" and "Blu-Ray +DVD". It's very redundant of the Blu-Ray logo that is already on the case. I'm not sure who at Disney made that decision. I think it would look better without the BD logo, and if the blue bar with the format wording was smaller with the text closer together.

I'm almost tempted to scan the first two movie covers and make that one change sometime.

+1 on that, it would be cool if you did both, but I do like how it is going to match up. I keep the slips too, but I guess I would still use the custom label, just so I could have a little piece of mind (I am not freaking about it constantly or something), but whenever i pull out those movies TS3 just doesnt fit in.

[dv8pdx]

I think Im going to do all 3, so I agree with the top disc info needs to be changed. Im also going to flip the wall on TS2 so all 3 are on the same side.
I think I'll stay with the purple, to give reference to the evil bear.

[phony510]

Originally Posted by dv8pdx

I think Im going to do all 3, so I agree with the top disc info needs to be changed. Im also going to flip the wall on TS2 so all 3 are on the same side.
I think I'll stay with the purple, to give reference to the evil bear.

Oh that makes sense, I was thinking why is he doing purple that makes no sense, k gotcha

[bpmford]

I like Toy Story so far dv8... to me Buzz light year looks a bit washed out ATM.

[dv8pdx]

yeah, he is, I noticed he's a different art style that the others, will have to fix him.

[tkdkid717]

Originally Posted by dv8pdx

yeah, he is, I noticed he's a different art style that the others, will have to fix him.

I made a front if you want to use it, or at least certain aspects of it, did alot of different embossed symbols on the bar.

[tkdkid717]

Also, can you make it for just the 2 disc blu ray release?

[Trean]

Originally Posted by dv8pdx

Ok, I think its done! I don't think I could get anymore "Official" with it. Def a fun challenge to see if I could do it!

I decided to do both fronts, one with the current style half front wall and one old style without it.

After this I def want fish for dinner!

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I like how they turned out! I like the non-wall version better than the wall version because it just looks cooler with the fin out of water.

Originally Posted by dv8pdx

After this I def want fish for dinner!

Fish are friends, not food.

Originally Posted by dv8pdx

Started a Toy Story 3 to match 1 & 2

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As for the TS3 cover. Looks good thus far. Do TS and TS2 really have the blu-ray logo between Includes and Blu-ray + DVD? I have UK editions so its tough to check but the logo separation only exists on the slipcover of the other PIXARs (I believe).