Custom Cover Art Thread

[retablo]

Originally Posted by Morsoth

Retablo, what is the name of the prog you use to make your previews? I have Imandix but that looks better!

It's just a photoshop action Fritz sent me. I made adjustments after the fact to change it slightly. There's still that one weird black spot under the spine I have to figure out how to make disappear.

[Morsoth]

Originally Posted by retablo

It's just a photoshop action Fritz sent me. I made adjustments after the fact to change it slightly. There's still that one weird black spot under the spine I have to figure out how to make disappear.

Hehe, I saw that little black spot too, but it's very well done! They look very professional!

Overal, everybody here have so much talent! Looking forward for new stuff!

[JJJ225]

Wow, some of these are incredible. I am definitely going to have to print some of these up.

[akapainkiller]

My Army of Darkness Minimalist Cover. I get so stumped on what to put on the back of cases. Does anyone know what I can use to make credits? or studio logos?

[Nissen]

Originally Posted by akapainkiller

Does anyone know what I can use to make credits? or studio logos?

There's a good site called Seeklogo. It has most of what you're looking for in vectors, easily imported into Photoshop.

The templates Illest Villain posted earlier also have most logos included.

For the credits there are fonts like Steel Tongs, Universal Accreditation or Top Billing. All very professional looking.

[akapainkiller]

Originally Posted by Nissen

There's a good site called Seeklogo. It has most of what you're looking for in vectors, easily imported into Photoshop.

The templates Illest Villain posted earlier also have most logos included.

For the credits there are fonts like Steel Tongs, Universal Accreditation or Top Billing. All very professional looking.

That is perfect! Thanks man!

[lolwut]

Originally Posted by Rusty100

Since people most request the first one, here it is

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1482927/Cove...ve%20large.jpg

Thanks a lot! Will definitely use this for my US Blu-ray.

[akapainkiller]

Originally Posted by lolwut

Thanks a lot! Will definitely use this for my US Blu-ray.

I think we all are going to have a version of this.

Sony should just use this for their cover instead of their terrible version

[CJtheBeast87]

There may be a section on this already...

Has anyone made just custom spines? I dont need full artwork but would love to just have a custom spine for all my blus. Im thinking all spines black with white italicized font and maybe a bluray logo.

Ive transfered all my blus to ps3 cases and wish i could just find out about getting spines or doing them, or maybe just getting an overview of it as an outline... Ready for cut-out and just capable of sliding it in over the original artwork in the place o the spine, since thats the only part i will see.

I also have some dvds in ps3 cases so those would be without logo to determine them.

Possibly color coated spines by genre but im thinking just black and maybe a blood red spine with white italicized font.

Could someone point me in a direction to find this, or can someone do an example of one for me. I would appreciate it.

[Illest Villain]

Summit Entertainment template is doen
https://forum.blu-ray.com/5704144-post9056.html

[rwl04]

I am looking for either a hi-res scan or a custom cover for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. I recently acquired a copy with no cover art

Thanks in Advance!

[KGUN]

BEAUTIFUL!! Excellent Job!!

[Batman1980]

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.

[gregmasciola]

Originally Posted by CJtheBeast87

There may be a section on this already...

Has anyone made just custom spines? I dont need full artwork but would love to just have a custom spine for all my blus. Im thinking all spines black with white italicized font and maybe a bluray logo.

Ive transfered all my blus to ps3 cases and wish i could just find out about getting spines or doing them, or maybe just getting an overview of it as an outline... Ready for cut-out and just capable of sliding it in over the original artwork in the place o the spine, since thats the only part i will see.

I also have some dvds in ps3 cases so those would be without logo to determine them.

Possibly color coated spines by genre but im thinking just black and maybe a blood red spine with white italicized font.

Could someone point me in a direction to find this, or can someone do an example of one for me. I would appreciate it.

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.

[davidthenikonuser]

Originally Posted by DrrnHarr

This Alistair McLean action adventure starring Donald Sutherland, Christopher Lee, Lloyd Bridges, Vanessa Redgrave and Richard Widmark was the most expensive movie ever made in Canada at the time (1979).

This is a WIP

Although I do not expect it to ever arrive on Blu I have always enjoyed the poster art:

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.

[Morsoth]

Originally Posted by akapainkiller

My Army of Darkness Minimalist Cover. I get so stumped on what to put on the back of cases. Does anyone know what I can use to make credits? or studio logos?

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.

[Nissen]

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:



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.

[retablo]

Originally Posted by Nissen

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:



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.

[akapainkiller]

I finally completed one!

[rwl04]

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

Thanks!!