Custom Cover Art Thread

[strangerthangs]

Originally Posted by LucasEatWorld

There are a few people on here that do custom slips, but in order to do that you'd need to find the blu ray versions of those covers. And if there aren't any, then you're going to need to make them or find someone else to make them so the image specs meet up with how the blu ray cases/slips fit, because obviously DVD and blu ray cases aren't the same size.

yep these are DVD only. I would love to commission someone to make custom blu ray backs to these and have them fit the blu ray cases

[jlyon1515]

For some of the more experience cover artists here, what do you do when you custom artwork shows up on an official, foreign release?

My cover just showed up here:
http://www.rarovideo.com/Page.asp/id...e-walk-with-me

[Robert George]

"Mastered In 4K" movie-only edition of Bridge on the River Kwai is out in Hong Kong. In honor of the occasion (and that I'm a sucker for any version of this film), here is a U.S. style Sony 4K cover. Note, I kept the special features listing from the collector's edition as I have both discs in one case.



Full res version is at EuphoricFX.org.

[Doctor.Who]

Originally Posted by jlyon1515

For some of the more experience cover artists here, what do you do when you custom artwork shows up on an official, foreign release?

My cover just showed up here:
http://www.rarovideo.com/Page.asp/id...e-walk-with-me

It wasn't copyrighted so they can do what they want
I'd be proud

[jlyon1515]

Originally Posted by Doctor.Who

It wasn't copyrighted so they can do what they want
I'd be proud

Doctor, it most definitely IS copyrighted. Any artist's creation is copyright when they make it. I encourage you to look up common misconceptions of copyright. Even the US Copyright office states that copyright registration of a work is NOT a requirement for copyright protection. (Section 408, first paragraph: http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap4.html#408)

But you're thinking "well, this is being sold in Italy, so US copyright is void." But then I direct you to the Berne convention (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_Convention), an international agreement governing copyright that almost every country is a part of including Italy.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saving my art isn't a derived work, it most certainly is, but that doesn't mean that they can use my derived work on things they are selling.

[JackKnightStarman]

Originally Posted by jlyon1515

Doctor, it most definitely IS copyrighted. Any artist's creation is copyright when they make it. I encourage you to look up common misconceptions of copyright. Even the US Copyright office states that copyright registration of a work is NOT a requirement for copyright protection. (Section 408, first paragraph: http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap4.html#408)

But you're thinking "well, this is being sold in Italy, so US copyright is void." But then I direct you to the Berne convention (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_Convention), an international agreement governing copyright that almost every country is a part of including Italy.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saving my art isn't a derived work, it most certainly is, but that doesn't mean that they can use my derived work on things they are selling.

I don't understand how you can copyright something, when you weren't paid by the copyright holder to create the work? If anything you have get permission to use some of the images that have already been copyrighted that you have been using to create "original" art to sell.

[strangerthangs]

also is anyway familar with how big the cases are for the star trek next gen blu rays? 15mm? they fit 6 discs but I need to know exactly so I can fit a slipcover on. I tried googling but there's really no info on the case size anywhere.

[Doctor.Who]

Originally Posted by ralphdename

also is anyway familar with how big the cases are for the star trek next gen blu rays? 15mm? they fit 6 discs but I need to know exactly so I can fit a slipcover on. I tried googling but there's really no info on the case size anywhere.

Yeah 6 disc is 15mm

[120inna55]

Originally Posted by jlyon1515

Doctor, it most definitely IS copyrighted. Any artist's creation is copyright when they make it. I encourage you to look up common misconceptions of copyright. Even the US Copyright office states that copyright registration of a work is NOT a requirement for copyright protection. (Section 408, first paragraph: http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap4.html#408)

But you're thinking "well, this is being sold in Italy, so US copyright is void." But then I direct you to the Berne convention (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_Convention), an international agreement governing copyright that almost every country is a part of including Italy.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saving my art isn't a derived work, it most certainly is, but that doesn't mean that they can use my derived work on things they are selling.

You used artwork that wasn't yours. Changing its composition doesn't make it yours, does it? (That's not meant to be antagonistic, but a legitimate question.)

[cramped_misfit1990]

Anyone know of an easy method of printing a custom cover on the blank side of an official BD sleeve???

[Sukie]

[Sukie]

[Sukie]

[aaronsaylor]

Wow, so much fantastic work here! If I had that kind of talent I'd probably spend all of my free time working on it. All you folks that do this impress the hell out of me.

Would anybody be willing to PM me links for individual covers of each movie in the Omen and Exorcist series?

[Sukie]

[Sukie]

Definitely one that I would love to see on Blu-ray. I had quite a bit of difficulty with the title as you can see, but it was the only way for it to stand out without making it too bold for the rest of the picture.

[Sukie]

[Sukie]

[RebelPrince1986]

The Blair Witch Project


The Giver


The Rocky Horror Picture Show

[Kellz]

random question probably, but i'll ask anyway

i'm currently converting all my aunt's home movies on vhs-c to dvds. i thought it'd be a really nice touch to maybe come up with some dvd covers to go with since i have a ton of leftover blockbuster cases i can put them in.
i'm just wondering if anyone has ever done a project like that or can suggest a place to find a template for something like this?