Custom Cover Art Thread - Page 399 - Blu-ray Forum

DrrnHarr · 10-04-2011, 12:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Imrahil2001

Haha, I love Force 10! Well, I did when I was a kid anyway. Great poster art too.

Have you considered using Compacta or Impact for the spine TT font? They would seem to be more in line with the cover. You might do a treatment on them (treatment on the title treatment!) to make them look "stony" as well. Would be a nice exercise.

I haven't given the spine much thought yet, I will try working with those fonts though!

I have fond memories of going to see the movie when it was released in the theaters. I would have been about seven when it came out and I remember standing in line with my friends at the theater studying the poster.

As such that particular poster has always had a strong nostalgic draw for me and successive DVD and Blu-rays have never utilized it.

teekay101 · 10-04-2011, 01:55 AM

This thread is pretty epic... I love what you guys have been up to. Wish I had the time and motivation to print out my own covers. Especially because I'm in Canada and a lot of the covers come with French text, which makes them look pretty crappy. I have nothing against French... but it really does mess up the look of an English movie's cover...

JJE-187 · 10-04-2011, 04:13 AM

Those look amazing Imrahil any chance you might do the prequel trilogy to match?

DrrnHarr · 10-04-2011, 09:25 AM

I love the way you have the "Special Features" text wrapped around the listings -- very clever

DrrnHarr · 10-04-2011, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Imrahil2001

What is the reasoning behind them not generally using poster art? Is it a royalties thing?

I think it has to be. Why pay royalties to an artist when you can instead get an hourly wage studio employee to throw something together in Photoshop? I'm sure that's their mentality.

Shame is, there is so much great theatrical poster art out there.

Nissen · 10-04-2011, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Imrahil2001

Everyone's gotta have their own, and here's mine. Star Wars: The Original Trilogy blu rays.

With much adoration for the works of Mr. Ralph McQuarrie and Mr. Tom Whalen, whose art formed the basis of these covers.

[Show spoiler]

As always, these can be found at Euphoricfx.org.

Scrumptious! You're the spine-master!

Nissen · 10-04-2011, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by DrrnHarr

This.

But maybe increase the kerning on the Universe font? May look okay in full-size, mind.

vidjunkie · 10-04-2011, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Imrahil2001

Thanks for the info, I'll do a quick edit sometime this weekend.

No problem at all, so are the corrected versions at EuphoricFX?

Thanks

DrrnHarr · 10-04-2011, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Nissen

This.

But maybe increase the kerning on the Universe font? May look okay in full-size, mind.

Yikes...the decision went for the other version on EuphoricFX. I'll increase the kerning and make his style available to anyone who wants it. For the other version it is going up on EuphoricFX later today.

Trying to create a rock-looking TT per Imrahil's suggestion for my Force 10 custom cover I came up with two attempts (using wildly different techniques):

gregmasciola · 10-04-2011, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by DrrnHarr

Yikes...the decision went for the other version on EuphoricFX. I'll increase the kerning and make his style available to anyone who wants it. For the other version it is going up on EuphoricFX later today.

Trying to create a rock-looking TT per Imrahil's suggestion for my Force 10 custom cover I came up with two attempts (using wildly different techniques):

[Show spoiler]

Very nice. I think the second one looks much better/more professional.

vidjunkie · 10-04-2011, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Imrahil2001

Vidjunkie: Destroyer is current (I'm not going to add seconds to the runtime) and I have updated barbarian at EFX.

So it should be ready to go.

Thanks so much, headed there now, were you going to do up a second International Collection BD Cover as well? I see you have both options for the individuals but not the Collection, just curious.

Thanks again

Louisville Slugger · 10-05-2011, 12:50 PM

Anyone want to create a custom Lion King cover or scan the Blu-ray + DVD combo pack (in Blu-ray casing) cover? I want to print anyother cover to swap out my movies in DVD casing to Blu-ray casing.

DrrnHarr · 10-05-2011, 04:53 PM

Changes include:

Addition of poster tagline
Level adjustment to top 2 photos on back cover
Addition of special features listing
White spine (per suggestion on EuphoricFX)
Use of two 1978-era Columbia Pictures logos (my idea though Imrahil had me change the spine logos color to match the Blu-ray)
Drop shadow on TT (per suggestion on EuphoricFX)

DrrnHarr · 10-05-2011, 08:56 PM

Since I have a white-ish front and a white spine I wanted to see what it might look like with a white back cover. So, I came up with this mock-up:

Or stick with the original back cover?:

Talyn · 10-06-2011, 01:25 AM

I like the second cover for Force 10... by chance, would that be available to obtain via pm or something? I'm rather new to the Custom Cover Art thread...forgive the rather noob-ish question!

popeflick · 10-06-2011, 01:35 AM

Does anyone do custom slips here? I can't be the only one who would love to take their 3rd Season Star Trek TOS, put it into a blu case matching the thickness of the first two seasons and jigger a slip using the old one but geting the thickness right.

Anyone here ever try something like this?

Rizor · 10-06-2011, 01:40 AM

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Originally Posted by DrrnHarr

Since I have a white-ish front and a white spine I wanted to see what it might look like with a white back cover. So, I came up with this mock-up:

[Show spoiler]

Or stick with the original back cover?:

[Show spoiler]

I think the top looks pretty solid. The spine does seem a bit off-white though. It's a shade darker than the rest of the cover.

DrrnHarr · 10-06-2011, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Talyn

I like the second cover for Force 10... by chance, would that be available to obtain via pm or something? I'm rather new to the Custom Cover Art thread...forgive the rather noob-ish question!

No problem.

All my custom covers are posted at EuphoricFX once completed. The Force 10 cover is stil a WIP though so it's not up there yet.

It's a site that offers 10 free downloads a day after a user makes 5 posts in their forums. That means there are a lot of people who post 5 messages and are never heard from again, but at least the downloads are free unlike so many sites that insist on payment.

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Originally Posted by Rizor

I think the top looks pretty solid. The spine does seem a bit off-white though. It's a shade darker than the rest of the cover.

You are right. Not sure what caused that because I picked pure white in the swatches panel, but I'll look into it.

DrrnHarr · 10-06-2011, 02:11 PM

The WIP custom cover for Force 10 has gone through some adjustments based on comments over at EuphoricFX.

Original:

Additional bar:

Rearrange:

G:Box · 10-06-2011, 02:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrrnHarr

The WIP custom cover for Force 10 has gone through some adjustments based on comments over at EuphoricFX.

[Show spoiler]

Rearrange:

The bottom one is the best, would you make these changes to see how it looks..

- Make the Special features font a tad larger
- Make the movie credits and legal tex a bit less bold (Justify the legal txt)
- Add the blu bar to the top

Great job!

10-05-2011, 04:53 PM	#7973
DrrnHarr Power Member Top contributor Member since:Dec 2008 Location:Wisconsin 4K collection:41 Blu-ray collection:818 DVD collection:352 MA collection:2122 Digital collection:6033 iTunes collection:6958 Prime collection:282 Blu-ray reviews: 13 Trading Score:3	Changes include: Addition of poster tagline Level adjustment to top 2 photos on back cover Addition of special features listing White spine (per suggestion on EuphoricFX) Use of two 1978-era Columbia Pictures logos (my idea though Imrahil had me change the spine logos color to match the Blu-ray) Drop shadow on TT (per suggestion on EuphoricFX) Last edited by DrrnHarr; 10-05-2011 at 04:55 PM.

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10-04-2011, 01:55 AM	#7962
teekay101 Member Top contributor Member since:Apr 2011 Location:Windsor, Ontario 4K collection:71 Blu-ray collection:1351 DVD collection:13 Blu-ray reviews: 2	This thread is pretty epic... I love what you guys have been up to. Wish I had the time and motivation to print out my own covers. Especially because I'm in Canada and a lot of the covers come with French text, which makes them look pretty crappy. I have nothing against French... but it really does mess up the look of an English movie's cover...

10-04-2011, 04:13 AM	#7963
JJE-187 Active Member Top contributor Member since:Jul 2010 Blu-ray collection:677 DVD collection:83 Trading Score:21	Those look amazing Imrahil any chance you might do the prequel trilogy to match?

10-04-2011, 09:25 AM	#7964
DrrnHarr Power Member Top contributor Member since:Dec 2008 Location:Wisconsin 4K collection:41 Blu-ray collection:818 DVD collection:352 MA collection:2122 Digital collection:6033 iTunes collection:6958 Prime collection:282 Blu-ray reviews: 13 Trading Score:3	I love the way you have the "Special Features" text wrapped around the listings -- very clever

10-05-2011, 12:50 PM	#7972
Louisville Slugger Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Oct 2007 Location:Shrewsbury, MA Home Theater Gallery:58 4K collection:21 Blu-ray collection:838 Trading Score:3	Anyone want to create a custom Lion King cover or scan the Blu-ray + DVD combo pack (in Blu-ray casing) cover? I want to print anyother cover to swap out my movies in DVD casing to Blu-ray casing.

10-05-2011, 08:56 PM	#7974
DrrnHarr Power Member Top contributor Member since:Dec 2008 Location:Wisconsin 4K collection:41 Blu-ray collection:818 DVD collection:352 MA collection:2122 Digital collection:6033 iTunes collection:6958 Prime collection:282 Blu-ray reviews: 13 Trading Score:3	Since I have a white-ish front and a white spine I wanted to see what it might look like with a white back cover. So, I came up with this mock-up: Or stick with the original back cover?:

10-06-2011, 01:25 AM	#7975
Talyn Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Sep 2011 Location:Phoenix, AZ Blu-ray collection:504 Digital collection:1 Trading Score:85	I like the second cover for Force 10... by chance, would that be available to obtain via pm or something? I'm rather new to the Custom Cover Art thread...forgive the rather noob-ish question!

10-06-2011, 01:35 AM	#7976
popeflick Special Member Member since:Jan 2010 4K collection:44 Blu-ray collection:329 DVD collection:44 MA collection:1	Does anyone do custom slips here? I can't be the only one who would love to take their 3rd Season Star Trek TOS, put it into a blu case matching the thickness of the first two seasons and jigger a slip using the old one but geting the thickness right. Anyone here ever try something like this?

10-06-2011, 02:11 PM	#7979
DrrnHarr Power Member Top contributor Member since:Dec 2008 Location:Wisconsin 4K collection:41 Blu-ray collection:818 DVD collection:352 MA collection:2122 Digital collection:6033 iTunes collection:6958 Prime collection:282 Blu-ray reviews: 13 Trading Score:3	The WIP custom cover for Force 10 has gone through some adjustments based on comments over at EuphoricFX. Original: Additional bar: Rearrange:

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