Custom Cover Art Thread

[alphadec]

Here is a cover I have been working on for a long time, love feedback.

Btw: the extra's area is TODO.

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[DrrnHarr]

Nissen's work prompted me to get into high gear a project that has been simmering on the back burner for sometime. I originally had planned not to post this but I'm posting it here more to explain my process than anything else.

All my James Bond 007 VHS movies followed this basic Warner template when I was growing up in the 1980s and living in the United Kingdom, so I have a nostalgic love for the design. The other Bond movies incorporated the United Artists logo such as:

Moonraker:


Dr. No:


and The Spy Who Loved Me:


But being outside the EON canon the movie "Never Say Never Again" did not sport the United Artists logo.


So, since the design was one I had fond memories for (ahhh...the power of nostagia) I resolved to do a conversion to a Blu-ray case of the 1984 NSNA VHS design.

One of the major difficulties with converting a VHS cover to a Blu-ray cover is that a VHS cover is significantly taller and thinner. As such its not just a simple matter of transporting material from one to another.

On the backcover for example I typed out all the text and collected the highest resolution versions of the images I have in my collection.

The image of the bouncer and Bond was faded to the point that it would look out of place so I had to make some color corrections. The top image of Bond and the horse needed some pen tool work.

I had to figure out what font had been used for the text and after investigating and asking around, Nissen told me it was --- Arial (I guess in those days the choices were basic).

After I had all the elements I built the separate pieces together using InDesign. InDesign as a publishing tool has a lot more functionality with text such as an easy drop cap application and column feature.

The initial synoposis attempt took up the entire page so I had to go through several versions before I worked one that worked as I wanted (on the fourth attempt).

Overall I am pleased with the progress. I just need to find a couple more elements and it will be ready:

[Thomas Guycott]

Enter the Dragon has been uploaded to EuphoricFX, though in a approval process of some sort.

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[Torrente]

Again, too bad, I would have loved to get it directly from you as it's a very nice job you done here!!!

[DrrnHarr]

Ever cursed that SteelTongs or Universal Acc don't include more credit information. I discovered this video online that explains precisely how to create movie credits in Adobe Illustrator:

http://blog.lynda.com/2012/01/31/dek...n-illustrator/

[Nissen]

Originally Posted by DrrnHarr

Ever cursed that SteelTongs or Universal Acc don't include more credit information. I discovered this video online that explains precisely how to create movie credits in Adobe Illustrator:

http://blog.lynda.com/2012/01/31/dek...n-illustrator/

Very cool! You learn something every day, I always say.

[steev210]

That's a great tutorial. I wish I had Illustrator. Does anyone know of a similar tutorial on text layout like this one for Photoshop CS4?

THANKS

[DrrnHarr]

Originally Posted by Nissen

Very cool! You learn something every day, I always say.

Tell me about it. I was pretty psyched to come across that training. One thing that always irked me with Universal acc and SteelTongs is that they are clearly geared towards the special effects heavy science fiction crowd (just look at some of the production roles they cover). But thats not always appropriate for some movies.

I have Illustrator on my home computer but it's the program I understand least, I've spent the last few hours tinkering around in it and its such a versatile tool.

[DrrnHarr]

One of the hardest elements to find in this VHS to Blu-ray case conversion was the names of the companies that were part of the consortium that held the rights to the movie "Never Say Never Again" (one was a furniture store).

It was on the VHS original but I could not find a high res version of that image and the legal type was fuzzy. So it required some digging. I had originally not planned on distributing the high res jpeg but there has been some interest so if anyone would like this please PM me.

Here's a low resolution preview:

[ScottDS]

I love these retro VHS-style covers!

Anyway, the latest...

[jaws3dfan]

Originally Posted by kinkyqueen

How are the retro Friday the 13ths coming along?

With the new Box Set Coming out in September I would like to see a retro "Friday the 13th" Blu-Ray cover for all 12 movies but as a set like the Universal Horror Custom Covers.

[DrrnHarr]

Originally Posted by DrrnHarr

Ever cursed that SteelTongs or Universal Acc don't include more credit information. I discovered this video online that explains precisely how to create movie credits in Adobe Illustrator:

http://blog.lynda.com/2012/01/31/dek...n-illustrator/

Incidentally, ctaulbee has posted an .ai file on EuphoricFX which will allow Illustrator owners to import the character styles into their own .ai files. As many of you know you can import styles from one .ai file to another quite easily.

The file is at:
http://www.euphoricfx.org/forums/vie...hp?f=9&t=18292

Note: .ai is to Illustrator what .psd is to Photoshop.

[deathcab6366]

With the Scream Factory release of this last week, I decided to put together a retro style cover based of the VHS box art. Created completely from scratch, tried to stay true as close as I could to the original box art. The biggest difference is the stills on the back. I could not find HQ copies of the ones from the vhs, so these were used instead.

Pretty happy with it. Thoughts/comments?

[jaws3dfan]

Originally Posted by deathcab6366

With the Scream Factory release of this last week, I decided to put together a retro style cover based of the VHS box art. Created completely from scratch, tried to stay true as close as I could to the original box art. The biggest difference is the stills on the back. I could not find HQ copies of the ones from the vhs, so these were used instead.

Pretty happy with it. Thoughts/comments?

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Very nice cover, I just got this BD in the mail today. So far I own every Scream Factory Title. Will you be sharing this cover

[deathcab6366]

Originally Posted by jaws3dfan

Very nice cover, I just got this BD in the mail today. So far I own every Scream Factory Title. Will you be sharing this cover

Absolutely. Gonna make a few minor tweaks to it(image placements) but PM me your email address and I will forward to you.

Thanks,

[SpiderRock88]

does anyone take requests to make and print the covers???

[vidjunkie]

Hi Everyone,
I have a request\challenge for any of you great cover artists here, would anyone be willing to make up custom artwork for a Ninja Trilogy? the titles I mean are these,

Enter The Ninja
Revenge of The Ninja
Ninja III: The Domination

I know this will be tricky but I am already seeing a very nice Ninja III custom cover, so please if anyone is up for it that would be great.

Thanks

[vidjunkie]

Originally Posted by ScottDS

I love these retro VHS-style covers!

Anyway, the latest...

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Very nice, will you share them when finished?

Thanks

[DrrnHarr]

Originally Posted by Imrahil2001

I've done a few things with illustrator, but it's immensely non-intuitive.

Well this tutorial gives you the perfect excuse to dive in!

[Willdta]

thought i would post the finished product. these are all courtesy of nissen and his patrons. turned them all into slipcovers as well.






only images i fussed with was hellboy, i added the limited edition banner, hellboy II is the original cover