Custom Cover Art Thread

[phraseturner]

Originally Posted by phraseturner

Also interested. I have the first 5 covers already.

Nissen, are you continuing your cover series for this title?

[r.sienicki]

Just came back from the movie (second time) and just couldn't stop myself.

[Blu-Benny]

Ok. New route. Is anyone willing to create cover art for a 5 disc case that would match the Best Buy house sigils and lettering for game of thrones??


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[mattysc2002]

Does anyone have an official-looking Criterion template? Preferably in .psd format.

[jimjimmyjones85]

Originally Posted by Ron Zoso

How about this:






I also did a couple other versions.

[Show spoiler]

I would love this version.

[Dynamo of Eternia]

Originally Posted by TripleHBK

Go buy a mg7720 canon printer. They allow you to print on discs, do a solid job with covers, and aren't too expensive (usually between $129 - $149). They use 5 separate ink cartridges so ink can be a bit pricey if you purchase everything at once, however if you do what I do and just start buying one cartridge at a time every pay period over a series of weeks you'll only be spending $11-$14 at a time and so it's not too bad. This printer also includes a scanner for added function, as well as the usual wifi, computer less printing, and other features. I use HP Brochure paper (Glossy on the front and back) to print and then a ruler and Xacto knife to cut out the covers myself. Assuming you have high quality image scans/photos the final product is more or less indistinguishable from a retail release.

I just picked up one of these printers today, based on this post of yours a while back. I had kept it in mind. Best Buy has it on sale for $69.99, and I put in an in-store pick up order. Amazon has it for a similar price, too.

I'm looking forward to trying this out!

[Vandal Savage]

Originally Posted by TripleHBK

Go buy a mg7720 canon printer. They allow you to print on discs, do a solid job with covers, and aren't too expensive (usually between $129 - $149). They use 5 separate ink cartridges so ink can be a bit pricey if you purchase everything at once, however if you do what I do and just start buying one cartridge at a time every pay period over a series of weeks you'll only be spending $11-$14 at a time and so it's not too bad.

How many covers can you print from one ink cartridge? I know that that Canon printer uses separate cartridges from the colors (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black), but, ballpark, how many covers can you get out of a cartridge before you have to change it? I realize it will depend on things like the amount of the various colors used, but I'm just curious about how much ink custom covers would eat. 5? 10? 20?

HP has a program called "Instant Ink" where you subscribe to their ink cartridges and only pay by the page. It's something like $3 a month for 50 pages, $5 a month for 100 pages, and $10 a month for 300 pages. Seems like it would be an awesome deal for those who print custom covers.

[Dynamo of Eternia]

Originally Posted by Vandal Savage

HP has a program called "Instant Ink" where you subscribe to their ink cartridges and only pay by the page. It's something like $3 a month for 50 pages, $5 a month for 100 pages, and $10 a month for 300 pages. Seems like it would be an awesome deal for those who print custom covers.

IMO that sounds kind of absurd and is an option that would only work if someone is consistently printing things up (be it custom covers or anything else) in roughly the same volume every month, and pretty much never significantly stray from that average volume.

How often and in what volume I print up custom covers or most anything else varies greatly based on what title(s) I'm even looking to print custom covers for, as well as other factors. I can go weeks or months without printing anything, and then in a short time print up several covers for one reason or another.

While I'm sure that other people's habits here vary from my own, and I don't assume that my habits are by any means the most common, I find it hard to believe that most people doing this sort of thing are printing the same amount of things on average per month to make this kind of service make sense for them.

It's one of these things that seems like a good deal because you are paying "one low monthly price," but in most instances it likely adds up to a lot more for most people than just budgeting properly to just buy ink cartridges as needed. Yeah, it may cost a lot in one shot, but if one does what TripleHBK is doing, buying one cartridge at a time... or even just putting aside $10-$15 here and there, letting that add up, then buying a multi-pack of cartridges for $60-$70 won't be so bad, and you aren't on the hook for continuing to pay an ongoing cost that you may not be getting the full benefit of.

[Ron Zoso]

A few new covers...

[codysame]

Does anyone have a complete Christopher Nolan fake Criterion covers!? Need it! Message me please!

[JackForrester]

Originally Posted by Ron Zoso

A few new covers...

Great work!

[JekYL]

I love Arrow and the work they do, but man! The Herschell Gordon Lewis set is just godawful. Unnecessarily big, clunky, cheaply put together, kinda ugly and has already damaged a couple of the discs with the sliding them out from pages that apparently have excess glue or something inside of them...

Any chance any of you fine folks have done any covers for this otherwise great set?

While I'm at it, would anyone happen to have separate covers for the Blue Underground Dario Argento set?

[AmishParadise]

Originally Posted by mdawg1972

Does anybody have a custom cover for HBO's The Pacific, and if so could they PM me a copy?

I am trying to clear shelf space by getting rid of the huge tin case.

I'm using the one found here.

[myway]

I have a custom cover that I made for 1951's "Scrooge" a few years ago. Overall I think it came out good and certainly better than the retail but the amateur roots still shine through lol. If I post it here, do you think someone more talented could clean it up and maybe give it a final pass? I have it posted on R1DB but then another site actually rejected it because they said that the seams were showing (paraphrasing).

http://r1db.com/covers/blu-ray-scann...mas-carol.html

I just edited my post to include a link. Maybe it's not that bad actually lol; it's just the back that could use some work.

[Scorpion Soldier]

Quick mockup I did a few days ago after they released the new Rogue One international poster:

[Lt. Brannigan]

That Rogue One cover is sweet. Awesome job.

[IndyMLVC]

Has a custom been done for the Force Awakens 3D yet?

[r.sienicki]

Originally Posted by Scorpion Soldier

Quick mockup I did a few days ago after they released the new Rogue One international poster:

Great job. Only thing I would change is I would move "A STAR WARS Story" on the right, so It wouldn't be on Jyn Erso head.

[alienmem]

Originally Posted by r.sienicki

Great job. Only thing I would change is I would move "A STAR WARS Story" on the right, so It wouldn't be on Jyn Erso head.

or pull the whole image down a bit so the title is not on top of her. And maybe make the title smaller...looks too big

[codysame]

Originally Posted by mdawg1972

Does anybody have a custom cover for the David Fincher release they could PM me?

I want to get rid of the cheap cardboard case it came in. Thanks!

I would want one as well!