Custom Cover Art Thread

[extrafuzzyllama]

hi all
anyone have the american psycho bluray coverart?
mine ripped and cant find one anywhere to print

[Trekkie313]

I fixed my Halloween 2 boxes, they don't have the pesky "Blu-Ray watermarks" anymore!

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Clean Version

Here is my Texas Chainsaw Massacre box I'm currently working on.

[DrrnHarr]

Originally Posted by Imrahil2001

Do you just have a ton of BDs, Drrn?
EDIT: Nevermind, I just saw your collection. Yes, you do.

I have a few. And they take up a lot of space,

[Nissen]

Originally Posted by DrrnHarr

In my ongoing effort to come up with a template for multi-disc collections I worked up this 6-disc set:

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and this 5-disc set:

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I already have the 2-disc collection sets down with my "Highlander" and "I Know What You Did Last Summer" sets.

Darren, I don't think you need to apply that glow around the titles on the front. Or take the glow off anything but the actresses names. I think it would look more classy with just plain black or white as long as it's legible against the background. You may have to move away from Jessica's hair then. Move it over her arm instead.

I see you have some edge-work still to do on Katherine Heigl. Her left arm looks a bit rough. And here's a Photoshop challenge for you: Try making some sort of dropshadow of her figure, receding into the background, so that she doesn't look like she's floating. (If you check out the Ewoks cover I posted a few pages back, you see what I did to the figures there.) You'll have to erase her existing shadow first.

For Katherine Heigl on the front, I think you need to move her a bit more center and down. It's a compositional thing, with the negative space on the left being too huge. Not centered, just use the golden rule/rule of thirds. (I feel myself wanting to grab the screen and physically move her for you. I get that sometimes. Anyone else?)

For your 6-movie template, I think it would make more sense to have the runtime below the posters on all of them. I get the inverting of the template for symmetry, but the way I "read" information, the poster should come first, and detailed info after. Right now I'm reading the duration and the rating before I get to the name of the film. I also think this would be an improvement as it lines up the posters horizontally.

Your 5-movie template leaves very little room for even a short synopsis. You and I may be the sort of people who actually look up the cameraman or the editor in the credits block, but we are certainly in the minority. If you want these to make sense to anyone else, maybe shrink the credit blocks vertically (remove a line?) to leave more room for anything but a tagline.

My next advice is a matter of personal taste only. The backgrounds on all these could use some texture or something. The Jessica Biel one looks natural, like a blank backing from the photoshoot, but for Heigl, the blue-white gradient looks too clean. I think that blue works well with her pink dress, but maybe the gradient should end at the perceived horizon, and just plain white for the bottom half of the cover. (Am I explaining this well?) This, coupled with a good drop shadow, I think would look more natural, like she was actually photographed in that environment and not a cut-out.

Put this in the "Personal Taste" category as well: The Vol. # on the spines, perhaps they should be placed against the bottom, and the actual number appear on a line of it's own, with "Vol." on top? I'm a fan of numbered spines that will look cohesive when placed next to each other on the shelf. You see this on most of the Star Wars customs, mine included. (Not a fan of spanning spines, just have to make that clear ) Anyway, more towards the bottom, I think.

Now you tell me, Darren, is there anything on these covers you couldn't have done just as easily in InDesign? I've been wondering about migrating to InDesign for covers, just to have the proper handling of bleeds and printer's marks.

[cragman69]

Originally Posted by tkdkid717

Can you please Make all the spines the same size (Vortex size) and change the ratings to the American ones and send me some download links please? I am incredibly impressed by these covers. There absolutely incredible.

i barely have time to do these for myself let alone others, i appreciate that you like my covers thanks

[jarth3000]

Got a request for one.

The Garth Collection: The Lion King Blu-Ray Collection

[DrrnHarr]

Originally Posted by Nissen

I see you have some edge-work still to do on Katherine Heigl. Her left arm looks a bit rough. And here's a Photoshop challenge for you: Try making some sort of dropshadow of her figure, receding into the background, so that she doesn't look like she's floating. (If you check out the Ewoks cover I posted a few pages back, you see what I did to the figures there.) You'll have to erase her existing shadow first.

Thanks Nissen, some great suggestions.

I'll give that a try, the problem I face is that she is actually laying on a fluffy white rug in the original picture so it is the rug that gives that rough appearance and shadow.

I see what you mean about the placement and since she's on a separate layer from the background that's an easy fix.

You are right about the credits block re: the 5-disc collection template. Personally I find the credits block more intersting than the synoposis. But apart from that I also think it adds something extra visually to the back cover given the unique qualities of Universal acc. That said, I think there is easily the ability to drop a line of the credits for each of the movies.

I'll switch the posters and duration runtime as you suggest for the 6-disc collection. I don't know why I didn't think of that before, perhaps trying to be more complex than was actually warranted.

[DrrnHarr]

While I work on Nissen's changes, here is a cover I threw together. I had worked the cover sometime ago (before my 007 covers) and then forgot about it - decided to complete it using the Highlander format. Yes, I know they are Columbia movies.

[Scorch]

Originally Posted by DrrnHarr

I already have the 2-disc collection sets down with my "Highlander" and "I Know What You Did Last Summer" sets.

Necessity of the set arguments aside, I hate how her body continues onto the back. It should end at the spine. If you look on the back, you just get the butt bump.

Not that there's anything wrong with that, cuz there's not.. at all .. but when you look at the back on its own, it is out of place.

[SwaggerJagger]

I needed cover and didn't think the original cover was very good in the first place so this was my attempt. :P

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[tkdkid717]

Originally Posted by cragman69

i barely have time to do these for myself let alone others, i appreciate that you like my covers thanks

So your not distributing these?

[DrrnHarr]

Originally Posted by Scorch

Necessity of the set arguments aside, I hate how her body continues onto the back. It should end at the spine. If you look on the back, you just get the butt bump.

Not that there's anything wrong with that, cuz there's not.. at all .. but when you look at the back on its own, it is out of place.

LOL...Quite right. Originally there was more to the back cover but as the front cover was changed around there was less and less on the back cover.

I'll change it.

[G:Box]

Originally Posted by Rusty100

Do either of these collections need to exist? I would vote strongly that they do not.

He just wanted to do covers with hot chicks on em.

[tkdkid717]

Originally Posted by Imrahil2001

I took it more as, "I'm not changing them to suit your tastes--take it or leave it."

I would hope thats the case, although all i realy wanted was american ratings to be put on. But idk.

[jimjimmyjones85]

Is there any chance of a Charlie's Angels cover? I did a search of the thread and did not see one come up.

[jarth3000]

The Garth Collection: 300

[jimjimmyjones85]

Originally Posted by jarth3000

The Garth Collection: 300

Very unique choice. Well done.

[DrrnHarr]

Originally Posted by Imrahil2001

I took it more as, "I'm not changing them to suit your tastes--take it or leave it."

That's how I took it too. In the end its the cover designer who has the final say.

[IronFingaz]

Originally Posted by jimjimmyjones85

Very unique choice. Well done.

Hey, Jimmy

[jarth3000]

The Garth Collection: 3:10 to Yuma