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SNES Box Reproductions
shenske:
Suggestions that would benefit your cover in my opinion ...
I will go pretty in depth and may be nitpicky but don't take it personal.
These are not requirements to make a good cover its just my opinion on what i would do if i were you.
The Template itself
- There is some color separation of the red SNES logo on the front and spine. There appears to be two different colors of red or a faint line running down the middle).
- Move all your text boundaries further away form the border of the box and the images on the back.
- The front gray snes logo/blinds seem to be darker than the rest of your template. I would suggest making them all the same color. Currently the front one will likely be too dark and unseeable when printed.
- Nintendo seal is too dark and gray. The seal should be more of a golden color if possible.
Tactics Ogre
- Move all your text boundaries further away form the border of the box and the images on the back.
- spread the images more apart from each other (make them smaller too). Most retail images on the back have a larger areas in between each image.
- the back text is pretty small. I know you want to get a lot of info back there but it will look drastically smaller compared to retail games side by side.
Secret of Mana
- Move all your text boundaries further away form the border of the box and the images on the back.
- SOM logo need to be redone. It looks like you pulled it from the ROM itself but it would greatly benefit from not being grainy/pixely.
- move the characters down a bit form the top and the logo up from the bottom. It will put more focus on the game name itself rather than the island. The logo is almost always spotlighted on each cover.
I could add more but i would just be super-nitpicking at that point ;) Hope this helps
sheep2001:
shenske - i wasn't aiming my comment directly at you, but in the direction the thread was heading. If he was making copies of officially released boxes and passingthem off as originals, i would be in the same mind as you - but as these aren't available, and clearly say repro on them, i don't have a problem with it (but shouldn't be advertised or linked from here, as thats not what we're about).
I completely agree with your observations on the actual art.
ShoothimNow:
I'm not being ill-hearted, I was only stating that you used poor word choice with "copyright" as you dont have the rights to have it copyrighted. I was laughing when I wrote that
ShoothimNow:
--- Quote from: shenske on December 28, 2011, 03:22:37 AM ---
--- Quote from: sheep2001 on December 28, 2011, 03:16:44 AM ---If he wants to charge $100.or $1000 for something he's designed and made himself - who cares. And if there are people prepared to pay that for it even better for him. Simple supply and demand. Nothing we buy costs that much to produce - there has to be profit in it or people go out of business.
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I'm sorry, it wasn't my intention of 'ripping on him' for his prices.
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He was stating that what even posting the word "Reproduction" does not entitle someone to pass it as their own. I can photoshop a picture of Mario and claim it as a reproduction and sell it for $0.05, but that doesn't mean I own the rights to sell that image/etc. We don't support the idea of selling covers for a profit. We are a collection of game enthusiasts on which we care to preserve video game cover art. Simple as that. It's completely free to do so, and we do not want our items sold. If you care to sell something that has been posted, whoopideedo, we can't stop you. Shenske was only stating that it is morally wrong to do so because you don't own the rights, and if someone does sue you for redistributing copyrighted material under illegal messures, it may become a problem for this website to continue production. Konami, Nintendo, Square-Enix... they may all feel that the source of all this "copyright infringement" is coming from a website such as ours.
I am only looking into the future. If you want to sell something, have at it. Please don't bring us into the mix as we don't want anything to do with it. If you are too goddamn greedy that you are unwilling to share your materials that you have created, go post things on vgboxart.com where no one can download it. Don't come to our forums and disrespect our rules here
sheep2001:
--- Quote from: ShoothimNow on December 29, 2011, 01:45:21 AM ---
--- Quote from: shenske on December 28, 2011, 03:22:37 AM ---
--- Quote from: sheep2001 on December 28, 2011, 03:16:44 AM ---If he wants to charge $100.or $1000 for something he's designed and made himself - who cares. And if there are people prepared to pay that for it even better for him. Simple supply and demand. Nothing we buy costs that much to produce - there has to be profit in it or people go out of business.
--- End quote ---
I'm sorry, it wasn't my intention of 'ripping on him' for his prices.
--- End quote ---
He was stating that what even posting the word "Reproduction" does not entitle someone to pass it as their own. I can photoshop a picture of Mario and claim it as a reproduction and sell it for $0.05, but that doesn't mean I own the rights to sell that image/etc. We don't support the idea of selling covers for a profit. We are a collection of game enthusiasts on which we care to preserve video game cover art. Simple as that. It's completely free to do so, and we do not want our items sold. If you care to sell something that has been posted, whoopideedo, we can't stop you. Shenske was only stating that it is morally wrong to do so because you don't own the rights, and if someone does sue you for redistributing copyrighted material under illegal messures, it may become a problem for this website to continue production. Konami, Nintendo, Square-Enix... they may all feel that the source of all this "copyright infringement" is coming from a website such as ours.
I am only looking into the future. If you want to sell something, have at it. Please don't bring us into the mix as we don't want anything to do with it. If you are too goddamn greedy that you are unwilling to share your materials that you have created, go post things on vgboxart.com where no one can download it. Don't come to our forums and disrespect our rules here
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Seriously? Did you even read my posts? Please don't quote me and use it as a spring board to a rant - and don't patronise me by telling me what WE are about!
Now can we please keep to the topic of only critiquing the actual art on this thread pleas?