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| TyrannicalFascist:
@zakurowrath - Thanks for the kind words on the template! I really just started out wanting to make my own take on SNES covers. I don't dislike the SNES Vertical covers on here, in fact they were part of what made me get my UGCs and round out my collection in the first place, but after a while I found it almost too uniform, especially on the front and backs, and I agree that the different fonts and things on the back was very distracting. Azarkhel's original DVD case covers had a great look to them and I adapted it into basically what you see today. I'll admit that even before anyone mentioned it, I considered the possibility of NES, N64 and actually even handheld covers in a matching style. I'm not sure I'd do handhelds now though, because they already are uniform and look great to me, and this style would force the artwork smaller even if I kept the same dimensions on the art. Since I have a relatively humble collection of games, it won't take long to convert them, and I kind of enjoy getting to pick a color and art for each game to make it stand out. I'm actually considering redoing my Nintendo Entertainment Collection DVD set covers in a similar style. Part of the problem I had was finding good Kanto-era art for Pokémon that was vertical, but this could fix that. If I redid this in a matching style, I wonder what color I should make it since I already have used black, gray and red... Admittedly, even with my template the N64 art is still cropped - the red area on the right is removed, and a trim a little on the top and/or bottom to allow for the art or title to "pop" above the borders. But I see what you mean in that it feels kind of like "widescreen" in a way. I think what kind of works on all of these is that the information is presented simply, without any extra stuff like the purple dots and arrows on the original SNES boxes. @AppleQueso - Yeah, I may not completely print out my N64 covers until I/others have remade covers for all the games I have. You might post a list of the games you have though, so everyone can chip away at it. ;) |
| wiggy:
--- Quote from: TyrannicalFascist on April 12, 2012, 12:14:45 AM ---@zakurowrath - Thanks for the kind words on the template! I really just started out wanting to make my own take on SNES covers. I don't dislike the SNES Vertical covers on here, in fact they were part of what made me get my UGCs and round out my collection in the first place, but after a while I found it almost too uniform, especially on the front and backs, and I agree that the different fonts and things on the back was very distracting. Azarkhel's original DVD case covers had a great look to them and I adapted it into basically what you see today. I'll admit that even before anyone mentioned it, I considered the possibility of NES, N64 and actually even handheld covers in a matching style. I'm not sure I'd do handhelds now though, because they already are uniform and look great to me, and this style would force the artwork smaller even if I kept the same dimensions on the art. --- End quote --- Your story runs pretty much parallel to mine. I started off trying to produce a few covers for some Saturn games for which I had with no covers at all. Not long after that I was directed to this site by someone on Cheap Ass Gamer and was totally blown away by what people here were doing, not to mention that there were other people actually doing this sort of thing at all! I ordered up some UGCs almost immediately and got started. I started off with my N64 titles using the covers on the site, but after printing 3 or 4 I realized that the spine art didn't really work for me, mostly because I can't stand the colors and graphics on the original boxes. I didn't really want a row of purple or green spines on a shelf. I wanted them to be a tad more discreet. So, I made a template and went from there. Now I pretty much completely ignore the original art. I use it to grab the barcodes, release dates, and the product codes, that's it. Plus, this is a really nice, small, & tight community. I can't stand places like Digital Press that are bloated and filled to the brim with useless troll-only members and a bunch of complete know-it-alls that insist upon using post count as a measure of someone's knowledge. Ick. Wow, that turned into a big-ass post. My bad. Not trying to highjack your thread or anything :-X Still loving your work. I hope you end up picking up some more games soon so that your cover making doesn't come to a grinding halt :( |
| AppleQueso:
--- Quote from: TyrannicalFascist on April 12, 2012, 12:14:45 AM ---@AppleQueso - Yeah, I may not completely print out my N64 covers until I/others have remade covers for all the games I have. You might post a list of the games you have though, so everyone can chip away at it. ;) --- End quote --- Of the games I own + the games I plan to buy, there's about 22 covers that need to be done in regular vertical style. I'm slowly chipping away at it myself. |
| TyrannicalFascist:
--- Quote from: wiggy on April 12, 2012, 09:57:15 AM ---Still loving your work. I hope you end up picking up some more games soon so that your cover making doesn't come to a grinding halt :( --- End quote --- Hah, well there's still a good handful of SNES games I intend to track down that I'll make covers for, and few NES, plus all the N64 games that could potentially be redone in the new style. Aside from those, I'd still be willing to tackle more requests. Though I do hope a couple more people get in on making covers for this style to cover the....covers I won't get to (no pun intended). You may notice that most of the games I've made covers for are either platformers, big Nintendo franchises, or relates to TV shows I grew up with in the 90's. :P I'll probably take on F-Zero, Kirby and the rest of Mario for starters. Plus I'll continue doing some NES requests here and there. Here's what I'm hoping to see done to complete my collection: SNES The Adventures of Batman & Robin Battletoads and Double Dragon F-Zero Kirby Super Star Kirby's Dreamland 3 Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: Fighting Edition Tetris Attack N64 Banjo-Kazooie Banjo-Tooie Blast Corps Bomberman 64 Bomberman Hero Bomberman 64: The Second Attack Donkey Kong 64 Diddy Kong Racing F-Zero X GoldenEye 007 Kirby 64 Mario Golf Mario Kart 64 Mario Party Mario Party 2 Mario Party 3 Mario Tennis Paper Mario Perfect Dark Pilotwings 64 Pokemon Snap Pokemon Stadium Pokemon Stadium 2 Star Fox 64 Star Wars: Rogue Squadron Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire Star Wars Episode I Racer Star Wars Episode I: Battle for Naboo Super Smash Bros. Wave Race 64 Yoshi Story I haven't listed Zelda games because (hangs head in shame) I actually haven't played that many Zelda games, and I think someone else could do them better justice than I could, much like Azarkhel did with Mega Man and Final Fantasy. By the way, since zakurowrath asked me, the font I use on the back of my covers is called AvantGarde Medium BT, if anyone wants to use it. You can find it free with a Google search. I'll get the N64 template ready shortly. |
| zakurowrath:
--- Quote from: TyrannicalFascist on April 12, 2012, 05:09:18 PM --- --- Quote from: wiggy on April 12, 2012, 09:57:15 AM ---Still loving your work. I hope you end up picking up some more games soon so that your cover making doesn't come to a grinding halt :( --- End quote --- Hah, well there's still a good handful of SNES games I intend to track down that I'll make covers for, and few NES, plus all the N64 games that could potentially be redone in the new style. Aside from those, I'd still be willing to tackle more requests. Though I do hope a couple more people get in on making covers for this style to cover the....covers I won't get to (no pun intended). You may notice that most of the games I've made covers for are either platformers, big Nintendo franchises, or relates to TV shows I grew up with in the 90's. :P I'll probably take on F-Zero, Kirby and the rest of Mario for starters. Plus I'll continue doing some NES requests here and there. Here's what I'm hoping to see done to complete my collection: SNES The Adventures of Batman & Robin Battletoads and Double Dragon F-Zero Kirby Super Star Kirby's Dreamland 3 Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: Fighting Edition Tetris Attack N64 Banjo-Kazooie Banjo-Tooie Blast Corps Bomberman 64 Bomberman Hero Bomberman 64: The Second Attack Donkey Kong 64 Diddy Kong Racing F-Zero X GoldenEye 007 Kirby 64 Mario Golf Mario Kart 64 Mario Party Mario Party 2 Mario Party 3 Mario Tennis Paper Mario Perfect Dark Pilotwings 64 Pokemon Snap Pokemon Stadium Pokemon Stadium 2 Star Fox 64 Star Wars: Rogue Squadron Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire Star Wars Episode I Racer Star Wars Episode I: Battle for Naboo Super Smash Bros. Wave Race 64 Yoshi Story I haven't listed Zelda games because (hangs head in shame) I actually haven't played that many Zelda games, and I think someone else could do them better justice than I could, much like Azarkhel did with Mega Man and Final Fantasy. By the way, since zakurowrath asked me, the font I use on the back of my covers is called AvantGarde Medium BT, if anyone wants to use it. You can find it free with a Google search. I'll get the N64 template ready shortly. --- End quote --- Very nice, I have most of those N64 games and a few on that list I have yet to get but intend to. So many memories *looks at thumbs & palms* especially the Mario Party 1 scars :P There are a few not on that list that I would love to see the template applied to. Hey You Pikachu (My Voice is actually still high enough to play that game ::) ) Mischief Makers (Shake Shake, a very good side scroller for the N64) I love the Rush series on the N64, simple yet fun racing games: San Francisco Rush Rush 2 Extreme Racing USA San Francisco Rush 2049 The World Is Not Enough 007 (Not as good as classic as Goldeneye but fun) (I really like the background and spine idk did on the vertical cover) Now if only I could get better a better computer & better editing software and do a few of these myself, Fireworks MX 2004 is starting to get really dated -.- |
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