short version:
Five covers uploaded.
Black & WhiteDuke Nukem: Manhattan ProjectStarcraft: Brood WarWarcraft II: Battle.net EditionX2 The Threatlong version:
Okay, I generally like to talk about each cover I do, just so others can learn from my mistakes.
So I finally borrowed somebody's scanner and scanned in a bunch of stuff I had lying around. First up was the box for Black & White. Now, I got this game from Goodwill, so the box was crappy when I got it, and it has been sitting in my closet for about a year now, which certainly didn't help anything. What I'm saying is that I had a lot of work to do to clean it up. Man, this site has really improved my Photoshop skills.
That said, I think it came out really well. There was a cool-looking embossing on the box that the scan picked up really well. I also like what I did with the spine.
I can upload raw scans if anyone wants to take a whack at it without my template, but I'm warning you that these scans are VERY raw.
Moving on: Duke Nukem Manhattan Project is awesome. It's another one I grabbed from Goodwill for like $3 when I found out that they had some old games. All I had was the jewel case, and the front art got stretched a bit, for which I apologize. Still, all told I think it came out well.
Warcraft II was partially hacked out of the PS1 boxart that Exist2Inspire uploaded. Many thanks. I put on the Battle.net logo and completely redid the back. It looks nice; I'm proud of it.
I found scans for Starcraft: Brood War from somebody on the Internet and hacked out a cover. I would have prefered box scans of the original Starcraft, but beggars can't be choosers. I just put both discs in the Brood War case.
X2: The Threat was kind of troubling. I had a really nice front cover scan to work from, and I got the spine art from the official fansite kit. The back was another matter entirely. I couldn't find decent scans for it anywhere, and I'd long since lost everything but the discs myself. (In fact, I think I got the game used, back when EBStop still sold used PC games). So I ended up "garbage picking" and grabbed a low-res scan from MobyGames or somewhere similar. I might go back and redo it later with custom artwork and everything. Also, pigs might fly and Leonard Peltier might get elected President. I have X3 Reunion now and don't really care about X2 anymore, and I'm a bit burned out after all these covers.
I also did a cover for Red Alert 2, but it was based on scans from cdcovers.cc (garbage picking out of desperation again), and it's downright embarrassingly low quality, so I'm not going to upload it.
Final note: that's it for PC covers from me. I currently have four games that don't have covers:
Red Alert 2 (the crappy one doesn't count)
the original Command & Conquer
Warcraft 1
Dune 2000.
I have no scans or anything at all to work from for any of these, and to be honest I don't care about the old DOS games all that much. Still, if anyone has high-res scans for any of those four, I'd really appreciate it.
I'm going to start doing Dreamcast covers next (and believe me, I've got a whole bunch to do). I'm also going to make a good cover for Chrono Cross, because the one that's up here already
sucks, and I'd like to make a DS case for my shiny new EZFlash5. Then you probably won't hear from me nearly as often.
Also, I've got a few pet peeves with some of the low-quality Dreamcast covers that certain users have uploaded, and I'm going to post an advice thread on how to
properly use the main Dreamcast template.
