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Custom Cover Art - Minimalist, clean, or alternative box arts for your favorite games
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Cad-Monkey
Neo Member
That'll be perfect! Thanks!
DarkGiygas
Member
Is this thread still a thing? I've been messing around in Photoshop again
And does anyone know if there is a good PS4 template / 3d cover thing?
edit: and xbone while we're at it
And does anyone know if there is a good PS4 template / 3d cover thing?
edit: and xbone while we're at it
DarkGiygas
Member
DoctorFling
Member
Nice covers, especially Bloodborne.
DarkGiygas
Member
Very easy in fact. At the bare minimum using a template in the correct dimensions with some guides to indicate the spine is enough. Then finding suitable images for the front, back and spine and you'd have yourself a cover (albeit however basic). Many templates already have the platform logos and other elements you'd find on an official case so there's less work to be done in that regard.
Been out of the custom box art game for a while.
I guess it's because I've actually been buying a lot fewer packaged retail games over the last couple years or so. The switch to new consoles while I moved over to PC may have accelerated that, but I've really just been buying fewer $50 and $60 games in general.
Edit: A few publishers have stepped up their game with official box arts in my opinion too. Quite a few came out in the last couple years that I was perfectly fine with.
I guess it's because I've actually been buying a lot fewer packaged retail games over the last couple years or so. The switch to new consoles while I moved over to PC may have accelerated that, but I've really just been buying fewer $50 and $60 games in general.
Edit: A few publishers have stepped up their game with official box arts in my opinion too. Quite a few came out in the last couple years that I was perfectly fine with.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
I agree with this generally. Box art has seen some really nice upticks over the past few years.
That said, my interest in custom boxarts remains because of my lack of interest in having my covers plastered with ratings, copyrights or commentary on the game's greatness.
Already Torn
Banned
I kind of need to print this out. What kind of paper do you guys use?
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Deleted member 74300
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I wish I could find a custom Bayonetta 1 Wii U cover that would actually print the right damn size. Even after messing around with the settings it's either too big or too small.
It's been awhile since I last did some cover art, but the rather atrocious PAL Gravity Rush Remastered box art was some good impetus. I don't mind the plain background of the Asian and US release, but I think it loses some of the otherworldly charm of the game's environment in the process.
Special thanks to PaulloDEC for digitizing some of the concept art that I used for the background.
Special thanks to PaulloDEC for digitizing some of the concept art that I used for the background.
Download Link
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orthodoxy1095
Banned
Has anyone or can anyone do a PS4 cover with that Hot Ryu and Chun-Li art?
Quickly threw this together. What does everyone think?
Too mininal?
minimal look is nice... but god damn that bright happy vibe... lol super misleading XD
drkOne
Member
Wowfunhappy
Member
So, for quite a while now, I've been throwing away my game cases. I began to really regret this about a year ago.
Pretty much all my games are Nintendo titles. Nintendo sells replacement cases, but finding high-quality scans of the original covers is difficult. They're out there—there's a couple of sites dedicated to cataloging cover art scans, in fact—but few of them are particularly high quality scans. The colors look off, and you can see other imperfections in the paper.
So, last summer, I made my own, using artwork I'd found. I finally got around to printing them (via a professional printer on nice, glossy paper).
They came out really, so I'm going to post them here, in the hopes that they'll help someone else, but huge caveat—I put these together last summer, and I do not remember where the original artwork came from. I know some of it came from official desktop wallpapers, but I think some of it was fanart, too, and I also know that I used a pre-existing template someone had created (although I modified it quite a bit). I take no ownership over these cover arts, and I really apologize to the original creators if I uploaded some of your work.
Anywhere, here is a link to all of the cover arts. List of games is:
-Wind Waker HD
-WarioWare Smooth Moves
-Tropical Freeze
-Rayman Legends
-Pikmin 3
-Nintendoland
-New Super Mario Bros U
-Mass Effect 3 (Wii U)
-Mario 3D World
-Kirby's Return to Dreamland
-Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Wii U)
-Bayonetta (Wii U)
-Bayonetta 2
-Batman Arkham City (Wii U)
I'll post some pictures tomorrow when there's sunlight outside to take nicer pictures by (I hate pictures that are lit by yellow artificial light)
Pretty much all my games are Nintendo titles. Nintendo sells replacement cases, but finding high-quality scans of the original covers is difficult. They're out there—there's a couple of sites dedicated to cataloging cover art scans, in fact—but few of them are particularly high quality scans. The colors look off, and you can see other imperfections in the paper.
So, last summer, I made my own, using artwork I'd found. I finally got around to printing them (via a professional printer on nice, glossy paper).
They came out really, so I'm going to post them here, in the hopes that they'll help someone else, but huge caveat—I put these together last summer, and I do not remember where the original artwork came from. I know some of it came from official desktop wallpapers, but I think some of it was fanart, too, and I also know that I used a pre-existing template someone had created (although I modified it quite a bit). I take no ownership over these cover arts, and I really apologize to the original creators if I uploaded some of your work.
Anywhere, here is a link to all of the cover arts. List of games is:
-Wind Waker HD
-WarioWare Smooth Moves
-Tropical Freeze
-Rayman Legends
-Pikmin 3
-Nintendoland
-New Super Mario Bros U
-Mass Effect 3 (Wii U)
-Mario 3D World
-Kirby's Return to Dreamland
-Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Wii U)
-Bayonetta (Wii U)
-Bayonetta 2
-Batman Arkham City (Wii U)
I'll post some pictures tomorrow when there's sunlight outside to take nicer pictures by (I hate pictures that are lit by yellow artificial light)
Love the old school look of this game.
Don't know the game but that is skillfull work!
Lakershead22
Member
I bought Pikmin 2 for the Wii and its the nintendo select box art. I am fine with that box art but I wanted Is there a way to get the original box art from the gamecube in Wii format?
I wanted to test out a Vita case 3D render I made so I went back to one of the first Vita covers I made and reformatted it to be in line with my more recent endeavours.
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Thanks!
DonTedesco
Member
cj_iwakura
Member
Wow, where did you find that art?
I've wanted to make a nice Folklore appreciation thread, it'd make a gorgeous banner.
DonTedesco
Member
cj_iwakura
Member
DonTedesco
Member
Thanks! Still curious where you got it, though.
To be honest I don't know, I have it for some time... and doing a reverse search I can't find the same resolution
EraErr0r1
Member
This thread illustrates that corporate, modern marketers in the gaming industry need to be kicked out of their jobs.
I don't care how often they claim that their boring, generic box-art leads to more sales from all the "little Billy's" out there. I just can't see how it can be true when there are so many better examples in this thread alone that would be far more eye-catching on store shelves!
Will hopefully have a chance to contribute to this myself one day. Truly a hidden gem!
I don't care how often they claim that their boring, generic box-art leads to more sales from all the "little Billy's" out there. I just can't see how it can be true when there are so many better examples in this thread alone that would be far more eye-catching on store shelves!
Will hopefully have a chance to contribute to this myself one day. Truly a hidden gem!
orthodoxy1095
Banned
UC4 covers needed.
Hey guys, I'm super new at making this sort of stuff, and I'd love the encouragement and especially criticism. But because I'm super shy and mine are definitely not as good as yours, I'll just share a link instead of embedding them in this thread: http://imgur.com/a/Dttxl
It's a bunch of old games for an old computer, that I'm putting on floppies. The illustrations are mostly scans of 30 year old covers found on the internet, cleaned to the best of my abilities. The idea is to use floppy calendar cases for each game. My original idea was not to have a back cover, and have short instructions (launch, keys) printed on the reverse that could be read with the case closed. Tonight I did three with a full back cover, and I think they do look much better.
The main thing is made in LibreOffice Draw, with the text and colour boxes. The images are painfully edited with Irfanview (resize, crop, colour correction) and paint.net (transparency and stuff), sometimes cleaned a bit with waifu2x.
It's a bunch of old games for an old computer, that I'm putting on floppies. The illustrations are mostly scans of 30 year old covers found on the internet, cleaned to the best of my abilities. The idea is to use floppy calendar cases for each game. My original idea was not to have a back cover, and have short instructions (launch, keys) printed on the reverse that could be read with the case closed. Tonight I did three with a full back cover, and I think they do look much better.
The main thing is made in LibreOffice Draw, with the text and colour boxes. The images are painfully edited with Irfanview (resize, crop, colour correction) and paint.net (transparency and stuff), sometimes cleaned a bit with waifu2x.
BulletBees
Member
I searched around and can't seem to find any.
I'm looking for a Metal Gear Phantom Pain/Ground Zeros mash up custom cover. I have a two disc ps4 blu ray case and I think it would look cool to have both of the MGSV titles in one box. Anyone up for making one? The only thing I'm picky about is I want the official PS4 banners on it so it matches all my other games. So, if someone could make one that would be rad.
I'm looking for a Metal Gear Phantom Pain/Ground Zeros mash up custom cover. I have a two disc ps4 blu ray case and I think it would look cool to have both of the MGSV titles in one box. Anyone up for making one? The only thing I'm picky about is I want the official PS4 banners on it so it matches all my other games. So, if someone could make one that would be rad.
Squalliczek
Neo Member
Hi, looking for cover for Batman: Arkham Origins. Front Covers PS3 logo on the side only PS3 logo and inscription Arkham Origins. Anyone of you has the cover. Thank you in advance and best regards.
Aeroglyphics
Member
Spiritwalker
Member
Anyone have a template for PAL DS cases? I can't seem to find it anywhere.. and the american ones don't match properly due to the size differences, especially the spine part.
Final Fantasy XV (PS4)
With PS4 banner:
Without PS4 banner:
I'll get Xbox One boxarts done if anyone asks for it.
With PS4 banner:
Without PS4 banner:
I'll get Xbox One boxarts done if anyone asks for it.
User 479360
Banned
You guys do great work.
ichtyander
Member
I know it's not completely on topic but a couple of people from the No Man's Sky thread mentioned I should post my PSD for the fake book cover I did, so I'll post it here as well if anyone wants it. Awesome topic btw.
EDIT:
Forgot the image itself.
EDIT:
Forgot the image itself.
Karspankey
Banned
Super new to making boxart! I tried to make a No Man's Sky one based on Gameinformer's cover! Went for a type of "Gold Edition"
disappeared
Banned
Seems to be a lack of xb1 covers around the internet, was thinking of maybe creating a few of my own. Is there a good template around, or a general tutorial on image size, dpi, etc?
disappeared
Banned
Yeah I saw that page earlier and downloaded an xb1 template but I'm confused as to what to do. Do I fit the image within the boxart space in an image program and simply print it off?
Karspankey
Banned
You would use a program like Photoshop, yes. As far as printing goes, I am unsure as I haven't done anything of that sort before!
disappeared
Banned
Cool thanks, I'll mess around with it a bit.
That's fantastic. Suddenly I want VHS covers for all my games.
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