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[JollyRoger]

Thought I'd start something for this title.

Still a long way to go; characters to cut out, and placements and so on.

[ctaulbee]

Good start buddy, great to see you dusting off the old Wacom...

[Bazzah]

Great start buddy!

[Speedz0r]

I like it a lot so far, but atm I do think the girl is a bit too yellow. I know he's further in front, but I still think the guy should be moved higher up. One last thing, maybe make the TT a little smaller, move it down just a little bit so you can have actor names on top (if you want to add them). Great to see you back in action and looking forward to see where you'll take this one

[sauron]

Nice start so far and good to see you've not gone down the blue colour route like a lot of the other covers.

[JollyRoger]

I like it a lot so far, but atm I do think the girl is a bit too yellow. I know he's further in front, but I still think the guy should be moved higher up. One last thing, maybe make the TT a little smaller, move it down just a little bit so you can have actor names on top (if you want to add them). Great to see you back in action and looking forward to see where you'll take this one

Placement and individual coloring and so on ain't at all final. Still cutting out the pieces...

Nice start so far and good to see you've not gone down the blue colour route like a lot of the other covers.

Yea, thought I'd try something else than what's been done a million times before.

Background is actually from the game, but the 'Gunga Diner' sign with logo and names was cut from a set piece image I had. Added light glow to the neon signs. Managed to add the Re-elect Nixon poster in the background, also featured in the comic book.

A few more characters cut out. New heads on Ozymandias and Nite Owl. Still tinkering with the placements and coloring. Not satisfied with placement and pose of Dr. Manhattan, but have no better images/poses of him. I feel he should be on the front somehow, just not sure at the moment. Will see where this leads me.




This post has been edited by JollyRoger: Aug 12 2018, 08:45 PM

[Bazzah]

Would Dr Manhattan be better in the middle?

[JollyRoger]

Something like this perhaps?

maybe make the TT a little smaller, move it down just a little bit so you can have actor names on top (if you want to add them). Great to see you back in action and looking forward to see where you'll take this one

BTW not planning on adding actor's names, no names on the retail packaging either. Not really needed after all. Still debating whether or not to add the retail tagline 'Who will save us now?' at the bottom of the front.

Also added the 'No More Masks' promotional teaser poster to the background. still need some work to properly do the trick, but all in good time...

This post has been edited by JollyRoger: Aug 12 2018, 08:30 PM

[Bazzah]

Yeah that's better. And how about the guy on the right being bigger, to balance it out?

[JollyRoger]

Like so.

[Bazzah]

Yeah, that's better

[Bunny Dojo]

Wow, this got really good really quickly!

Depending on whether you add other elements or not, what if you were to mimic the yellow-on-black banner from the graphic novel for the title? That way, you can pretty much make the rest of the cover as powerful as you want without worrying about the title getting lost (for instance, the fire on the bottom probably wouldn't have fade to darkness, unless you end up really wanting the tagline down there).

[JollyRoger]

Thanks a lot, Tim! I'll probably end up not adding the tagline. As You said it would look weird having to fade out the light from the fire at the bottom. Also it would cover up that very nice bottom of Silk Spectre (hubs huba), hehe. I'll most likely add the tagline to the back somewhere.

Not so keen on the yellow/black banner, actually kinda like my own version, but thanks for the illustration, which makes my choice a lot easier.

On a separate note, I'm looking for some water/rain drop splashes to add to the characters. If anyone have some w transparent background, I'd be happy. Please send me a pm, or simply add them, to the resources part of the gallery, thanks in advance!

This post has been edited by JollyRoger: Aug 13 2018, 05:29 AM

[Bazzah]

I really like Tim's TT design

See if any of these water splashes help you buddy

http://www.hirescovers.net/forum/index.php...l&f_id=1830

[Speedz0r]

Looks a lot better now, altho wouldn't mind seeing more of Silk Spectre . Color wise I like Bunny Dojo's example best, but I like your TT better then the simple black and yellow. You don't wanna use a brush? I got rons wings of water and rons splashes.

[JollyRoger]

Looks a lot better now, altho wouldn't mind seeing more of Silk Spectre . Color wise I like Bunny Dojo's example best, but I like your TT better then the simple black and yellow. You don't wanna use a brush? I got rons wings of water and rons splashes.

I'll take those too, thanks

[Speedz0r]

Great resources Baz. I ran into some issues uploading them to the MD Designer Assets, but hoping it will be sorted quickly. Anyways, you can find them there. I'm uploading in total 5 different brush sets so you know when they all have been added.

[JollyRoger]

Thanks for the resources, guys.

Here's a wet update withsome minor changes. Turned Rorschach around, moved the front characters down a tad, fixed the blue color of Dr. Manhattan, added water and splashes, fixed the top background, and the light at the bottom.

How's this looking?



:EDIT: still seem to have a minor darkening at the very bottom. Must be a layer I forgot to turn off. Will fix that.

This post has been edited by JollyRoger: Aug 13 2018, 04:28 PM

[Speedz0r]

Looks good JR. Hard to tell about the rain splashes and so on, but you should add some dripping raindrops on his hat at least as well as on the two characters on the left.

[Bazzah]

Do you think the front characters are a little too orange?

[JollyRoger]

Looks good JR. Hard to tell about the rain splashes and so on, but you should add some dripping raindrops on his hat at least as well as on the two characters on the left.

I already added some rain splashes. Perhaps too subtle? I can add some more, but don't want to overdo it. Less is more, and all that, you know

Do you think the front characters are a little too orange?

Well I do want a red/orange/(yellow colortone, trying to stay well away from the blue retail promo pics. But I could bring back some of the original colors. It's a balancing act.

This post has been edited by JollyRoger: Aug 13 2018, 06:08 PM

[Bazzah]

Well I do want a red/orange/(yellow colortone, trying to stay well away from the blue retail promo pics. But I could bring back some of the original colors. It's a balancing act.

That's what I was thinking. Just bringing back a little of the original colour.

[JollyRoger]

Like so.

[Bazzah]

That looks better to me, what do you think?

[Speedz0r]

I also think the updated version looks better. What I meant was something like this (droplets that are running down a surface). Kinda hard working on such a small image, but I guess you'll understand what I mean by looking on the bad resources I used .

[xshoty]

I love color background and effect you’ve used the only thing i think doesnt work its the character placement

[JollyRoger]

I also think the updated version looks better. What I meant was something like this (droplets that are running down a surface). Kinda hard working on such a small image, but I guess you'll understand what I mean by looking on the bad resources I used

I will work on the water splashes some more, Thanks

I love color background and effect you’ve used the only thing i think doesnt work its the character placement

Please elaborate. What is off about the placement?

[Bazzah]

Do you think you could straighten Dr Manhattan's head? He looks really depressed at the moment Also, and it might be the preview, it looks like his eyes are pointing outwards. Maybe whiten the outside of his eyes?

[JollyRoger]

Fixed the Doc's head, swapped out Silk Spectre and Nite Owl w new ones. Worked on levels, hues and coloring too. Added more water splashes.

Hope this looks better.




This post has been edited by JollyRoger: Aug 14 2018, 07:13 PM

[Bazzah]

That looks much better to me

[Speedz0r]

Looks pretty good from what I can tell

[JollyRoger]

Tinkering with the back layout - Kinda missing the bar code

[Bazzah]

I like the layout. I'm not sure about the legal area though. And how about having the paper at an angle?

[JollyRoger]

Just a placeholder image for now. I'll work on the paper later, adding wrinkles and such.

[JollyRoger]

Like So.

[Bazzah]

Yeah, like that

[JollyRoger]

Added new Rorschach on the back, better resolution,made him pop a little. Colors/hue/contrast not final. Still tinkering.

This is all for to night tho

[Speedz0r]

Looking good bud, altho I do think there's a bit too much rim light on the back Rorschach now.

[Bazzah]

Looking good buddy!

[JollyRoger]

How's this looking?

[bojka123]

Much better

[JollyRoger]

Finalizing this?

[Bazzah]

The legals and text work so much better now. Great job on the paper too. Another job well done buddy!