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[Fidi]

At the moment I have a weakness for these illastration looks so after Midway I've tried this with another cover.
I didn't expect that before but there's not really much to work with for Gemini Man and at the moment I don't know what to use for the back.

Here is what I have so far and as always your suggestions are welcome!



This is what I did with the characters (I know it's a bit hard to see...):



Front artwork:

[xshoty]

I think you have a good idea here but you need to perfection it ! The color and TT suggest its a action comedy movie but its far away of this. Also be careful with the glow light on wong its to much at the moment !

[Fidi]

I personally don't see any problems with the colors but what you had in mind? . Or did you mean the title's color? I know the title isn't perfectly working for that type of movie, it was just a try. But I'm open for any suggestions what to do instead.

This post has been edited by Fidi: May 8 2020, 04:23 PM

[Bazzah]

Awesome work so far bud! Now that shoty has mentioned it though, the Title does make it look like a comedy..... it needs to be more action style. Maybe it is the arch of the title that doesn't help??

[sauron]

I’m not overly keen on the TT and the fading on the lower part of the characters, how about having them sit inside the circle?

I’ve not seen the film so not sure if what you have done on the front ties in with the film.

[Fidi]

Thanks for your both comments as well.

I'm not sure what to do with this cover. I thought it was a good idea to go this way with nearly no resources available. But at the moment I'm not sure if I even should continue this.

I've changed a few things, title was moved up and it's no comedy-effect anymore (allthough I think the ne one doesn't work 100% as well), changed the colors to something less popping, added Will's clone (with the only available image of him) and spend more work on painting the effects of the characters. Still need to do something in front of Wong.

[Bazzah]

Really nice work again

I would love to know if I am alone on these points though, but here goes.

I am not a fan of the font used for the title. I think that is where the 'comedy' look may be coming from. It needs a more sci-fi/futuristic style font.

I don't like the way wong fades into the floor, but you have said you are addressing that

Will's clone looks really odd. I know it is from the poster, but he looks really awkward to me?

I liked the eyes in the previous version.

[zorbic]

Agree with everyone about the font, something nearer the original poster font might suit better.
I'd try making the front more two-tone as there's a bit too much orange/ brown.
Also maybe you could swap the position of Wong with the burning man and bikes to potentially cover up that weird wrist angle?

Mockup without the swap:

[xshoty]

Look a lot better like this man !

[Bunny Dojo]

You have a lot of great pieces here, and I'm excited to see the effects you're exploring.
If you could bring the top Will Smith down and left a bit, that might help tighten the composition and give you more options for your title treatment. (That creates a blank space next to his shoulder, but maybe there's a good piece of scenery or special effects for up there.)

Otherwise, I pretty much agree with the guys here that the two things holding this cover back from greatness are the font and color.

The font is a little too fat and bouncy, and the shading effect highlights that further, making it look friendly. Something sharper -- either sharp edges or a sharp metal texture or just a sharp flat color -- could help.

For the coloring, I think your 13 Hours, Matrix, and Sully covers are all perfect examples of great dark color palettes. The colors on this one might work with a lighter background, instead of the reddish brown. Or, you could simplify the color palette even further (not necessarily gold, but this is just an example):

[ctaulbee]

I tend to agree with Baz, I like the new changes though.

The title is the big one for me not fond of the Font or the effect, it still looks to rounded, maybe flatter style with harder edges, could 3D it maybe if you wanted.

Edit: I see me and the Bunny are on the same sort of track lol.

[sauron]

Before I saw Tim’s recommendation regarding the title, I was going to suggest having a flat white title instead of something with loads of effects, the main focal point is the images so a simple title could work best.

[Fidi]

Thank you for your suggestions, they were very helpfull!

I've changed the title font like Tim has suggested, added the effect on the I N I as it's in the trailer.
Also I've changed the colors again some more, tryed to rebuild the Plaza de La Aduana in Cartagena (this is where they have the hunt on the bikes in the movie) and made some screenshots to add the S.W.A.T. guys to the front.

Still some stuff to do but this is where I am now:

[sauron]

Looking really good, I think the TT could be a bit bigger?

Other than that no other suggestions

[Fidi]

Thanks bud.
You're not wrong about the title but if I enlarge it the I-N-I won't really be visible anymore and I'm not sure if I should move down Will Smith anymore?

[Bazzah]

What a great update! The added scenery and swat team have really made the cover pop!

For the title you could try swapping the names and tag around, and then you have a little room to increase the title and bump it up a little?

[xshoty]

God damn such an improvement on this one i like the color suggestion by bunny dojo ! Also the title treatment rock now !!!

[JollyRoger]

Awesome update!

[redt8tr]

The update is looking great buddy! Especially like the bottom scene

This post has been edited by redt8tr: May 19 2020, 04:48 PM

[ctaulbee]

Looking good buddy, great update

[sauron]

Thanks bud.
You're not wrong about the title but if I enlarge it the I-N-I won't really be visible anymore and I'm not sure if I should move down Will Smith anymore?

I did think that might be the case, Baz’s suggestion could work or enlarge it a little to close the gap between the names and the title?

[Fidi]

Better like this?

[sauron]

I think that looks much better now

[ctaulbee]

This is really coming together now my friend, well done on all the changes

[Bazzah]

Works for me

[weyn]

Not sold on the narrow N, should be the same width as the normal N at the very end of the TT.

[Bazzah]

I hadn't noticed the 'n' in the update. I have to agree with weyn

[Bunny Dojo]

This is looking better and better!

What if you were to move the two Will Smiths and Clive Owen down a bit? That might give you some nice extra room up top.



Alternatively, you could remove the other names up top and just have "WILL SMITH" on one line, which would give you a tiny bit of extra space.

[Fidi]

Thanks guys.

Small update with the right title and I've also moved down the three characters as Tim has suggested:

[Bazzah]

I would say this is done now? It looks awesome buddy

[stampe]

Awesome work buddy

[ctaulbee]

Well done my friend the title looks great now

[JollyRoger]

Still a weird angle of the wrist? Maybe add something there? Another character to the right of Winstead to obcure the wrist??

[Fidi]

Thanks.

Still a weird angle of the wrist? Maybe add something there? Another character to the right of Winstead to obcure the wrist??

Unfortunately there's no other character I could add, these are all which are in the movie.

[sauron]

You could try making Will Smith bigger to cover the gap and hide more of the weird hand angle? In my example I also rotated him a little so his eyes were more level, kind of like when you straighten a photo with the horizon line if that makes sense, sorry I’m never good at explaining myself properly lol.

[weyn]

Legit point about that gap. And good solution from sauron. Making old Will in the BG bigger not only solves this issue but also adds to the dynamic of the cover in terms of character size relations. And you can still see the gunstock, thus revealing he's armed and it's an action flick - YAY! ^^

Have you tried wrapping the actors' names on just one line?

[Fidi]

I've increased Will's size for about 15%. So that should do it now?

[Bazzah]

It looks perfect to me Very nice work buddy

[ctaulbee]

Looks good to me bud, if you wanted to obscure the hand/wrist more you could increase the size your circular insert image some.

[sauron]

Looks good to me

[weyn]

A huge improvement over your initial design

What if you add some haze/dust around the characters? This would give some depth to the cover, add to the seamless look and mask possible image flaws (like the missing bottom part of Benedict Wong). Regarding the Wong picture, you could try to extend his body silhouette with this picture here and then just fade it: LINK

Example from "The Rise of Skywalker":


This post has been edited by weyn: Jun 1 2020, 09:02 PM

[JollyRoger]

Looking better now! I like this idea

[Fidi]

Hey guys,

after only six months I found some time again to open Photoshop.

I moved on to the back but as always I'm not sure about a few things.
Do the stills work like that beside the main image or should I go a more "classic" way?
I've added some grunge elements across the cover on the borders. Do they work or should I remove them?

This is where I am at the moment:





Thanks for your suggestions.

[Bazzah]

I love the collage, and stills layout. But the more I look at it, the more I think the stills should have the same exposure as the collage? And I like the grunge

[ctaulbee]

[Bunny Dojo]

I love the collage, and stills layout. But the more I look at it, the more I think the stills should have the same exposure as the collage?

Yeah, that left circle of imagery seems like it would look great at regular brightness and balance everything out nicely.
Very stylish design, Fidi! It's exciting to see you back in action!

[Fidi]

Thank you three for leaving a comment.

Better like this then?



And just for comparison, with our without grunge?

[Bazzah]

Yeah, the stills look much better now. And looking at them side by side, I prefer the clean version

[ctaulbee]

That's the ticket there, well done I like the with grunge version best

[Bunny Dojo]

Excellent! With or without grunge looks great (having it clean makes sense for the movie, but the grunge looks cool in your design).

[sauron]

Looking good, I think with the grunge as I feel it suits the movie with all the fighting scenes.

[Fidi]

Thanks again.

I've decided to go without the grunge because I think Tim is right - it fits the movies look (HFR) better than with it.
I only kept the two lines beside the spine and I've also added a image on the spine.

And I've tried to make it more clear and visible that the circle with the stills and the quote is another crosshair.

[M0vieM0nster]

Looks fantastic bud, great to see you back

[Bazzah]

It looks perfect to me Another Fidi classic!

[Bunny Dojo]

A fantastic victory! It was worth the wait!

Only one tiny possible suggestion -- I can't 100% tell from the preview, but are the actors' names and tagline on the front the only white text on the cover? If so, maybe either they could be in your very very light grey-tan, or a couple of pieces on the back could be white to match? (The Special Features heading and Twice the Smith. Twice the Action. text?)

[Fidi]

Of course you were right and I've fixed that color on the front. Thanks

[sauron]

Looks great Fidi!

[Speedz0r]

Nothing to add, it just looks really cool. Fantastic stuff buddy!