First project - custom Blade II cover

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by Speedz0r » Sat May 01, 2021 7:57 am

Nice to see an update. I'm not too sure about the TT on the spine tho, I think it needs to be the same as the one on the poster, or at least somewhat similar. I also think the front looks better in stampes example, how one of the sides on the background is flipped. I also think the grey to light colors work better than the blue to light. Also one last thing, if you make the characters go out of the frame (again like in stampes example) it brings a bit more pop to it imo.

by JidaigekiJunkie » Wed Apr 28, 2021 8:55 pm

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Was supposed to work on this last week but was having too much fun being off work! :)

Anyway I think I've managed to sort this framing thing out. I quite like the background colour. What do you all think? I've added the poster credits as well. Now I need to sort screenshots out, a plot description and maybe change the spine colour too.

by sauron » Wed Apr 14, 2021 12:00 pm

stampe wrote:QUOTE (stampe @ Apr 14 2021, 12:24 AM) it's very simple :D

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2 rectangular shapes with linear gradients, one going up and one down ;)
Ahh even easier than I thought!

by ctaulbee » Wed Apr 14, 2021 2:35 am

What size is the original file in pixels?

I agree with sauron about the glow.

by stampe » Tue Apr 13, 2021 11:24 pm

it's very simple :D

[attachment=45265:keepitsimple.gif]

2 rectangular shapes with linear gradients, one going up and one down ;)

by sauron » Tue Apr 13, 2021 8:02 pm

I would have a guess that stampe cut out the image (there are many ways to cut an image out such as the pen tool, select subject, magic wand, search YouTube and you will find a way that works best for you) and then added a square behind that is a gradient or filled the square with a grey background and then added a new layer with a clipping mask (search YouTube to understand what these are if you’re not sure) and then used a large soft brush to add two dots in either corner.

by JidaigekiJunkie » Tue Apr 13, 2021 7:09 pm

I wasn't exactly sure how to frame it like Stampe did, just been kind of experimenting a bit. I really don't know photoshop very well at all! Have barely spent any time using it yet. Will try and do something like what he did though. Thanks for the advice on the glow around the logo too. Probably won't have a lot of time to work on it this week but I'm off work for a week as of this weekend so I should be able to finish it off then hopefully.

by sauron » Tue Apr 13, 2021 6:32 pm

I think it worked better without the outline on the front or even how stampe mocked up.

As for the spine title, I would remove the outer glow.

by JidaigekiJunkie » Sun Apr 11, 2021 8:13 pm

So I went back to giving it a sort of "frame" instead similar to what it had before as I didn't like the way I'd used the grey previously. Also added the logo and the image of Nomak (both found here on the site under resources). It doesn't look too bad so far. I need to add the new line logo back at the bottom under Nomak.

by JidaigekiJunkie » Sun Apr 11, 2021 6:11 pm

Hey I'm back. Busy week.

Ripley: It's an LG OLED (CX55LB). I'm really happy with it so far. 4K and Dolby Vision look amazing!

Gonna get back to working on this cover tonight.

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