Star Trek Deep Space Nine Blu-ray

[scarmullet]

QUOTE (ctaulbee @ Aug 13 2025, 05:55 PM) Wouldn't it be better to have the image on the front? I'm not a fan of it in the middle of the whole cover as you have it. Also when closed and on the shelf the spine will be a mess if you don't already know what it is and why it's there...

It's inspired by the style of the original DVD sets.

[Bunny Dojo]

It's great to see new action in the W.I.P forum!

If you're looking for an alternate option on the background, you might like one on this site:
https://unsplash.com/s/photos/galaxy?license=free
(Lots of huge free photos, so you probably won't have to worry about trying to perfectly tile a texture)

For the back, if you make the synopsis text a little smaller, maybe you can select a few favorite photos to add below.

If you want to try adding another piece to the front, maybe a Starfleet logo filled with a different featured character for each season?
All of that black ink (and the intense red on the front) can be a lot for a printer to handle, so having some additional elements might be helpful, plus it's a cool chance to showcase some of your favorite aspects of the show.

[scarmullet]

QUOTE (Bunny Dojo @ Aug 13 2025, 06:16 PM) It's great to see new action in the W.I.P forum!

If you're looking for an alternate option on the background, you might like one on this site:
https://unsplash.com/s/photos/galaxy?license=free
(Lots of huge free photos, so you probably won't have to worry about trying to perfectly tile a texture)

For the back, if you make the synopsis text a little smaller, maybe you can select a few favorite photos to add below.

If you want to try adding another piece to the front, maybe a Starfleet logo filled with a different featured character for each season?
All of that black ink (and the intense red on the front) can be a lot for a printer to handle, so having some additional elements might be helpful, plus it's a cool chance to showcase some of your favorite aspects of the show.

How much more black could this cover be? The answer is None, none more black.

I wana keep things minimalist, I don't wana add characters, I'm already doing it for another set of covers I am working on so I wana do something a bit different.

[chouette]

If you want different, you have achieved it.

Do me a favor, and change that bright red color with the season # on the front cover to a different color. Try maybe the yellow/gold color of "Star Trek" or the grey/silver of "Deep Space Nine" and show us what this would looks like. The season # looks much better now.

[Bunny Dojo]

QUOTE (scarmullet @ Aug 13 2025, 06:47 PM) I wana keep things minimalist, I don't wana add characters, I'm already doing it for another set of covers I am working on so I wana do something a bit different.

All good, WIP comments are just friendly suggestions, it's always the artist's choice if they want to try an idea or not.

You might want to try your center diagram layer set to blending mode "Screen" or "Lighten" as a way of removing the black background of the cutout.

[sauron]

I agree with ct about the thing in the middle looking better on the front. The synopsis text still looks very big, I feel you would benefit from introducing another font that compliments the one you're using currently.

The back needs more work to establish where the viewers eye will go to, you can do this with playing with the font weight, different fonts, making the quote/tagline larger.

I've done a very crude mock-up and added some other bits that you could maybe try, I have no idea if any of the things I added are crucial to the show as not my cup of tea.

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[scarmullet]

QUOTE (chouette @ Aug 13 2025, 09:37 PM) If you want different, you have achieved it.

Do me a favor, and change that bright red color with the season # on the front cover to a different color. Try maybe the yellow/gold color of "Star Trek" or the grey/silver of "Deep Space Nine" and show us what this would looks like. The season # looks much better now.

Each Season has it's own color, again borrowed from the old DVD sets. It's not all Red

[scarmullet]

QUOTE (sauron @ Aug 14 2025, 05:42 AM) I agree with ct about the thing in the middle looking better on the front. The synopsis text still looks very big, I feel you would benefit from introducing another font that compliments the one you're using currently.

The back needs more work to establish where the viewers eye will go to, you can do this with playing with the font weight, different fonts, making the quote/tagline larger.

I've done a very crude mock-up and added some other bits that you could maybe try, I have no idea if any of the things I added are crucial to the show as not my cup of tea.

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I see what you were going for on the back, but I dunno why I don't like the idea of basically having two Deep Space Nine's on the cover

[sauron]

QUOTE (scarmullet @ Aug 14 2025, 11:58 AM) I see what you were going for on the back, but I dunno why I don't like the idea of basically having two Deep Space Nine's on the cover

I had no idea they were called Deep Space Nine, I just added some pictures that I found quickly and of course it's your cover, they are just suggestions plus it's a crude mock-up and not polished by any means.

[scarmullet]

Like I mentioned before, Each season gets it's own color, like the old DVD sets. Seasons 3-7 may get a Defiant on them.