Your first, latest and favorite Cover

[JollyRoger]

QUOTE (chouette @ Dec 29 2024, 11:29 PM) There’s a lot to unpack since my last post. Very popular thread.

JR, I really love your cover for “True Grit”, wow. You need to move into the house with the Mac, seriously! Lol

Kev, well those first covers just simply made me laugh, sorry my friend, lol – And also, without a doubt, I love your Disney covers, always did! I love everything you do, but these are my favorites. I think you should be promoted to a level more than a simple “Cover Designer”. Just throwing it out there…

Clint is the one that surprised me the most when I saw the cover that he did with Wys “The Croods”. Love that cover! You have talent that I didn’t know before.

And finally, Baz. I think you have just as much talent as my mentor. Hope he doesn’t see this post, lol

This is my cover for “The Walking Dead – Season 11” that I did as a request here. Like I said, nothing to brag about, but I made it with love, lol



I also did all 3 seasons of “Deadwood” as a request at EFX which came out good.



And finally, this was the last cover that I posted yesterday.

Thanks for the praise! Warmed me old bones! Don’t let Darren hear such praise tho, his head would explode! LOL

The Deadwood cover is really strong, if the rest of your covers are as good, they're a treat to any site! I hope you made a cover for the follow up movie as well?

[JollyRoger]

QUOTE (M0vieM0nster @ Dec 29 2024, 11:13 PM) My first on this site:


My Most recent:


My Personal favourite?... Probably yet to come

Hadn’t seen your first cover before, and am not surprised that I didn’t catch your Joker cover, since my visits have been … less frequent the last couple of years. Strong design tho. I remember a back you made for a collab cover we did years ago. Your ideas are still strong, and shows in the recent work. I enjoyed looking through your collab with wys; most excellent design, the both of you!

[bankska22]

Turning out to be my fav thread. Great idea, Speed, and thank you all for the kind words. Lovely covers present. Deadwood is my fav, but all are outstanding. As far as my old covers, I laugh as well. Big green leaf. lol Thanks again.

[Fidi]

This thread is a really cool idea speed!

@ Bazzah: I remeber the time when you did your Avengers and Fast and the Furious cover. Both turned out great and I#d also consider them as my favorite covers of yours.

I have deleted nearly all my covers I made before I got a member here. The oldest one here in the gallery ist Blood Diamond which I think I did around 2012. I can't find the PSD file anymore but I remember I was pretty happy when I go it done. If I'm not wrong it was a bigger step in quality from the covers I made before to this one:



But I found one of my old covers in a Messenger Chat, this must be my 2nd or 3rd cover:

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My latest wasn't too long ago:



When it comes to what I consider my best I can't decide between Ready Player One (made in March this year) and Zodiac (November 2022). Both covers took me about 80 - 100 hours of work in Photoshop to get them done.

When I look at a finished cover a few weeks later I normally find a few points I'd do different - but nine months later I still wouldn't change anything on my Ready Player One. I'm still totally satisfied with the result.

For Zodiac I didn't use any filters and got the sketch effect by painting everything by myself. I remember the hours I spend to to put together all the characters (changing eyes, hairs etc.) and build all the little scenes on the front by extending a screenshot (bottom left) or build the scene from random images (all others).

[ripley]

This is a serious travel through time, wow...
This about evolution, i found some of those very interesting.
Personaly, i didn't have such archives.
HDD Crashed a long time ago, but....
This is one of my oldest


And the three old cobers i prefered:




And the most recent one, a request:


I probably put so many links on

and, in the end, i love all the artists here, no choice possible...
I'm thinking of the latest arrivals from EFX, and those who have made the history of this site over the years.
Pam, Danielle, Kev, Bob, Sub... you are so refreshing.
And those i've followed since years now: Fidi, Tim, Darren, stalker, speedz0r, pyt, Curt, antistatic and so on...
Ace is a machine really astonishing
Forgive me if i've forgot some names.

It is more than a hobby, an occupation to fill free time...
It is a great "rendez-vous", almost everyday, like an old family
everybody

[bazzah]

Thank you all for the kind words Curt would have to interject if he was here

Your first covers here are so much better than my early attempts. I keep mine here to remind me just how bad I was

[JollyRoger]

One night in Miami really stands out to me. Great colours, sleek design. Tight!

[tmscrapbook]

QUOTE (bankska22 @ Dec 28 2024, 02:02 PM) You have become one fantastic artist. My first cover is so bad, I almost quit but saw inspiration from Pam and decided to try again.

That's quite the compliment - your skills have gone way beyond mine, and I look forward to seeing each new creation by you

[bankska22]

QUOTE (tmscrapbook @ Dec 30 2024, 09:36 AM) That's quite the compliment - your skills have gone way beyond mine, and I look forward to seeing each new creation by you

Thank you as well, Pam. I think having great artists gives all of us the means to be better. I would love to see Sub's first designs. Last but not least, Curt has been one of my best friends and a huge influence. Learning text in a path and introducing me to Topaz was a huge part of my progression. Cheers to Curt and Pam.

Bazz, the man, the myth, the owner, thank you for creating this wonderful place. I'm here to stay.

Fidi, your work is some of the best I have ever seen. Amazing talent!!! Keep up the great work. Looking forward to seeing your next masterpiece.

Jolly, You designs are amazing. Well done, my friend. You, too, are an inspiration to all artist, no matter what stage they are in, to be the best they can be.

Danielle, I have one word for ya. ''Incredible.'' A few more. You continue to be a valuable asset to this community. Thanks for all the great work and time spent.

Ripley, Wow! Your earlier cover is impressive. I love all of your covers. Top-notch artist and like I always say, an inspiration.

[bankska22]

QUOTE (ripley @ Dec 30 2024, 07:47 AM) This is a serious travel through time, wow...
This about evolution, i found some of those very interesting.
Personaly, i didn't have such archives.
HDD Crashed a long time ago, but....
This is one of my oldest


And the three old cobers i prefered:




And the most recent one, a request:


I probably put so many links on

and, in the end, i love all the artists here, no choice possible...
I'm thinking of the latest arrivals from EFX, and those who have made the history of this site over the years.
Pam, Danielle, Kev, Bob, Sub... you are so refreshing.
And those i've followed since years now: Fidi, Tim, Darren, stalker, speedz0r, pyt, Curt, antistatic and so on...
Ace is a machine really astonishing
Forgive me if i've forgot some names.

It is more than a hobby, an occupation to fill free time...
It is a great "rendez-vous", almost everyday, like an old family
everybody

Thank you buddy.