Proving Myself!

LEGO · Post by **LEGO** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 6:51 pm

Here's hoping to be a contributer

thanx

ubl6612 · Post by **ubl6612** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 7:05 pm

have seen your stuff for many years. You should not have a problem getting in. Do you have any covers that was made after 2003?

LEGO · Post by **LEGO** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 8:15 pm

Yes i have a few...hehe...
I'm currently working on several covers to....
I will post them when they are finished

and thanx

MrHenryDog · Post by **MrHenryDog** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 10:19 pm

aileen looks good, dances with wolves is a nice cover let down by a couple of poor scans. try and avoid using scanned pics when making customs.Delta force is a SCAN, re typing the credits doesn't make it a custom.nice job on the fargo scan.(but its R2 not R1) NEMO, good front image but the back images look poor in comparrison.Flesh and blood, again NOT custom..poor scan dont know what its doing in the gallery(wheres FILMBOY gone???)the Hunted.again part scan. Lock up i cant make my mind uop about the front,but the back image looks a little low res.Ken park, a film ive never heard of but now want to see(for some strange reason).invasion USA, again poor scan with retyped credits.True romance, another cover with poor scans and dodgy flood fill(slaters fingers)

dont get me wrong and think im being picky, im just giving you an honest opinion,based on these i dont think your good enough yet.sorry.

>PS ubl 'look before you leap' :yikes:

ubl6612 · Post by **ubl6612** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 11:36 am

you're right henry might have been leaping a little to fast, I guess I just saw an old familiar name. About the part scans part custom, I was a bit unsure about what to with those, since they were different from the retail I couldn't classify them as rebuilds. For the moment I have approved them but, I'm gonna let Bazzah take a look at them too.

Post by **bazzah** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 3:46 pm

Moved Delta Force to scans (I done this with a couple, but obviously missed some).

Flesh and Blood - I was in two minds about this one. It's certainly not the best scan we have, but I didnt think it was that bad :S

Hunted - Agreed partial scan, and therefore should come under scans, not custom.

Lock up - Moved to the rejected bin. Images are too low res.

Invasion USA - An interesting one. The back looks like a simple level adjustment would make it ok, but as is, it is too poor quality. Theres something going on with Chucks head on the front too. His top head is ok, then there is a division line, where it turns bad. A bit like a plasma TV with the contrast too high! I have rejected this one.

True Romance - This should fall under scans, as a large amount of this is a scan. Questionable if it should be rejected though. The front has been poorly executed, but does it fail to meet the upload rules??

LEGO · Post by **LEGO** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 9:41 pm

Ok...im all for oppinions, and i agree with the fact that there are parts of scanned images used that could have been in greater resolution, but when you make custom covers u tend to use what u can get, and make the best of it...now what is a custom cover? well in my oppinion it is when you alter the cover in any way shape or form, even if u just change a front to another that looks better to u, its a custom cover!

And about the delta force cover, there are only 2 scanned images on there, i have included the file whithout the scanned parts, and to say that that isn't a custom cover, then i don't know what is!

Seems to me that a scan is...well just that a scan.....not altered in any way. Sure the resolution of the scanned parts could be better, i just use what i can find....sometimes i get a hold of original artwork and sometimes i get crappy images of the web, but i think that is part of the charm in making custom covers...cause in the end, when printed on to paper, u would have to use a magnefying glass to notice the crappy images....

Lets face it...its replacementcovers not posters....or am i wrong?!

Anyway...most of the covers are old ones...safe to say that the newer ones gets better (natural progression)....i can say that i strive to get better at what i do, since it is one of my passions in life, and also my job in part to do so...

more to come...

thanx for the input..good and bad

Here's the link to the cover:

http://www.je-online.se/Delta_Force_DVD.jpg

MrHenryDog · Post by **MrHenryDog** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 10:12 pm

ok.
a lot of custom work has gone into the delta force, but the 2 main images are poor scans. (check out ant image in the gallery and you will see how the image is displayed,them you'll understand why they look kow-res)
this is "Hires"covers, and were not trying to slap you down.just pointing out whats bad, were more than willing to help in anyway we can.if your struggling for hires images put a request in, also you will find alot of links to decent sites were you can find hires sources.older covers are harder but they are out there.
try not to be offended and get your WIP into the forums for help. :doctor:

LEGO · Post by **LEGO** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 10:37 pm

Thanx for the fast reply MrHenryDog

No ill admit i was a bit offended hence the venting...sorry bout that, but i felt i had to show that there is quite a lot of work in
some of those covers...much created in illustrator, so i guess i got a tad angry.....I shouldn't have been!

And part of me strugglin to become a contributer is so i can get my hands on some of the hi-res art so i can make better covers

I have reacently gained access to a few sites with hi-res art, but there are still a few missing....

I will continue to prove myself...and maybe one day.....

P.S. i do have lots of Hi-res art to contribute in the form of textless posterart and such...

MrHenryDog · Post by **MrHenryDog** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 10:43 pm

had a quick look, found this (not corrected it tho' creases cn be taken out with the clone brush,its painstaking but i have to do it a lot with the older covers i do)
gives you an idea of what you can find.

HiResCovers.net

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