My homemade coverart for Season 1 (How original)

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My homemade coverart for Season 1 (How original)

Post by Vegard Aune » Thu May 24, 2007 2:26 pm

Just like several other people, I decided to try to make my own coverart for the season 1 box-set. It's nothing as fancy as the other versions I've seen, but I think they looked good enough to post here. At least they're not ORANGE.
They are designed for Slimpack covers, so I have one for each disc.
Disc one:
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Disc two:
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(I was planning to use Gohan here, but I couldn't find a good picture.)

Disc three:
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Disc four:
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Disc five:
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Disc six:
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So, what do you think?
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Post by Humpski » Thu May 24, 2007 3:08 pm

I think they're pretty cool. Done in illustrator?

I like individual slim cover DVD sets much better than the overlapping fold out ones that we got.
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Post by Vegard Aune » Thu May 24, 2007 3:19 pm

Humpski wrote:I think they're pretty cool. Done in illustrator?

I like individual slim cover DVD sets much better than the overlapping fold out ones that we got.
They were made in Flash. Due to that, I'm also a bit unsure if the spine is the right size, so it might have to be resized in order to look right.

By the way, does anyone have a good picture of Bulma or Kuririn I can use for disc 6?

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Post by Kula » Thu May 24, 2007 3:37 pm

Very nice. I've always prefered slim packs, they just look better. You know you can get double slim cases? That way you could get all of season 1 into three thin packs.

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Post by Tanooki Kuribo » Thu May 24, 2007 3:52 pm

Iam shocked everyone is saying these look good. If FUNimation had covers like this everyone would be saying how they look like shit.

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Post by kenisu3000 » Thu May 24, 2007 4:14 pm

Oh come now Tanooki, be nice! They're certainly better than what I could do, and that's coming from an artist!
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Post by Super 17 » Thu May 24, 2007 4:31 pm

Hey nice Kenisu, you should of put Gohan to fill piccolo in disc 2, but thats just my opinion.

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Post by The Time Traveller » Thu May 24, 2007 4:38 pm

kenisu3000 wrote:Oh come now Tanooki, be nice! They're certainly better than what I could do, and that's coming from an artist!
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Post by bkev » Thu May 24, 2007 7:56 pm

For someone who is not a profesional, they look pretty good; I would hvae liked to see the star background all over or no background though.

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Post by Godo » Thu May 24, 2007 8:11 pm

I think they are all OK. I don't demand much for covers, more than what he has done. I think they are cool!

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Best choice, I think.
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Post by TheJoo87 » Thu May 24, 2007 8:19 pm

Well they're not the greatest but they're not crossed eye'd. Hell I'd buy them if you had 4:3.
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Post by Vegard Aune » Fri May 25, 2007 11:31 am

Tanooki Kuribo wrote:Iam shocked everyone is saying these look good. If FUNimation had covers like this everyone would be saying how they look like shit.
Well, these are just fanart. FUNi's coverart is bad, considering how it's supposed to look professional, but for the most part, it looks like crap. Besides, my pictures are 1. Not orange, and 2. Do not contain an extremely ugly, cross-eyed Vegeta on the cover.

And by the way, I based them off the coverart for Lost Season 1, which was basically just a character image on the front, and episode listings on the back, just like these covers.

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Post by Tanooki Kuribo » Fri May 25, 2007 11:39 am

Perhaps I was a bit harsh. Sorry.

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Post by kenisu3000 » Fri May 25, 2007 2:12 pm

Super 17 wrote:Hey nice Kenisu, you should of put Gohan to fill piccolo in disc 2, but thats just my opinion.
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O very well...

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Vegard Aune, you weren't able to find a decent pic of Gohan? This has always been one of my favorites, weren't you able to take it from the episode?
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Post by Vegard Aune » Fri May 25, 2007 3:07 pm

kenisu3000 wrote:Vegard Aune, you weren't able to find a decent pic of Gohan? This has always been one of my favorites, weren't you able to take it from the episode?
Well, sure I could, but I didn't notice it while I was looking through the DVDs. Does anyone have a Dragonbox/Ultimate Uncut version of that one? 'Cause those would propably be easier to use, as they're not cropped, and have more detail. (No, actually, I CAN'T use the Season 1 footage, as Gohan's entire body was missing...)

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Post by COCONUT MILK » Fri May 25, 2007 3:30 pm

Did you draw the images?

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Post by Vegard Aune » Fri May 25, 2007 4:21 pm

COCONUT MILK wrote:Did you draw the images?
If tracing counts, then yes. If you mean that I drew them completely from scratch, no. You can find all those images somewhere during the Saiyan arc.

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Post by Snail » Fri May 25, 2007 5:09 pm

Couldn't this have all gone into the Fan Works Explosion thread?

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Post by JAPPO » Fri May 25, 2007 8:48 pm

Tanooki Kuribo wrote:Iam shocked everyone is saying these look good. If FUNimation had covers like this everyone would be saying how they look like shit.
I have to agree.. but for homemade they are all right.
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Post by Sun_Wukong » Fri May 25, 2007 9:40 pm

Godo wrote:
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So how does Krillin's shadow reflect on the sky exactly?

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