Nice job!
These have always been my least favorite of the covers. Yoda in particular is horrible, and I hate the "fat" Jedi titles.
Well, had been the least favorite until the shitty PS jobs came out on the new DVD releases (LENS FLARE!).
However, you did capture them exactly, so well-done.
I traced over the third Whalen poster for my cover. It was pretty time-intensive, I thought. These aren't -as- complicated, but still.
These are truly cool posters, but the highest resolution I could find isn't anything like large enough to work for a dvd cover. He apparently was selling prints of these but got hit with a Cease and Desist from LFL. They should license this guy and sell his shit through ACME or Zazzle or something, it's great.
Yes, Tom Whalen is an incredible artist. I have that Star Wars print framed in my office. :)
Oh yeah, thanks to Darth Solo for his help in finding the McQuarrie pics. :)
Re: links to the finals...since we don't know specs or special features yet (the ones I put in are just "wishlists") I'm going to hold off on that until we get some kind of announcement.
Okay! I think I'm done with the set, though I'm not sure which ROTJ I like better.
Here we go:
ROTJ V. 1
AND V.2:
and the set:
ABC--I tend to agree, but I also think that the bold color is another "character." I chose the Tusken Raider because the orange of the cover reminded me of the orange in that print.
So I hate to sacrifice that for a blander color palette. There are a lot of nice "blue" ESB paintings to choose from though, so I'll look around more.
Sorry, I just meant it to be a fun way of saying thanks. Not implying you're Rommel necessarily or anything. :)
I did now, you magnificent bastard! :) THanks much.
Haha, pretty much. :)
All right. Here's the more-or-less final version, I think, of ANH:
I played around a bit with the composition on the front, and there's a bit of room on the back for important "Special Features."
Here's the ESB WIP:
Now I need to find either a high-res version of Whalen's Jedi poster, or try to recreate it myself (time-consuming!).
So you're going to provide us with the location of the rebel base?
Once again, I just think it was someone completely failing to understand the original scene and then making a mountain from a molehill.
Rogue Leader said:
Actually as the last fighter group out of there that would make sense. Maybe show a ditched T-47 snowspeeder somewhere in the background as it would take too long to load them apparently. ;)
I thought we addressed this? There's no way that "T-47s" are snowspeeders, EU be damned. They're some kind of heavy equipment that a MEDICAL DROID is interested in loading, and can't. Does that make sense as a snowspeeder? Of course not. BAD EU! BAD!
A B C said:
It rocks. What a pity if all the blue-ray cases are to be blue though (notably this blue).
The program I use to get that view has an option to use any color case, but alas there are no black cases anywhere online that I can find for purchase. Clear might be the answer. Alternatively, when all of your blu rays are lined up together, the cases themselves tend to "disappear."
Thanks for the comments though. I'm working on these still--anyone know where I can find a high resolution version of Whalen's ROTJ poster?
ThiefCobbler4ever said:
What was wrong with the DVD covers? I liked them.
Really bad photoshop jobs? I dunno, when there's gorgeous poster art done by actual artists, I'd always rather see that than someone cropping together stills form the movie and adding really awful lens flares.
So...I've started playing around with a custom cover set for the eventual release. Not necessarily because it will suck (though if it's anything like that godawful DVD release artwork...) but because it's fun to do.
I've decided to use Whalen's fantastic art for the front, and then find a matching tone for the back out of McQuarrie's paintings.
Thanks to Darth Solo for the high res art for the back.
Not sure what else to do for the text on the back; not sure what else is needed. The spines will all match, but I haven't figured out what I'm going to do with them just yet.
Comments welcome.
You, sir, are a prince among men. :)
This is the art I'm looking for in a larger size, if someone has it:
BmB said:
I'm sorry but if all you are going to do is try and put me down I'd prefer if you didn't post. I'm trying to have a debate on this, and you're contributing nothing.
You're missing the point: NOBODY ELSE wants a debate. So kindly shut it already on this issue.
Right, right.
I'm completely aware of high resolution images, and I stand by what I typed. In the final printout, you won't be able to tell the difference between a 10 MP and a 1 MP file.
Yeah, I'm sure you're right.
As far as "sharpening" and that stuff goes...your final print area for the poster will be the size of a postcard. Nobody's going to notice. :)
Hi guys. I figure this can be a catch-all thread for resources.
In particular, I'm looking for a nicely sized (say, 2MP or larger) version of McQuarrie's tusken raiders print; I have it in my SW portfolio, but that's in storage. The only place I've been able to find it online is Zazzle (!).
Anyone have any leads?