I have been working on a DVD box set design for my six favorite Alfred Hitchcock films:
Dial M For Murder
Rear Window
Vertigo
North By Northwest
Psycho
The Birds
I’d like to share my work in progress and get feedback and/or ideas from those here who might have a better eye for graphic design than I do.
I have measured pretty meticulously, using the editions of the DVDs that I own, while also accounting for the width of the bookbinding chipboard I am using for the box. And since this isn’t the first time I’ve made a box set, I’m pretty sure I don’t need any help on the mechanics of putting one together.
However, when I have put sets together before, I always either just used a project someone shared online, or altered a good completed design I found to my liking.
But this time, though I am still using elements I found from the internet, as far as the overall box design goes, I’m starting from scratch. And methods of using principles of graphic design to make a composition better are ideas with which I have only a beginners level of familiarity. My project is fairly primitive. I just used MS Word for the most part, with the exception of using GIMP for the necktie coloration. So I’d like to share what I’ve done so far and get feedback.
To see what I have put together so far, use this link to view the PDF.
Are there any obvious design gaffes that stand out? How about choice of fonts? What do you think of the fan-art silhouette images on the back? Do you think the black-and-white-with-a-splotch-of-red motif is effective? Is the speckle of blood spatter on the spine too macabre, or just the right level of it? How’s blurb of text on the back sound? And if anything is sub-par, do you have alternative ideas?
Thanks in advance to anyone who responds!