Tyler0013

Larger update

New update. I have images back on the back. I know it’s dated, but I really like the retro look. Could change again or have 2 variants.

Here is a box update as well. The top image is minor changes to make it cleaner and grammar spelling fixes as well as alignment. The bottom, however, is a bigger change. I really just Added a CBS FOX VIDEO Logo. Again this is still not permanent and can change as well.

I am working on Posters and Cards and hopefully will have some shot of those up sometime soon.

Thank you guys for the honest comments of praise and criticism. It just makes me strive to do better.

dahmage said:

I agree, i like that you went with the planet backdrop on the backs, quite a nice unifying touch! however, my only complaint is that the rectangular image boxes interspersed with the texgt just looks a little dated to me in terms of style.

Yeah I kinda want that Retro Feel, but here is another version

one69chev said:

Thanks for the input. I think that some level of collaboration is certainly welcome and would lend itself to greater input from the community in terms of the final product. Personally, I really like the DIY stuff, mine included, but I think it is fair to say that I would also like to have something commercially produced.

As far the the mouse house, there would be no advertising and no other customers and boxes/sets would be disc free of course…maybe a group buy strictly for the OT community, something of that nature.

A group for OT members Strictly would be great!

Could set up a list of Sorts for Different Packages. Maybe a Limited Run on Steel books, or Special Boxsets. Maybe some incentives for those who Collab on making this happen and contributing artwork/designs for this to happen.

Here are my Covers (I posted similar covers in another thread with vastly different backs) I have attempted to create my own backs, yet I am still working to perfect the backs of these covers. I am not quite satisfied yet but want to share my work and progress.

Constructive Criticism is welcome!

I’m working on something. I would even collaborate with others to make a professional box set. I am looking into making custom TOPPS Cards for mynset. They would be pretty much cards of the sources and fan edits used for Harmys and the Creators of the edits. I’m doing posters and more. But this will take time and a lot of effort that I’m putting in.

I do see that having something produced on large-scale would be fun and exciting for us, but could draw some unwanted attention if these are to professional, by Disney.

Well, here we are. I have finished my set and it is now available to you all. I have spent a lot of time on this making this something special to me and hopefully something this community will love as well. This Is my custom set for you all to use!

The set includes:
3 Covers with an inner image (if using blue case I recommend no inner image, I think it looks weird)
3 leaflets with a chapter guide on the inside
3 disc labels (my discs in the image are placeholders, my CD printer died and only had these test one. yours will differ)
And 3 sets of mini lobby cards, 1 set for each movie.

I printed the Covers and Leaflets on a standard double sided glossy paper
The Mini Lobby cards were printed on a card stock similar to collectible cards. The paper was also a matte finish.

Without further ado here is the set!

Link the Files https://www.dropbox.com/sh/lf7wt22od0th6rj/AACp2dnp_CPTB1JD0bnzH8CPa?dl=0

HERE IS SET FOR ANOTHER VHS RECREATION!!! Actual Images Coming Soon!!!

The images below are uploaded at full size at 600dpi

All you need to do is cut off the white border!

Link to the covers: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/wspphy6rs06u8nv/AAC4QxV4RAuwEG-abEFbTLBUa?dl=0

I hope you enjoy these as much as I do! Enjoy!!!

PLEASE DO NOT DISTRIBUTE AND USE FOR PERSONAL GAIN!!! IF I SEE THESE ONLINE BEING SOLD WITH MY ARTWORK THE LINKS WILL BE PULLED!!! AND WILL BECOME PAID ONLY.

I am in progress of working on this. Trying to cover sizeimg for 3 12.5mm Blu-ray cases.

ShadyGFella said:

Hey everybody. This criterion set looks absolutely amazing. My main issue is trying to construct a box to hold my blu cases. Can anybody advise how they went about making theirs? Material? How to thread?

Also, I know selling the discs is frowned upon but is anybody making the boxes for sale?

Thanks
Mike

Here is a glimpse of my Currently W.I.P Box Set. The Image shown will be the back (still tweaking for now). I really want the back to give a brief intro to Harmy and his work. I hope this shows the respect I have for him and How grateful I am for his extremely dedicated hard work. I’ll update the box as I move forward.

Stryder said:

Can anyone tell me how to publish pictures to the thread? I would like to post the set that I made as well.

Quote someone with pics and you’ll see how they did it. That’s what I did.

Did you even look before asking? The post above yours has a link… Good luck

briansolo said:

Hello! I was considering building menus and all for myself, but this looks FANTASTIC, and I love that you’ve included 3rd party commentaries like RLM, Collider, etc. However, I don’t have access to SPLEEN. How do I go about earning an invite? Please & thank you to anyone who can help. May the Force be with you… always.

DIY is absolutely more rewarding and gives you that sense of accomplishment. I am just stuck on trying to make a box for 3 12.5mm Blu-ray cases and one for 4 12.5mm Blu-ray cases. I search day in and day out and come up short each and every time. Mainly because I am looking for a template for illustrator.

ronwlim said:

confusedgambler said:

Ronwlim,

We understand and no need to explain or to justify your prices. Sharing your files with everybody was more than generous.

Believe me, if I was in this for the money, I could keep making these. I stopped at the initial five I offered 18 months ago. I have a wait list of 8 names if I ever decided to make more.

DIY! It’s the most satisfying. Google how to burn discs and make your own box. There are so many tutorials on methods on YouTube.

-Ron

Perfect! Thank you so much for the reply! Your sets look great

wombat_94 said:

Tyler0013 said:

Did you have templates for the discs? Or do you have to align the image with disc correctly? I have looked into buying one of these printers. And any info is a great help.

I used stealthboy’s Criterion set source files as the basis for my set… I’d say my set was 90 percent untouched from his files that he shared.

I tweaked the wording of a few things, updated the box artwork to add a starfield instead of plain black background on the top/bottom/spine, but otherwise I left it alone. His set is ready to go and is a beautiful presentation of NJVC’s blu-rays and you really don’t have to touch what he did at all if you just want to create the same set as he ended up sharing.

As for alignment when printing discs… I did end up using exported graphics from Gimp for the disc labels themselves and laid them out with the utility that comes with the Canon printer itself. It handled the alignment without flaws. If I had felt like it, I’m sure I could have found the right settings to print on the disc from the Preview app (I’m on a Mac) with just using the exported graphics, but since I had the utility from Canon I just went with that anyway.

Apparently it was a suicide by hanging…

EyeShotFirst said:

Chris Cornell

Fuck…I want this to be a hoax.

Did you have templates for the discs? Or do you have to align the image with disc correctly? I have looked into buying one of these printers. And any info is a great help.

wombat_94 said:

I had the same thoughts. I found the current Canon Pixma series of printers that will print on discs to be the best solution.

I bought a Pixma MX922 multifunction for about $80 from Amazon along with a set of four full replacement ink cartridges (3rd party) for another ~$20.

For $100 I got a printer that has been excellent for printing both the discs themselves and - when using the right photo paper - the blu-ray case inserts and graphics/pages to cover my home made slipcase boxes.

I just finished last night with the production of 5 full sets of discs… with lots of experimentation over the last couple of months, and several attempts that required me to throw away printed materials I am just barely into the second replacement set of ink, so I would say my total out-of-pocket for the printer and ink is only about $90.

I would love to have the art for these covers. I can’t seem to find them anywhere

Absolute no worries! Completely understand. Thank you for the response

ronwlim said:

I’m afraid you’ll have to recreate that one on your own. It was exclusive to those who bought my box set. The resources to ape the Topps card on your own can be found online.

Best,
Ron

Tyler0013 said:

You would happen to have the template for the TOPPS Cards, would you? I am wanting to create my own.

You would happen to have the template for the TOPPS Cards, would you? I am wanting to create my own.

Yeah, it has to be a kinkos fault. I am using his PDF files and his editable .ai files. In his image, it shows standard Blu-ray so I am not sure either lol.

EDIT: Actually MY fault… It was printing the bleed I didn’t trim of the bleed in Illustrator.

oojason said:

Tyler0013 said:

oojason said:

Tyler0013 said:

Went to Kinkos to have these printed. My Bluray case sizes are 12.5mm, after printing, I attempted to put them in the cases and they are too big? Did I print these wrong? I told them not to scale. What is the best way to print?

Edit: I did split the PDF before print, could that be why?

I’m not 100% sure - but I think many of the blu ray covers knocking around may be for cases with 14mm spines.

Looks like I’ll have to adjust then lol. But it’s weird because the spine looked center and to fit.

Years ago, to try to make sure my old custom dvd covers were the right size, all aligned up correctly, and the cover itself looked ‘ok’ - I used to do a test print on my old home printer; I’d copy my image file to a MS Word file and then select ‘draft quality’ settings on normal A4 paper, and print it, then cut it out to size and fit it into a dvd case.

Think it saved me a few £££’s on the ink (as well as time and effort) I’d have wasted otherwise 😃

Will actuall try this! Great idea.

Here is the image (orange outline) white she is flip side of a standard blu ray cover. This is how much it over sized.

Oh and the part at top right that looks like it hangs over, it’s just bent up, it’s actually aligned.

oojason said:

Tyler0013 said:

Went to Kinkos to have these printed. My Bluray case sizes are 12.5mm, after printing, I attempted to put them in the cases and they are too big? Did I print these wrong? I told them not to scale. What is the best way to print?

Edit: I did split the PDF before print, could that be why?

I’m not 100% sure - but I think many of the blu ray covers knocking around may be for cases with 14mm spines.

Looks like I’ll have to adjust then lol. But it’s weird because the spine looked center and to fit.

Went to Kinkos to have these printed. My Bluray case sizes are 12.5mm, after printing, I attempted to put them in the cases and they are too big? Did I print these wrong? I told them not to scale. What is the best way to print?

Edit: I did split the PDF before print, could that be why?

it doesn’t look bad at all. My only gripe would be that Leia and Luke have that realistic look, as to where the rest of the poster is stylized and it throws me off personally.

CarboniteSolo said:

The original was done by Blake Armstrong, I believe, give credit where credit is due, he did a fine job with what resources he had at the time he did it, which was way before everything like on set photos of actors in costume, so he did a fantastic job.

Here’s is the link to the older Han. I’m going to go back to this picture and see if I can add a couple more things, but they will be faded, so you will barely make it out, I don’t want to ruin it, but I want to see what I can do, to make it better, if you will.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/gqncg9l79jh2fmr/Episode VII The Force Awakens D Version Han Edit3.bmp?dl=0

thank you very very much sir!!! cant wait to see what else you do.

Willrow-Hood said:

I made something like this. These aren’t just copies of the logos though, I tried to make them in the style of their corresponding OT movie and give them a unique look. http://imgur.com/a/IhcM1

Dude that’s great!

Sherman said:

Tyler0013 said:

Darth Lucas said:

Tyler0013 said:

Here’s is my WIP TFA cover, will update as I see fit. Hope you enjoy. All criticism is welcome to help make this better!

Assets like layout and EPS files are from Phildesfr download links.

Looks awesome but why ANH Han?

Was in the Artwork I found. They Probably took existing images and filtered them to look drawn and this was best Han they found.

CarboniteSolo edited the original poster to have old Han

Do you have a link? or point in the right direction? Would love to update this with Old Han.

Searched his post History and can not find what you are referring to. Some links were dead. so I am not sure if it was there or not.