Friday, July 29, 2011

DVD Cover Competition!

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Do want so bad...  An anon over on Ponychan created this. 

Behind the scenes would be so amazing.  Not to mention the lack of Transformers logos.  Confound it Hasbro! Hurry up and take my money!

And with that, we begin a new competition: Design a DVD/Blu-ray Cover!

There are various templates around the internet that you can use, or you can do it the hard way and bust out a case of your own to measure.  


The Deadline will be: Wednesday, August 3rd at 11:59 PM

Send an email to Sethisto@gmail.com with DVD COVER in the subject field.

If you need vectors, hit up the MLP Vector Club!

66 comments:

Aluzird said...

SHUT UP AND TAKE MY BITS!!!!

Anonymous said...

>Inb4 "Twilight is an unicorn"

Anonymous said...

twilight looks like, you know what... im not going there. someone else will

Anonymous said...

>inas "Twilight Sparkle is an unicorn pony"

Hio590 said...

What is this "Twilight is an unicorn" business?

David Reinold said...

Counfound it Seth, I saw the pic first, and when I read the title I read 'competition' as 'completion', so I just about shat myself.

Anonymous said...

Please, somepony tell me I'm not the only who thinks that that cover makes it look like Twilight has a tree growing out of her butt....

Skylark Torch said...

Ohmigosh, i was in the process of typing a request to have a DVD competition!

Crimson Valor said...

An anon on Ponychan used two of my vectors without telling me.

Oh well.

Aluzird said...

W8 a sec wasn't this under the Fluttershy story??

Anonymous said...

Typo much? I diddn't know Twilight was "An unicorn."

Kill me, I'm a PONY said...

Wait. Twilight's cutie mark on the side of the case...
6 SEASONS AT MINIMUM

Ultireaper said...

If this was the first pony thing i had ever seen i would think fluttershy was athletic,rainbow dash was emo, twilight sparkle was a scaredy pony,and rarity was shy,everything else is pretty much the same.

Kill me, I'm a PONY said...

Also: Blame the faulty US education system for teaching students the wrong rule regarding a/an (I didn't know of it until my freshman year of high school when I wanted to write unicorn in a sentence)

TenchiFreak5 said...

Its going to take a lot of work for somebrony to beat that mockup from a month or so ago using that John Joseco wallpaper image (which is personally my "ideal" cover), but I'm looking forward to the results nonetheless.

Anonymous said...

Want Blu-Rays! DVDs.. smaller degree of want. I mean, really, the show's Flash animated, higher-resolution makes it look significantly better!

.. plus you can fit more bonuses on a BR then a DVD..

Noteperson said...

Great idea for a contest, Seth! I can hardly wait to see the results.

Silver Quill said...

Rainbow Dash doesn't seem to care for this DVD cover :/

Noteperson said...

@Anonymous

Tee hee. Oh, you!

@TenchiFreak5

I don't think I've seen that. Do you have a link to it?

Laurence Brown said...

The idea: Brilliant. I surprised there hasn't been dozens of these before this.

The execution of it here however... leaves a lot to be desired. It reminds me of something that Hasbro would put out. Granted, I completely lack in artistic abilities myself, so I can't complain too loudly, but I will be eagerly awaiting to see what the community can do with this.

stitch said...

the design is ok but I have to question why twilight is acting scared

and why is rainbow all like "fuck this shit"
do they not like posing for DvD covers

Ho oh pono! said...

SHUT UP AND TAK MAI BYTZ, IDYIT!!!!

GreenGuy said...

Is anyone else kind of disturbed by Celestia's size?

She's got to be at least 20 feet tall here.

Rainbow Radical OYEHA BRONE said...

@Ho oh pono!

U SUHT UHP

DareDreamer said...

*wishes I had photoshop on laptop*

I hope they accept not vectors. I would be all over this! I guess PaintTool Sai is the best thing I have right not. Maybe I'll give it a shot if I'm not busy....

ProfesorRod said...

All this ponies in this DVD are CRAZY!!!

StarLite said...

So... No one else noticed the "Equastria" Girls video?

Star Winged Brit said...

I spent an entire year of learning how to use graphics programs and a year of media studies, most of which I still remember how to use, so I'm pretty confident in my chances at winning this, I just have to remember this by the time I wake up tomorrow so it doesn't pass me by.

Also I'm thinking of making multiple covers to enter because when most TV shows come out on DVD it's almost never immediately as a boxset, they usually come out in volumes, building up to the boxset.

GengarKing said...

Bonus features include a soundtrack?

... This is every Internet I own. You may have them.

Octavia said...

Hmm, that could be a fun competition.

That DVD cover looks alright. Maybe a little random in pony placement in my opinion for something professional. Plus, yeah, the ponies all seem a bit odd in their moods too. Especially Twi who does look like she has a tree growing out of her butt. lol I didn't notice that until others mentioned it. Hilarious. But I'm sure if this is becoming a competition now, there's going to be a lot of great covers.

C. Theron Vulpin said...

Uh... I want my Dash looking more... Dash-like. What's with this "I hate my life" look?

And I'm not touching that Twilight.

Hatchuu said...

I was going to make one anyway since I do that for some series I've downloaded/burnt (I buy them too! I just like my things looking pretty while I await their release) but I don't have much to work with, only open office writer, paint and Paint Tool Sai for some other things.
I doubt I could get mine as professional as the entries that are bound to show up XD

Anonymous said...

The official cover should include Derpy. It's a nice shout-out to the bronies without forgetting the core audience.

smexybrony said...

i must become an her-
...
an unicorn.

Anonymous said...

They should make a "Collector's Edition" case that's a replica of the book at the beginning of the pilot. With creator commentary, recording sessions, and much, much more!

But...I'm betting that will get as much priority as show-accurate merch.

Anonymous said...

>An anon over on Ponychan created this.
>http://i.imgur.com/TBJVf.jpg

jinratgeist said...

An unicorn? Equastria? Fridnship Is Mgaicz!!!

Lupus Albus said...

Even ignoring typos, that blurb is way too long-winded and plot-heavy for a DVD case.

Anonymous said...

Okay, I know some ponies have a strange attraction to Derpy, but there is NO WAY she should be up there beside Rainbow Dash, who looks appropriately disgusted. Fluttershy should be there! Plus, Twilight looks like she's trying to pass a kidney stone, and Rarity looks embarrassed for her. I declare that DVD cover design to be: Dumbass.

Noteperson said...

@TenchiFreak5

Thanks!

Anonymous said...

@Lupus Albus
Have two paragraphs, one with a synopsis, the other with notable cast and crew members (and the other shows they worked on), review blurbs, a subtle reference to bronies, and a corny pun.

Anonymous said...

Hypothetical bonus features should include interviews with the voice cast and creative team and commentary tracks (if there were a track where voice actresses did commentary in-character that could be really entertaining).

Anonymous said...

Me gusta.

Veggie said...

Hmm... I'm tempted, if I've time I might do something :)

Mihaaaa said...

What are the prizes?

Dylia said...

Submitted. Just so people can see, here's mine.

> http://tinyurl.com/3pbs5dg

Tell me what you think, if you wish.

dashesofrainbows said...

Added to list of artsy things to get done within the next 5 days.
-Draw Kanye West for a friend
-Do this

Allnighters, here I come. :L
By the way, what's the name of the FiM font?

Narwhals' Bend said...

I'm going to do this, but I feel bad about using other artists' stuff to make it.

Dylia said...

@dashesofrainbows

It's called Celestia Redux, but I think you have to pay $20 for it now.

WhatPayne said...

I dunno, at first glance that DVD cover is quite appealing. We have interesting setting and few awesome visual things (Pinkie). But there are few oddities there. Like giant Celestia, and tree growing from Twilight's arse. And apparently the characters have no shadows there either aside from AJ's ofc. Good job non-the-less, and most definitely on the style most of us would like their DVD covers.

But knowing the level of fan arts in the interwebs I know we (and they) could do a lot better (awesome) DVD covers. I'm really looking forward to this contest.

Anonymous said...

@dashesofrainbows

The FiM font is Generation B. http://www.fontbros.com/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&key=HAFO-GENB

@Dylia

Celestia Redux is a different font. It is free, but it is also different (and inferior) to the real font used in Friendship is Magic.

Anonymous said...

@ Dylia
>Submitted. Just so people can see, here's mine.

That looks like a real DVD cover. Good job.

musicssound said...

@ProfesorRod
That's actually not a half-bad idea for a cover. Not going to win, but good for some laughs. I'm not calling it, not good with image editors. They don't like me.

cameronstalker said...

The blurb on the back is really annoying to read. The cover itself is really nice though, I like the Twilight CM on the spine, this can only mean 6 seasons MINIMUM

Pacce said...
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Hio590 said...

@Pacce

I still got a copy in my email. Probably appropriate that you removed it

Amanda said...

whats with twilight?

Amanda said...

@Amanda
how do i Fallow this blog?

asdasasefasd said...

I want to enter this, but I cannot, for the deadline is in 2 days....

Anonymous said...

Entered!

Anonymous said...

Inb4 NC-17 ratings across the board.

Timon1771 said...

I'm legitimately worn out after two days of designing the layouts.

Both DVD and Blu Ray submissions can be viewed here:
http://ponies.timondesign.com/?p=249

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