Sonic Xtreme cover contest

[ASSEMbler]

Sonic Xtreme cover contest!!

I invite everyone to take part in this competition,
the winner will have his cover placed in the
iso of the game or / rar, which will surely be downloaded
by a shitload of people across the world.

[graciano1337]

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h159/graciano1337/sonicxtreme-1.jpg

Any feedback is greatly appreciated. I need constructive criticism...

[XxHennersXx]

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h159/graciano1337/sonicxtreme-1.jpg

Any feedback is greatly appreciated. I need constructive criticism...

I'd like to mention the "OMG NIGHTS ENGINE WTF" part is my doing. :icon_bigg

working on mine right now (it's a seroius one btw.)

[graciano1337]

I'd like to mention the "OMG NIGHTS ENGINE WTF" part is my doing. :icon_bigg

working on mine right now (it's a seroius one btw.)
It's true but the rest of that Picasso-like creativity came from right up here *points to sideburn*

[XxHennersXx]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y82/XxhennersXx/sonicxtreme2.jpg

if you want i could remove the sega logo. i just thought it made it look more official and the actual cover more full.

[Jasonkhowell]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y82/XxhennersXx/sonicxtreme2.jpg

if you want i could remove the sega logo. i just thought it made it look more official and the actual cover more full.

damn, you beat me to it!

[opethfan]

Rough copy:
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/2205/sonicxtremecopyyl8.png

[Nitrosoxide]

Hmmm... when it comes to making game covers, I always like having gameplay screens on the back, side. Plus, I think the cover should be specific to Jade Gully and the nights engine.

Do you think you could take a few screens that you think would be "cover art" worthy.

Like for us to work with.

[opethfan]

Hmmm... when it comes to making game covers, I always like having gameplay screens on the back, side. Plus, I think the cover should be specific to Jade Gully and the nights engine.

Do you think you could take a few screens that you think would be "cover art" worthy.

Like for us to work with.

I included the BG from Spring Valley :thumbsup:

[Jamtex]

Not to be taken seriously... :lol:

[3do]

I think i shall have a go and have a try at cover art It will give me something to do after i get home from collge

[Yakumo]

You know when it comes to covers the man to beat is yours truly:110: Just a shame I may not have the time to put one together :crying:

My last effort for Trigger Heart on the DC.
http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/3782/triggerheartfront200dpixc2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img487.imageshack.us/img487/7526/triggerheartback200dpifs4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Yakumo

[karsten]

funny to see how all the preceding stole the left part from my mock-up cover :D

[Parris]

You know when it comes to covers the man to beat is yours truly:110: Just a shame I may not have the time to put one together :crying:

My last effort for Trigger Heart on the DC.
http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/3782/triggerheartfront200dpixc2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/756/underdefeatback200dpipa1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Yakumo

Holy SHIT! Yakumo, you designed that cover?

1) Finds a little alter
2) Grabs some incense
3) Buys some candles
4) Grabs screen image

I have created a little shrine to that cover art. That is superb mate! Wow!

Maybe for the Sonic Xtreme cover you should use more of a Japanese Manga style, just to be completely ironic. Something like Japanese Sonic team smashing up the Saturn and allowing it to die for instance?

[Yakumo]

Yep, the character art is stolen from the original covers (DVD style) of course but they are my own cover designs complete with original screen grabs on the Under Defeat cover.

[Parris]

Yep, the character art is stolen from the original covers (DVD style) of course but they are my own cover designs complete with original screen grabs on the Under Defeat cover.

Hey, whether you grabbed aspects of it or not it looks professional and it looks authentic. You've clearly spent a bit of time on it, which is why it has that cool aspect about it! The layout of these things is what is so important.

I don't think many people realise the amount of time that is spent in designing artwork, promotional material and advertising material. From time to time I'd be sent pre-production material from record labels and when the final album was released you'd spot subtle differences. Argh, I guess I am a nerd when it comes to my music.

I LOVE Japanese cover art, films, books etc and don't have nearly enough of it. There's just not the outlet for this kind of thing locally and at present I am in no position to import all the stuff I would like.

I saw the releases you produced and their cover art was always pretty impressive, but that one just looks as if it were a final product.

Go, glow in new found glory lol

[XxHennersXx]

funny to see how all the preceding stole the left part from my mock-up cover :D

Well I don't exactally have any import saturn games to make me own with. :)

[karsten]

yakumo is an artist, we know :) if he's partecipating we can all rest :D

[Yakumo]

Well I did study graphic design :nod: Not that I use it in my work mind you :(

@Parris, thank for the words of encouragement !

Yakumo

[Barc0de]

http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/9218/xxxtremeha5.jpg http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/7482/xxxtreme1kd9.jpg

couldn't help it, i love minimalistic things :D

[wheelaa]

Dude, that is lovely. Seriously lovely. From the mists of time comes a long lost gem, I wonder who it can be.

Defo the cover for me. I'd really appreciate the files of that from you nearer the time. Wub wub!

[Barc0de]

Dude, that is lovely. Seriously lovely. From the mists of time comes a long lost gem, I wonder who it can be.

Defo the cover for me. I'd really appreciate the files of that from you nearer the time. Wub wub!

I m very happy to see someone understanding the meaning of the cover despite its simplicity :) cheers mate

[kammedo]

http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/9218/xxxtremeha5.jpg http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/7482/xxxtreme1kd9.jpg

couldn't help it, i love minimalistic things :D


Uhm, and let me repeat, uhm... :lol:

[Yakumo]

Barc0de, I've got to say that the simple design is very good. Not my cup of tea as to say but I can certainly see where you are coming from with that :nod: Good stuff :thumbsup:

Yakumo

[Barc0de]

I promise that if you stare at it long enough, it will grow on u ;)


PS: concentrate on the eyes!:katamari:

[Barc0de]

maybe this version will convince mr.Yakumo =)

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/9490/xxxtreme12wh9.jpg

[Parris]

What software are you using to get that "jelly" like finish BC? I've not got any photo manipulation software on this PC at present as I've just been backing things up and considering upgrades. The talk of HDD failure in other threads made me somewhat paranoid as these HDD are now almost 3yrs old.

[wingedwolf]

looks nice!

[Barc0de]

What software are you using to get that "jelly" like finish BC? I've not got any photo manipulation software on this PC at present as I've just been backing things up and considering upgrades. The talk of HDD failure in other threads made me somewhat paranoid as these HDD are now almost 3yrs old.

just messing around in photoshop..

but as soon as the title hits platinum...

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/4449/xxxtreme133aw6.jpg

:lol::dance:

[ccovell]

http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/9218/xxxtremeha5.jpg
Only problem is this:

Barc0de's art: very subtle.

The word "extreme / xtreem /X-treme, etc.": the opposite of subtle.

[Barc0de]

@Ccovel: I think i prefer this version:

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/9490/xxxtreme12wh9.jpg

well i thought about it.

I would have made some hand-drawn , detailed, megadrive-like sonic art-work, if only the game was the fisheye version.

This version , with the nights engine, is just a field and sonic running around it. It's simple, yet historic. Nothing "extreme" about it though, game-wise.

I thought something subtle, and mute, but with an obvious meaning would be more appropriate for the content included instead of the classic cheesy sonic covers. The silent personality of the picture represents what could have been.

I took cues from the Sonic team logo and Sonic & Knuckles

[3do]

I am not really that good with garphics stuff but i think for me this is quite good

I didn't want to have sonic in color but i was going to have the X-treme logo/text in red with the sonic in blue as it is but i couldn't get the X-treme part right. I thought the blur effect looked quite nice anhd gave the effect of movement



http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p83/killinglonelinesshim/sonicxtreme.jpg

[Barc0de]

nice work 3do:D The "long-legged sonic" of Sonic Adventure is definetely more aggressive than his previous versions, yet anachronistic considering SA was released years later

[3do]

Thanx Barc0de, I prefer the Sonic Adventure sonic to any other and because of his agressiveness i think he is more suited to the title Xtreme

I may redo the Xtreme part of my design when i have time

[Nitro734]

I chose to be different. Its minimalist to a degree, but says everything it needs to while keeping a clean look. Oh, and I also wanted to do a long-box design ;)

http://electricpickleonline.com/images/sonic_xtreme_boxart_small.jpg

[Blai]

Is this artwork by Sega?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Sonic_Xtreme_Box.gif

If it's legit, somebody could resize it.

[Segafreak_NL]

I chose to be different. Its minimalist to a degree, but says everything it needs to while keeping a clean look. Oh, and I also wanted to do a long-box design ;)

**Huge box image**

Definitely the best so far.

[Barc0de]

Nitro734, very professional and clean, I like!

[Nitro734]

I even changed the "official" in the seal of quality to say "unofficial" ;)
Thanks for the positive feedback!

[sabre470]

http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/9218/xxxtremeha5.jpg http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/7482/xxxtreme1kd9.jpg

couldn't help it, i love minimalistic things :D

Me like this one very very much, less is more:thumbsup:

Sabre

[PrOfUnD Darkness]

maybe this version will convince mr.Yakumo =)

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/9490/xxxtreme12wh9.jpg

I liked this one :-)

[wheelaa]

Exactly. Many great efforts so far (way beyond anything I could do..hell I don't even know what software to use for a start!) but Barcode's 1st two offerings are just sublime!

[Segafreak_NL]

Took a while, but I'm pretty happy with the result, especially its theme that seems to fit very nicely with the actual disc contents.

Http://www.segadatabase.net/misc/sonicxtreme650x650.jpg

[karsten]

my second effort

http://www.auritech.eu/assembler/Sonic2.jpg

cheesy :D

[graciano1337]

Looks like a race between Nitro and Barc0de.

[Shadowlayer]

I say use a resized version of the original SOA one or the one made by Nitro, since both look very professional.

BTW, why dont we use a custom ESRB badge? Like the "D for DUMB" http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/8370/dumbth8.jpg or just the RP one since it isnt rated at all.

The KA one could give it a more oldschool feel since its no longer used (but it was at the time).

EDIT: nitro could you make the lateral saturn bar with the classic white&grey ribbon?

[Nitro734]

Its a pretty safe bet that the ESRB would have tacked on a KA rating if the game saw the light of day at the time. I could change the "ESRB" text to read "A0bC" for "ASSEMbler 0th bit Community" or some other 3-4 letter acronym. Wouldn't be hard at all.

[Shadowlayer]

I think I saw a final cover version with the KA instead of the RP badge, but maybe it was a fake...

Anyways, we could add the ASSEMblergames.com logo next to the SEGA one, and maybe the STI one too.

BTW: about the art you used, I liked the classified-like white label since it goes well with the whole idea behind this, but the BG art looks like something that belongs to a different generation of both game, console and drawing style (which is kinda true).

If its all about a more agressive sonic, honestly the anime designs from SonicCD looked more badass if you ask me, specially this unused SOA cover:

http://www.sonic-cult.org/imagebin/manueeeelscd1.jpg

Dunno its just an opinion, plus it doesnt looks so different from the style sonic used at the time, while the SA style was a complete overhaul and a big change from previous desings.

[Nitro734]

The artwork in the background is some altered concept art for the upcoming DS game, Sonic Rush Adventure. I looked for appropriate artwork from the timeframe and I couldn't locate anything that would suit the "xtreme" idea. So I went with some newer artwork and did a cool cropping job to eliminate the bulk of the changes that Sonic has seen over the past few years. He still looks new (as this game is seeing light in 2007), yet is dark and mysterious, reflecting the game's history thus far.

[grap3fruitman]

I don't feel like making a box art, in fact I think we should use that thumbnail box Naonak posted because that was legit and its styled more after Xtreme.


Is this artwork by Sega?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Sonic_Xtreme_Box.gif
If it's legit, somebody could resize it.

Oh, I forgot what I was saying, anyway... I don't feel like making a box art but I did make this shitty logo based on the Sonic X logo you guys could use. The style doesn't fit at all with the game but whatever.

http://home.comcast.net/~doa5/shitlogo.png


And if you want the vector grab that here (http://home.comcast.net/~doa5/shitlogo.ai).

I'd recommend the vector if you guys are using Photoshop. While you're in whatever document you're playing with go to File > Place and find shitlogo.ai and hit enter. You can then place it where ever and since it's a vector you can resize it perfectly without making it look bad.

[Parris]

The only thing I have time for at the moment is to come up with a really quick "Sonic Xtreme cover competition" logo using Paint! Yep, I deleted all my other stuff of the PC and would love some suggestions for a GOOD photo/image manipulation suite other than Photoshop. Anyway, here is my effort:

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q265/Parris1972/Soniccovercompetitionlogo.jpg

Bollocks in comparison to some (such as the one directly below) primarily because I ain't got nowt to do it on :-( More inspired by the old Archie comics and original designs tbh. I love the darker images coming up on here.

Edit: I love the fact that Sonic looks like he is about to do an internal search of passengers just getting off an Amsterdam flight!

[Parris]

I chose to be different. Its minimalist to a degree, but says everything it needs to while keeping a clean look. Oh, and I also wanted to do a long-box design ;)

http://electricpickleonline.com/images/sonic_xtreme_boxart_small.jpg

I LOVE this one! :thumbsup:

[Shadowlayer]

The artwork in the background is some altered concept art for the upcoming DS game, Sonic Rush Adventure.

Yeah I know that, anyway, what about changing the eyes (iris and pupil) to full black? cuz is the green iris what gives away it SA-esque origin.

Or we could do a mid-90s style rendered sonic to keep up with the original idea.

[ASSEMbler]

Since this is a sega usa product, let's try to make a longbox for it.

[Shadowlayer]

Indeed, anyway, nitro if you want leave the design as it is, it was just a suggestion, but try to fix the lateral bar k?

BTW, what you guys think about the ASSEMbler and STI logos? should we put those or not? and what about the legal consequences of using a SEGA logo?

I dont think they'll care if we use the SS one (cuz the brand is no more) but SEGA is still active so they could theoretically sue us for that.

[ASSEMbler]

no sti.

Just a small assembler logo.

[Shadowlayer]

No prob kev, anyway, can I see that assembler logo?

[Blai]

What do you guys think of this?

http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/4724/sonicfrontbg3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

High res: http://img265.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sonicfrontpp2.jpg

I laso have it without the assembler logo.
If anyone can send me a better quality assembler logo I will change it.

[Muffinman943]

What do you guys think of this?



High res: http://img265.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sonicfrontpp2.jpg

I laso have it without the assembler logo.
If anyone can send me a better quality assembler logo I will change it.


beautiful.

the only thing I may suggest would be an esrb rating, though I like it the way it is right now. Nice and clean. Those old ESRB ratings are ugly as hell in my opinion.

[Parris]

A bit tongue in cheek, but it took ages in Paint...

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q265/Parris1972/SufferingsweetjesusC.jpg

[ASSEMbler]

What do you guys think of this?

http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/4724/sonicfrontbg3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

High res: http://img265.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sonicfrontpp2.jpg

I laso have it without the assembler logo.
If anyone can send me a better quality assembler logo I will change it.

That's a great cover. You can make whatever assermbler logo you like for it.

[Parris]

Grabbed Photoshop Elements from the old pile of discs here, 10mins later, et voila! Finished article.

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q265/Parris1972/Bluecover.jpg

[Johnny]

I'll try to post mine as soon as possible. Is there a deadline?

[Dot50Cal]

What do you guys think of this?

http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/4724/sonicfrontbg3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

High res: http://img265.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sonicfrontpp2.jpg

I laso have it without the assembler logo.
If anyone can send me a better quality assembler logo I will change it.
Awesome. Loving how you went through the trouble to remake nearly everything, so its very high quality. Any chance you can fix the right arm, and a couple other white background "fritters"?

[madhatter256]

Assembler, I know you're gonna hate this but I'm a douche so don't be hatin!

http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/7977/sonicxxxxcopyrp6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Those were some rough times. Boy was I a different person back then...

Lets make things for the better and laugh at the past!

[PhantasyStar]

madhatter, that's...creative. hahaha

[ASSEMbler]

Oh lol.

Can whoever made that sonic xtreme logo make an assembler one the
same style. We'll use that.

NaOnak, you forgot the armpit area when you pasted the background, other than that, kill the logo , throw on an assembler logo of the same style and we are good to go.

Please keep posting covers, I sure am enjoying this!

[madhatter256]

Oh lol.

Can whoever made that sonic xtreme logo make an assembler one the
same style. We'll use that.

NaOnak, you forgot the armpit area when you pasted the background, other than that, kill the logo , throw on an assembler logo of the same style and we are good to go.

Please keep posting covers, I sure am enjoying this!


You mean the style NaOnak used for his?

[la-li-lu-le-lo]

http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/1075/sonicsketchyp5.jpg

Here's a quick sketch I did. Tell me what you think, and I might make a vector version of it.

I think we ought to go for the cd size one, because most people probably don't have access to US saturn cases - regular cd cases are much more common.

[ASSEMbler]

hmm so many choices.


That looks great la-li-lu-le-lo!

[grap3fruitman]

I'm working on something that'll blow all of these out of the water.

[graciano1337]

Such amazing covers! They're all* awesome!


*basically

[Shadowlayer]

http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/4724/sonicfrontbg3.jpg

Amazing naonak, just try to fix those minor imperfections!

I think we've a winner:nod:



http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/7977/sonicxxxxcopyrp6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Those were some rough times. Boy was I a different person back then...

Wait......so you are the one making all those homoerotic sonic drawings? shame on you!:lol:

J/k, even if you did (I've my doubts...) you're still far away from being one of those sick sonic fans, like the crazy bitch that named her firstborn Yujinaka

I'm not lying:

http://www.sonic-cult.org/%21trash/crackwhore/5.jpg

Honestly is not that funny, that girl has some serious issues:-(.....

[grap3fruitman]

Here's a very early preview of what I've got before I head to bed.

http://home.comcast.net/~doa5/sonicattemptpreview1.png

[Dot50Cal]

That has some serious potential grapefruit!

[karsten]

Here's a very early preview of what I've got before I head to bed.

http://home.comcast.net/~doa5/sonicattemptpreview1.png


I love it. just make sure not to milden it with softening and degrades, i like that kind of cell-shaded-like effect from the vectorialization.

anyway, already great

[Parris]

Sorry, this is the last time I post it, I promise lol - just messing around on it and doing very subtle colour alternations / replacements. I felt he needed a blue coat, but nothing over the top. I love the idea that an ordinary hedgehog became fixated with Sonic and felt compelled one day to steal some blue food dye, make his own "Sonic" outfit and get Xtreme. Perhaps he ate a bad mushroom in the garden! If I had more time I'd carry on, but I think we all see where I am heading and it's really not a contender, just a bit of fun. My money is on the one I previously picked, so good luck matey.

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q265/Parris1972/Bluecovercopy.jpg

P.S. When this is all finished, I think I have found my new Avatar ;-)

[mairsil]

You people scare me sometimes... :nod:

[negora]

Madhatter: You killed me with that drawing XD .

Maybe this weekend I try something, althought some of the pics which people have posted are really good and it's complicated to beat them.

[Parris]

Here's a very early preview of what I've got before I head to bed.

http://home.comcast.net/~doa5/sonicattemptpreview1.png

Damn, another completely out of this world image. The amount of movement in that is great.

Mines just a fat, badass looking hedgehog.... the kind of rabid animal you'd avoid. Yours is a lean, mean Sonic. Nice one!

[Juste]

Here's a very early preview of what I've got before I head to bed.

http://home.comcast.net/~doa5/sonicattemptpreview1.png

Hehe! (^_^)

I saw that picture the other day, I wonder who did that design. (^_^)

[cyberguile]

madhatter: ROFL
Naonak: your cover is AWESOME ! Clean, simple but beautiful and moreover mixes the nostalgia of sonic 1 and the modernity of recent sonic games with the typo you choose for the title.
It's just perfect !

[Joe Sancho]

What do you guys think of this?

http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/4724/sonicfrontbg3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

High res: http://img265.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sonicfrontpp2.jpg

I laso have it without the assembler logo.
If anyone can send me a better quality assembler logo I will change it.

Wonderful work NaOnak.
It is even better than most of the SGA covers.

[wheelaa]

Is it wise to use an Assembler logo at all? I mean once this gets to general release surely an assembler logo will lead to more traffic here...and numerous new members wondering where the hell the section that deals with releasing protos is. After all they won't see this section or know of it etc and I can forsee a lot of random posts......

Back on topic, wonderful designs guys, you should give yourselves a big pat on the back. I still personally think Barcode's 1st two offerings are the best by a country mile (especially as I have taste and abhor those gastly long boxes :yatta: ). Not feeling the love for Na0naK's sadly, although I appreciate it is a quality design.

[Parris]

Is it wise to use an Assembler logo at all? I mean once this gets to general release surely an assembler logo will lead to more traffic here...and numerous new members wondering where the hell the section that deals with releasing protos is. After all they won't see this section or know of it etc and I can forsee a lot of random posts......

Back on topic, wonderful designs guys, you should give yourselves a big pat on the back. I still personally think Barcode's 1st two offerings are the best by a country mile (especially as I have taste and abhor those gastly long boxes :yatta: ). Not feeling the love for Na0naK's sadly, although I appreciate it is a quality design.

On that note btw, I haven't added in Assembler anywhere because the image hosting sites are public access in most instances, so if someone decided to click on one of my plethora of other images, they wandered around and had a look at my stuff they'd see "Assembler" and the software title which is currently meant to be kept quiet. Other members of this site have access to other members photobucket accounts you know. I've got hundreds of them...

I guess it doesn't mean anything, having a competition however eh?! We could have decided to create covers for any old games title, but then again anyone looking for the thread in search is going to draw a blank. Hope nobody bloody asks as I'll just have to say "It's an ancient project".

[Blai]

Here is an improved version of mine:

http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/5301/sonicfront3kl8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

High res: http://img177.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sonicfront3ac4.jpg

[ASSEMbler]

Do me a favor and kill the .com part.


If possible do the assemblergames logo in the same "sonic xtreme" style.

I think it would be nice to have a USA cover, and a EURO cover, and Japanese.

So far NaOnak has the US one on lockdown, so a EURO and JPN cover is what we need next!

[Blai]

My designs:

USA

http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/7749/sonicfrontusacy1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

High res: http://img523.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sonicfrontusanq1.jpg

EUR:

http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/3272/sonicfronteurnt3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

High res: http://img126.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sonicfronteurgp4.jpg

JAP:

http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/7600/sonicfrontjap2rb3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

High res: http://img509.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sonicfrontjap2tm5.jpg

[karsten]

beautiful

[grap3fruitman]

I saw that picture the other day, I wonder who did that design. (^_^)
Chris Seen made it, it was his pitch for the box art design. It towards the bottom on that page. I don't have any 3d modeling experience so I'm just tracing his drawing basically (http://sonic-cult.org/dispart.php?catid=6&gameid=10&subid=1&artid=1).

[sabre470]

That's excellent, I need to learn Photoshop a bit more, I love the background, how did you the logo???

Sabre

[Yakumo]

http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/7600/sonicfrontjap2rb3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

High res: http://img509.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sonicfrontjap2tm5.jpgTHat's the one for me :thumbsup:

Yakumo

[Juste]

Chris Seen made it, it was his pitch for the box art design. It towards the bottom on that page. I don't have any 3d modeling experience so I'm just tracing his drawing basically (http://sonic-cult.org/dispart.php?catid=6&gameid=10&subid=1&artid=1).

I think yours still looks really good though. (^_^)

[negora]

When does this contest ends?

[Parris]

When does this contest ends? What, tired already? Sonic cover fatigue? I'd like to see a few more, it's getting even better as time goes on. But hey, that's only my opinion.

[negora]

Parris: Oh, no no no :P. I asked that because I also would love to give it a try, and maybe it takes a little until I've free time to do one. I was affraid that a winner had already been chosen (although there isn't any named as "winner" yet) and that Furture efforts were done for nothing ;) .

I've lost much of my skill drawing and designing but I hope I get something decent (at least enough to not cause laughs :P ).

[madhatter256]

Very nice Naonak!

[Johnny]

I tried my best to do something decent. A long time not using photoshop, so i forget some stuff.

Anyway, here are my two contenders:

I tried to add something on the background on this one, but nothing seemed to fit right.
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/861/sonicx3johnnyoc9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

This one is basicly a wallpaper i found. I thought it was cool.
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/6003/sonicx4bjohnnyqd2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


Hope you guys like. Thanks grap3fruitman for the SonicXtreme logo and NaOnaK for the japanese cover "template" (The Sega Saturn bar is in great quality).

[Matthijscoman]

That´s an awesome idea! I´ll try to draw something by hand, it´ll prolly be done tomorrow. :D

[Mark30001]

I don't know if I should use the old 'K-A' ESRB rating, or the new 'Everyone' rating on the NTSC-U/C box.

I also had an older boxart version with a Photoshop Lens Flare effect HERE (http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i107/mark30001/box_final8_flare.png), but removed it from the ones below.

The logo I'm using can be found here:
http://www.senntient.com/ubb/Forum13/HTML/000010.html


Click to View High Res NTSC-U/C Version (http://segakatana.com/images/sonicxtreme/sonicxtreme_usa1.png)
Click to View High Res PAL Version (http://segakatana.com/images/sonicxtreme/sonicxtreme_eur1.png)
Click to View High Res NTSC-J Version (http://segakatana.com/images/sonicxtreme/sonicxtreme_jap.png)


http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i107/mark30001/sonicxtreme_usa1.png


http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i107/mark30001/sonicxtreme_eur1.png


http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i107/mark30001/sonicxtreme_jap.png

[ASSEMbler]

Well we're using NaOnak's US longbox cover.

So the competition left is for the UK and Japanese cover.

[grap3fruitman]

...
Damn you Assembler!

[Mark30001]

Aww, the community's gotta do a vote! :110:

Anyway, I've just uploaded a PAL (http://segakatana.com/images/sonicxtreme/sonicxtreme_eur1.png) & NTSC-J (http://segakatana.com/images/sonicxtreme/sonicxtreme_jap.png) version.

[Barc0de]

vote for mine for jap or UK :love: (simple or jelly )

[grap3fruitman]

My current WIP:

http://home.comcast.net/~doa5/sonicattemptpreview2.png

[Johnny]

C'mon people say what you think about my contributions. Good or Bad? Any suggestions?

[Blai]

I think they're good but what about an old style sonic?
The images you used are too new for Sonic Xtreme. Just my opinion.

[babu]

My contribution ;)
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/5992/sonicev0.th.jpg (http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/5992/sonicev0.jpg)

[ASSEMbler]

OK OK lol community vote!!

[Johnny]

I think they're good but what about an old style sonic?
The images you used are too new for Sonic Xtreme. Just my opinion.

I thought about it, but didn't like any images that i found. So i used those newer ones.

Still, thanks for posting your opinion :thumbsup:

[Codeman]

My vote goes for Mark30001's covers.
There are lots of great covers here, but ATM I think Mark's covers style are the one's that have more in common with the original xtreme artwork.

and speaking of original artwork, when this game was being developed and appeared on gaming mags I could have sworned that some of them had a picture/mock of a cover, I remember seeing a cover for this long before this project.
is it just my imagination or does anyone else remember this??

btw: I loved jamtex's 1st cover as well xD

[la-li-lu-le-lo]

C'mon people say what you think about my contributions. Good or Bad? Any suggestions?

Pretty good, I think, especially the first one.

[Mark30001]

My vote goes for Mark30001's covers.
There are lots of great covers here, but ATM I think Mark's covers style are the one's that have more in common with the original xtreme artwork.

and speaking of original artwork, when this game was being developed and appeared on gaming mags I could have sworned that some of them had a picture/mock of a cover, I remember seeing a cover for this long before this project.
is it just my imagination or does anyone else remember this??

btw: I loved jamtex's 1st cover as well xD
LoL, thx.

Here's something interesting, from:
http://www.senntient.com/ubb/Forum13/HTML/000010-2.html


Originally posted by McAleeCh:
Xeniczone - I'm fairly sure most of those other games are the final boxarts; DKC3 and MK3 I'm pretty much certain of, though I never played Soviet Strike so I can't be sure of that one. Good luck looking them up, though!

The X-treme box in that article, according to Sonic CulT, was one of the most frequently used ones in magazines and toy store catalogues, so I doubt it was just a mockup made by the magazine themselves. You never know, though..

Until further information arises, I'll assume it's genuine SEGA PR material - if nothing else because I've just annotated all of the boxarts to try and provide some chronological order as to how the marketing people developed the look:

http://xswoifyu.siperoonline.co.uk/Knux/Annot.gif

These are arranged in what I believe to be the chronological order of the boxart designs; you can sort of see my reasoning in the above annotations:

1. Earliest Boxart. Reasoning:
- Only boxart NOT to feature "SEGA" seal
- Logo uses incorrect font in this revision
- Stiffly-posed Sonic render with proportion issues (fingers, anyone?)
- Rarely used in magazines / toy store catalogues / online (source: Sonic CulT)

2. Second Boxart. Reasoning: Boxart is same as (1) apart from:
- Addition of the "SEGA" seal.
- Logo redesign including attempted 'fixing' the "O" of the font, showing the initial font mistake was realised - therefore unlikely to be earlier that (1).
- Commonly seen, mostly online (source: Sonic CulT)

3. Third Boxart. Reasoning:
- Logo seems to be developed from (2)'s (uses same / similar "X-treme" text, and uses 3D effect idea), so unlikely to be earlier than (1) or (2).
- SONIC font is completely fixed in logo.
- SEGA seal is present, so unlikely to be earlier than (1).
- Uses later design of the ESRB rating stamp than (1) or (2), suggesting both previous boxarts were made earlier than this one.
- Different Sonic model with fixed proportions and more intricate posing (head and eyes are now posed, feet / torso / fingers proportions fixed), so unlikely to be between (1) and (2) - why would they revert back to the old design?
- Full background render as opposed the hazy "clouds filter" backdrop of previous boxarts - unlikely to be between (1) and (2) for the same reasons as the point above.
- Extremely (or should that be "X-tremely"?) common in magazines and toy-store catalogues (source: Sonic CulT)

---

Of course, that's all speculation based on my own observations, so I may be wrong. If anyone can find any holes in my reasoning, feel free to tell me! ^_^; It seems logical enough to me, though..

[ServiceGames]

...
Damn you Assembler!
Keep working grap3fruit. I like what you've got so far and maybe it will work for a Japanese cover.

So far I would go with Naonak, but I really like grapefruits cover. So we'll have to see how it turns out.

Babu I love that Sonic!! It's almost avatar worthy in my opinion.

[Codeman]

I really liked some of these covers so I wanted to try making my own!
PAL version of course

I borrowed ASSEMbler's screens and Mark30001's logo, hope you dont mind ^^

Still a lot of work to be done, let me know what you think?


(http://assemblergames.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=478&stc=1&d=1180699255)

[XxHennersXx]

I really liked some of these covers so I wanted to try making my own!
PAL version of course

I borrowed ASSEMbler's screens and Mark30001's logo, hope you dont mind ^^

Still a lot of work to be done, let me know what you think?


(http://assemblergames.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=478&stc=1&d=1180699255)

I like it. Needs a bit more work but it looks good so far. I would try to tweak yours (if thats okay) right now but I'm at a girls house right now.

[ServiceGames]

Henners you're at a girls house on a friday night and you're checking ASSEMbler games... Damn you're really hardcore about this stuff.;-)

[XxHennersXx]

Henners you're at a girls house on a friday night and you're checking ASSEMbler games... Damn you're really hardcore about this stuff.;-)
xD xD xD

Yeah... well...

I have no come back for that. Haha. She thinks what we do here at ASSEMBler is interesting though so she's understanding. Heh.

[la-li-lu-le-lo]

Here's a black and white outline of mine. All I need to do is color and shade it.

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/2176/sonicextremehm7.jpg

[babu]

Babu I love that Sonic!! It's almost avatar worthy in my opinion.
hehe, thanks :)
feel free to use it

[ASSEMbler]

I'm just going to have to post more logos...

http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/images/redbar.gif

This is the newest design. You can colorize it to whatever color you like.
All my other logos are on another hard drive at the moment.

[Matthijscoman]

Hmm, it didn't really turn out what I wanted it to be, and it has (still) no decent background, but I hope you like it anyway.

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n110/matthijscoman/SonicXtremecove2.jpg

(I wanted it to look "Xtreme" by using a sketchy style, but it didn't turn out great.)

[Taucias]

JAP:

http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/7600/sonicfrontjap2rb3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

High res: http://img509.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sonicfrontjap2tm5.jpg

I like this one best but the US one should be the final (since it was created in the USA). Just my 2cents.

[karsten]

something completely different from the preceding

http://www.auritech.eu/assembler/sonicx.jpg

[MottZilla]

There's some great covers in this thread. I like NaOnak's design. Seems quite well done. I'd like to see where grap3fruitman's design goes too. I also like Jonny's submissions. All the serious entrys are cool, I'm sure whatever ends up winning will be a good fit.

[Nicola]

It could be also cool to use an actual image of the disk of the original proto

[Taucias]

This is my attempt. I didn't notice the US cover was already decided, but oh well. I took Chris Senn's original concept, tinkered with it a while then added Sonic fonts I found on the 'net:

http://img490.imageshack.us/img490/9862/sonicxtremetauciasib1.png

[ServiceGames]

You know I like pretty much all of these submissions, but none of them really catch the use of the word Xtreme very well. I like Na0naks cover, but it has absolutely nothing to do with Xtreme nor does it look exciting or Xtreme in any way. With the exception of Senn's original concept as seen in Taucias cover, nothing else fits right..

[Shadowlayer]

NaOnak/Senn's design would be pretty cool if colored correctly.

Anyway, I really like how the picture kinda "invades" the space of the Saturn logo in this case:

http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/3944/xtremeboxmocup8vu.jpg

This style used in Genesis since 94 and on other Sega consoles onwards (but not on the DC) was awesome at the time, so I think it would be great it we used it since that gives this beta more of a mid90s feeling.

[XxHennersXx]

NaOnak/Senn's design would be pretty cool if colored correctly.

Anyway, I really like how the picture kinda "invades" the space of the Saturn logo in this case:

http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/3944/xtremeboxmocup8vu.jpg

This style used in Genesis since 94 and on other Sega consoles onwards (but not on the DC) was awesome at the time, so I think it would be great it we used it since that gives this beta more of a mid90s feeling.

I feel the same way which is why my JPN cover I submitted looks similar.

[ServiceGames]

Curse my inability to manipulate photoshop.

Upon thinking about it for a while I'll attempt to explain my idea.

Take the Sonic that Taucias used and place him on a black background toward the upper half of the box. This should in effect make him look like a ray of light coming out of the darkness. Use grap3fruitmans Sonic Xtreme logo staggered like this
Sonic
Xtreme
at the bottom of the box.

It will look menacing and still capture the original essence of the project.

[samael64]

Curse my inability to manipulate photoshop.

Upon thinking about it for a while I'll attempt to explain my idea.

Take the Sonic that Taucias used and place him on a black background toward the upper half of the box. This should in effect make him look like a ray of light coming out of the darkness. Use grap3fruitmans Sonic Xtreme logo staggered like this
Sonic
Xtreme
at the bottom of the box.

It will look menacing and still capture the original essence of the project.

I like it. :nod:

[Shadowlayer]

I feel the same way which is why my JPN cover I submitted looks similar.

Really? where?

BTW I always liked the silver/black lateral bar in the US VF2 cover, its really classy:

http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/large/1157839444-00.jpg

What if we use it?:nod:

[karsten]

what? that mobygames spot?

anyway on the next unreleased i'll work for something better... since i admit my 3 covers are weak :D

you know, i guess that you have to be a fan of something to put real efforts on it

[Shadowlayer]

you know, i guess that you have to be a fan of something to put real efforts on it

You rediscovered america columbus...

[Taucias]

Curse my inability to manipulate photoshop.

Upon thinking about it for a while I'll attempt to explain my idea.

Take the Sonic that Taucias used and place him on a black background toward the upper half of the box. This should in effect make him look like a ray of light coming out of the darkness. Use grap3fruitmans Sonic Xtreme logo staggered like this
Sonic
Xtreme
at the bottom of the box.

It will look menacing and still capture the original essence of the project.

Here is the original : http://www.lostlevels.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2006/02/sxc_cover_concept.jpg (http://www.lostlevels.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2006/02/sxc_cover_concept.jpg)

If anyone wanted to give it a go :thumbsup:

My bodge job took about 2 hours and was originally with a black background with fire behind sonic, but I liked the comic book style background more when I compared them so I brought it back in. I think Senn hit the nail squarely on the head.


NaOnak/Senn's design would be pretty cool if colored correctly.

Anyway, I really like how the picture kinda "invades" the space of the Saturn logo in this case:

http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/3944/xtremeboxmocup8vu.jpg

This style used in Genesis since 94 and on other Sega consoles onwards (but not on the DC) was awesome at the time, so I think it would be great it we used it since that gives this beta more of a mid90s feeling.

I also like the way the motion-blur invades the title space, infact Chris Senn's original picture has one of Sonic's feet overlapping the Sega Saturn logo. I think the Sonic render is hideous though, and no where near the quality of the original sketch.

[Alien Workshop]

I'm just going to have to post more logos...

http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/images/redbar.gif

This is the newest design. You can colorize it to whatever color you like.
All my other logos are on another hard drive at the moment.

How about this:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/dumbname/logo5.png

I tried my best to get it to match the style of the Sonic Xtreme logo, but I didn't have that exact font. If anyone could hook me up with that font, I can make an ASSEMbler logo with similar styling.

[Mark30001]

I guess this could work ;)
http://www.clavis.ne.jp/%7Esonic/segasonic/act5/06.htm

[Alien Workshop]

I guess this could work ;)
http://www.clavis.ne.jp/%7Esonic/segasonic/act5/06.htm

Maybe, but I was looking for the font used in the "Xtreme" part of this (http://home.comcast.net/~doa5/shitlogo.png) logo.

[3do]

I have created another cover using the euro box art this time and think it looks ok.

I like the way sonic gets his colour from the background, That happened purly by chance while trying a few things out but i instantly liked it.

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p83/killinglonelinesshim/sonicxtremeeurocover.jpg

[Dot50Cal]

Some logos I had made for another project. If you can use them, please do. (PNG transparency is applied)

http://img474.imageshack.us/img474/7758/a1tc7.png

http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/1479/a2it4.png

[Shadowlayer]

The black one looks excellent, we should use it.

[Dot50Cal]

If anyone needs other colors just let me know.

[TranceDoll]

Here's my go, I just kinda reworked the old one.
http://multiftp.free.fr/files/assembler.png

[handofg0d]

Here's my first attempt... I went with the J/NTSC cover and kept it rather minimal. Hope you like it.

http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/3513/sonicxtremejapnb9.jpg

[la-li-lu-le-lo]

Anybody? A little criticism on mine? (It's at the bottom of page 6)

[Taucias]

I like it La-li-lu-le-lo (hard to type, that) but colour it in lad!

[ASSEMbler]

Here's my first attempt... I went with the J/NTSC cover and kept it rather minimal. Hope you like it.

http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/3513/sonicxtremejapnb9.jpg

very nice

[handofg0d]

Thanks ASSEMbler! Glad you like it.

[Shadowlayer]

Anybody? A little criticism on mine? (It's at the bottom of page 6)

It sucks! kill yourself! lolz!!!11!!one:110:

Sorry dude I HAD to make that joke (been waiting to the right time to do it:lol:) and no offense, its pretty good actually.

And handofg0d (http://assemblergames.com/forums/member.php?u=4266) it looks amazing but the consensus here seems to be that we should go for a more classic design and not the "new" (since is almost 10 years old) SA one.

Theres an old sonic picture that looks just like that, from 92-93 I think.

You could use that one...

[cyberguile]

handofg0d, I like yours but the artwork feels too modern-ish (sort of gba-style sonic game)

[kammedo]

A shame im so shitty at drawings :(

[ASSEMbler]

I think we can even do a joke cover.

[karsten]

Here's my first attempt... I went with the J/NTSC cover and kept it rather minimal. Hope you like it.

http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/3513/sonicxtremejapnb9.jpg

look great... better than mine :D

[wingedwolf]

in 1996 sonic didnt look like that... in this image he looks like from sonicX.
but... oh well... who cares? it still looks good! :D

[handofg0d]

The image I used of Sonic is actually from the 15th anniversary celebration (hence his fingers in a 1 and 5). I will work on a cover in the same fashion (good thing I saved the psd for the other layers) with a more retro image.

EDIT - Here's a quick attempt with the best looking older image I could find - I'm not particularly impressed with it - if anyone can provide a link to a better pose (decent size) from that era I might give it another go.
http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/3264/sonicxtremejap2jk8.jpg

[Whoomp]

Here's my contribution:

http://pici.se/pictures/lJyfWyyVO.jpg

[negora]

This is my design. Since the original cover prototype came from Chris Senn, I've decided to base this on his idea, although adapted, obviously.

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/1758/coverdl5.jpg

[handofg0d]

Awesome job negora! :thumbsup:

I really like the style :nod:

[negora]

Thank you handofg0d (http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/member.php?u=4266) . I like you like it, he he ;) .

First I made one keeping the borders on Sonic, but later I tryed this one without them, to make it look like that classic Sonic drawings (like the one which you used in your last cover). I guess the result is better that way.

[ASSEMbler]

OK now for the joke cover, anyone have some funny ones?

[XxHennersXx]

I think Jon's makes a nice Joke cover

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h159/graciano1337/sonicxtreme-1.jpg

and i made an animated version of his...

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y82/XxhennersXx/lolsonic.gif

HOLoGRAM! If Space Channel 5 can have one why not sonic?! xD

[sirmosh]

This is my design. Since the original cover prototype came from Chris Senn, I've decided to base this on his idea, although adapted, obviously.

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/1758/coverdl5.jpg

On a personal level I'm not overly keen on the 'Xtreme' the font especially, but other than that you've done a really great job there.

I would have liked to contribute as my ability to use photoshop isn't too bad, but as I'm not really too great at illustration I don't feel I could make anything particularly worth making since I could only use an image of Sonic that's already been seen so many times.

[Codeman]

I finally had some minutes to spare and work on my cover a bit and clean it up, i have no idea what to write on the back yet

I went with this rather dull image for the front cover because it has a SX look (not sure if its really a SX image or not) and because IMHO looks like the type of image used in PAL covers. Im trying to make mine look as oficial as possible.
I would like to think that if the game was released back then it would have a very similar cover to the one Im making.

Once again let me know hot it looks! :nod:

There have been lots of cool covers submited but I think most of them have too much of a 2007 Sonic look(ie Johnny's) or plain Sonic 1 look (ie NaOnak's).


As for the new submissions I liked Taucia's US insert but I think it could still use more tweaking, and I also liked negora's PAL cover but you should remove that +6 logo,PAL games at that time didnt have those, and I also think you should try some other fonts for the 'Xtreme' bit.

edit: for the Joke cover's I think Jamtex's cover rocks!

[Shadowlayer]

This is my design. Since the original cover prototype came from Chris Senn, I've decided to base this on his idea, although adapted, obviously.

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/1758/coverdl5.jpg


Negora your design is by far the best, a couple more details and it should look like a pro work.:thumbsup:

Try to make a US and JPN covers





http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y82/XxhennersXx/lolsonic.gif

I'm getting a seizure now:oh::oh:

[Dot50Cal]

This is my design. Since the original cover prototype came from Chris Senn, I've decided to base this on his idea, although adapted, obviously.

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/1758/coverdl5.jpg

Really digging this, it takes the "official" design and goes with it. Id say this one gets my vote!

[la-li-lu-le-lo]

Not sure if this matters any more, but here's mine:

http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/5708/soniccoverzf9.jpg

[cez]

looks very nice. sorry for the noob question but is that all your own idea or is it based on something? i like the "ring of saturn" thing. :)

[ASSEMbler]

la-li-lu-le-lo, a chinese cover?

[la-li-lu-le-lo]

ASSEMbler: You're referring to the text to the right of the "compact disc" logo, I assume? That came from a Japanese cover that I scanned. I only have 2 Japanese games, but they both have that text. I assume it's kanji.

cez: I tried to fit Sonic to the style of the 15th anniversary Sonic, and the logo was based on the original Sonic the Hedgehog cover, but besides that it's all original.

[cez]

the text is indeed japanese and means "instruction manual". as you know (almost) all japanese single CD games only have that stuck into the jewel case serving also as a front cover.

other than that great idea! only the logo doesn't look that japanese to me. maybe change that.

[la-li-lu-le-lo]

Yeah, I know what you mean. I was thinking of adding some katatana, though I'm not sure what sort of design it should be (font, color, etc.). Also, what katatana would you use for "extreme?" エクステリモ？

[jccochez]

Codeman =>cannot say anything for the german text,

but there's errors in the French text

[PhantasyStar]

Hey guys and gals, inspired by the whole Sonic Xtreme event that took place over the past week, I decided to finish a little something that I had worked on but never quite finished. Below are pictures of a Sonic piñata that I had worked on some years ago but never really finished. I had a picture under my topic "Phantasy Star Collection" but it was just a one side shot. Anyways, I hope you enjoy ;P.

http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/5655/1001124el5.th.jpg (http://img164.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1001124el5.jpg)

http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/408/1001127ac6.th.jpg (http://img164.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1001127ac6.jpg)

http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/3300/1001129pa3.th.jpg (http://img164.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1001129pa3.jpg)

[negora]

PhantasyStar: Woah! It looks like very cute :D . Great job, I like it much.

[ASSEMbler]

awesome.

[XxHennersXx]

Hey guys and gals, inspired by the whole Sonic Xtreme event that took place over the past week, I decided to finish a little something that I had worked on but never quite finished. Below are pictures of a Sonic piñata that I had worked on some years ago but never really finished. I had a picture under my topic "Phantasy Star Collection" but it was just a one side shot. Anyways, I hope you enjoy ;P.

http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/5655/1001124el5.th.jpg (http://img164.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1001124el5.jpg)

http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/408/1001127ac6.th.jpg (http://img164.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1001127ac6.jpg)

http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/3300/1001129pa3.th.jpg (http://img164.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1001129pa3.jpg)

now make a mario one. :)

[ASSEMbler]

or a pinata of madhatter's sonic raping tails cover....

[graciano1337]

ok, in all honesty: my cover is the crappiest piece of crap ever. i feel like i would somehow be polluting the files if the that pile of poopy was included. so for the sake of purity and for the love of all that is sacred and holy on this earth, don't include my design as a "joke cover." thank you.

[Nicola]

http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/9953/sonicxza5.th.jpg (http://img235.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sonicxza5.jpg)
http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/310/sonicacidri3.th.jpg (http://img235.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sonicacidri3.jpg)

It's handmade, based on the Sonic 2 us cover

[Codeman]

Codeman =>cannot say anything for the german text,

but there's errors in the French text

Yeah, the other languages might have errors as well because I translated them with babelfish! but it doesnt matter, its not the definitive text, i just wanted to put some text to have an ideia of how the finished version would look.

[sonik]

A friend of mine drew this.
He can draw another specific one for this game.
Tell me if you like.
http://www.fraguas.com.br/sonic_super.jpg

[ServiceGames]

Negora's cover is more like it. Pretty much the best that I have seen.

[Taucias]

I really like that image Sonik. It would look very nice as a cover indeed. Do you have permission from your friend for it to be used in this project though?

[ServiceGames]

I think that would be a good image for the backside of the Japanese packaging.

[sonik]

I really like that image Sonik. It would look very nice as a cover indeed. Do you have permission from your friend for it to be used in this project though?

Sure!

I asked him to draw another, exclusively to Sonic Xtreme.
He will be glad to do this.
Anyone have ideas for the cover? Like background, Sonic's pose...

[3do]

I think negora's cover is really good apart from the extreme text which i don't think fits in very well

[Shadowlayer]

Great piñata you've there PhantasyStar, too bad you'll have to beat it with a stick:lol:

And nicola that cover looks good too, like early90s style.





A friend of mine drew this.
He can draw another specific one for this game.
Tell me if you like.
http://www.fraguas.com.br/sonic_super.jpg

Man that belongs in an art galery!:oh:

I say call you friend and ask him to do another, or at least let us use this one:thumbsup:

[graciano1337]

That Super Sonic vs the Death Star is amazing. Great work there.

[Sienar]

Wasnt that sphere from Sonic CD?

[Borman]

Thats the Death Egg :P

[Shadowlayer]

Wasnt that sphere from Sonic CD?
Nope, that was the little planet with all the buildings and stuff, but the one with robotnik's face is the death egg from S&K.

But it looks quite similar, with the chains and the mountains in the background, yet a lot more dark-ish than both games with the black sky and all the thunders:nod:

[negora]

3do: Thank you ;) . Maybe with this font...

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/6715/coverxv3.jpg

[PhantasyStar]

PhantasyStar: Woah! It looks like very cute :D . Great job, I like it much.


Thank you much ^^

[ServiceGames]

Oh now that we're coming along in the serious cover competition I vote for Parris on the joke cover side of things. Just imagine a stop animation Sonic game featuring an actual hedgehog!!

[3do]

3do: Thank you ;) . Maybe with this font...

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/6715/coverxv3.jpg

Now thats really good,

[sonik]

3do: Thank you ;) . Maybe with this font...

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/6715/coverxv3.jpg

Great cover Negora!
I think we can use your and my friend's cover. Booth are cool :)

[sirmosh]

3do: Thank you ;) . Maybe with this font...

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/6715/coverxv3.jpg

To put it simply, and not to put down other people's work as it's only a personal opinion, it's by far my favourite.

[negora]

Thank you all :) . It makes me very happy that you like this cover, although a big part of the merits should be for Chris Senn, since it's based on his original design. I just took and adapted it to my own "taste".

Sonik: Maybe this sounds like a "thanks-for-thanks" sentence but I also liked the style of that drawing from your friend ;) . It uses that "the end of the days" style that has nothing to do with the present Sonic games, which are too much colorful.

[Micjohvan]

Heres my cover. Took me about a hour. I am also posting up a template so other people can stick their sonic pics on it since mine is not really the best. Please let me know what you all think!

http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/5223/done1copylj9.png (http://imageshack.us)



http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/4383/templatecopywt5.png (http://imageshack.us)

[handofg0d]

Haha - but it should have a TECTOY logo instead :katamari:

[Micjohvan]

find me one and I will replace the sega one with it lol. Or if someone else wants please feel free to.


EDIT: Never mind, I think I found what you are looking for. Let me know if this is more like it, I suppose we could also change out the spine to TecToy to LOL!


TECTOY VERSION:

http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/7312/done2copyws7.png (http://imageshack.us)




SEGA VERSION:


http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/4319/done1copydg0.png (http://imageshack.us)






Template for the design with just text and grid can be found on page 10 at bottem. Feel free to go nuts with these!

[ASSEMbler]

remember to add a stupidly high price tag to anything tectoy. Like 9999real or something

[Blai]

The Mega Cartridge? Or the Mega CD?

Just my point of view.

[Micjohvan]

yeah I thought of that, but then I thought what if someone gets ahold of it and sees the cover and thinks its a mega CD game or is playable on MegaCD.

Also I wanted to keep it looking as origonal as possable and that was a big part of it.

[Blai]

So the better option is to remove that.

Anyway good cover! I like the sonic drawing.

[Micjohvan]

I thought about leaving it out, but almost all SMS games have that under the title, and im going for a knockoff look for the stupid or dumb cover or what ever it is lol.

I have that image of Sonic without the grid and stuff if you would like it posted so you can have it. I didnt make it, it was in my photos folder so I used it lol.

[Mark30001]

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i107/mark30001/joke_02.png

[samael64]

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i107/mark30001/joke_02.png

Simply awesome.

[graciano1337]

Nice one Mark. You got my vote.

[Taucias]

http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/3918/sonicxtremeowzi7.png

[Shadowlayer]

http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/3918/sonicxtremeowzi7.png


Rated "P" for Pedophilia

[ASSEMbler]

http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/3918/sonicxtremeowzi7.png

We are so using this.

[graciano1337]

Oh. Em. Gee.

XD

[Shadowlayer]

We are so using this.

No offense kev, but with that one and the sonic-on-tails, the whole intertubes is going to believe this is a forum full of those weirdo sonic/furry fans:lol:

[handofg0d]

http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/3918/sonicxtremeowzi7.png

Just a thought - since a bit of his ear is chopped off (I assume because thats the edge of the source image) would it be possible to scale the image down just a tad so that the edge of his ear cutoff point lines up with the segasaturn sidebar, so it looks like it's cut off because of that? just think it might look a little cleaner that way.

Otherwise - it's wonderful! :nod: :thumbsup:

[Taucias]

Thanks for the praise lads. It was just meant as a joke, but here is an improvement your suggestion handofgod (?):

http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/9547/sonicextremeow2jq6.png

[handofg0d]

Ah I see you fixed his ear! I assumed there wasn't part of the ear in the original image - but anyway yes - looks much better! :)

[karsten]

Thanks for the praise lads. It was just meant as a joke, but here is an improvement your suggestion handofgod (?):

http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/9547/sonicextremeow2jq6.png

i can't tell wich one is the scariest in the duo.... :icon_toil

[graciano1337]

Roses are red. Sonic is blue. Michael touches children.

[Taucias]

And so do you? :crying:

[ServiceGames]

http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/9547/sonicextremeow2jq6.png

One of Michaels hands must be holding the flowers, but is it his spare hand that is making Sonic smile like that??
If only we had the bottom half of this photo.

[Taucias]

Unfortunately it will forever remain a mystery to everyone, except for myself and avid googlers :)

[ASSEMbler]

I'm closing out the contest tomorrow morning, last chance to enter.

[ASSEMbler]

If you have high resolution versions of your entries, please send them to me.

[Shadowlayer]

If only we had the bottom half of this photo.

I thank god we dont...

[Johnny]

If you have high resolution versions of your entries, please send them to me.

My contenders are already on it's highest resolution.

Not that i think they will be choosen though :redface:

[Barc0de]

the funny thing is that both of them started off as being a totally different color from what appears in the picture! :P

[la-li-lu-le-lo]

Here's an updated version of mine, and I'm going to send you a hi res version, ASSEMbler:

http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/5868/sonicsmallxt4.jpg

[PhantasyStar]

^^Good stuff

[la-li-lu-le-lo]

Thanks.

[yourTom]

http://www.neo-arcadia.de/sonic2.jpg

[Blai]

I like your cover yourTom!

But I would make some changes ;-)

[yourTom]

one more

http://www.neo-arcadia.de/sonic1.jpg

[wheelaa]

http://www.neo-arcadia.de/sonic2.jpg

Very nice indeed.

Although Barcode's minimalistic approach (1st one he posts on the bottom of page 1) FTW!

[yourTom]

*edit*



http://www.neo-arcadia.de/sonic3a.jpg

http://www.neo-arcadia.de/sonic3b.jpg

http://www.neo-arcadia.de/sonic3c.jpg

[wheelaa]

Actually thats really rather cool.

I appreciate that the contest is to find a cover for each region..but if possible could the file when released contain many of the examples from this thread? (assuming the designers are happy to be included)

Sure, personally I'll just burn the game to a cd and be done with it, I doubt I'll bother to print out any cover at all. But some of the creations in this thread are great, and whilst 3 'winners' could be chosen, it would be smashing to have a little portfolio of all these great covers! Maybe an extra file for assembler/oth bit members and just the 3 region winners for the main release?

Regardless, I'll be hounding you Barcode for your first offerings lol.

[ServiceGames]

For what it's worth I'd go with:
Negora for Euro
YourTom's Japanese cover with the anniversary logo (but remove the logo)
Nitro's cover for the US.

I think these capture the Xtreme theme very well.

[yourTom]

like this ?

[ServiceGames]

Yeah I think it looks great!

[sonik]

I'm closing out the contest tomorrow morning, last chance to enter.

My friend is drawing another one. Can you wait a bit more? ;-)

[ASSEMbler]

sure

[sonik]

Thanks.

[Barc0de]

Very nice indeed.

Although Barcode's minimalistic approach (1st one he posts on the bottom of page 1) FTW!

I think you're my only fan :crying::icon_bigg I m really happy that at least someone likes it though for being unusual :D

[Shadowlayer]

http://www.neo-arcadia.de/sonic3b.jpg



Great slogan up there, if you could make it jewel box size and fix some of the bluriness in sonic's eyes it would look awesome.

[Barc0de]

2K $ is nowhere near "free" :P

[Shadowlayer]

What?

[yourTom]

bluriness is no problem , but do you think alot of people will put it in jewel boxes ? i`m not realy sure :/


http://www.neo-arcadia.de/sonic3d.jpg

[Twimfy]

http://www.neo-arcadia.de/sonic2.jpg

This is awesome, I'll be using this if I may, regardless of the competition winner.

[yourTom]

be my guest ;)