[QUICK] $100 up for grabs... design an ecover for MinisiteWars

[Shannon Herod]

Originally Posted by Pulp Minisites

Here's Pulp Minisites entry, hope you like:



Regards,
Brent & Joe

WOW! that is awesome


Shannon

[Najat Engineer]

AMAZING ecover pulp

very inspiring

[YvonneTagbo]

Could never resist a challenge (even with clients screaming for their work )
My own humble entries
#1

[YvonneTagbo]

#2 -

[YvonneTagbo]

#3 -



N.B oops! just saw the typo - my bad

[YvonneTagbo]

#4 - Thanks for Looking



That's the lot - back to work ....

[Andrew Stevens]

Thanks Louis and Michael for the advice on how to put the images on here.


By mossman81

[graphicsgenie]

Some great designs coming through now

Great indeed

Thanks

Louis, I let Karl be Stiffler, he might havecried if not

[Mark McWilliams]

Originally Posted by graphicsgenie

Some great designs coming through now!

Ain't I glad that I'm not running this competition, and have to decide on the winner!

I love Pulp Minisites entry though, along with a few others!

Thanks
Mark

[KarlWarren]

The bar has been set pretty high... I think the quality that's going to come out of the wars is going to be something else!!!

[Alex Albert]

Hi all,

here is my another entry....

now go back to work...

thank you,
Alex

[Farihan Bahron]

Hi all,

Here's an entry from me, hope to at least knock off Suthan's entry...




cheers
Farihan

[BeeJay]

Brent and Joe...you are sick puppies...yours looks freaken awesome!

Righto, some of those last ones have made it almost embarrassing to compete, but what the hell. I tinkered with this.

[Asher]

Wow. Lots of awesome graphics here! Mind blowing stuff =D

[RichardDean]

[Kate Anderson]

Originally Posted by Pulp Minisites

Here's Pulp Minisites entry, hope you like:



Regards,
Brent & Joe

Wow!.. This is gorgeous.. Unbelievable work, Brent & Joe..

[tomw]

Technically speaking, the "gorgeousness" of Pulp's cover isn't actually on the cover - the design of which is actually pretty lame.

Why not just take a cover and comp it into a screenshot of Call of Duty?



Just my 2 cents...

Thomas

[GrantFreeman]

Here's my entry..

[RichardDean]

How do you get the copyright to use images from a war game?

Not sure how you get the copyright to use it, but I always like the Photo Shop box look, and would go great with a graphics war... could get adobe to sponsor it.

[e-mail2u]

Last and final entry for me thought i would try the box design.


It's been a good learning curve and a lot of VERY Good designs have come out.

GOOD LUCK to all,
Geoff

[LivingCovers]

hey guys,

i told you all that i'll be back. you can have a look at it, now.

http://www.ecoversalive.com/images/m...wars2-copy.jpg

can someone please tell me how to place my ecover image
in my post like the ones we have above??? i'd like to place it
in such a way that everyone will see it instantly like the ones above.

thanks.

Olatunde here.

[Erum Munir]

Karl and Darren, I so don't envy you guys the task of choosing one LOL.

[Louis Raven]

Originally Posted by LivingCovers

hey guys,

i told you all that i'll be back. you can have a look at it, now.

http://www.ecoversalive.com/images/m...wars2-copy.jpg

can someone please tell me how to place my ecover image
in my post like the ones we have above??? i'd like to place it
in such a way that everyone will see it instantly like the ones above.

thanks.

Olatunde here.

Greta entry, You can use the IMG tags on the post screen, it will ask you for your URL

Louis

[bollytintin]

Hey!

This has been an awesome thread. Karl and Darren, big ups to you for bringing out the best in all the designers here.

LivingCovers, this is GREAT! It is so exciting to find out that a Nigerian can stand up to the best anywhere else. I have no choice than to root for you man.

This is really PROUDLY NIGERIAN!

I can't wait to see the result on Monday.

[LivingCovers]

Greta entry, You can use the IMG tags on the post screen, it will ask you for your URL

Louis

i don't quite understand what you mean by that Louis. could you
please expatiate? do i have to click on 'post reply' or the 'quick reply'
link? anyone with any suggestions???

thanks for the thumbs up bollyntintin, really a great inspiration to me.

olatunde.

[LivingCovers]

hi guys 'n' ladies,
this is just a test to see if my boxcover image'll appear on
this page like the others above;






Good, i knew i could do that ...piece o' cake.

Olatunde.

[e-mail2u]

Livingcovers you need to up grade your message editing interface, just click on the CP link at the top and edit options. scroll down to the bottom of the page and change the editor from basic to the full fledged wysiwyg editor.

This will now give you the option of adding images to your postings.

[LivingCovers]

Good, i knew i could do it.

So there it is people. It took some of my time,
i don't think i'll be able to dish out another one
before monday.
hey Geoff,
i'm about to follow your instructions just as you
stated.

thanks,
olatunde.

[BrainDance]

ok, last one!
I didn't have time to finish my thought, but i see a person lying down behind the box all you see is the legs covered in paint, better text, maybe a white flag of surrender
I chose paintball, because it is a design war and thought i should use more color, overdid it a bit on the box itself, should show more mask i think.

first one

[Jose Delgado]

Ok, I didn't want to embarrass everyone here for their awful graphics skills but I had to Since I'm going to win $100 with no effort at all. My skills are all natural.





I'm quite busy at the time but if you'd like a cover for $99, contact me and I'll put you on my waiting list.

[Joseph Park]

Originally Posted by RichardDean

How do you get the copyright to use images from a war game?

Not sure how you get the copyright to use it, but I always like the Photo Shop box look, and would go great with a graphics war... could get adobe to sponsor it.

You guys are just amazing! I've hired a few software cover design in the past but none of them did anywhere near you. So far my favorites are Brent & Joe and Richard. Great job, you guys!

[RichardDean]

[KarlWarren]

Getting exciting now folks... 2 days til we close the compo and pick the winner.

Darren and I have been talking on Skype and are reserving judgement until the very end. One thing is for sure though:

The wars are going to be massive... I've had loads of emails about how much people are looking forward to them.

Still enough time for anyone who hasn't entered, and also anyone who feels they might need another run at it.

Good luck boys and girls.

I also hope some of you have picked up a few PMs from potential clients.

K.

[Jose Delgado]

Originally Posted by KarlWarren

Getting exciting now folks... 2 days til we close the compo and pick the winner.

Darren and I have been talking on Skype and are reserving judgement until the very end. One thing is for sure though:

The wars are going to be massive... I've had loads of emails about how much people are looking forward to them.

Still enough time for anyone who hasn't entered, and also anyone who feels they might need another run at it.

Good luck boys and girls.

I also hope some of you have picked up a few PMs from potential clients.

K.

Karl,

is my entry good enough or should I enter another one?

[KarlWarren]

Can't say Jose...

however, where did you get that pic of my sister?

[Najat Engineer]

looooooooool

[Jose Delgado]

Originally Posted by Najat Engineer

looooooooool

I don't get it.

[freotech]

Here is eCoverbox Contribution

Bring it On !

[LivingCovers]

hello guys,
these are the only two i can create for now,
becos of shortage of time i won't be able to
come up with three. but i know that the two
i've designed will tip the balance in my favor.

looking forward to the results on sunday, karl.

great going guys!!!

olatunde.

ps: i hope one of these covers win, 'cos i have the
intention of placing them both on my portfolio,
anyway. cheers!

[graphicsgenie]

just 24 hours to go guys

Thanks

[Asher]

Wow... when you have your site up Karl, maybe you can have a gallery showcasing all the entries! It'd be an amazing gallery.

[KarlWarren]

Not just me, Darren is the brains behind the outfit - he launched last year...

We decided we'd JV on it this year as we could both bring our experience together to make it an amazing event.

[Nicolaas Theron]

Originally Posted by tomw

Technically speaking, the "gorgeousness" of Pulp's cover isn't actually on the cover - the design of which is actually pretty lame.

Why not just take a cover and comp it into a screenshot of Call of Duty?



Just my 2 cents...

Thomas

Thomas makes an interesting observation here. Pulp's graphic is undeniably striking as a whole (you only need to look at the number of comments it's drawn to see that), but the ecover itself is, with the exception of the badge, about as basic as it gets.

Part of the trick in creating an ecover is to use the small space available and create something cool within that space. Once you go outside that, well, the sky is the limit. You can have your cover rising out of a mushroom cloud with burning cities and the carnage of war all around it, BUT is that still a cover...or something of a movie poster FOR the cover?

I guess the question is when does an ecover stop being an ecover? There are other clear examples as well on this page.

Just a point to ponder I guess. Not in terms of this competition necessarily, as there's no real product here so there's room to just let your mind wander and go crazy and have fun, but in terms of the work we do everyday for ourselves and mostly for customers who sell specific products. Are ecovers progressing from being realistic physical representations of digital products to being complete little sideshows? Should they?

Opinions welcome.

Thanks for all the eye candy guys, and good luck to us all

[Erum Munir]

Nicolas, I agree with you on that bit - there is a difference between an ecover and a poster. An ecover should work on its own even if you remove the graphical elements placed outside of it.

[Louis Raven]

So a good design comes down to how much you can fit in a box???

Take away the army men from Pulps contribution and they're still my favourite to win followed extremely closely by Nicolaas Theron.

Take a look at the Google logo, no borders or site colours apart from the logo and they're brand is very powerful.

You don't have to throw in every pic and drop shadow under the sun to make a good cover is all I'm saying.

[Marian Berghes]

ok..heres my last entry. I went for a simple design in the end, cus i really like more simple yet effective ecovers. Please share your opinions



you can see the full size here
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/e...rsecover-1.jpg

[Lucy Weber]

Here is another entry from me.

[Kate Anderson]

I don't think the Pulp Minisites cover is basic at all.. The bullet holes, the smoke, the emblem, even the placement of everything.. it's wicked, every bit of it.. Sometimes a box that is slick looks better than one crowded with font, gradients, background images and everything else under the site.. and also looks more professional that over crowded ones.

It's still a tough one to vote on (if it were us customers voting, that is).. Speaking of which, I have to put in an order with one of you before I forget.. if it weren't for this thread I wouldn't have had a clue about how good that particular designer actually was, so regardless who wins, the publicity is obviously working

[Lucy Weber]

Just a quick color variation.

[robinaraoz]

Hi,

Here is my entry:




Kind Regards,
Robin