Round 1: Mad Spike Versus dmshapovs

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1

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l215/His_Dark_Materials/metalgearsolid2sonsoflizy0.jpg

2
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l215/His_Dark_Materials/dmshapovsboxround1.jpg

VOTES: THE FIRST WITH EIGHT VOTES WINS

No. 1:||||||||
No. 2:|||

Mad Spike wins, he proceeds to the next (Winner)Round of the Veteran Competition. While dmshapovs has proven to be a good Mad Spike copier, he unfortunally didn't make it to win this Round but will make it in the so-called Loser Round. So good luck to both!

[E_G]

Wow, both these boxes together made my jaw drop. I think they're both pretty perfect, but box No. 1 has more impressive effects.

I vote for box No. 1.

[Nerdysimmer]

They're both really good. Possibly two of best i've seen on this site. However, I kinda like the effects of 1.

I vote for #1

[susuwatari]

Number 2

I think it's more unique and inventive and I prefer the colour scheme. The blue colour on box#1 is too flat.

[spark7600gs]

I vote for #1:)
I think it's clean, Very detailed, and amazing.
(I also like the blue plate style.)

[yoman44]

I vote n°2

[ELCrazy]

I vote for #2!

[TwilightMystics]

To yoman, Elcrazy and Spark... it's obliged to explain why you vote for number 1 or number 2. I've said it in the signup thread of this competition. I won't count these votes without explaination.

[Mad Spike]

I choose MGS, cos there is not many arts and a lot of design work. It was hard to repeat all this scy-fi things, so I decide that this will be a great challange. I think I made my version of the box more detailed and stylish :)
Also there is a blue colors in the MGS2 official box,so I decide that this color will be nice (and I don't like the green).
This was my first MGS box, and with dmshaposv's ideas it looks damn good :)
Also this is a presentation of my new showcase :)

[Nerdysimmer]

I choose MGS, cos there is not many arts and a lot of design work. It was hard to repeat all this scy-fi things, so I decide that this will be a great challange. I think I made my version of the box more detailed and stylish :)
Also there is a blue colors in the MGS2 official box,so I decide that this color will be nice (and I don't like the green).
This was my first MGS box, and with dmshaposv's ideas it looks damn good :)
Also this is a presentation of my new showcase :)

It was also your first boxart that wasn't a PC Boxart! (hope this doesn't offend you)

Btw: i really love the showcase! Do you also have Adobe Illustrator?

[Mad Spike]

I also have Death By Degrees for PS2 :)
It also my first box for the game wich don't have any CG arts :) It was damn hard :)
I have Illustrator, but I am not using it. This showcase was made in Photoshop too :)

[yoman44]

So, I have voted for number 2 because I pretty like it more than Mad_Spike's. I like the style of the number 2. That's all I can say XD

[dmshaposv]

I guess I have to explain my work too. ;)

I thought there were too many R6 vegas boxes focusing too much on "vegas" and too little on the actual squad - especially in the back covers. I wanted the squad to look "badass" and well its easier said than done - though it suits this type of genre. So I heavily modified 3 or 4 R6 wallpapers in many ways and adjusted lighting/colouring and added effects like sparks, debris and flames.

I thought Mad spike's R6 box followed the "focus on squad" and not "vegas" idea. However, I thought his back cover was kinda plain and the R6 neon sign board was not well merged with the image. Never the less it was a great box. So focusing on those short-cummings, using the R6 board in front and disregarding the other logo, and making the back more interesting, I think I achieved a more definitive and stylish box. :)

[coldplay]

I vote for box Number 1. I like the new blue color scheme. Also there is more design work - and it's harder to remake it. I also noticed that this honey things become more detailed.
My vote for N1

[Mad Spike]

dmshaposv, it looks great :) Better then mine R6 box :)

[dmshaposv]

dmshaposv, it looks great :) Better then mine R6 box :)

Likewise, I prefer your MGS2 version over mine. Sexy showcase, BTW. ;)

[LoveKuja]

I guess I'll go with the Vegas box. They are both awesome, probably some of the best stuff I've seen. The only reason that makes Vegas stand-out more to me are the game desctiptions on the back. It just pleases me more than the long text on the MGS2 box.

So I vote #2.

[Ervo]

This one is really hard. Number one is maybe a little better. But number two is also gorgeous. Great work both of you.

[Roboross]

Well im a sucker for blue.. Also i like how Mad Spike did the tiling on the back, i wish i was that creative.

I vote for #1

[Feed]

I vote for number 1 because of great design. IMO, this box looks even better than the original dms' MGS box. The back is soo lovely, those 3-d hexagons are just awesome. The colors are nice too, i think it too a while to get the right contrast. (lol, there is one typo - paSS on to you)

Even though i vot for number 1 i cannot leave number 2 unnoticed. It looks fantastic, but kinda too different from the original box made by spike.

[like always]

man this is hard, both are simply beautiful, and anyhilate, the original boxes( the ones in the stores) but im gonna have to vote for number 1 because i love the futuristic thing on the back, and box number 2 came very close.... it was problably like 51% to N1 and 49% to number 2, there both beautiful, but i prefer the N1 back etter so my vote goes to N1

[alldreamsfalldown]

Thats 9 for #1 and 4 for #2

[Mad Spike]

Number One:
1)E.G. 2)Nerdysimmer 3)Spark7600gs 4)coldplay 5)Ervo 6)Roboross 7)Feed 8)Like Always
Number Two:
1)susuwatari 2)yoman44 3)elcrazy 4)lovekuja

So the result is 8x4
I don't see 9th vote O.O
Ok, lets wait for TM official result

[alldreamsfalldown]

You're right, I miscounted :)

[TwilightMystics]

Elcrazy's and Ervo's vote do not count caused by lack of proper explaination.

[Ayron]

ok than. i'll probably end this.

box 1: i really like the effects here, and the hexagons just PWN! o.o'
, but, the front seems lacking imo.

box 2:very nice and a great colour-scheme, but the tilted text really annoys me.

so, i'll have to go for

Box 1

[alldreamsfalldown]

8 - 3 then

[dmshaposv]

Well I appreciate the people who thought my box was a worthy competition. Congrats, spike. A Worthy victory. :)

[Mad Spike]

Well I appreciate the people who thought my box was a worthy competition. Congrats, spike. A Worthy victory. :)
Thanks. It's bad that such a powerfull competitor leaves competition in 1st round =(
But we can say, that your MGS2-idea better then my R6-idea :D
You made a great remake and even more :)

[ELCrazy]

Okay, the reason why I voted for #2 is because I love how he framed the screenshots at the back, plus, the angle of text suits the background.

It looks really cool.

[Brettska99]

Dang, this is really hard.....I have to vote for #1, with such little artwork its very impressive, while the second bo is good, i just dodn't find it as eyecatching as #1