Zac-A-Tac's W.I.P.'s

[Zac-A-Tac]

This will be my official thread for WIPs from now on. OK I admit, this box looks awful. Espcially from a good game that I have. I tried to fit every character on the box and obviously I failed. Can you give me an idea of how to make it look good? I also made Sonic The Hedgehog 4. I know it will only be on Xbox LIVE but I made it on the Playstation Network.

[Sonic Hydra]

The Smash Bros one looks cluttered, and the Sonic 4 one looks too bland. On the bright side you have some nice pictures of all the characters and the backgrounds are ok.

My advice for the smash bros one would be to have lesser known characters in the background and keep them small, then as it gets nearer the foreground have morw important/well known characters and make them bigger.

As for Sonic, give it a focal point. At the minute you have a nice picture of one of the levels, and the characters just kinda happen to be there. I'd say make Sonic the main focal point and dot a couple of other characters behind him.

Hope this has helped or at least given you some ideas to try.

[Spiner_]

Take some time when making a box, instead of making 10 boxes every day.

[niososonic]

I agree with Spiner.
And Sonic 4 Is for WiiWare, Iphone, Xbox Live and Playstation Network.

[Zac-A-Tac]

sonic hydra: Great advice for both boxes dude. Thanks! niosonic: I didn't know it was going to be on those systems. Spiner: I make these for fun and post them here to see if I did all right or not. This is the Sonic The Hedgehog box I submited and you may have seen this before. Here is what people said: take off sonic team,move sega logo and make it bigger, and change the background; the render is kind of floating, and get another render that looks like they're running. Here are more boxes.

[Zac-A-Tac]

More boxes for this thread. don't mind me

[Zac-A-Tac]

OK I have improved Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Sonic The Hedgehog 4!

[Zac-A-Tac]

I made updates on Sonic The Hedgehog, God of War 3, and Halo 3! The Sonic one I will need feedback on so that I may update it.

[Adhiboy]

Stop updating and focus on one box for Christ's sake. While you have 8 crappy boxes you could have one at least decent box if you spent a little more time on it. Can you not tell that your boxes look terrible?

[RoarShark]

Stop updating and focus on one box for Christ's sake. While you have 8 crappy boxes you could have one at least decent box if you spent a little more time on it. Can you not tell that your boxes look terrible?

This man speaks the truth, you need to focus on one box at a time. You will find that the more you focus on one box, the better it will get. What program do you use?

[Zac-A-Tac]

Photoshop

[RoarShark]

Photoshop

Okay, so what you want to do is go to Google and search for 'Photoshop' Tutorials, you should be able to find some great stuff that will either inspire you, or make you think about something. Also don't use a real life background on a game that is not real life, which would be every game.

[Zac-A-Tac]

Here are updates to Sonic The Hedgehog and Halo 3. Like them now?

[RoarShark]

Okay here is another tip, try coping, well mimicking, some of the boxes that are in the hall of fame and or master works.

[Zac-A-Tac]

Hey not as good as Yoshistar right? (laughs) I think that tip might actually help. Thanks a lot! I know what you're going to say. These sucks. I know. Can anyone help me on wallpapers for these boxes? That brings me up to updates.

[Zac-A-Tac]

I really need help with finding a good background, recognizing elements in Photoshop, and this; if I decide to find pics from Photobucket, to I have to join? This might help me on making boxes better. Speaking of boxes, I made new ones! Do you like the idea?

[Zac-A-Tac]

I made 2 more. Later on, I will make updates on Sonic The Hedgehog!

[Zac-A-Tac]

Here are updates 6 and 7 of Sonic The Hedgehog and the first try at Mario Kart Wii.

[Drakxxx]

I can see you have a good interest in making box arts, but please take into consideration some of the suggestions the other artists are making here in your WIP thread, and try to focus on making the best box art you can. Habitually posting box designs of low effort / quality will inevitably make you a burden on the main page, and potentially detract from other artists.

[ojoe2000]

Troll?