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ICO box art cover
By avatar Grand 41 on January 28th, 2010
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Grand 41 [ 1 decade ago ]

Started with the original Japanese box art, stretched it across both the front and back, rendered out the structures, characters, and shadows, divided the sky and the land, did a bunch of layer work and filtering all across the board.

Here's the original Japanese box art for reference:
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Quite a lot of work--the .psd file was 300MB by the time I was done.

Essence temp by master_general
Box temp by Jevangod

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eat nade 38 [ 1 decade ago ]

Nice try.

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Nerdysimmer 41 [ 1 decade ago ]

The summery typography in the back doesn't fit with the design. It's a good simplistic concept.

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mchapra 34 [ 1 decade ago ]

Simply Exquisite.

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tmrd 43 [ 1 decade ago ]

I'm indifferent to this.

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silenig 37 [ 1 decade ago ]

Looks good. Agreed with #3 on the typography - this font isn't the best choice.

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Manuel_Alejandro95 29 [ 1 decade ago ]

Looks a lot like the Official PAL box.

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Grand 41 [ 1 decade ago ]

#7, Of course it does. I used the same piece of artwork and posted it as a reference. But if you view full you can see all of the changes I made--especially with the sky.

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tmrd 43 [ 1 decade ago ]

#8, I think it bears too much of a resemblance be considered an original or even your piece of art. Sure, you edited it, but to me it is the same idea, just with the rearranging of pieces.

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Gorgoroth 9 [ 1 decade ago ]

You can see the clone tool at the top Grand :P However this is a great resurrection.

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Grand 41 [ 1 decade ago ]

#9, All box art that is not drawn by the user is a 'rearranging of pieces' depending on what assets are available for the game. Unfortunately, there are only two pieces of artwork for Ico that could qualify for an Essence box--this one, and an oil painting of Ico & Yorda.

The many filters applied, the rendering, the halftone sky--I know I put effort into this but I didn't want to change it too much just to make it look different. Because then it wouldn't look as good.

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a-beast-of-art 39 [ 1 decade ago ]

nice!

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nateeul 31 [ 1 decade ago ]

I like it. Even though its the same art as the other box, it has a WAY different feel.
I maybe would have formatted the text on the back a little different if it were mine but its still definitely a fave

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Grand 41 [ 1 decade ago ]

#13, Many thanks.

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Henry.666 3 [ 8 years ago ]

Hey Brother, i am Brazilian fan and i like this cover , Great Work, Congratulations ! ... But i no have say download, please help me brother, give me this cover ... I Need cover for my collection , help me

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