Disney Custom Cover Sets

[milojthatch]

You used a screencap from the awful Jungle Book 2 sequel for that new cover!!! Please make it one from the original Jungle Book which is the real movie in that set!

Also, if you used the Beast or Aladdin on the set that would have Ariel or Belle on it, then you could have Cinderella in the set that has Peter Pan.

I like the colors on the new Princess set, and you chose a really good classy image for the cover, but I would have chosen a different poster for Cinderella. I think this poster fits in better with the other poster in that set, tell me if you agree:

http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos ... 80-889.jpg

This is why I post these on here, becuase die hard Disney fans can spot things like a use of a DTV screen cap in place of the real thing. Yes, the center used for Volume Four was from "Jungle Book 2," NOT "Jungle Book." It actually wasn't my idea, but my partners. I personally had picked an image from the original film. I agree, images from direct-to-video films (which is what JB2 really is, even if it was theatrically released) should not be used on this set. But he felt the pictures I found didn't work well, and suggested this one. He thought if I re-colored Baloo to fit the original colors better, it would work. I think you just proved my point, it didn't.

To help me out here, if someone could find "Jungle Book" picture that does work, that would be awesome.

As for "Cinderella," it's not even a matter of not using princess later (by the way, "The Lion King" will be the center, NOT "Beauty and the Beast" or "Aladdin" for that cover), but rather that three covers in, it would start to feel like "The Princess Collection" on the main set. Plus, out of four covers for films under the Walt era, giving half of them a princess cover kind of skews how diverse Walt's film making was. I mean, if I really wanted to, save for the "package film" covers, I could make all of the "Walt era" covers princess centers.

Keep this in mind as well, by having the centers that I do, Walt's favorite stories are both front and center, that being "Snow White" and "Peter Pan." "Peter Pan" in many ways exemplifies the Disney way of life, and much of the kind of person Walt was. I mean what else would you call a grown man who liked to play with toy trains?

So, I think keeping "Cinderella" on the Princess cover as she is works out best, but, that said, I do like your poster for that set much better. Thanks for sharing it. Again, if you have any better pictures for "Jungle Book," I'd be interested in using them. Thanks.

[milojthatch]

Volume four has been fixed!

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[Disney Duster]

Oh, good, you found a fantastic image, 'cause I was gonna have a hard time finding one!

But I just realized that now all your covers have very shaded depictions of the films, and so now Snow White's kind of sticks out as not being shaded. I know you've chosen a few images from puzzles, so maybe you could find an image from a puzzle that fits those. I found one, but I don't like her expression as much as on your cover:

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5214/542 ... 7c1852.jpg

Or maybe some other shaded image you could find.

The next thing I wanted to say is that actually, there is a lot of speculation over what Walt favorite films and stories were. Snow White was a favorite, but he began to hate the film because all his later films were compared to it (though I admit that doesn't mean he really hated the actual film itself). Peter Pan may have been mentioned as a favorite story of his, but I never heard that.

What I did hear is that Bambi could be his favorite film because it was so much a personal project of his, but Cinderella was also a favorite film and story of his! I also heard he told Roy Disney the story of Pinocchio while sick with the smallpox, and little Roy was dissapointed when the movie didn't live up to Walt's own telling! But I don't know any evidence that Pinocchio was one of Walt's favorite stories. I think his favorite film could be either Bambi or Cinderella, and possibly Pinocchio but I don't think so, but he did say that Cinderella was his favorite heroine, and that there was something about her story he identified with. So if you want to talk about his favorite stories, there's that information!

I also got your pm, and you already know I love your covers, but I am not the kind of person to put my own covers on things. I don't like to mess with my home video releases, I like them to have the official covers, even if they suck, lol. But I love coming in here and looking at how good your covers are, and I even like thinking of my own covers, as if Disney would ever make them one day, maybe if I got a job there!

[disneyprincess11]

Volume four has been fixed!

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Wow! Fantastic! I'll make one soon!

[milojthatch]

Oh, good, you found a fantastic image, 'cause I was gonna have a hard time finding one!

But I just realized that now all your covers have very shaded depictions of the films, and so now Snow White's kind of sticks out as not being shaded. I know you've chosen a few images from puzzles, so maybe you could find an image from a puzzle that fits those. I found one, but I don't like her expression as much as on your cover:

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5214/542 ... 7c1852.jpg

The original picture I was going to use for "The Jungle Book" was from the film.

http://www.smartcine.com/images/the_jun ... _still.jpg

But, my partner on this felt it lacked something for being the center piece on Volume Four. That is when he sent me the one from the sequel that I had used before I switched it to what it is now. Ending with "Tangled," I have actually divided the first 50 films into 10 cover sets and have gone and found pictures for the center for each. I hear what you are saying about "Snow White" not being "shaded" like the three after it, and hence, feeling like it does not fit in, but one the last six are done, it will fit better, unless you can help find a "shaded" picture for "Robing Hood," "The Little Mermaid," and "Lilo and Stitch." I have "shaded" centers for "The Lion King" and "Tangled" already. If you can find that, then using the "Snow White" image you shared will make a lot more sense.

The next thing I wanted to say is that actually, there is a lot of speculation over what Walt favorite films and stories were. Snow White was a favorite, but he began to hate the film because all his later films were compared to it (though I admit that doesn't mean he really hated the actual film itself). Peter Pan may have been mentioned as a favorite story of his, but I never heard that.

What I did hear is that Bambi could be his favorite film because it was so much a personal project of his, but Cinderella was also a favorite film and story of his! I also heard he told Roy Disney the story of Pinocchio while sick with the smallpox, and little Roy was dissapointed when the movie didn't live up to Walt's own telling! But I don't know any evidence that Pinocchio was one of Walt's favorite stories. I think his favorite film could be either Bambi or Cinderella, and possibly Pinocchio but I don't think so, but he did say that Cinderella was his favorite heroine, and that there was something about her story he identified with. So if you want to talk about his favorite stories, there's that information!

I had said his favorite "story," not film, but yes, I remember it being said in the behind the scenes of "Peter Pan" that was on the VHS and I think later moved to the DVD. That is where it said as a child, his favorite stories had always been "Snow White" and "Peter Pan." Anyway, thanks again for the images you've shared, they will come in handy.

Volume four has been fixed!

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Wow! Fantastic! I'll make one soon!

Why thank you. I'd love to see your covers, you should post them here when they are done!

[Disney Guru]

Oh, good, you found a fantastic image, 'cause I was gonna have a hard time finding one!

But I just realized that now all your covers have very shaded depictions of the films, and so now Snow White's kind of sticks out as not being shaded. I know you've chosen a few images from puzzles, so maybe you could find an image from a puzzle that fits those. I found one, but I don't like her expression as much as on your cover:

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5214/542 ... 7c1852.jpg

The original picture I was going to use for "The Jungle Book" was from the film.

http://www.smartcine.com/images/the_jun ... _still.jpg

But, my partner on this felt it lacked something for being the center piece on Volume Four. That is when he sent me the one from the sequel that I had used before I switched it to what it is now. Ending with "Tangled," I have actually divided the first 50 films into 10 cover sets and have gone and found pictures for the center for each. I hear what you are saying about "Snow White" not being "shaded" like the three after it, and hence, feeling like it does not fit in, but one the last six are done, it will fit better, unless you can help find a "shaded" picture for "Robing Hood," "The Little Mermaid," and "Lilo and Stitch." I have "shaded" centers for "The Lion King" and "Tangled" already. If you can find that, then using the "Snow White" image you shared will make a lot more sense.

The next thing I wanted to say is that actually, there is a lot of speculation over what Walt favorite films and stories were. Snow White was a favorite, but he began to hate the film because all his later films were compared to it (though I admit that doesn't mean he really hated the actual film itself). Peter Pan may have been mentioned as a favorite story of his, but I never heard that.

What I did hear is that Bambi could be his favorite film because it was so much a personal project of his, but Cinderella was also a favorite film and story of his! I also heard he told Roy Disney the story of Pinocchio while sick with the smallpox, and little Roy was dissapointed when the movie didn't live up to Walt's own telling! But I don't know any evidence that Pinocchio was one of Walt's favorite stories. I think his favorite film could be either Bambi or Cinderella, and possibly Pinocchio but I don't think so, but he did say that Cinderella was his favorite heroine, and that there was something about her story he identified with. So if you want to talk about his favorite stories, there's that information!

I had said his favorite "story," not film, but yes, I remember it being said in the behind the scenes of "Peter Pan" that was on the VHS and I think later moved to the DVD. That is where it said as a child, his favorite stories had always been "Snow White" and "Peter Pan." Anyway, thanks again for the images you've shared, they will come in handy.

Wow! Fantastic! I'll make one soon!

Why thank you. I'd love to see your covers, you should post them here when they are done!

Wow you are AMAZING! This is a true masterpiece, only have one comment though the 2 white logos on the back kind of look like a cut and paste if you could find someway to embed the logos into the image or find gif versions would be absolutely perfect. Sorry just my personal tidbit. Not saying I could do better at all I am fair when it comes to this tops lol. You have an amazing gift expect to see great things from you in the future.

[bluemoon86]

hey I was just wondering. Could someone recomend a good program for making custom covers? I'd really like to try it.

[milojthatch]

Wow you are AMAZING! This is a true masterpiece, only have one comment though the 2 white logos on the back kind of look like a cut and paste if you could find someway to embed the logos into the image or find gif versions would be absolutely perfect. Sorry just my personal tidbit. Not saying I could do better at all I am fair when it comes to this tops lol. You have an amazing gift expect to see great things from you in the future.

First, thanks. Second, thanks again for pointing that out about the logos on the back. You make a great point, and while I may not use all of them, I am all about suggestions. Isn't that how Walt made his films? I will point that to to my partner and see if we can fix it up a bit.

PS: Exactly where is "Mormonville?"

hey I was just wondering. Could someone recomend a good program for making custom covers? I'd really like to try it.

Well, before I got my computer (which isn't as news as it once was) that came with Photoshop Elements 5.0 (I know, there are more modern versions, but I'm poor!), I was using a program called Gimp! to make covers. As of right now, I've never taken any classes (something I hope to do soon), so all of my knowledge of both (which I don't think is much) is from messing around with it and figuring it out. Gimp! is free to download, just type it into Google or Yahoo and find it. Photoshop I feel is better, and there are other programs that I have not even used yet like Illustrater. If you figure it out, I hope you post your stuff here, I love to see other people's work!

[milojthatch]

I'm probably going to try something for the logos on the back still, but for now, it's still business as usual.

[milojthatch]

I'll be posting Volume Six soon, but for now, I came up with some possible alternates for Volume Three. I think, where I can, I'd rather use images from the films themselves in the center. Thoughts? If I went with the Hook one by the way, I'd put a different character on the back.

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[Scarred4life]

I think the one with Wendy and Peter looks better, it's more centered. I think these covers you're making are wonderful. The detail is spectacular, and even though I am not a fan of grouping films together, if these went on sale, I would consider buying. I love how you put the release day, length, and rating underneath the poster, it's a really nice touch. (And I always have the hardest time finding the feature length on my DVDs)

[milojthatch]

I think the one with Wendy and Peter looks better, it's more centered. I think these covers you're making are wonderful. The detail is spectacular, and even though I am not a fan of grouping films together, if these went on sale, I would consider buying. I love how you put the release day, length, and rating underneath the poster, it's a really nice touch. (And I always have the hardest time finding the feature length on my DVDs)

Why thank you. I wouldn't be surprised if sometime down the road, I make individual covers for these films. When I get to making live action films, I plain on making them only in single film covers, with the exceptions of films with sequels or re-makes, which would be part of a set.

I think I like the one with Peter and Wendy better as well. I'd rather use images from the films in the center if I can. It's just a matter of finding pictures that work. Volume Six should be up this week, and maybe seven as well. I'm almost done, then I'll start work on my Pixar and Disney shorts collections.

[Scarred4life]

Yeah, I think actual images from the film is much better. So, do you have a similar design for the Pixar movies and shorts?

[milojthatch]

Yeah, I think actual images from the film is much better. So, do you have a similar design for the Pixar movies and shorts?

While I have not gotten to it yet (working on this series takes it's time), the Pixar films and shorts, as well as DTV films, tv shows (animated and live action), nature films, and basically every live action film are on my radar, as well as mix and match sets (Princess, Villains, etc). I want this to be the biggest and best custom Disney DVD/ Blu Ray cover set PERIOD. I'm really excited once I start finishing sets and starting on new sets to place them side by side to see what the whole thing is going to look like. So yes, the plain is to have variations for all from this design.


I altered Volume Four. I think it looks better. Thoughts? Notice the gold studio logos on the back now, the lighter center image of Pan, and the new character images on the corners that have either been replaced by screen shots or have been re-colored to fit the look from the films. I want this to look good, so I'm trying to be as detailed as I can.

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[Scarred4life]

^ Yes, I love the lighter image! Much, much better.

[SmartAleck25]

I made this because I was bored; first attempt at making a custom cover:

[milojthatch]

I made this because I was bored; first attempt at making a custom cover:

It looks great. The only thing I'd suggest is moving that picture of Andy to the back as it feels out of place on the front cover as it is. But great job, I hope to see more from you later.


Anyway, Volume Six:

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[DisneyJedi]

^Taran doesn't look the slightest happy with Ariel in the center.

[Mmmadelon]

^Taran doesn't look the slightest happy with Ariel in the center.

You chose a great picture of Ariel milojthatch! Nice cover

[Tristy]

I wouldn't be happy either if my movie was going to be released on video the same day Little Mermaid ended up being and then got bumped to nearly 10 years later.