DVD Cover Art...

Why does it seem that when a TV series gets an official release the
artwork is ugly and unimaginative? Here is an example. Here is the
cover art for the forthcoming Odyssey 5 DVD set
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=5126 and here is a
cover I made a few years ago (missing the text though)
http://rarevideosfortrade.com/o5b.JPG

Which looks better? The bland "cast shot" or mine from the original
promo art? I have found that 95% of the sets I buy that I also had a
homemade cover of, I prefer the homemade cover WAY more then the
offical cover.

mhadley@itol.com

On 2 Mar 2006 22:10:28 -0800, wrote:

> Why does it seem that when a TV series gets an official release the
>artwork is ugly and unimaginative? Here is an example. Here is the
>cover art for the forthcoming Odyssey 5 DVD set
>http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=5126 and here is a
>cover I made a few years ago (missing the text though)
>http://rarevideosfortrade.com/o5b.JPG
>
> Which looks better? The bland "cast shot" or mine from the original
>promo art? I have found that 95% of the sets I buy that I also had a
>homemade cover of, I prefer the homemade cover WAY more then the
>offical cover.



Theirs looks better.....much better.

Mr. Moe

On 2 Mar 2006 22:10:28 -0800, wrote:

> Why does it seem that when a TV series gets an official release the
>artwork is ugly and unimaginative? Here is an example. Here is the
>cover art for the forthcoming Odyssey 5 DVD set
>http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=5126 and here is a
>cover I made a few years ago (missing the text though)
>http://rarevideosfortrade.com/o5b.JPG
>
> Which looks better? The bland "cast shot" or mine from the original
>promo art? I have found that 95% of the sets I buy that I also had a
>homemade cover of, I prefer the homemade cover WAY more then the
>offical cover.

OK... what's the joke?
Charlie Hoffpauir
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/

Charlie Hoffpauir

On 2 Mar 2006 22:10:28 -0800, wrote:

> Why does it seem that when a TV series gets an official release the
> artwork is ugly and unimaginative? Here is an example. Here is the
> cover art for the forthcoming Odyssey 5 DVD set
> http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=5126 and here is a
> cover I made a few years ago (missing the text though)
> http://rarevideosfortrade.com/o5b.JPG
>
> Which looks better? The bland "cast shot" or mine from the original
> promo art? I have found that 95% of the sets I buy that I also had a
> homemade cover of, I prefer the homemade cover WAY more then the
> offical cover.

Really? You prefer the cover that you personally made? That's a shocker.

Speaking as someone who has never seen the show, the official artwork is a
lot more appealing. Your cover is a little too sparse and makes the show
look like a rip-off of "Taken."

-Jay

Jay G.