Psdtuts+ ‘Delta Dawn’ Video Game Cover Design Contest Winners!

let me get this clear… a contest on PSDtuts is not about creating the best photoshop work?

So going by what you’ve just said, ‘when kids are on front covers’ they aren’t real games? Rubbish! A game is a game, regardless of the front cover, futuristic or not.

If you read the brief, it said you could interpret the war theme any way you wanted – be it futuristic, wars from the past, or any other war themed design. The story of the first placed entry featuring this kid, as you put it, could be a deep story of how a child takes control over his destiny to fight the oppression against the evil dictators. Just because the cover features a kid carrying a gun, it doesn’t make it any less a game, remembering that games have stories surrounding the events in game and the characters portrayed in them, especially the lead character. Also games appeal to certain age groups, depending on the content.

At least this one is different…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/leeislee/3782870402/

and alot more work went into than simplie cuting out a few stock images.

you don’t have to justify yourself quintin, you did nothing wrong, just have fun with your victory, don’t overthink it. All the unhappy comments were aimed to psdtuts, who, and i don’t think i’m wrong, don’t follow what they said. Except for the typography ( wich i mean you could have worked on it, arial sucks for this kind of things bro’ ;p ), your entry is great. good composition, colors are ok, no amateur problems. It’s just that PSDTUTS give a precise brief of what is the contest, and don’t follow it. For the new dawn contest, it was just the same, ” this story takes place in a post apocalyptic cityscape “, and the third was a desert scene… Unbelievable.

So , quintin, i hope everybody joins me to wish you good luck for future, and again, Congratulations, enjoy your victory !!

congrats buddy

to be honest – u design is ace and u helped other designers imrpove their work

so 2 thumbs up from me

Richie

Hey Rob,

I’m currently available for freelance work and would be glad to help you out. Feel free to drop me an email. :)

what a stupid thing to say.

everybody is free to their own oppinions

sorry if my english writing is terrible.

wow… okay, first: you spelled genre wrong. we all see your level of expertise. secondly, a video game box does NOT need to explain the story line or the five Ws. You will find VERY few covers that explain clearly where a game takes place, almost none show when unless you want to be as broad as a decade, and I have never seen a game cover that explains a reason for the game. that’s usually on the back of the box, and told through other media (commercials, articles, etc., not to mention through the game itself) to make a fair comparison, have you ever seen a movie box or poster that explains ALL of the Ws? no. because this is done with previews and such. not the box design. all the box REALLY needs to say is who and what, with the occasional where, and when. The box shows who (the kid) and shows what (a sci-fi shooter, which is evident however much you pretend that it’s not possible to tell). you can also gather that it’s in the future (yeah, we totally have glowing guns right now!), and the rest is explained on the back of the box.I feel like you’re just criticizing for the sake of it. none of your comments were even valid.

Unfortunately that’s part of being a designer/artist- receiving criticism, and often times harsh criticism.

However, don’t take it too bad, I have a feeling that quite a few of the negative comments were a bit exaggerated in an effort to take some anger out on PSDTUTS, not yourself. :)

I agree with you across the board.

As far as the design goes, it had to be recognisable as a videogame cover, and that means sacrificing originality for familiarity. That’s why it was a design contest, and not an art contest.

No problem – I was canning myself after “make it with bad typography”. :D

I agree.

I think PSDtuts+ can’t just ignore the awful comments because most of these people that are complaining are frequent readers and subscribers. I’m sure it will help the site. (decide better .. and of course website traffic)

It is a bit absurd to hear things such as “really looks like a true game cover” or “the only cover I could actually imagine seeing on a shelf”, and so on and so forth. We must be open minded that some amazing work in the flickr pool could be the game covers you’ll be seeing in future years or so. They shouldn’t have been utterly judged upon the “conventional” game covers of today. Yes, the designer must be aware of the mainstream design of a basic game cover in stores but they are just as important as its ‘originality’ (means something you haven’t seen before yet remarkable) and artistic & technical execution.

I lost and it was disappointing of course. It was worse, when I scrolled down to see the winners, to see winning designs I didn’t expect to win. I don’t question their ability, they were great but it was more of a sudden reflection to myself: “Ahhh… those were the types of designs the judges were in-favor of…” The contest brief should have been clearer in a way that it can’t be interpreted by an entrant in his/her own way. (making additional back cover, etc.)

At the end of the day, it’s just a contest.
In every contest, there are winners and losers.
In the PSDtuts+ Delta Dawn game cover contest, there are seasonal witty judges, egotistic losers, and underrated designers.
Congrats to the winners. Peace.