I agree with Pan. Everything else is great, but modern Pit was the first thing I noticed, given that retro Pit was so cartoonish. Nice work for two hours, though.
Even though you could hypothetically say that an artist was capable of creating a silhouette that looks like modern Pit, the fact that we recognize it kind of takes away the impact the cover has. If you were to have found a different image of a cherub or Icarus, I think it would have looked better, but this is still perfectly acceptable.
I really love it, and I don't mean to nit-pick (And I'm by no means a design-history expert) but this style was a lot more prominent in the 60s and 70s, but not so much in the 80s. It was also used for books a lot more than video games.
I'm not saying it's impossible that a cover that looked like this would come out for the NES in the 80s, it just seems unlikely.
It looks absolutely fantastic, though. I wish I had the texture you used for box.
#9, This style of silhouette usage was huge in the 70's. It's not modern at all. Most modern silhouette boxes take inspiration from the (very) retro silhouette style of the 60's/70's.
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Best cover for Round 2 in my opinion. Extremely stylish and perfectly retro. The effects are nice and the colors with the minimalism look superb.
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...HOW?
2 hours?
Wut.
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Yes.
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I like everything about it except the silhouette of Pit on the front, it's clearly a modern Pit render and really noticeable.
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Awesome!!
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I agree with Pan. Everything else is great, but modern Pit was the first thing I noticed, given that retro Pit was so cartoonish. Nice work for two hours, though.
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Even though you could hypothetically say that an artist was capable of creating a silhouette that looks like modern Pit, the fact that we recognize it kind of takes away the impact the cover has. If you were to have found a different image of a cherub or Icarus, I think it would have looked better, but this is still perfectly acceptable.
I really love it, and I don't mean to nit-pick (And I'm by no means a design-history expert) but this style was a lot more prominent in the 60s and 70s, but not so much in the 80s. It was also used for books a lot more than video games.
I'm not saying it's impossible that a cover that looked like this would come out for the NES in the 80s, it just seems unlikely.
It looks absolutely fantastic, though. I wish I had the texture you used for box.
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Really nice, though the modern style silhouette takes away from the retro style of the box.
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#9, This style of silhouette usage was huge in the 70's. It's not modern at all. Most modern silhouette boxes take inspiration from the (very) retro silhouette style of the 60's/70's.
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The use of modern Pit really hurts the front. Other than that this is quite nice.
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Updated with a new render for Pit. I think it looks a lot more authentic now. :)
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That's significantly better. It makes a HUGE difference.
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I think the improvement made on the front helped the box a lot.
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Glad you fixed Pit. It looks so much more authentic this way.
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This holds such an authentic 70's feel. Taking the concept further than most, you've come up with one of the more distinct retro covers on the site.
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this has 'Retro' written all over it.
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