My Gaming Inspired Artwork & Custom GBA Boxes

[jcalder8]

I think it looks better than the black but it still just looks off somehow, it could be that I don't like the way that the A is being covered up a bit but I'm not sure.

[scott]

As far as the A is concerned, that's just the way the newer Final Fantasy logo is designed. I played around with the color of the letters and it looked bad without an outline. I may try one more thing and outline the letters with a darker golden yellow and see what that looks like.

[soera]

Oh Scott .... I have a project for you!!!

I am in the process of acquiring a reproduction GBA game and I was wondering if you could use some of your magic to create me something. The game is called Dragon Quest Monsters : Caravan Heart. Its going to be sold cart only and I really want a case to keep it in.

Here are some links to Ebay with a fair share of pics about the game. http://www.ebay.com/sch/Video-Games-/1249/i.html?_sac=1&_nkw=caravan+heart&LH_PrefLoc=2

(Btw, if anyone else is interested in giving it a shot too, thats cool. I just have seen Scott's boxes and really admire the work he has done so far)

[scott]

Cool, I can work up something. I haven't had much time to knock out anymore art for my own stuff, but perhaps it will kickstart it back up. I only have my laptop with me this weekend though, so the actual work will have to wait until I get back to my desktop PC. But I'll look into it for sure.

[soera]

Awesome. Yeah Im not getting the game for a bit anyhow ... I just wanted to get it out there so that I will have something around the time it gets here.

[scott]

Here it is, Soera's custom cover for Dragon Quest Monsters Caravan Heart. Took me about a week to do it, but I think it's finally completed. The border around the edge is made of all sprites of the monsters in the game. It uses the original JP release's barcode and the item number from his repro cart.

[soera]

Thats super cool. Im going to post pics of it to the guy who created the game once the item is in my hand. Going to have to try to find some sort of way to make a manual now but thats going to be a nightmare. I know where there are scans of it. http://www.woodus.com/den/games/dqm3gba/manual.php

[scott]

Glad you like it! Good luck with the manual, thats a project I can't tackle at all, ha.

[soera]

Heh no worries. Ill eventually figure something out!

[scott]

I kinda want this cart now so I can both play the game in English and use this box art ha.

[soera]

If any of you guys want one, I can get some. I have feedback with the guy and know the guy that makes the label. Here is the link to the thread.
http://www.nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=6&threadid=71164

[scott]

Currently working on one for Castlevania - Classic NES Series. I decided to follow in the steps of the FFVI box and go with the look of the original release's box. I'm just not sure if it needs a little something on the back or not. What do you think?

[scott]

Just finished this tonight. It's the map for Dragon Quest Monsters: Caravan Heart, which is almost the exact same map as Dragon Warrior II. I painted this with watercolor over the last 2.5 nights, took me a little bit to get used to watercolors again, but I think it turned out pretty alright. It's part of the giant art project that has snowballed from making that DS cover. More to come later, this is actually turning into a really fun project.

[amauriel]

Yeah...I'm still trying to figure out how you two got ME involved. 

And that map looks GREAT, by the way.

[scott]

Yeah...I'm still trying to figure out how you two got ME involved. 

And that map looks GREAT, by the way.

I guess it's the price you pay for saying you can read Japanese.