“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” by John Williams

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October 30th 2012, 9:15 pm I’m lying in my bed with a cold and a headache, staring at my iPhone in pure shock. I’m reading a text message from my pal which says “Disney buys Lucasfilm for $4 billion. New trilogy coming. Episode VII due for 2015.” I have the weirdest fever dreams that night and it takes me a few days to fully realize the impact of that news. What follows are months and months of speculations, discussions, phantasies and dreams. What an amazing time to be a Star Wars fan… October 20th 2015, 8:15 pm I fire up…

“Pirate’s Passage” by Andrew Lockington

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Creating custom covers is not only for providing alternative artwork for digital media files or CDs. It’s also a form of ovation. It’s appreciation of music, art and overall beautiful imagery in every detail. A very passionate adventure. And I’ve recently read a story that perfectly captured that essence. A personal experience report of how daunting, challenging, and ultimately rewarding the making of a custom cover can become. The following custom cover and its origin story is by Final Fantasy Shrine Forums member “GlassButterflies“. And it really made me ponder over all the energy and commitment so many artists are putting into their works, without…

“The Fallout Series” by Inon Zur

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A quick shot for this year’s biggest social life killer: Fallout 4. I had no plans at all to make something for Inon Zur’s soundtrack album, but then Bethesda got me hooked on a Fallout panorama advertisement with which they kept plastering my facebook wall. It inspired me to make this understated digipak cover. It also kinda reminded me of Nick Cave and Warren Ellis’ endtimer The Road. And since the official soundtrack has a running time of more than three and a half hours, I decided to try something new. I modified an existing Photoshop mockup template of mine and turned it into this 6-panel-digipak set which opens…

“Wolf Totem” by James Horner

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This requested custom covers series was an interesting one. Working on a soundtrack album that was released and marketed (from the same label mind you) under three different names was something new for me. How do I name it and what title do I put on which artwork? I liked the visual fluency of the Chinese logo. It went well in conjunction with the English title. The French one Le Dernier Loup however didn’t work for me so I left it out deliberately. While the official album for US markets (#1) comes across a little grim, the French one (#2) is indeed beautiful and evokes a true spirit of adventure. Milan Records added a butt ugly…

“The Walk” by Alan Silvestri

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I currently have 55 custom covers series in the works, which take up about 22GB worth of data. And my work-in-progress meter rather tends to rise than to fall. To sync all of my stuff between different devices I use OneDrive, since its iOS app is the only one to show the images in full resolution, and I need that to be able to review current covers and check out certain details. But with Microsoft’s recent statement to cut down the free OneDrive space to 5GB I’m in a bit of trouble. I could either purchase more capacity or get rid of…