Custom Wiiware, PSN, & XBLA Box Art
Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 11:51 pm
Ages ago, I started keeping track of my video game collection using text files on my computer. Later I upgraded to an Excel spreadsheet, which eventually turned into a huge and complicated monster of a file. The last few years I've been using Delicious Library on my Mac*, and it's served very well as my video game database, while also looking very pretty inside and out. You can either choose a no-nosense list layout or a virtual bookshelf on which each of your games is represented by box art of your choosing.
For most games, this is a simple matter of using gamefaqs or mobygames to find the art and then copying it in. But for my Wiiware, PSN, and XBLA games I generally have to produce my own custom box art. So far I've kept it to myself, but I figure perhaps there were others in the community who organized their games in a similar fashion and may appreciate my efforts.
First up I'll post the art for the Wiiware games I own. These are only the games I've purchased and kept. I've bought quite a few that I didn't like and discarded rather than add to my collection. The original template is from The Cover Project, as is a handful of the artwork. Some games have had full retail releases on Wii or PC, in which case creating the artwork was simple. It was difficult to find art of any sort for other games, and that's where I've had to get somewhat creative. I'm not a professional graphic designer by any means, but I've tried to make each cover look as legitimate as possible. Thanks for looking and perhaps I'll post some other work I've done if anyone is interested in seeing more.
Click on any thumbnail to view the full-sized image.
UPDATE: User Lokkenjawnz requested my 3DO CD jewel case art, so I'll be uploading that next. Most 3DO games came in some sort of CD case, usually within a handsome longbox. Sometimes there was CD box art, sometimes there wasn't. I've adapted all of the art to CD dimensions for organizational purposes. The artwork is of a lesser quality for a number of reasons. For one 3DO art is hard to come by, and the art was only meant to be used for a tiny thumbnail anyway. (On a side note, I'm in the process of creating DVD cover art for my 3DO collection an example of which is at the end of the images below. There's more if anyone's interested.)
Click on any thumbnail to view the full-sized image.
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UPDATE: Here is the custom box art I've made or modified for my PSP. I haven't found as many interesting games on PSN as I have on other systems. Mostly they are from the Minis collection with a couple of PSX ports and PSN exclusives.
Click on any thumbnail to view the full-sized image.
UPDATE: Here is the final batch of box art I'll be posting, barring any requests for additional work. This is the PS3 PSN, Xbox XBLA, and X360 XBLA that I own and have produced artwork for. Some of these files only required minor modifications from what I found online; others were made from the ground up.
Click on any thumbnail to view the full-sized image.
*There is a Windows equivalent to Delicious Library called MediaMan which works well as a video game database.
For most games, this is a simple matter of using gamefaqs or mobygames to find the art and then copying it in. But for my Wiiware, PSN, and XBLA games I generally have to produce my own custom box art. So far I've kept it to myself, but I figure perhaps there were others in the community who organized their games in a similar fashion and may appreciate my efforts.
First up I'll post the art for the Wiiware games I own. These are only the games I've purchased and kept. I've bought quite a few that I didn't like and discarded rather than add to my collection. The original template is from The Cover Project, as is a handful of the artwork. Some games have had full retail releases on Wii or PC, in which case creating the artwork was simple. It was difficult to find art of any sort for other games, and that's where I've had to get somewhat creative. I'm not a professional graphic designer by any means, but I've tried to make each cover look as legitimate as possible. Thanks for looking and perhaps I'll post some other work I've done if anyone is interested in seeing more.
Click on any thumbnail to view the full-sized image.
UPDATE: User Lokkenjawnz requested my 3DO CD jewel case art, so I'll be uploading that next. Most 3DO games came in some sort of CD case, usually within a handsome longbox. Sometimes there was CD box art, sometimes there wasn't. I've adapted all of the art to CD dimensions for organizational purposes. The artwork is of a lesser quality for a number of reasons. For one 3DO art is hard to come by, and the art was only meant to be used for a tiny thumbnail anyway. (On a side note, I'm in the process of creating DVD cover art for my 3DO collection an example of which is at the end of the images below. There's more if anyone's interested.)
Click on any thumbnail to view the full-sized image.
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UPDATE: Here is the custom box art I've made or modified for my PSP. I haven't found as many interesting games on PSN as I have on other systems. Mostly they are from the Minis collection with a couple of PSX ports and PSN exclusives.
Click on any thumbnail to view the full-sized image.
UPDATE: Here is the final batch of box art I'll be posting, barring any requests for additional work. This is the PS3 PSN, Xbox XBLA, and X360 XBLA that I own and have produced artwork for. Some of these files only required minor modifications from what I found online; others were made from the ground up.
Click on any thumbnail to view the full-sized image.
*There is a Windows equivalent to Delicious Library called MediaMan which works well as a video game database.
