Time For COVER

[ErnyES]

So here it is the W.I.P of the Cover!
Comments appreciated!




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[Demon Claw]

Captain, I think we've got a troll on board!

So, I'm gonna give an honest opinion about the cover.
I see what you did there with the two parts of the city scape being front and back sides of the cover respectively. Although a bit more of the color contrast between the two wouldn't hurt. Like, really cold backside and really warm frontside.
What could you do to improve the front cover? Well, Daniel is the focus of the picture, so obviously he should stand out more from the background. I suggest to use more values, since now he is of the same value as the monsters in the background. Only this strange glowing outline makes him stand out from this dark mess, and I have the biggest problem with that. The outline suggests that the light source is behind him, but it's nowhere to be found, neither anything is lit by this light source except for Daniel. The source must be added, otherwise it looks extremely cheap. Where Daniel is looking? Why is he looking there? I assume that he looks at the viewer, but then again, why does he have this sinister expresion, like he is leading this army of demons behind him, not battling them. Composition-wise, I assume the tringle "Daniel's face(center)-sawblade(right)-something else(left)" would work better.

That was my two cents.

[Horvi]

i like the front although daniels soul catcher seem empty? there should be a second vertical disk (that he shoots)?
i dont like the back tho, this game is about hell not bright urban areas seems a bit unrelated.

[ErnyES]

Many thx for the constructive comments - that's how i like it. Now it is a bit time till the production starts - so we can tweak the artwork more.

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[Demon Claw]

Something else I wanted to add... With all due respect, I think "the main hero's 3/4 portrait" covers were working very well for the previous games.

Like, it was easy to tell that all these games belong to the same series and it made them stand out on the shelf in store. Even Res., although it's funny how its protagonist looks when put together with badass Daniel and demonic Belial. But as you can see, all three covers visually belong to the same title, while the new cover has nothing to do with Painkiller stylistically. You remove the logo and it's hard to tell what game you are looking at.