I was having some fun with photoshop creating a Skyrim game cover. I wonder how Bethesda will have the final game cover look like, but I thought it would be fun to see some covers from the members of the forum.

Here's the final product...
http://oi52.tinypic.com/b87b4x.jpg

And here's another that I found online...
http://www.vgboxart.com/boxes/360/41996_elder_scrolls_v_skyrim-print.png

Feel free to post any of your creations.

That one you found online did a good job of the back cover, but I definitely prefer yours. There's is too blue.

Thanks.

I really liked his too, the back cover layout is really well done.

I have a feeling Bethesda may just have the black background with "Skyrim" text and maybe the dragon emblem, similar to this...
http://www.systemrequirements.in/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/the_elder_scrolls_v_skyrim_cover.jpg

Probably. It's how they normally do games.

Yours is much better, hell, I hope that's the actual cover.

But it's cool how the other image put together the back and side views too. Although the ESRB has yet to confirm a rating, so that was just guessing (for those of you surprised when seing that the rating was on the cover)

black background with the emblem dead center. Skyrim text above it. border of the box lined with either the DOVAHKIIN DOVAHKIIN song or the ALDUIN BANE OF KINGS bit that isn't sung.

that sounds kind of boring though. i like OP's, that's classy.

Yeah the black probably

Oh yeahhh, sweet motivation... too bad I don't have photoshop :cryvaultboy:

Why not? GIMP is free. That's what I'm using.

Its probably going to be a mix of Oblivion and Morrowind box art.

http://www.vgboxart.com/boxes/360/41458_the_elder_scrolls_v_skyrim.png

http://www.vgboxart.com/boxes/360/41547_the_elder_scrolls_v_skyrim.jpg

Aside from the onyx edition part I think that the box art will look like that.

Damnnn, I really liked their cover. (The one of the back side, ofcourse), but I wish it had your frontal cover and their back cover. Could be awesome.

I tried my hand at doing the back cover...
http://oi54.tinypic.com/5xu1kp.jpg

I wasn't sure about what to write to describe the game so I just put the tagline "The Truth Dawns in Fire". Let me know what you think.

I like the design on the back of the second one, but it's bulletpoints are awful. "Never get confused on where you are!"

Nawww!

Distinct locations?

Naww, now that's something totally worth buying the game for! You know, every time I play any video game, I never have any clue where I am. What some enterprising company should do is make a game where the environments are distinct from one another!



This is directly referencing a complaint from Oblivion, a big no-no on promoting a game.You don't talk about what makes it better than the previous games in it's series, you talk about what sets it apart from competition. This definitely doesn't do that. In fact, so is the second one!

Whoever made that needs to learn to make better bulletpoints.

First one is Good one think they will use that for Onyx Edition

Here are some Cool ones

http://www.vgboxart.com/boxes/360/40946_the_elder_scrolls_v_skyrim.png
http://www.vgboxart.com/boxes/PS3/41086_the_elder_scrolls_v_skyrim.jpg
http://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/www.ign.com/824/2010/12/The-Elder-Scrolls-V-Skyrim-581x800.jpg
http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/4891/skyrim.png

Here's http://anthonyandolini.deviantart.com/#/d3cayh7

And one for http://anthonyandolini.deviantart.com/#/d3cb3a2 ... which is all I have now since my (4th) 360 died a year and a half ago. So you know which one I like better. :whistling:

I like yours and the others similar to it the best so far. The main thing is I see people including the nord character in some concepts, but you the player get to choose who the Dovakiin is. It wouldn't fit to have the Dovakiin on the cover in my opinion.

http://img823.imageshack.us/i/skyrimgamecover.jpg/

These are all pretty good.

Yah, I agree Zeopard, and thanks for your comment. . None of the games had the main character on them. I think Arena and Daggerfall were the only ones with ANY characters even on the front. And it fits with the TES model of some unnamed prisoner, not this one certain guy... The COVER guy, or anything. I was never liked that idea from a personal standpoint anyway.

Check list of what it has to have.

Barbarian Nord - []
Dragon - []
Dragonic runes or the wall carving on the back side of the case - []
Elder Scrolls V SKYRIM title - []
Mead - []
Mountain tops with Throat in the background - []


Or just have the Imperial symbol like on the GI mag.


-[] this is a makeshift check box.

I will forever stand by that less is more. Should be black, with nordic symbols outlining it(akin to oblivion and morrowind) with the logo in the center, and the title above. That's it. It doesn't need to have a worn look as I see a lot of people doing, IMO.

Honestly, I'm thinking Morrowind or Oblivion GoTY style. The dark grey texture fits really well. I would contribute but I don't have photoshop on this PC, don't like GIMP, and am too lazy to install photoshop on this PC atm.

I think it would be cool if the background was like a stone wall, similar to Alduin's Wall. That type of texture, not exactly with all the engravings. I think that would look cool and the Skyrim logo and text would look like it's been engraved into the rock wall.

Here is another one...
http://oi51.tinypic.com/301hi0n.jpg

Pretty basic. Trying to make it look like the Skyrim logo and text is engraved into the wall. I think it turned out pretty decent.

It could be this:

(In the background)(Dragon alphabet)
[img]http://images.uesp.net//9/99/Lore-dragon-S.png[/img]

(In front)(Deadic alphabet)
[img]http://images.uesp.net//8/82/DAEDRIC_S.PNG[/img]