How to Create Old-School Video Game Box Art

Since its introduction in January, the Kotaku ‘Shop Contest has been a popular weekend feature. If you’re looking to brush up your [[link]] skills creating a subject marginally relevant (spoiler alert) to tomorrow’s challenge, [[link]] here’s an excellent tutorial.(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); Power commenter Deanbmmv sent along this step-by-step how-to for making box art reminiscent of the 1980s console days. Although very specific to a certain genre, the effects it teaches you could be useful for future projects. And plus, the final result is period-perfect and just damn cool. Note, you will probably need some very well known illustration and image-editing software to pull this off, perhaps rhyming with [[link]] “Schmotoshop,” not that we would ever use that trademark as a generic verb. How to Create a Retro Sci-Fi Computer Game Poster [Spoon Graphics, thanks deanbmmv]