DVD Inlay

Hi everyone, I'm back but this time I'll leave the photoshop for now and start on my DVD inlay using another piece of software called "Adobe Illustrator".

Brainstorm

To start off, I need to have some sort of idea about what my DVD inlay will look like. Since my video game has a 'samurai' theme to it, I think that it would be appropriate if the inlay would be somehow connected to that theme. Also the design should be simple as from personal experience I can tell that I don't really pay as much attention to the disc design as to the case wrap which has the job of grabbing attention.

The only thing that comes to my mind which would be both simple and 'japanese' is an image of some japanese scenery such as: mountains, lakes, castles, etc.

Let's look at some existing images which would be useful for the DVD inlay.

 

Out of these images I think that I will use the bottom image as it's not as detailed as the other two images and so nothing important will get cut out by the middle of the DVD. Also as the image is very simple, it will have a lot of space which I can use for insertion of things like logos, title, etc.

References

Images: http://www.imagesource.com/