JungleJar » videodesign http://www.junglejar.com Web Design & Development Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:13:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 9 Quality DVD and CD Case, Cover and Label Templates http://www.junglejar.com/2009/08/10/dvd-templates/ http://www.junglejar.com/2009/08/10/dvd-templates/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2009 04:19:04 +0000 Christopher Hennis http://www.junglejar.com/?p=5346 Are you an amateur video producer, novice, professional, or just someone in need of quality templates for such things as DVD covers, cases, inlays and boxes or perhaps a music producer / artist looking to save a bit of money by designing their own CD print media?

If so, I’ve put together a nice list of both DVD and CD related templates for you to assist in the independent process.

DVD Cover Template

This is a graphical DVD box cover in the .jpeg image format, and one could use this image as the basis for their own DVD box cover; However, if the idea of designing a DVD box cover seems somewhat daunting to you, you’d be a lot better off using a vector file capable of very easy image resizing and editing.

DVD box cover template
DVD box cover template in action

DVD Label Template

This DVD label comes via Niklas Olofsson from 2N2:Media, and is absolutely great. Aesthetically speaking, you’d be hard-pressed to find a DVD label in a video rental store that can truly compare to the simplistic yet colorful marriage of the design.

DVD label

DVD Case Template

This DVD case template comes via Mauricio Estrella.

The file is a Photoshop .PSD file and each element, as you may have hoped for, can be edited independently. For instance, the DVD booklet insert, DVD label and DVD case all can be edited, removed, added onto, whatever, all independently of the other elements.

DVD case template

  • Artist: Mauricio Estrella
  • License: Free
  • Download: JungleJar.com

DVD Case Inlay

This is another fantastic DVD related template from the guys at 2N2:Media, and this time Niklas Olofsson brings us a DVD Case Inlay template.

DVD case inlay

DVD Cover

This is a nice simple DVD cover template based in a sleek black design from Alan880.

There seems to be a WWE Wrestling theme associated with the template, but all of this is easily removed / edited. I believe this was added just to show the user how one might wish to add in logos, etc.

DVD cover
DVD cover 2

DVD Plastic Case

This is a DVD plastic case template via Mauricio, and I’m familiar with his high quality work. This template follows suit just fine and retains his high quality signature.

DVD plastic case

  • Artist: Mauricio Estrella
  • File Information: Photoshop file / .PSD format
  • License: Free
  • Download: JungleJar.com

DVD/CD Paper Case Cover

Very simple paper DVD/CD case cover template with lines to give you an idea of where to fold / alter the template.

DVD paper case 2
DVD paper case

  • Artist: Don Haney, TRD Productions
  • File Information: Photoshop file / .PSD format
  • License: Free
  • Download: JungleJar.com

CD Jewel Case

Very nice CD vector based jewel case. I recommend visiting the download link to view all of the licensing information for this file. It isn’t a lot, and the vector based file is free.

CD jewel case

CD Case

Another extremely nice vector based CD case template.

CD case

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]]> http://www.junglejar.com/2009/08/10/dvd-templates/feed/ 4 Pictoplasma – Outstanding Contemporary Character Design http://www.junglejar.com/2009/07/02/pictoplasma-character-design/ http://www.junglejar.com/2009/07/02/pictoplasma-character-design/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:00:37 +0000 Christopher Hennis http://www.junglejar.com/?p=5023 especially logo design or designs meant to represent a larger entity of any sort, then Pictoplasma should be an organization that you are at least somewhat familiar with.]]> Image preview Pictoplasma is one of the most impressive, stunning, visually inspiring and overall mind blowing entities out there for publishing, exhibiting, and writing on artistically conceived character design and art and the relationship between the character design and the message behind the piece.

I definitely believe that if you’re into design of any nature, especially logo design or designs meant to represent a larger entity of any sort, then Pictoplasma should be an organization that you are at least somewhat familiar with.

The following is taken from their “About” page..

“As market-friendly branding or its subversive inversion, loveable kitsch or urban art – contemporary character design, abstract and reduced to the essentials, has redefined aesthetic standards of visual communication worldwide. By playfully sampling and remixing visual codes, these characters evade established pictorial norms, confronting the viewer head on, emotionally and regardless of cultural background.”

The Archives..

“The Pictoplasma Archives began in 1999 as the world’s first extensive inventory, collection and showcase of contemporary character design. With the countless images collected, pictoplasma examines the vast array of possibilities characters offer as signs of an independent graphical language. Pictoplasma is a curated public archive of the most daring and outstanding characters in a growing global network.”

Essentially, what this means is that Pictoplasma explores the relationship between characters and what those characters represent. Pictoplasma also archives these characters and their found relationships for the world to enjoy and learn from, and of course to become inspired from.

The Connection

To me, I see a clear and very similar relationship between character design and logo design. As it is, a lot of logos these days have some sort of character branded on them and is meant to be the main focal point of the logo, or rather, the main tendril of design to capture the viewer’s attention and direct their eyes towards a closer look, and hopefully, an enquiry of some sort.

With the fundamentals of all design resting on the concept of visual communication, whether you’re focusing on an extravagant and progressive character-set design such as many of the ones you would find browsing Pictoplasma’s archive, or if you’re talking about a minimalistic approach on a logo with a simple three color gradient framing the perfect juxtaposition of five or so letters to form a word that in turn forms a vision of the work behind it, both character design and logo design begin with the same goals in mind, and at some point in the middle, you’re likely to find them borrowing from each other, whether as an accessory or as a pixel perfect imaginative mock, and one thing is for absolute certain — At the end of the creative process, you’ll find both of them bringing people’s ideas and dreams into an audience of uncertainty but always with due curiosity.

The Collective Consciousness..

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Pictoplasma is so well liked and has so much community content to offer anyone that might find themselves interested in the character design process / relationship, or semi-cartoony contemporary art in general, that they have their very own exhibitions and animation festivals. Not only this, but since 2004 Pictoplasma has put together a conference for international character creators and producers from the worlds of illustration, animation, design, street and fine art.

Pictoplasma is also available in print and the latest book has been described as..

“..published on the occasion of the Pictopia exhibition at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in spring 2009, assembles texts and works by international artists, designers and theorists, all investigating the aesthetic principle of reduction and abstraction in the design of anthropomorphic characters. Including work by AJ Fosik, Akinori Oishi, Ben Frost, Borris Hoppek, Daniel & Geo Fuchs, Doma, Doudouboy, Dylan Martorell, Edwina Ashton, Faiyaz Jafri, Fons Schiedon, FriendsWithYou, Gary Baseman, Golan Levin, Hideaki Kawashima, James Marshall, Jeremy Dower, Mark Ryden, Motomichi Nakamura, Nagi Noda, Olaf Breuning, Rinzen, Sam Gibbons, Shoboshobo, Tim Biskup and many more…”

This book was just released in April of this year (2009).

Click here to read more on the Pictoplasma publication.

And if you’re looking for more media via Pictoplasma to spend all your money on, they offer DVDs, other publications and activity books for the children in their online shop.

Note: JungleJar is not affiliated with Pictoplasma in any way. Nor are any of these links affiliate links. We just thought you might find them helpful.

Below you can view the official opening animation for the 2009 Pictoplasma Conference.

The above video was created by animation guru David Oreilly.

Colour Me! Playground

Just for fun, you might also be interested in their web application entitled “Colour Me! Playground”.


Colour Me! Playground

“Meet friends, create worlds and leave your mark in CMYK!”

“Colour Me! joyfully presents a new playground topography created by japanese artist Akinori Oishi! The self-confessed ‘drawaholic’ is best known for his typographic design language which seems to have no beginning or end – his wild growing arrangements give a liberating macro-view in which hierarchies have disappeared.”

Oh, and no, I did not do the coloring you see in the image above.

Click here to visit Pictoplasma.com

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This article is dedicated to those who share a common interest for papercraft and stop motion video. Enjoy.

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Hope you guys enjoy this collection of some of my favorite Typography videos online.


Typography from Jules van Helvoort on Vimeo.

“Typography of the song Beatifull things by ming & ping.”

“Abbott and Costello’s “Who’s on First?” routine using typography only. I’ve been taking heat for not using real apostrophes, which was a mistake I recognize.”


Typography from Jules van Helvoort on Vimeo.

“Made this Typography of the song 6 million ways to fly by Homestretch made it in 3 houres programs used Adobe After Effects,Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Premiere Pro render time 15 min trapcode form used for the credit titles animating on the music.”


Typography from Ronnie Bruce on Vimeo.

“Typography Animation project for class.”


Kinetic Typography Project from Dave Kiss on Vimeo.

“Kinetic Typography | SP08″

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Check out these 15 streaming videos involving social communities and the somewhat strange relationships we find ourselves having with them.

“A young man struggles against the pressure to Twitter his life away.”

“Friendster, Facebook and Myspace are three bachelor roommates living in an apartment in Santa Monica, CA.”

“Twitter has once again revolutionized the way young people define their community. In this pod, by vc2 producers Open Content, we meet a superuser who tweets incessantly to hundreds of loyal followers, a father of 5 who tweets as a buxom blonde, a Berkeley student whose tweet got him out of Egyptian jail and sit down with one of the founders of Twitter, to find out where the company came from and where it’s going.”

“A man broke into Revision3 COO David Prager’s home and instead of calling the cops he streams it live to the world through Twitter and Ustream. Here’s a short clip from the debacle.”

“I was in San Francisco this week and wanted to visit twitter office and bring them cupcakes :) They are my favorite! FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER!”

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