The bluish tint makes him look cold, as if he's dead.
Yeah, exactly! Like I said in another thread, he looks as if he's frozen (to death) or on ice. *shudders*
And I so agree with Derian. Sheridan's just badly drawn. Never mind the overall attractiveness (I still think the whole layout's bad), it's just not well done portrait. Argh. And that's my semi-professional art critic opinion. /forums/images/graemlins/devil.gif
The other characters look much better... wonder if it's because they're smaller or the artist just got the likeness better? In that case, they should move someone else on the forefront (Ivanova or Garibaldi both look better and more recognizable - honestly, if it wasn't the cover of a B5 set and having all the other characters there, I could never have figured it was Sheridan!).
But then, that is somewhat similar to the opinion I have of the S1 cover - Londo is very well rendered, Sinclair's not bad either but G'Kar doesn't really look like himself... better than Sheridan, sure, but there's something "off" about him.
And of course it won't really matter to fans what the box looks like... I'm just glad to have something to nitpick at last as well. I was feeling left out of the S1 image quality discussions (just watched Midnight on Firing Line at last over the weekend and as hard as I tried, I didn't notice a single scratch or other flaw! I guess I'm just physically inable to see them). /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif