CP, Marquee artwork feedback - opinions?

[SammyWI]

So I'm not much of an artist, but I'm trying to put together my CP and Marquee artwork for a general MAME cab.  Kind of going for a classic space theme.

CP art:



The red CP outline is for reference.  Not sure if I'll change that to a less noticeable gray that will be trimmed out or just get rid of it completely for printing. 

CP render for reference:



Marquee:



I really like how the letters came out, but I'm not sure it goes well enough with the rest of the artwork.  It's a Star Wars and Simpson's reference (fan of both) but I'm not even positive I'll keep the name.  But then, I don't have a better idea right now.  I tried to tie things together using elements from the CP.  Not sure if I should add a few more things or keep it more simple.

Opinions, thoughts welcome.  Hopefully from someone with a better eye for art and composition that I do.

[digitalmonkeyman]

I like your CP and Marquee,
I personally would go with something more like this, a little more retro font, and use a darker shade of the yellow

IMHO

[SammyWI]

I see what you mean about the font.  I tried a few more:







But I'm still having trouble finding the right font.  Any suggestions on a .TTF that has a retro space / arcade look?

[digitalmonkeyman]

I like the top one, on the three.  And I think, again, imho, that you should use a duller yellow, like the yellow in the CP, and also maybe have ir fade to a red, to tie in the red from the CP as well?

[SammyWI]

Hmmmm.  I thought I was using a duller yellow - I'll have to see if I can add some red.  But I'm really just punching random buttons in Inkscape here  .  I like the top one myself (of the choices), but do you have any other font suggestions?

[SammyWI]

OK, i found the eyedropper tool.  How's this for color?

[flashiv]

SammyWI,

I like the original marquee as it was in the first post.  Just my 2c.

[SammyWI]

Thanks Flashiv.  I think I'll mess around with things some more.  Maybe ask some guys at work what they think.

[yotsuya]

I actually prefer the first version as well.

[SammyWI]

A couple of more tries.  The opinion around work was for the first font.  I tried toning down the color and centered both lines.  Also tried a second name.





What do you guys think?

[sean-o-mac]

The CPO and last Arcade Wars rock.  I wouldnt mind getting the eps file of the CPO if you happen to be in a giving mood.   

[Marsupial]

The CPO and last Arcade Wars rock.  I wouldnt mind getting the eps file of the CPO if you happen to be in a giving mood.   

me either...

[SammyWI]

sean-o-mac, Marsupial:  No problem, IM me your emails and I'd be happy send you a file.  I'm using Inkscape which uses .SVG files as it's native format.  It can save as .EPS format, but I don't know if it loses anything in the process.

I'm still playing with the CP a bit, trying to add a glow or maybe a lens flare around the trackball, but you're welcome to what I have.

[SammyWI]

A little update to the CP.  I added some flare around the trackball.

[Marsupial]

sean-o-mac, Marsupial:  No problem, IM me your emails and I'd be happy send you a file.  I'm using Inkscape which uses .SVG files as it's native format.  It can save as .EPS format, but I don't know if it loses anything in the process.

I don't  think I have anything that reads SVG files, so I guess EPS would be awesome.

It would be great if you could ship this to my email addy:
yanlauzon@hotmail.com

thanks a lot

[SammyWI]

Well, Inkscape doesn't seem to save to EPS correctly.  But I did find a website that converts files for free:

http://image.online-convert.com/convert-to-eps

But I can't view EPS files to find out if it works!

[SammyWI]

I put together some 3d renders to se how things will look on the cab.  For some reason the star background doesn't show up well but other that that, I think it looks pretty good.