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Author Topic: I suck at prepareing artwork, but have a great place local to me to get prints..  (Read 5459 times)

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anyone want to help me get my art all sized correct so I can have it printed.  I just fought with photoshop for about 1.5 hours...not my thing  :angry:.

I want to do a street fighter theme, and I have some artwork, I just need it sized correct.

I think this project could turn out awesome if I take the time and get the artwork right...

here is the naked beast...



If anyone is willing to help me out, I can provide the artwork I would like to be sized..but I am also open to suggestions as "finishing" is not my best skill ;)

I am only concerned with control panel and side art.. the bezel will be painted glass.

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I always find creating artwork for a control panel is way WAY harder than creating the control panel from the artwork template.
If you go for button halos then you need exact button placement measurements - so my suggestion would be to go for artwork that doesn't interact with the joystick or buttons (make sense?)
My art is always free for you to download and modify as you see fit...
Why?... because I could never find any art I loved on the net. So I played around with Photoshop and wish to share it with the arcade community.

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If you want a print that just looks good and wont get cut off, I would just use a generic. http://www.gameongrafix.com/products/capcom-silver-generic-cpo2

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I am not concerned with button placement.

my problem is I have some art I want on the CP and sides, however, am having trouble sizing it correctly so I can have it printed.

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If you wanna take some measurements and post that art I'll size it for ya.
email em to uprightbass360@gmail

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If you wanna take some measurements and post that art I'll size it for ya.
email em to uprightbass360@gmail

Dude you rock. 

I am busy tonight and tomorrow but I will get you everything Friday.

What file format would you like the pics in?

Will .jpg suffer form loss (archiving) if I email it to you?
                                                when you edit?
                                                when I re save to take to printers?

Thanks again

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You could just send em in the highest resolution that you have, just the original un edited files and I'll put em together :). talk soon amigo

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You could just send em in the highest resolution that you have, just the original un edited files and I'll put em together :). talk soon amigo

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Will do man.
I have been busy with work. I will try to get them off to you tomorrow along with a detailed drawing of the cab with measurements.

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would you like the measurements in Inches or CM/mm ?

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Ok... here we go..

This is what my "vision" is as of right now.  This is posted for feedback.   The 2 big issues right now are proportioning the side art to accommodate the big hole (will be a fan or speaker)  or I could just fill it in and put fans/speaker elsewhere.   

2nd issue is the CP, I "like" the art on the top half, however... the buttons are going to hide a lot of Ken...could some photoshop magic bring him over to the right where there are no buttons?  It also looks like I intended for Ryu's fireball to be lined up with the joystick... this was not my intent.. I would actually like to SEE the fireball, lol

Everyone please chime in....








I want this thing to look AWESOME so any and all feedback is welcome.


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P.S.   

BASS!.. dont think this is the actual artwork I would be sending you, lol

I have everything in High res / semi high res

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Hey buddy what is the full width of that control panel?

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Hey buddy what is the full width of that control panel?

oops, sorry man.

total CP width is 15 3/4 wide

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cool beans. So far this is where I'm at. 

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Here it is without that logo on the front. 

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LOVING IT!

What about moving the Capcom logo to the top, above the hole?

Either way, AWESOME start man!

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Allright, found some more time. Here is some more.

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Allright, found some more time. Here is some more.

Dude... you are a god among men!  Looking AWESOME.

I was thinking.. due to the "hole" being kinda in Ryu's head... what about moving the whole pic (characters) down a bit then filling the top with the background?

Just a thought.

This is coming along WAY nice!

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Just checking this post from Beautiful Punta Cana!!

No arcade machines down here :(


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Hey there dude. I have my rig in storage for a minute, should be getting it back soon so we can finish this up:) Talk soon!

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Hey there dude. I have my rig in storage for a minute, should be getting it back soon so we can finish this up:) Talk soon!

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Hey man, no rush.

Let me know if there is anything I can do to help.

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Bump

Ever get your rig out of storage man?

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Alright here we go. New house, new desk, new ideas. New work starting soon. Keep posted.
 

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Alright here we go. New house, new desk, new ideas. New work starting soon. Keep posted.
 

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Still drooling  ;)

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