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Restore: Paperboy: 'Exclusive!' - Restore with enhanced side art
griffindodd:
More progress on the art. I still have Paperboy himself to redraw, that's going to take a lot of work to get into vectors but it will be worth it. I'm going to draw the entire character and bike, including the hidden parts so I can use him in other areas of the cab's art.
I wanted to add images that were relevent to the history of Atari, so there's the king of Pong Fu on the front page Nolan Bushnell.
griffindodd:
Worked on the logo tonight, man there wasn't a straight line on that thing, just goes to show that back in 1984 all art was still hand drawn, no copy and paste for those guys.
TPA5:
--- Quote from: griffindodd on November 03, 2012, 02:01:06 am ---Worked on the logo tonight, man there wasn't a straight line on that thing, just goes to show that back in 1984 all art was still hand drawn, no copy and paste for those guys.
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I won't lie, I saved that picture to my iPhone and set it as my home screen background. Legit.
Looking forward to this restore! The artwork is already looking super nice!
griffindodd:
Ha, never would have thought of using for that, fun though. I'm bouncing back and forward between this and the Revolution build right now. When I'm waiting for parts to arrive or just don't feel like hacking drilling soldering etc etc it's nice to have some artwork I can just sit down with and work on. Next up on this is recreating the Paperboy himself.
I plan to make a bezel artwork for this build, I know the original machine never had one, so creating something that looks authentic is going to be very important. I also want to incorporate the "Extra Extra!" subtitle into the cab so I plan to put those words at the top of the Bezel where they will sit under the main marquee. Retaining the original style is going to be very important so it doesn't look like someone has randomly splattered stickers all over the cab.
I'm thinking of capturing certain characters from the game and illustrating them in the same style as the existing cab graphics to build some kind of bezel arrangement, characters I am thinking of must be the ones that are most iconic that people always remember. For example...
- Women in the cars from the junction
- kid on the big wheel tricycle bike
- crazy cat
- two bald dudes having a fight
While most of the feedback on the new art has been very positive, I have come across a few purists that have pointed out that it may make the cab less valuable should I come to resell it as it doesn't stay to the original factory stock look. That's when I realized that collecting and restoring cabs is just like doing the same with classic cars.
Some collectors want a car to be as close to the way it was when it came out of the factory staying true to the original specs and retaining that pure historical nature. Other collectors like to take a classic and restore it to a level of show that goes way beyond the original standards that were acheived at the factory using higher quality paints and interiors, powerful engines and enhanced suspensions. The really talented ones, for example Chip Foose, even manage to alter the structural appearance of the vehicle in order to enhance, but never take away from the original character.
So in that in spirit I have decided that I'm going to try and enhance the cab as best I can, making it more than it was when it left Atari's factory in 1984, but still hopefully retain it's character and appeal by focusing on the elements that defined it in our minds and hearts as an all-time great. Sure it may not retain it's classic resale value as well, but I have no intention of selling my '84 Paperboy GT Electraglide Turbo ;D
yotsuya:
--- Quote from: griffindodd on November 05, 2012, 12:44:08 pm ---
- two bald dudes having a fight
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That was always my favorite obstacle in the game. What kind of crazy ass neighborhood is this place?
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