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brandon:
I dig it.  I'm actually more into the simplistic look and minimalism* (is that a word?)  not that putting artwork from games and comics isnt cool because I've seen some really awesome ones.  Then again I've seen some really tacky ones that were just too busy...  I think your design is fine, especially if its only gonna be a stand alone control and not an entire cab.  The only suggestion I have is if you could make the background some type of vortex/ whirlpool effect with the center being dark like a never ending blackhole type thing.. but I dunno.. it looks fine the way it is..

kspiff:
I had that thought, too.. some kind of extra between the background layer and the bordering layer of some kind of aurora or vortex/black hole effect..

mikej:

--- Quote from: Silverwind on March 05, 2003, 06:08:12 pm ---I like the border and the font...

what font is it?

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The border and 3 button icons were created using a font I found at http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/4948/

The font for the other button labels and the arrows comes from http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/285916

mikej:

--- Quote from: kspiff on March 05, 2003, 06:08:58 pm ---...
it looks more like a stick for playing Mortal Kombat than Pac-Man..

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I agree.  Check out my first idea (I actually got the idea from one of the samples on this site at http://www.geocities.com/jarr_d/cpos.htm)

I really like this idea, but putting it all together was beyond my photoshop abilities and patience  :)  I was going to use the maze for the background and maybe put a pacman moving left, right, up, down around the joysticks and use ghosts around each button (with the button being in the center of the ghost.  I think it would be really cool, but pretty time consuming.

I'm a fan of Lord of the Rings, so I was kind of going for that feel with the black and red overlay.  I would have chosen different colors, but my use of the ms. pacman joystick dictates that I must use a color that ties in with red.  I wanted to use a purple/gray/black color scheme, but I thought the red joystick ball would look too out of place.

I tried the vortex look, but I didn't think it looked right, I used the spherize and twirl filters in PS to get the look (not sure that is the best way to do it).  I finally decided on a slight twirl (that's what you see in the image I posted above).  I also moved everything within the borders down slightly for better balance.

Thanks to everyone for the comments.

Brax:

--- Quote from: mikej on March 05, 2003, 05:40:56 pm ---I changed things a little bit, but I'm still looking for comments.

Changed font on button labels
Moved all buttons up and trimmed an inch off the bottom
Changed joystick arrows to match font
Added border to jazz things up

Thanks,
Mike



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It's very cool. Less is more. Seems to be well thought out and personal to you. Good job. I think if I saw one more panel with every fighting character that exists crammed on it I was going to be sick!  ::) hehe

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