Man, has it been another year?
This thread is for the design discussions and proposals regarding the front (obverse) side of the 2007 BYOAC token.
We are designing .984" (25mm) tokens. Submissions should be in black and white only.
White should indicate the
lowest point of the token,
black the
highest. If you want to show half-height details use gray. Different levels of gray are OK. Of interest as you design, the 'lowest' or 'deepest' point on the token will usually be shiny because it doesn't require machining.
So that those of us who are not Photoshop Gurus are given a fair shot , no 'blinged' renderings should be posted. (Bling refers to color, photorealistic renderings.)
Guidelines/Rules-No R-Rated material
--No trademarked or copyrighted images. (Pacman, etc...)
MAME IS OK though, we have approval to use the logo if we like as long as we respect the spirit of MAME - i.e. no references to playing thousands of games, etc.
-No Bling - refer to the 2004 thread below to see how blinged line art turns out. Pixelhugger will bling all final entries for us. Thanks!-Should display "Build Your Own Arcade Controls" (or at least "BYOAC") and the
www.arcadecontrols.com URL on the front because BYOAC is the whole point of the tokens.
-If at all possible you should have your art in vector format. (AI for example.) Next best is very high-res raster (Hi-res meaning greater than or equal to 300DPI,) but I discourage it because we have always used vector with superb results. Low-res artwork won't work, you will need to have someone fix it up for you. Vector fonts need to be converted to curves.
If you are submitting what you consider your final proposal, please say so in your post. Otherwise we will assume you are submitting it for group discussion and tweaking.
This is a sample from 2004:
Here are previous years' threads for reference.2006 Front2006 Back2005 Front2005 Back2004 combined threadGo for it!