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| **DESIGN PERIOD COMPLETE - 2007 BYOAC Token FRONT SIDE Design Thread** |
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| Santoro:
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 Front 2006 Back 2005 Front 2005 Back 2004 combined thread Go for it! |
| pointdablame:
wow.. it's that time of year already huh? Awesome. Maybe I'll actually try to think up an idea this year, but probably not :cheers: |
| sez:
Okay, I'll have a go. This is only a draft version - submitted purely for group discussion and nipple tweaking. Love Sez. |
| Ed_McCarron:
OK, don't anyone panic... Serious design. A first, from me. Something serious, that is. EDit: Eh, guess I should read the rules. Tempest is copyrighted, I assume... Oh well. I'll consider it an Illustrator lesson. |
| Joystick Jerk:
I was thinking maybe make the coin sort of exotic looking, like it was an arcade token from south america or something. Sort of has an incan/aztec feeling to it, with the BYOAC logo carved in stone atop an incan pyramid. This is of course a rough mockup, final quality will be much higher. Just looking to get opinions on the concept and layout right now. |
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