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Vash:


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--- Quote from: waveryder on January 21, 2008, 04:15:44 pm ---How many cabs have space based background art. Isnt it time for something a bit more original. Its so cliched. Lightning  , space, grids and fire. Theres some amazing artwork coming out of this forum, real insperational stuff. We have etched plexi art, hand carved 3d artwork, airbrushed work, custom character art. For the love of god dont end up with one of these space based CP's just because you cant produce anything else  :dunno
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A quest for "originality" while trying to recreate the arcade experience is kind of ironic, don't you think?

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Not really.  Granted, a large portion of any cabinet is going to be the same, but there's plenty of room for creativity and originality with out rehashing previous ideas or ruining the authentic feel of an arcade experience. 

AtomSmasher:

For my CP's, I just used artwork from http://www.localarcade.com/arcade_art

Heres the two control panels I made using the artwork from that site:



Cero21:

Thanks for the link.  Any other site like that?

psychotech:

Yeah!


--- Quote from: Vash on January 21, 2008, 05:34:10 pm ---
--- Quote from: MaximRecoil on January 21, 2008, 05:07:54 pm ---A quest for "originality" while trying to recreate the arcade experience is kind of ironic, don't you think?

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Not really.  Granted, a large portion of any cabinet is going to be the same, but there's plenty of room for creativity and originality with out rehashing previous ideas or ruining the authentic feel of an arcade experience. 

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Vash, you said it! You're the man :) Plenty of room for creativity ... without ruining the arcade experience!

I've never even tried to reproduce any of the old machines ..and most likely never will (yeah, don't have the skills, OK) - still, I'm pretty happy with the "arcade feel & atmosphere" of my builds so far. Haven't heard any complaints from the people who have actually played these not-so-true-to-the-originals -originals.

So, I'm all for expanding your horizons ..mangling the graphics, changing the colors, altering proportions, whatever ..as long as you really can say you like what you've done afterwards ;)

Keep on being creative  :cheers:

psychotech

Afterburner:


--- Quote from: waveryder on January 21, 2008, 05:09:23 pm ---No offense was meant towards you Afterburner, or your cabinet. I dont feel the need to insult anyones work so no need to get your back up. My point was simply that Vash shouldn't settle for something "cliched" simply because he believes he doesn't have the skills.

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No offense taken.  Other than my CP, my display bezel and marquee are simply both revised versions of those I borrowed from another builder on the net.  Much of his artwork, was, in turn, nicely done collection of high quality artwork of characters he'd gathered from others.

As I'm an aerospace engineer by profession, I obviously have an affinity for space themes.  I guess I misunderstood the OP's intentions....thought he was just looking for a nice high res, print-quality image to start with as a background.  The Hubble shots fit that bill very nicely and they are free.

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