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Author Topic: Will this marquee work?  (Read 2162 times)

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Will this marquee work?
« on: May 16, 2008, 11:50:38 pm »
I know its simple and thats the design im going for. Just wondering if there is enough white. I want the illumination to look good.

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Re: Will this marquee work?
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2008, 12:40:13 am »
Personally I think that it would look really cool if you used the generic data east star background kinda goes better with the marquee name in my opinion here is a small sample:


 if you want the full res 27mb file! of the data east star field without the data east logo, click here.. http://www.sendspace.com/file/5tjzd4
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Re: Will this marquee work?
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2008, 11:23:03 am »
Dang that does look cool. Only problem i have is that the whole machine will be black with red T-molding. The control panel is a grayscale image of 2 futuristic bombers. So i think the blue in the marquee will throw the color scheme off, but i will take a look at it when i get home.

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Re: Will this marquee work?
« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2008, 06:15:11 pm »
Dang that does look cool. Only problem i have is that the whole machine will be black with red T-molding. The control panel is a grayscale image of 2 futuristic bombers. So i think the blue in the marquee will throw the color scheme off, but i will take a look at it when i get home.

Then search google for a red star field look for like huble images etc.. you should be able to find something
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Re: Will this marquee work?
« Reply #4 on: May 18, 2008, 12:23:01 am »
Will do thanks for the tips

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Re: Will this marquee work?
« Reply #5 on: May 19, 2008, 10:45:49 am »
Here's a quick mock-up in red, just to see how it looks (pardon the pink around the lettering...)



And a larger version below (click to see)