My Marquee....

[twenty8eight]

This is my first post, but I just wanted to post the marquee I'm gonna be using for my arcade...

It was a 4 player simpsons, converted to a Xbox/Mame machine and now using a 24" flat screen TV as a monitor....It is going in my pool/game room, which is decorated with all Dallas Cowboys stuff, thus the Dallas Marquee...

I also have 22" Dallas Logos being printed on vinyl for side art...(should be here this week)
Keep in mind, the full size images are 8400 x 2250, 4-channel CMYK, 300 dpi. Physical
diminsions are 28" x 7.5"

These things look really good blown up bigger than this.....I will be using emdkay.net to print these out for me....

[spectre]

OMG! YOU MAMED A SIMPSONS FOUR PLAYER CAB!!!!!!!!!!!
YOU NEED TO BE SHOT THATS ALL I HAVE TO SAY...
welcome to the forum...

[Brax]

Moving on, what's with the gold "feet" on the bottom of the star?

[spectre]

I just noticed that...that looks a lil odd
oh and...
POP POP POP!
hahahahaaaaaaa JK
       lol

[AceTKK]

Very nicely done.  It looks nice and professional.  But what are you trying to do with the feet of that star on the cp overlay?

-Ace-

[Generic Eric]

I don't know if they are feet or not.  Kinda looks like the star "dug in" to the field and that is the dirt that it pushed up.  I'll admit though, it does have a golden look to it.

[spectre]

it does look good, don't get me wrong, very polished, but I don't understand the feet, then again, i guess it has to stand on something lol

[IIOIOOIOO]

It's a deformation effect on the texture of the field. Look at it as green, and you will see the deformation of the white lines from the field. The effect works better on the left tine than it did on the right.

[said7]

I LOVE IT!!!!

i may be a little biased... im a huge cowboys fan  

[Frostillicus]

Well, I'm not a cowboys fan, but if you're into them then I guess it's cool.  I would lose the deformation effects myself they look a little like green gumdrops.  

[Brax]

And why are they reflective? Thats some shiney grass! It makes it look golden. It's not bad, just odd.

ok, maybe a little bad.  

[spectre]

oddly dried super glue or water stains! everyone should give ideas as to what the things look like, lol

[Birdtales]

Looks to me as if the Star is crying. Maybe the Cowboys need to win a game or two.  

[Frostillicus]

Looks to me as if the Star is crying. Maybe the Cowboys need to win a game or two.  

heh or they already have a foot in the grave (make that 2 in the field)

[twenty8eight]

hehe...nice guesses with the "gold feet"

The image I posted is WAY smaller than the real thing...thus the quality is nowhere near as good....Once blown up,  it is a lot clearer what the effect is...

It basically is supposed to be the star coming up off the field in a 3D look, and those spots are actually where the corners of the star are "melting" the marquee.....

Try this...

http://outpatientrules.home.attbi.com/cowboys002.jpg
http://outpatientrules.home.attbi.com/cowboys001a.jpg

[jakejake28]

ahh. looks better resized. my final analysis: forget the melt, it just isn't working

[twenty8eight]

well....I sent the 2 marquees to the printer (http://emdkay.net)
Yesterday....the melting effect one wasn't one of my final choices....

[twenty8eight]

Finally got the marquees back, and got one installed, and it looks great!
http://emdkay.net rawks!

Check it out here...

http://www.alwaysrecord.com/artwork.htm

[jakejake28]

looks a world better