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Gamester's ARCADE GALAXY
Franco B:
Its looking great so far. You seem like you are taking your time to do things right and not cutting corners which is great, you will end up with a much nicer end result if you carry on as you are. :)
I have to say I'm not a big fan of the artwork though but if it works for you, great.
spOOf:
Looking very nice! Excluding the 6 buttons per joy, what are your plans for the top holes?
Gamester:
Franco B: Yeah, I plan to do this right. I'm a bit of a perfectionist, so the only concern I have is taking too long. ;) Oh, and I respect your opinion about the art. It's definitely a work in progress, and now that I've slept on it, I have some ideas for changes. I think I may try toning down the rays a bit and removing the red highlights on the edges. I was trying to incorporate red and blue in the art because P1 will have red transluscent buttons and P2 will have blue ones (already have the buttons). May be a case where I was trying too hard to incorporate both colors. Since the characters already have red in them, that's probably enough. In hindsight, I should have completed the artwork FIRST, then selected the button color(s) to match, instead of the other way around.
Spoof: The top holes are P1 Coin, P1 Start, Escape, Spinner, two spinner buttons, then P2 Coin, P2 Start and Pause. The exact order for the buttons has not been finalized, but that's their functions.
Thanks for the feedback guys...
javeryh:
Looking really nice so far. I'm going to agree with Franco though about the artwork. I'm not a big fan of character art unless it is created specifically for a cabinet (in which case I love it). You are going to spend countless hours building this thing - just be sure of what you want before committing because the nicest cab in the world can easily be spoiled by bad art.
--- Quote from: Gamester on July 31, 2009, 02:58:53 am ---I'm hoping to do a really shiny finish like javeryh achieved on Bella's arcade. I know it's going to take LOTS of elbow grease to get that perfect piano-like finish though...
--- End quote ---
I'll be happy to help out if I can. It takes a lot of work but if you are patient you can get great results. It was the first time I ever tried a finish like that (and probably the last). I had no idea what I was doing but following THIS GUY really helped.
Good luck! :cheers:
Gamester:
javeryh: Thanks. I appreciate the feedback on the art, and I agree 100% that bad art can ruin the best of projects. That's why I've already spent weeks messing around with the art, and I'll spend as much time as I need to get it right. No rush jobs here...
I have a couple ideas for the art that don't include the characters, so I'll post my revisions as I generate them.
I respect all of your opinions greatly, and you guys will no doubt have an influence on the final result, but I'll probably rely even more on my wife and kids' opinions since they all will have to look at it every day... ;)
More to come.
Thanks again...
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