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Title: First Marquee--Please Critique!!!
Post by: helios on August 06, 2003, 12:56:31 pm
This is my first marquee attempt for my mame machine. Wanted to go with a piratey kinda feel. Contructive criticism would be highly appreciated. I hope the image shows up ok--first time posting here.

[EDIT]
I just replaced the old one with this slightly modified one. I added a little darkness on the right, sharpened the shadow on the Time Machine, and changed the font for 'the'. I want to keep the stroke on Time machine lower, because I want the image to stay as clean as possible. I tried upping the stroke and it got messy. Thanks for all the replies so soon. Any other suggestions are greatly appreciated.

(http://home.comcast.net/~kenillig/Marquee.png)
Title: Re:First Marquee--Please Critique!!!
Post by: 3dmacman on August 06, 2003, 01:39:28 pm
Not bad ;) The the in the should be in the same font as the rest of the marquee. Is there a map in the background? If so I might bring it more into focus? ??? just my .02
Title: Re:First Marquee--Please Critique!!!
Post by: Frostillicus on August 06, 2003, 02:32:15 pm
I'm diggin' it.  I would change the 'THE' to a different font - or better yet lose it altogether.  Maybe a thicker black stroke on the main text - maybe double it.  I really like the colors, and the images in the background are great.  I might tweak it more by darkening the outside edges like you did on the left side.  Nice marquee :)
Title: Re:First Marquee--Please Critique!!!
Post by: GSXRMovistar on August 06, 2003, 02:54:20 pm
Very nice, really liking it. Good to see something original, Look forward to seeing the final version.
Title: Re:First Marquee--Please Critique!!!
Post by: tagnetti on August 06, 2003, 03:15:17 pm
I think it looks very nice. I agree about the font. maybe just drop it. For some reason my eye jumps right to sonic and dirk. Maybe adjust the hue a bit or desaturate a little.

Or maybe bring the drop shadow on the text closer with less blur and it will pop.

It is very nice to look at however, great job.
Title: Re:First Marquee--Please Critique!!!
Post by: SNAAAKE on August 06, 2003, 03:15:43 pm
yup yup...very nice work but change "the".
Its not too visiable.
Otherwiser lookin good.
has some dungeon the dragon looks... :)
Title: Re:First Marquee--Please Critique!!!
Post by: Mametrix-Reloaded on August 06, 2003, 05:46:11 pm
With the changes I think you've got a winner on your hands. Doesn't have that "photoshopped" look to it.

What is the font you're using for it?
Title: Re:First Marquee--Please Critique!!!
Post by: helios on August 07, 2003, 02:43:32 pm
Thanks! The font is 'Rapscallion' and you can get it at fontseek.com--just search the name.
Title: Re:First Marquee--Please Critique!!!
Post by: jakejake28 on August 07, 2003, 02:59:27 pm
whoa... i haven't seen sephiroth for a long time... damn cool character though

overall that is awesome, don't change it anymore: it doesn't need it.
Title: Re:First Marquee--Please Critique!!!
Post by: Brax on August 07, 2003, 06:38:08 pm
I love how more and more characters kinda popped out at me the more I looked at it. Very very sharp. Great theme.
Title: Re:First Marquee--Please Critique!!!
Post by: Sprucemoose on August 08, 2003, 08:55:08 am
Very Cool Marquee!  One the most original I have seen.  The only suggestion I have is to have a stronger contrast between the lettering and the backround, or even make the lettering a different color.  To stay with your theme I would say black.  
Title: Re:First Marquee--Please Critique!!!
Post by: CthulhuLuke on August 09, 2003, 07:26:34 pm
Please dont tell me thats the Lord of the Rings Risk background, if it is Im going to kill myself on basis of being too damn nerdy.  Anyways, looking really good, I like the original feel of it, it will go really well as a marquee for sure.  The characters in the background are very cool how they fade into the map.  Ya know what game has a font kind of like that that might have a few aspects you could borrow, is Ducktales for the genesis, its really easy to emulate, just do a google search.  If I remember right, its got a map in the background too, and looks actually pretty slick.
    -Anyways, good stuff
Title: Re:First Marquee--Please Critique!!!
Post by: helios on August 11, 2003, 10:52:28 am
No, the map in the BG is from some no-name RPG I found through Google image search. I never thought of using the LoTR Risk Map. Hmmmm.....
Title: Re:First Marquee--Please Critique!!!
Post by: said7 on August 11, 2003, 12:36:34 pm
Very nice. Good Job!!!
Title: Re:First Marquee--Please Critique!!!
Post by: soslo on August 12, 2003, 03:53:38 pm
Wow, that looks really good...any large versions for personal use?  ;)