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Title: Marquee Design Help Needed - For A Fridge!
Post by: mumbles on February 24, 2015, 03:26:02 am

Hey Guys,

I have a strange request. I just got a glass door upright display fridge and at the top of it, it has a marquee that can be lit up.

i have ZERO photoshop skills so just wondering if anyone who is handy is willing to knock up a marquee for me that I can get printed (or maybe you can print i too?)

The dimensions are 60 cm wide x 22.3cm high and I would like it to be colourful and maybe say

Johno's Bar & Gamesroom

 and maybe have some graphics of beer, arcade characters, pins, pool or anything else you may find in a bar or gamesroom!

So is anyone able to help. I would really appreciate it! If you are game I also wouldn't mind some sideart for the fridge to match the marquee.

Please let me know

Cheers
Mumbles

Title: Re: Marquee Design Help Needed - For A Fridge!
Post by: matsadona on February 24, 2015, 05:04:09 am

Are there any specific colors that you prefer? Any specific style? Examples of what you like would be good.

Title: Re: Marquee Design Help Needed - For A Fridge!
Post by: mumbles on February 24, 2015, 11:47:22 pm

My favourite colour is blue mate. Favourite arcade games are donkey kong, pacman and space invaders. I have a Dirty Harry, a goldeneye and a gottlieb James Bond pinball machine. I like beer (any really) but my pool table light is miller genuine draft and I like playing pool.

So something using those ideas would be good.

Title: Re: Marquee Design Help Needed - For A Fridge!
Post by: matsadona on February 25, 2015, 05:44:55 am

Here is a draft and an example of how it could be done.
It is based on my personal taste and opinion of what "arcade style gfx" should look like... and the simplicity in the design is by purpose, in order to make it look good when printed and backlighted.
There are others on this forum that are way better artists than me though.

Title: Re: Marquee Design Help Needed - For A Fridge!
Post by: yotsuya on February 25, 2015, 08:12:41 am

If it were me, I'd do something that paid homage to the Tapper Marquee.

Title: Re: Marquee Design Help Needed - For A Fridge!
Post by: matsadona on February 25, 2015, 09:56:30 am

Great idea.
For reference, here it is:

(http://spyhunter007.com/Images/tapper_marquee2.jpg)

Title: Re: Marquee Design Help Needed - For A Fridge!
Post by: jdbailey1206 on February 25, 2015, 11:33:06 am

Le Chuck did a take on the Tapper Marquee for a commission job.

(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=131323.0;attach=286454;image)

Title: Re: Marquee Design Help Needed - For A Fridge!
Post by: mumbles on February 26, 2015, 04:51:27 am

Quote from: matsadona on February 25, 2015, 05:44:55 am

Here is a draft and an example of how it could be done.
It is based on my personal taste and opinion of what "arcade style gfx" should look like... and the simplicity in the design is by purpose, in order to make it look good when printed and backlighted.
There are others on this forum that are way better artists than me though.

That looks pretty good mate. I like it.

Title: Re: Marquee Design Help Needed - For A Fridge!
Post by: Le Chuck on February 28, 2015, 04:32:44 pm

I did up two for shits and gigs.  Trick to marquees, IMHO, is a single visual idea.  They can be full of color and attractive, but they can't mix themes, have competing ideas, and draw the eye to more than one area. 

(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=136713.0;attach=324936;image)

(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=136713.0;attach=324938;image)

Title: Re: Marquee Design Help Needed - For A Fridge!
Post by: BorgDog on February 28, 2015, 05:33:38 pm

Pretty nice Le Chuck, but I think you need darker beer and thicker foam  :cheers:

Title: Re: Marquee Design Help Needed - For A Fridge!
Post by: matsadona on March 02, 2015, 04:36:34 am

As I said, there are others here way more talented than me  :applaud: