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Title: marquee for kill bill
Post by: 3dmacman on July 16, 2004, 12:23:18 pm

here is a sample of the marquee for one of the posters here. any outside suggestions is okay.

Title: Re:marquee for kill bill
Post by: killbill on July 16, 2004, 02:30:32 pm

Roy,

This marquee is awesome, bro.  I sent you a private message with a couple of suggestions; but for the most part it's perfect.

Excellent.
Thanks.

Title: Re:marquee for kill bill
Post by: BobbyG66 on July 16, 2004, 04:54:34 pm

Hey, how about this one???

Title: Re:marquee for kill bill
Post by: killbill on July 16, 2004, 05:50:26 pm

Cool Bob :)

Title: Re:marquee for kill bill
Post by: Jakobud on July 16, 2004, 08:07:06 pm

Some helpful criticism, to me it looks a little odd to have a semi-modern game like Metal Slug characters overlayed on a 1979 pacman background...

Title: Re:marquee for kill bill
Post by: AGGIEZ on July 18, 2004, 12:47:29 am

Are those Metal Slug pics vector images?!?! If so, can you tell me where you got them? I am going to do a MS themed cab next and those images would be great!!!

Title: Re:marquee for kill bill
Post by: killbill on July 18, 2004, 10:38:45 pm

Hey AGGIEZ,

Look here:

http://www.localarcade.com/arcade_art/

I believe everything you'll need will be there.

Title: Re:marquee for kill bill
Post by: BobbyG66 on July 19, 2004, 06:27:43 am

Quote from: killbill on July 18, 2004, 10:38:45 pm

Hey AGGIEZ,

Look here:

http://www.localarcade.com/arcade_art/

I believe everything you'll need will be there.

Yep, that's where I got them. Actually i just got the one picture and them "Cut" the characters out of that.

My design is still a work in progress. I am going to add more pipes to connect the characters.
I need to work on each window that the characters are in.

Title: Re:marquee for kill bill
Post by: BobbyG66 on July 19, 2004, 01:11:29 pm

Need some help getting some pics.

Can somebody send me the following saved down to Illustrator version 8.0
Dragon's lair character
Pacman and Inky characters
They are on the arcade library site.

Also, does anyone have the graphics for the Galaga ship and Bald Bull from Punchout? (Also in Ill 8.0)

Thanks
Bob

Title: Re:marquee for kill bill
Post by: BobbyG66 on July 20, 2004, 08:33:54 am

Thanks Zorg, they work!

Title: Re:marquee for kill bill
Post by: zorg on July 20, 2004, 10:49:53 am

Quote from: BobbyG66 on July 20, 2004, 08:33:54 am

Thanks Zorg, they work!

OK files deleted

Title: Re:marquee for kill bill
Post by: BobbyG66 on July 26, 2004, 02:22:34 pm

I am going to vectorize a picture of Bald Bull.

1)  I was thinking about adding in the rest of his gloves and body so his image is only "cut off" at the base.

2) Should I create it  in the current "Block/Bitmap" mode or vectorize with smooth lines?

I did not  find him in the vector library and I want to do it "RIGHT" the first time...

What does everyone think?

See attached pic of original file.

Thanks

Title: Re:marquee for kill bill
Post by: BobbyG66 on August 05, 2004, 12:48:59 pm

I finished the marquee for Kill Bill.

What do you guys think?

Title: Re:marquee for kill bill
Post by: simplygriff on August 05, 2004, 01:48:18 pm

Looks good.  I like the background with the manufacturers logos.  That looks really cool.  One little thing.  I think you should be consistent with the piping.  You have a pipe running between bill bull and pac-man but none of the other characters are linked.  They all just come off of the central logo.  I think you should get rid of that one pipe between pac man and bill bull leaving all the characters with one pipe running from the central logo.  Other than that, it looks real good.

Title: Re:marquee for kill bill
Post by: BobbyG66 on August 05, 2004, 01:54:49 pm

Thanks for the feedback!

The pipes were the last things that I worked on.
I was not sure where to put them, or how many...
I should remove that one I guess.

I kinda like the background also, I tried different colors until it just looked right. I just hope it doesn't look too cluttered or busy.
The whole thing was blue and very dark, until I added the red frames around the characters. I noticed they all has some red in them.

Thanks
Bob

Title: Re:marquee for kill bill
Post by: simplygriff on August 05, 2004, 02:07:38 pm

The color is great.  You may be hard pressed to get it to print exactly right though.  Blue is the hardest color to match screen to print.  It glows beautifully onscreen but gets muddy on paper.  When you get it printed get some test prints or do some yourself to make sure you like it.  I like the red borders.  They really give a good contrast to the background and connect to the characters.

Title: Re:marquee for kill bill
Post by: AGGIEZ on August 05, 2004, 02:33:05 pm

very cool. Are you going to have Dragon's Lair on your cab?

Title: Re:marquee for kill bill
Post by: 3dmacman on August 05, 2004, 03:39:07 pm

Very cool marquee, but kill already has my marquee. I don't know if he  has printed it yet though.