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ragnar:
I was wondering what everyone thinks of my marquee.  I will be using a similar theme on the CP art.  It is for an arcade called either Insomnia or Gamesomnia.  The image says Insomnia.

My orignal intent was to pick some of my favorite video game character sprites and blow them up and place several on the marquee.

In the image, Goro from Mortal Kombat looks pretty damn cool but I think the Pacman ghost and Mario look like crap.

So:
1) should I go with higher resolution character artwork (dropping the in game sprite thing)?
2) Should I skip characters altogether?
3) Should I just do 2 characters on the marquee?  Bottom left and bottom right much like Goro?
4) Does the transparency work for everyone?  Goro for example is on top of the text.

Anyways, thoughts and comments are welcomed. 

tommyinajar:
Yea the pixelated Mario and ghost don't look right, And to me the Mario and Pacman look out of place w/ Goro and the flames. Maybe stick to "heavier" characters from the fighters and more mature games, if you like MK and the flames. But hey one man's beauty.... something-something.

:)

ragnar:

--- Quote from: tommyinajar on September 10, 2010, 01:30:00 am ---Yea the pixelated Mario and ghost don't look right, And to me the Mario and Pacman look out of place w/ Goro and the flames. Maybe stick to "heavier" characters from the fighters and more mature games, if you like MK and the flames. But hey one man's beauty.... something-something.

:)

--- End quote ---

I'm probably going to do art from multiple games beyond fighters, but I think the small sprites are not going to be used.  They just don't look right.  I got a bunch of stuff from the arcade art library to tinker with.  i will be doing hte ghosting effect though.

javeryh:
I'd skip the characters every time.  My favorite cabs are the ones that look completely thought out from start to finish with a cool theme - not a collage of clip art.  You picked a cool name - Insomnia - now try and build something around it that fits.  Start HERE for the font (I don't like the font you chose at all - it does not say "Insomnia" to me - it says "Birthday Invitation" or something).  Check out the attached pic to get an idea what I'm talking about.  Once you find the font you like then you can add the background - and that's all you need really, IMO.  Carry the theme through to your CPO or side art if you are planning on having that stuff and you will be good to go. 

That's my $0.02 for what it's worth...   :cheers:

Turnarcades:
+1

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