Anyone wanna take a stab at a marquee design?

[javeryh]

OK, I'd love to hire someone to create a marquee for me but funds are tight right now so I'm seeing if anyone out there wants to put something together for me on the cheap.  I have a $25 gift card to GameStop I will offer up if I end up using the design - maybe that will be enough to get the ball rolling?

Anyway, this should be fairly easy (famous last words) because I sort of have the image worked out already.  Here is my initial design with the dimensions:



The gray bars on the top and bottom will be covered by the brackets holding the marquee in place so any art there won't be visible, however I need to make the marquee file that big for when it is printed so the brackets will be have something to secure to.

I am (obviously) thinking about a very generic theme - something like "Arcade Classics" or something similarly boring but I do want it to look nice and integrated into the overall look of the cabinet and not like clip-art slapped together.  The cab is plain woodgrain with a polyurethane clear coat with black t-molding and black controls - the marquee will be the only area that will have color.

As for the background, I was thinking of something along the lines of this (doesn't have to be exactly this):



I am planning to rotate the monitor and I think a gears or maybe some sort of steampunk design will go nicely with the woodgrain and the fact that the monitor will rotate.  A little more color might be nice (maybe in the font?) I guess but nothing too loud.  I was also thinking of adding "One Credit = 25¢" along the bottom or something along those lines.  I don't know... The look I'm going for is something old western (yuck) but a little more cartoony?  Does that make sense?

The "Arcade" font is "rio grande" and the "Classics" font is "Carnevalee Freakshow" both from dafont.com. If anyone out there is bored and wants to mess around with the design feel free.

 

[newmanfamilyvlogs]

Meh. I got nothing.

3 minutes + google image search

Blah, and I forgot the wingbats on teh side. Oh well. (:

[Dervacumen]

What about something inspired by the C.O.W. Boys of Moo Mesa but with gears instead of a hat and metal pipes at angles off the center gear instead of horns?
I'll try to fiddle with a concept for ya.  I need to get up to speed for a job I just took a few days ago and I haven't done any artwork for a long time.

[t3design]

Something like this?

[BadMouth]

I have umpteen unfinished projects, but felt like working on this.  

(or "step right up!" at the top if "world's greatest" is too over the top)

[mrclean]

I have umpteen unfinished projects, but felt like working on this.  

(or "step right up!" at the top if "world's greatest" is too over the top)

nice !

[newmanfamilyvlogs]

I have umpteen unfinished projects, but felt like working on this.  

(or "step right up!" at the top if "world's greatest" is too over the top)

That's pretty nice. I think it needs a little bit of aging over the text to make it blend with the texture in the background, similar to what i was (failing) to do in my 120 second mockup.

[BadMouth]

That's pretty nice. I think it needs a little bit of aging over the text to make it blend with the texture in the background, similar to what i was (failing) to do in my 120 second mockup.

Thanks.
Agreed about the text. 
I'm waiting to see if Javery is even interested before spending any time tweaking it.

[Firebat138]

Nice...  It would be cool to see what it looked like by BURNING the letters out from the parchment...  But very cool indeed...

[Firebat138]

I know this isn't cartoony, but this is my take on it...

need something for the top...  "Here lies.... insert slogan here..."

I was gonna make the bullet blast the words apart, but I kinda like it BEHIND the text...

I think perhaps a little effect on the text would make it stand out more...  gonna brainstorm at lunch





and one for fun...  LOL...  Whats an OLD WEST liquor?



And one with the Dead Mans hand on the bottom left...



and the print...  just a test for fun..