Please look at my marquee and control panels design

[monkey puzzle]

I've just designed my first peice of artwork. Well I didn't really design it, I just modified the Robotron marquee. I've attached the Illustrator file and a JPEG. Please take a look and tell me what you think. Does the 2012 numbers look ok? I didn't really know what I was doing with Illustrator so there is lots of extra shapes, anchor points etc that are not needed, will this be a problem? It looks ok to me, but will it print out ok?

Can anybody recomend a good printing service for marquees? Also I'm going to have a cpo to be printed after I have designed it. I live in the UK.

Many thanks.

[SammyWI]

I like it!   Everything looks good to me.  Game on Grafix, Emdkay and Basement Arcade Grafx all print marquees - take your pick, all seem to have good feedback.  You can find their posts with a board search.  Just remember that most of these guys do printing as a side job, so be patient.   I'm sure whoever you pick can take a look at your Illustrator file for problems. 

[darkkniyt]

Just to note....
Basement Arcade Grafx is my full-time job!!
John

[monkey puzzle]

Just to note....
Basement Arcade Grafx is my full-time job!!
John

Ok, thanks John. Does the illustrator file loook ok to you? Maybe you can quote me a price when I have finished the rest of the artwork.

[darkkniyt]

The AI. looks real good. This should make a real nice Marquee.
And I'd be glad to give you a quote when your ready.
If you have any questions or need some help PM, Email or you can call me.
Be glad to help.

[SammyWI]

Just to note....
Basement Arcade Grafx is my full-time job!!
John

Oops!  Sorry John, I did not realize that.  I do like the things you've shown here, though.  I may be ordering some vinyl self stick artwork from you in a few weeks.

[darkkniyt]

Sammy,
No Problem At All!
Heck, I appreciate you passing along my business name to another forum member!
And I'd be more than happy to work with you on a future order.
Thanks.

[mgb]

The marquee looks great.

[gbeef]

very nice. you did a great job

[leapinlew]

Looks great, except I'm confused about the 2 dots on the end. Is it an equal sign or is it a colon? Whats 2012? I assume it's next year, is that when you plan on finishing or something?

Also, your name is a nice touch, but as an option maybe it can say
Ian Smith presents
Ian Smith Production Presents

Or something like that. Good work  

[monkey puzzle]

Thanks for the feedback guys. The artwork was modified from the Robotron marquee design. I was also a bit confused about the colon and wasn't sure weather to keep it or not, but it was in the original Robotron marquee so I decided to keep it.

Also the date 2084 was in the Robotron design. I tried to remove it, but it looked too bare so I changed it to the year I might finish the cab (actually I will probably finish this year but I didn't think 2011 looked as good).

As for my name, that originally said Williams in the Robotron version so I just changed it to my name, but actually Ian Smith presents sounds like a good idea, what does everybody else think?

My design isn't set in stone yet so I can change any of these things if you guys think that things would look better different. Please let me know, it's hard to critisize your own work.

[mgb]

I agree, Ian Smith Presents sounds like a good option.

[leapinlew]

If it were mine, I would get rid of the colon and extend the yellow lines so both sides are equal.

Keep up the good work.

[monkey puzzle]

I'm taking on board what you are all saying, and I agree. I've come up with 2 slightly changed versions, please tell me which you prefer:

[t3design]

Definitely 4 (the one WITH your name).

Good job. (I obviously like the idea of using cool original art and modifying it to make it uniquely yours.) You did this one well.

[tsaylor]

Yes, version 4 is looking really good!

[mgb]

I agree, version 4 looks best

[monkey puzzle]

Ok it seems like version 4 is the popular one so I'm gonna go with that. I just designed the overlay for the main control panel and pull out trackball panel, again keeping with the Robotron theme. Please tell me what you think.