Play Till Your Eyes Bleed - custom artwork - now with real POLLING ACTION!

[Pixelhugger]

I'm building a control panel for a friend's son as a Christmas present. Since it doesn't involve a cabinet it was a bit of a stretch to name it, but I felt the design needed some sort of logo-type to feel complete.

The recipient is a 13 year old autistic boy who loves pac-man and the Metal Slug series. I wanted the theme to be something that would appeal to that age group without being too, errrr.... violent.

Any thoughts on whether the eyes should actually be bleeding? My wife thinks that may be a bit inappropriate given the age (I did however get parental approval on the name ).

[DrewKaree]

Mebbe "....till your eyes pop out", that seems to go with the image you have there, and doesn't have the "ick" factor.

I personally LIKE the current name, but I think actually making the eyes appear to be bleeding would be a bit distasteful, and making them bloodshot is a cop out and doesn't effectively convey what the name conjures up. 

IF you went with my suggestion for "pop out", you could make a guy playing (sort of a shot from the arcade monitor angle), catching his hands and a CP below, with one eye bugged out, just short of popping out, with the other one already popped out, hanging by a tendril.

Gah!

[Pixelhugger]

Mebbe "....till your eyes pop out", that seems to go with the image you have there

That's a GREAT idea! Keeps the gore factor to a minimum, yet ties the title into the eye art. Anyone else have any ideas... if not I'm gonna go with "play till your eyes pop" or is the imagery alone of popping eyes too gross?

[DrewKaree]

You really don't need to have a dangling eye, either...the bug-eyed look I think would look cool!

Oh, and I know you're a master at design....if you do the frontal shot of a guy playing, make sure to get that eery monitor glow on 'im!   

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I've got a chubby just thinking I was able to help you out!  Next frontier.....create my own jpegs!

[TheTurk]

check the spelling of unknown

[Pixelhugger]

check the spelling of unknown

hehe... fixed! Yet another reason to get feedback! Thanks for catching that before I finalize it for printing... that sure would have sucked to find out later.

[Brad]

I like it. Still doing great work pixelhugger and haven't lost your blue obsession LOL!

Brad

[DrewKaree]

check the spelling of unknown

hehe... fixed!

On your version, right?  Because I stil se e itt spelet rongly 

[Pixelhugger]

Yeah on my version  I didn't think it warranted an updated jpg but maybe to spare my pride I should post it. 

[Pixelhugger]

OK so I've added a poll. While I like the "pop" idea I'd like to get others' feedback on an alternate approach which includes red for the blood without being gory. Whichever design wins the poll will be the final art and then it's off to Mamemarquees for them to work their magic. You will determine the direction for this child's panel and future heirloom... or possible doorstop or makeshift MDF skateboard deck. Vote well. 

[jace055]

I like pop, but I not much for gore or anything.  I think it would look good either way as long as its not gory.   "Play till your eyes pop" might be a little more timeless than looking at the word "bleed" everytime you played a game. 

Just my .02

[DrewKaree]

My conscience is now clear.  I can go to bed knowing I voted my heart 

[missioncontrol]

Mebbe "....till your eyes pop out",

I agree with DrewKaree on adding the "out"

like the blue theme too....

[Lilwolf]

I like the red myself. 

Next...

I think you should replace the eyes with breasts... and paint them to look like eyes in a photoshop.  If done right... it might take 10 minutes before someone really notices.

[Pixelhugger]

Well I haven't heard from Florida or Ohio yet, but I'm going to go ahead and call the result.....the "Pop" vote takes it by a wide margin.

Thanks everyone for the advice. Pics of the installed artwork coming soon.