My Pacman profile cabinet (finished!......99%)

[c64rulez]

copy that. It looks nice. I'll see what the boss has to say .

Thanks

[elvis]

I guess I'm being taken too seriously around here... gotta do something about it.

Sorry if I went over the top back there.  I just know a few old cabinet makers who are suffering badly in their old age, and don't want to see it happen again to anyone else.

Good work so far.  And why are people anti-black for cabinet colours?

[missioncontrol]

And why are people anti-black for cabinet colours?

because everybody and their brother has a black cabinet.

[DrewKaree]

because everybody and their brother has a black cabinet.

My brother doesn't even have a cab.  That's just because he's my betend brudder

[missioncontrol]

because everybody and their brother has a black cabinet.

My brother doesn't even have a cab.  That's just because he's my betend brudder

well in that case he can go to Target.. rummor has it they are selling pretend cabinets

[c64rulez]

Ground control to missioncontrol:
Looks like we're going for that light blue.
My wife likes it, and it less swallows the artwork

That doesn't mean she did not bug me with "You had to go ahead and buy
that orange a month ago as if its ready for painting, did you ?'

[DrewKaree]

That doesn't mean she did not bug me with "You had to go ahead and buy
that orange a month ago as if its ready for painting, did you ?'

In situations like that, I always like to point out the countless purses or shoes-of-the-same-color-but-not-to-a-woman that aren't sitting in a garbage can. 

Yeah, pointing out how your spouse pisses away money as well as you do always sets the mood for romance and makes her remember why she married you

More purses and shoes

[missioncontrol]

Ground control to missioncontrol:
Looks like we're going for that light blue.
My wife likes it, and it less swallows the artwork

That doesn't mean she did not bug me with "You had to go ahead and buy
that orange a month ago as if its ready for painting, did you ?'

tell her it's to paint the outside of the house with

[c64rulez]

i guess this in itself desrves a forum of its own. We do deserve to cry somewhere, even virtually, no ?

And please please please, DO NOT mention shoes and purses on my thread 

Surprisingly she also said "no harm done, we'll find some use for the orange"

Now I'm really frightened

[DrewKaree]

Surprisingly she also said "no harm done, we'll find some use for the orange"

Now I'm really frightened

Make sure to post pictures of the remodel of the dog and cat

Hard to leave purses out of the picture, since mission's a nancy girl

[missioncontrol]

edits...how's this

[missioncontrol]

Hard to leave purses out of the picture, since mission's a nancy girl

hey I thought that that was our little secret 

[c64rulez]

Man(?), I dunno what you two got there going on, so forgive me for relating to professional issues only 

It seems a better pick of color for that first jello. I dig that.
As for that dots scheme, It feels a little cluttered, but worth a second look.
Thanks for the effort

[brian23]

Blue looks good. Dots make it look cluttered IMHO and the eye on Pac-man looks good.

[missioncontrol]

It seems a better pick of color for that first jello. I dig that.
As for that dots scheme, It feels a little cluttered, but worth a second look.
Thanks for the effort

Ah I had some spare time at work and no one was on the boards talking so it was no big deal....

[pathdoc2]

I like the blue with the dots.  Looks good.

[markrvp]

Why does your wife know that you bought orange paint?  Keep her in the dark as much as possible.

[c64rulez]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGHH

I know its a trap. I can smell it from across the atlantic. could markrvp be actually my wife ?  Have we taken the wrong turn and somehow found ourselves on the path to EE ?

She was there with me, helping me pick it up. I swear I knew nothing of that light blue at the time.

[DrewKaree]

Why does your wife know that you bought orange paint?  Keep her in the dark as much as possible.

Exactly!  The only reason my wife knows ANYTHING about what I'm doing is when something I've decided on and set in stone appears in the house! 

"Hey come check out this picture I had printed today honey"

"Cool, what's it for?"

"That project I'm working on"

"What's that thing gonna be anyway?"

"You'll see when it's done.  It's too hard to explain and describe right now"

"What else are you gonna need to finish it?"

"Not really sure.  It kinda depends on whether or not everything works out right"

TA-DAAAA!  She's intrigued, but can't figure out anything else.  When I DO give her info, it's a bombardment of so much technical info (some of which doesn't even apply - throw in stuff that doesn't even make sense.  Bronson and fluval valves/joints/connectors/brackets are always good distractions ) she's bored to tears and quickly ignores whatever else comes out or tells me "You know I can't follow all that, just tell me it's hard to 'splain"

Meanwhile, I'm off to find some gold ingots to machine into joysticks

[versapak]

I say go for something more like this:




Can't be leavin any of those poor ghosts out of the fun.


But if not...


I still vote against the dots.

[DrewKaree]

THAT design is sweet!

[elvis]

And why are people anti-black for cabinet colours?

because everybody and their brother has a black cabinet.

Ah, I see.  You're one of those "I hate it because it's popular" people.

That's OK, I understand:  I use Linux. 

[Bones]

versapak's image looks outstanding.

You could save on paint, paintbrushes, rollers, trays,  sandpaper, crying alone in the dark, etc...and put the cash towards full sideart. Make the background blue part of the actual printed artwork.

And, "this black cabinet thing"......  Much anger do I sense in all of you.

[missioncontrol]

Ah, I see.  You're one of those "I hate it because it's popular" people.

That's OK, I understand:  I use Linux. 

no I'm one of those I hate black cabinets because it lacks creativity.....

[c64rulez]

I say go for something more like this:




Can't be leavin any of those poor ghosts out of the fun.


But if not...


I still vote against the dots.

WOW that looks absolutely amazing ! 
I think we have winner here. The design gives every jello a piece of the action, and it looks very dynamic.
That eye design for pacman is pure sweet.
My vote goes for you, thank you for putting in all the time and effort.

versapak's image looks outstanding.

You could save on paint, paintbrushes, rollers, trays, sandpaper, crying alone in the dark, etc...and put the cash towards full sideart. Make the background blue part of the actual printed artwork.

And, "this black cabinet thing"...... Much anger do I sense in all of you.

I must admit that I'll do all the painting for the sideart, no printers involved. All the shapes are quite easy to follow, stenciling here and there.
Plus I've done some wall paintings a few years ago (Thats my son six years ago), so I guess I'll handle it by myself

And Drew, that psychocrap is supposed to work for you only once (been-there-done-that-slept-with-the-dog). Surely she doesn't fall for it twice, eh ?

[TurboC--]

I have to be honest, I don't like any of the sidearts in this thread so far.     Also the blue streaks remind me too much of the IBM logo. 

How putting (more detailed versions of) the ghosts at different visual depths.  Or making the sideart (still tilted) like a real snapshot of the game itself with maze etc.  Just anything with more true-looking characters would be better.  And some text could be good.

I like the Pacman mouth positioned how it is though.  How about yellow ball joysticks positioned in the center of the line of his mouth, so it looks like a dot or energizer floating there from the side profile.  (Doubt you can find yellow ball joysticks and I think you bought your parts already.) 

[c64rulez]

I hope you were not violated by IBM (sounds like bad memories there)

I know that (for me) the light blue is better than the orange I started with, and that monsters config is better than all the previous. So from my point of view, It's progress.

I'll test that "snapshot" version you suggest although It has black background.
As for that "various depth" thing, I'm not sure I really follow you

[TurboC--]

Screw the depth idea.  Check out this hideously rough one I just whipped up.   I love it already: 

[missioncontrol]

it's side art not the Mona Lisa.

[c64rulez]

 
That was fast. It's awesome and It's black. 
Man, if it'll go on like this, I think I'd better finisg the cab first and paint it in a year or two (or ten)

It's cool

I actually think it's a real photo of missioncontrol on the left.

[TurboC--]

I redid it, added the other ghosts, more of the dots and my funny joystick idea.    Enjoy...

[c64rulez]

Where is my cab
I think the snapshot swallows it, dont you think ?

It's a better version of the one you did before, BUT it looks like pacman's having a dental treat or something, no ?
BTW, you know that's an 8" tall joystick you've put there...

One thing for sure, it makes you wanna play

[TurboC--]

Well if you wanted to center a joystick ball in Pac-man's line-of-eat, it either has to be really close to the screen, or really tall.

[c64rulez]

Just joking man 

I meant that with so much on the sideart, and the way it being an exact snapshot, well, it seems to me that you cant see the cab anymore (It could be me you know...)

Loved the idea

[TurboC--]

Also just realized that your idea was sort of already done on the Super Pac-Man cab...



My other (one of the original) ideas was to use the bigger (super) pac to be the entire large circular control area, and have the 4 ghosts looking at him, maybe as in the 1st intermission:



I guess since I am close to (basically) finishing the paint on my own restored Pac-Man cab, I am enjoying playing with ideas for original designs. 

[missioncontrol]

what about swapping out the dark blue and black that might be work better

[c64rulez]

How do you mean ? Like this ?

[missioncontrol]

well I guess that doesn't work as well as I was thinking...


it's your cabinet you make the call

[DrewKaree]

And Drew, that psychocrap is supposed to work for you only once (been-there-done-that-slept-with-the-dog). Surely she doesn't fall for it twice, eh ?

She started dating me.

She married me.

That's 2 right there.  Need I say more?

We both have our hobbies, and we've come to accept how they pan out.  She spends little amounts all year long, I blow a big chunk once or twice a year.  We even out, so we don't really bug each other about what we spent money on, but we certainly DO try to pull the wool over on each other  

Tell me YOUR eyes don't glaze over when she's describing the 12th pair of black shoes she's just purchased and why she needs THAT particular pair to go with her blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

[missioncontrol]

you lost me right sfter the 12 pairs of black sho..................................................................