Author Topic: Mortal Kombat Dedicated Sideart - Progress (Read 70205 times)

Zebidee · « **Reply #120 on:** May 15, 2010, 08:45:45 am »

Keep up the good work!

MKFan4Life · « **Reply #121 on:** May 15, 2010, 03:31:37 pm »

Thanks for the update. Are you going to touch up the faded spots and make his sash red again? Looks promising.

Necroticart · « **Reply #122 on:** May 15, 2010, 05:03:31 pm »

yeah, I planned on color correcting it I just want to finish fixing all the scratches and rips first hopefully when i'm done it will look brand new

MKFan4Life · « **Reply #123 on:** May 15, 2010, 07:19:23 pm »

Quote from: Necroticart on May 15, 2010, 05:03:31 pm

yeah, I planned on color correcting it I just want to finish fixing all the scratches and rips first hopefully when i'm done it will look brand new

Awesome. Finally we might see MK1 art available!

Rusty Shackelford · « **Reply #124 on:** May 17, 2010, 02:40:09 pm »

I had a look at this today in illustrator. The cage pic is quite interesting as it looks like its a photo that was cut out and they added a thick outline all around to hide the edges. But on the plus side it make tracing easier!

Matching the 'skin' tone will be quite a task but not impossible.

Just out of interest do you guys use the eyedropper tool onto the gradient slider to get your colours for this?

MKFan4Life · « **Reply #125 on:** May 17, 2010, 05:06:29 pm »

Quote from: Rusty Shackelford on May 17, 2010, 02:40:09 pm

I had a look at this today in illustrator. The cage pic is quite interesting as it looks like its a photo that was cut out and they added a thick outline all around to hide the edges. But on the plus side it make tracing easier!

Matching the 'skin' tone will be quite a task but not impossible.

Just out of interest do you guys use the eyedropper tool onto the gradient slider to get your colours for this?

Yeah, when I first got my MK1 cabinet, I was like... is this a reproduction of the original sideart? Because all the pics online of cabinets you see are not usually high enough resolution to see that kind of detail (the thick black outline around Cage). Same goes for how the artwork is made up of tiny dots of color (like a pic in a newspaper). It is not easy to see that in online pics.

Rusty Shackelford · « **Reply #126 on:** May 18, 2010, 07:49:16 am »

Heres my attempt at cages leg. It took me a while to work out how to get that horrible pixelated look. The file was to big to be posted with the background!

Necroticart · « **Reply #127 on:** May 18, 2010, 06:02:49 pm »

I'm using scans of the cab at 300 DPI it's about as detailed as you can get, thanks again to phalcon_2600 for the scans. Here is a more detailed pic of cage to give you an Idea of what i'm working with

Rusty Shackelford · « **Reply #128 on:** May 19, 2010, 04:51:04 am »

Quote from: Necroticart on May 18, 2010, 06:02:49 pm

I'm using scans of the cab at 300 DPI it's about as detailed as you can get, thanks again to phalcon_2600 for the scans. Here is a more detailed pic of cage to give you an Idea of what i'm working with

Ah that would make things slightly easier!

MKFan4Life · « **Reply #129 on:** May 19, 2010, 05:53:45 pm »

Quote from: Necroticart on May 18, 2010, 06:02:49 pm

I'm using scans of the cab at 300 DPI it's about as detailed as you can get, thanks again to phalcon_2600 for the scans. Here is a more detailed pic of cage to give you an Idea of what i'm working with

Looks 100% accurate while looking at both this and my dedicated cabinet. I may be seeing a LITTLE more flesh or yellowish color in the skin on my cab art, but you know even my video card and monitor can affect how the pic appears. This will be great when you're all done!

xrodney · « **Reply #130 on:** June 07, 2010, 05:50:11 pm »

hey,

any new progress

R

Necroticart · « **Reply #131 on:** June 11, 2010, 05:57:01 pm »

Hopefully it will not be much longer. I've got most of the major rips fixed only a few left but, I still have a ton of tiny dings and scraps that need fixed along with the color correction. i'll post pics as soon as I get all the remaining major rips covered. i'm looking to push this out in the next few weeks I have some other projects I need to work on/ update

Necroticart · « **Reply #132 on:** June 23, 2010, 09:18:59 pm »

k update time I got the major rips fixed the rest will not take much longer. Also I did some color correction it might be a bit too dark but I can always fix it later.

MKFan4Life · « **Reply #133 on:** June 23, 2010, 09:23:18 pm »

Looking good!

Rusty Shackelford · « **Reply #134 on:** June 24, 2010, 08:28:01 am »

Good stuff! Just out of interest are you doing this in illustrator or photoshop or something else?

Necroticart · « **Reply #135 on:** June 24, 2010, 10:18:46 am »

I'm using Photoshop CS4 with scans at 300 dpi I also have an illustrator version I was working on before I got the scans that I've uploaded for anyone that wants to take a look at it or what ever else I was debating on finishing it now that I have the scans. Either way I don't want it to go to waste so i'm giving it out in it's unfinished state.

Link below enjoy.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=38BFFJ4B

RejectedManiac · « **Reply #136 on:** June 25, 2010, 09:32:41 am »

Man that sucks you are Leaving this project! =( I may give it a go. Do you have the point where you pieced the scans together so I can do it in photoshop?
Also the vector file that crashed my inkscape. It looks like this was taken straight from a photo. Am I missing something?

Necroticart · « **Reply #137 on:** June 25, 2010, 02:00:19 pm »

I'm not leaving the project I'm just releasing the unfinished Vector version I was working on. I'm still working on the raster one from the scans that I will be releasing shortly. I'm looking to have it finished no later than Monday night. As for the vector I was working on it before I got the scans , with the detail in the art a vector while nice it was going to take forever to finish. Basically photorealism is possible in vector work but it's amazingly time consuming and very difficult so GL to anyone that wants to attempt to finish the vector.

RejectedManiac · « **Reply #138 on:** June 25, 2010, 03:01:31 pm »

Ya very true. You are better off using the images straight from the cab. And also the Dragon at the top of the cab is faded. Is there any imperfections in the scans like scratches and stuff that need fixed? Glad to hear you are still on the project.

RejectedManiac · « **Reply #139 on:** June 30, 2010, 08:02:42 am »

Any update on the MK1 side art? It's now Wednesday morning.. $:-\$

Necroticart · « **Reply #140 on:** July 01, 2010, 12:18:13 pm »

yep it's finished

took me a bit long than I planned now for the difficult part getting the files hosted they are 669 mb per side If you guys want I can make a torrent just let me know what you guys think also here is another preview pic.

ariay · « **Reply #141 on:** July 01, 2010, 01:08:07 pm »

I have been waiting for this a long time.
THANK YOU!!
My cab will now be complete.
Could you make it a torrent file and post the link?

kalars123 · « **Reply #142 on:** July 01, 2010, 01:24:48 pm »

Thanks you so much i can really get started on my resto now, have a cabinet that was converted 5-6 times original MK harness was a mess got that all straitened out, got a new working proto 9 main board/sound board, and now i can start on the cabinet it self YAY!, a torrent file would be work ok, I'll seed that sucker for a long time till everyone that needs it get's it, but if we can find a way to upload it to some public place or something, it would be a lot better for posterity

Necroticart · « **Reply #143 on:** July 01, 2010, 01:51:13 pm »

Nice to hear so many that will benefit from the restoration also on a nice note I was able to compress the files down to 547 mb using the 7z

it should help keep the bandwidth usage down.

below is the link to the torrent enjoy and GL on the restoration work.
http://www.kickasstorrents.com/side-art-file-t4213292.html

let me know if it working like I said it has been awhile since I made my own torrent

kalars123 · « **Reply #144 on:** July 01, 2010, 02:10:51 pm »

torrent has already been deleted LOL

Necroticart · « **Reply #145 on:** July 01, 2010, 02:14:46 pm »

yeah it's been awhile since I've unloaded a torrent missed a step in creating it will be up soon
Edit: link back up

kalars123 · « **Reply #146 on:** July 01, 2010, 02:27:50 pm »

Dling and will set and forget and let it seed,

MKFan4Life · « **Reply #147 on:** July 01, 2010, 04:53:07 pm »

Way to hang in there Necro! Thanks for the contribution!

Zebidee · « **Reply #148 on:** July 01, 2010, 06:50:16 pm »

Thanks, Necro! I'll get down my 'hero of the day' award plaque and chisel your name on it

I'm currently seeding the torrent - but I haven't had a look yet.

RejectedManiac · « **Reply #149 on:** July 01, 2010, 06:58:15 pm »

Thanks a lot. Only thing I notice that might be wrong is the dragon back ground is all yellow and the midway colors seem to differ. Maybe the red at the bottom of the art looks a little iffy. Awesome job tho!

Necroticart · « **Reply #150 on:** July 01, 2010, 08:56:49 pm »

I matched the color the best I could but i'll see if I can get it to look a little cleaner but for now this is the best I could do and honestly I wanted to get this out without spending 6 more months on it at this stage it looks great and is close to the original cab art. plus staring/ working on that yellow dragon was making me see spots

RejectedManiac · « **Reply #151 on:** July 01, 2010, 09:19:21 pm »

I'll see what I can do with it to clean it up. No promises though. Not sure how I would make the dragon background at the top go from orange to yellow. You should also only need 1 side. The ppl printing it can just flip the image and print it for the other side. Another bad thing about the scans the guy gave you is that the cabinet is filthy and I can see spills or something on the dragon. The spills will also show up in the print.

RejectedManiac · « **Reply #152 on:** July 01, 2010, 09:26:40 pm »

Empty

Necroticart · « **Reply #153 on:** July 01, 2010, 09:28:41 pm »

If you flip the image the midway logo will appear backwards thats why I flipped the art and recomposited the midway logo the correct way. If you can make it look any better please do so I did what I could.

Necroticart · « **Reply #154 on:** July 01, 2010, 09:34:29 pm »

Quote from: RejectedManiac on July 01, 2010, 09:26:40 pm

Empty

Empty what??? file I'm sure they are packed in there any more compressed and the file might have exploded open.

RejectedManiac · « **Reply #155 on:** July 01, 2010, 09:53:57 pm »

Quote from: Necroticart on July 01, 2010, 09:34:29 pm

Quote from: RejectedManiac on July 01, 2010, 09:26:40 pm
Empty
Empty what??? file I'm sure they are packed in there any more compressed and the file might have exploded open.

I accidentally clicked quote instead of edit and it wouldn't let me delete it so I put empty Would you be able to include the scans you have because my 1 side of my cab is in perfect condition and I can put my own scans with yours so the colors wouldn't need corrected.

RejectedManiac · « **Reply #156 on:** July 09, 2010, 10:44:56 pm »

Coming along.. gonna take a while. A lot of problems wrong with the scans from Necroticart. There is dirt drips like something was spilled on it, some object that looks like gum, fading, and parts of the art that has scribbles all over it like it was done in paint. All of which would show up in the print and would be a disaster for anyone trying to restore their MK. Nothing against you Necroticart. So there is a lot of work to do. Just wish the cab was cleaned before scans.. would make things a whole lot easier. I tried doing the scans but some reason the piece of crap flat bed I have changes sizes for no reason at all and am not able to piee them together. My 1 side is in perfect dondition with no fading except some scratches which are very easy to remove...

Necroticart · « **Reply #157 on:** July 11, 2010, 01:53:19 am »

wow what scans are you looking at. the ones I put out are fixed for the most part as show in the screenshots i've been posting also make sure your gamma lvl is set correctly at 2.2 and your monitor is displaying a 6500k color temp thats why the art may not look correct. if my temps are off I highly doubt it use the burn tool to fix the gamma issues on the print

8way · « **Reply #158 on:** July 23, 2010, 04:16:16 am »

Quote from: Necroticart on July 01, 2010, 01:51:13 pm

Nice to hear so many that will benefit from the restoration also on a nice note I was able to compress the files down to 547 mb using the 7z it should help keep the bandwidth usage down.

below is the link to the torrent enjoy and GL on the restoration work.
http://www.kickasstorrents.com/side-art-file-t4213292.html

let me know if it working like I said it has been awhile since I made my own torrent

Can someone please seed, im stuck at 55%

Necroticart · « **Reply #159 on:** July 24, 2010, 11:12:08 pm »

k done just got back from vacation so PC was off.


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