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Title: new Project Name / Marquee Art
Post by: JCKnife on November 22, 2004, 11:11:11 pm
What do you think of this for a name? The art is pretty early, but I think to do a whole lot more would make it too busy...

(http://home.att.net/~jcknife/PLAYBACK.JPG)
Title: Re: new Project Name / Marquee Art
Post by: DrewKaree on November 23, 2004, 12:24:24 am
What about the Wayback Machine?  Wasn't that what they called the thing, too?  Mebbe that's why it sticks out to me   :P  You could maybe work in one of those "swirl back in time" thingys!
Title: Re: new Project Name / Marquee Art
Post by: JCKnife on November 23, 2004, 07:40:31 am
Yeah, in the cartoon it was called the Wayback Machine but I wanted to be a little different. (plus there's a website called that now, and I don't want some young punk to think I named it after THAT!)

Here's a spash of color added...

(http://home.att.net/~jckpics/pb2.jpg)
Title: Re: new Project Name / Marquee Art
Post by: RobopedeII on November 26, 2004, 03:29:42 am
Coloring in the dog (Mr. Peabody?) would provide visual balance without cluttering the scene, in my opinion.
Title: Re: new Project Name / Marquee Art
Post by: Gunstar Hero on November 26, 2004, 03:48:55 am
Quote from: RobopedeII on November 26, 2004, 03:29:42 am
Coloring in the dog (Mr. Peabody?) would provide visual balance without cluttering the scene, in my opinion.


But Mr. Peabody IS a white dog!
Title: Re: new Project Name / Marquee Art
Post by: DrewKaree on November 26, 2004, 03:53:37 am
Yeah, but the tie and the glasses....and just outlining the characters in black rather than green....it'd make 'em stand out, kinda 21/2D
Title: Re: new Project Name / Marquee Art
Post by: Gunstar Hero on November 26, 2004, 12:32:15 pm
I think the trick is to yelow the background slightly... "age" it as it were. Then Peabody would stand out more.
Title: Re: new Project Name / Marquee Art
Post by: missioncontrol on November 26, 2004, 01:23:02 pm
I like the idea you have there.....looks good
Title: Re: new Project Name / Marquee Art
Post by: DrewKaree on November 26, 2004, 05:27:28 pm
Quote from: Gunstar Hero on November 26, 2004, 12:32:15 pm
I think the trick is to yelow the background slightly... "age" it as it were. Then Peabody would stand out more.
Ya know, that'd go with the "back in time" kinda thing....yellowed as it aged....I still like the characters outlined in black, though
Title: Re: new Project Name / Marquee Art
Post by: JCKnife on November 28, 2004, 11:02:06 pm
Thanks for the input, guys. Yeah Peabody needs to be white but I was thinking of making the background more grey. All outlines should be black--it's just a crappy rough first draft.

For the CP overlay, I was thinking of doing hand-drawn art similar to the "squiggly" style of the machine in the background of the marquee.

Overall colors are going to be mostly black, white and grey with chrome t-molding. Buttons will be more colorful...maybe I need to work more color into the CP overlay (thinking it'll look dorky to have Neo-Geo colored buttons on a grey/white background).
Title: Re: new Project Name / Marquee Art
Post by: JCKnife on March 20, 2005, 09:38:23 pm
Wow, can't believe it's been almost 4 months and I'm not done yet. Getting REAL close though...started putting on t-molding tonight.

(http://home.att.net/~jckpics/almost.jpg)
Title: Re: new Project Name / Marquee Art
Post by: missioncontrol on March 21, 2005, 01:23:28 am
looks good so far can't wait to see how the marquee turns out........