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Title: Baby Pac-Man Control Panel Overlay vectorization - Done
Post by: allroy1975 on August 24, 2005, 03:34:26 pm
The picture I'm working with is a little slanted, so I'm basing everything off what's on the left side of the artwork and going from there.

The arrows are a little off, but I'll mess with them and get them centered, and the ghost needs to be blacklined, but here's what I've got so far.

Allroy

BTW - this continues my work in the "pinball" stuff.  ;)

*edit* - added picture I'm working off
Title: Re: Baby Pac-Man Control Panel Overlay vectorization in Progress
Post by: ChadTower on August 24, 2005, 03:36:24 pm

Nice.  I badly want a strong BabyPac.
Title: Re: Baby Pac-Man Control Panel Overlay vectorization in Progress
Post by: allroy1975 on August 25, 2005, 12:40:19 am
This is all I got done tonight.
Allroy
Title: Re: Baby Pac-Man Control Panel Overlay vectorization in Progress
Post by: rohan on August 26, 2005, 06:06:46 pm
I can't wait to see what you end up with on the playfield...I hope it works. 
Here's some more pinball artwork scans you could put on the back-burner if you like:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~apronk/bttf.htm
Title: Re: Baby Pac-Man Control Panel Overlay vectorization in Progress
Post by: allroy1975 on August 29, 2005, 05:04:21 pm
did a little at work today.  on Lunch of course...never on the clock.   :angel:

Allroy
Title: Re: Baby Pac-Man Control Panel Overlay vectorization in Progress
Post by: allroy1975 on August 30, 2005, 05:52:24 pm
Update
Title: Re: Baby Pac-Man Control Panel Overlay vectorization in Progress
Post by: ChadTower on August 30, 2005, 05:58:35 pm

It's Baby PacNixon.
Title: Re: Baby Pac-Man Control Panel Overlay vectorization in Progress
Post by: allroy1975 on August 30, 2005, 06:00:05 pm

It's Baby PacNixon.

I beleive Pac-Nixon was even less successful than Professer Pac-Man at the arcade. 
Title: Re: Baby Pac-Man Control Panel Overlay vectorization in Progress
Post by: Rook3 on August 30, 2005, 11:04:10 pm
Stupid technique question: How do you do the fine lines and things like the "created by..." text on the bottom? I omitted the "TM" on my art mainly because I couldn't figure out how to do it without using a font.

Nice work on the babypac!

Russ
Title: Re: Baby Pac-Man Control Panel Overlay vectorization in Progress
Post by: allroy1975 on August 31, 2005, 01:01:16 am
Stupid technique question: How do you do the fine lines and things like the "created by..." text on the bottom? I omitted the "TM" on my art mainly because I couldn't figure out how to do it without using a font.

I assume you don't have a problem USING a font.  The problem comes in saving the file, it informs you that it can't save what you've done properly because it requires a font and because of copyright rules, they can't use it. 

Assuming this is the case:  Find a font that works.  This is the hardest part that I've found.  I actually need help figuring out what font to use for the large text on the right side of the CPO. 

What I've done is this.  Type up what I get.  Then use the "Selection Tool" (V) and stretch it and move it around to be as close as possible.  Once you've got it good right click (still using the "Selection Tool") and select  "Select Outlines".  It will automatically creat a <Group> in the layers list with your text under it, letter by letter.  It basically vectorizes the text for you.  Looks better than I could do.  :D

Hope that answers your question...and here's what I've done tonight.  :)

Title: Re: Baby Pac-Man Control Panel Overlay vectorization in Progress
Post by: allroy1975 on September 01, 2005, 12:15:29 am
I dont' mean to toot my own horn, but I think this thing is starting to look pretty good.  :D

If you look at the previous pics, you will see that the bottom of the control panel (was taken in 2 seperate pictures, wasn't exatly straight on.  I compensated for this by makeing the stuff on the left match up with the stuff on the right.  IE, it's all at the same height in the final image, not curvy.  Just a little tricky but not too hard to fake.  The Baby Pac is difficult to draw.  There are lots of little tiny layers being used on each of it.  The lettering was a pain in the butt too, as it needed to basicly be done twice, as there are minor differences that couldn't be fixed by just resizing.  The pacifier was difficult but I think it looks okay.  I'm not looking forward to the YO-YO or the bottle.  Both will be a pain in the butt.  The ribbon and feet aren't hard, but time consuming for me.  I don't know exactly why though.

Allroy
Title: Re: Baby Pac-Man Control Panel Overlay vectorization in Progress
Post by: allroy1975 on September 10, 2005, 02:25:33 am
Man..havent had time to do this in a week or so.  So, here's the update...I added the bottle, the legs and ribbon/bow.  Just some text and the Yo-Yo left.
Title: Re: Baby Pac-Man Control Panel Overlay vectorization in Progress
Post by: allroy1975 on September 14, 2005, 04:52:48 pm
Yo-Yo......almost done....might redo the inside of the yo yo and need to add the text on top about "right flipper puts ball in play"

Title: Re: Baby Pac-Man Control Panel Overlay vectorization in Progress
Post by: Stingray on September 15, 2005, 03:04:44 pm
Looks like you've really caught the vector bug! Hard to believe you're the same guy who was so reluctant to start on the Roadblasters art. ;)

Looking very good!

-S
Title: Re: Baby Pac-Man Control Panel Overlay vectorization - Done
Post by: allroy1975 on September 16, 2005, 05:23:57 pm
This is it.  Done.  I may do some color matching/fixing up, but the pictures and words are all there.

Thanks to NoOne=NBA= for getting the "right flipper puts pinball in play" text.

Allroy