gigapig Posted January 8, 2014 Posted January 8, 2014 So it's sale time here and that includes sales on canvas printing. A company I've used before have a 60% off sale, so here's the question. I want some marquee artwork printed onto canvas and wanted your ideas, favourites, etc. My era would be the 70's/80's so I could go for maybe Defender or Asteroids, but I'm very open to ideas, but I'm also just interested in what you like. Thanks in advance.
Polemicist Posted January 8, 2014 Posted January 8, 2014 May fav is not a year it is a look. I really like the big bold colours and lines you get with particular borders and marquees. This can range from the games found in DICE (artwork for which is impossible to get in vector) and the bright colours use in the 19XX games. Also many of the fighters had some fantastic art. Problem with all of it is finding high def scans or redrawn art.
majorspawn Posted February 11, 2014 Posted February 11, 2014 finding good quality art to print is a challenge, prints on canvas tend to be low res so i stay away from these, Especially if your thinking Big W or something? My Arcade Projects: SNES PC Project Vewlix Cabinet LS-30 Rotary Joysticks
gigapig Posted February 11, 2014 Author Posted February 11, 2014 finding good quality art to print is a challenge, prints on canvas tend to be low res so i stay away from these, Especially if your thinking Big W or something? Thanks Majorspawn. I decided on one which is going to be Burgertime, which is quite colorful and we all like playing it. The marquee I have is 6000 x 2700 so should be fine. I was also thinking of doing a flyer, but it's very hard to choose, and choosing another marquee is also tricky, thats the reason for asking peoples opinions.
Roadrunner Posted February 13, 2014 Posted February 13, 2014 Burgertime is a great choice. For me, the vidgaming era is epitomized by Pac-Man. It's just so universal and the artwork was great. Atari 2600 Theme Pack - Now Uploaded! Marvel Exit Screens Jukebox Rock Star Album Themes MAME Widescreen Bezels Pinball FX2 Widescreen Theme Pack Pinball FX2 4x3 Theme Pack Pinball FX3 Themes
Polemicist Posted February 13, 2014 Posted February 13, 2014 Original Pacman is really sweet artwork. There isn't a person I've met that doesn't know pacman. But if you show them the Space Invader arcade art character They will look at you strangely and ask "What is that???"
gigapig Posted February 13, 2014 Author Posted February 13, 2014 Although not a marquee, some of the Atari 2600 artwork Roadrunner is working on is worth Displaying. That invader is the stuff of nightmares.
gigapig Posted February 13, 2014 Author Posted February 13, 2014 And please, if you like, post any examples; I would hate to miss anything. I will be placing an in order in the next few days.
showstopper Posted February 13, 2014 Posted February 13, 2014 I wouldn't go for a marque on canvas. If you have the option to get some canvas prints i would get this done http://maya-plisetskaya.deviantart.com/art/Street-Fighter-II-triptych-364659210 How to update HyperLaunch
Polemicist Posted February 13, 2014 Posted February 13, 2014 http://arcadeartlibrary.com/arcade_art/details.php?image_id=1475&sessionid=531e41075f4246972608fd111e77256e Love this site for art. I only use it for rough art. As you will see when you open that image. It is great for getting ideas. The Vector stuff is really quick dumps from flash so kinda sad.
gigapig Posted February 13, 2014 Author Posted February 13, 2014 Just found this. http://red-corner.tumblr.com/post/21848384247/donkey-kong-inspired-poster
rfancella Posted February 13, 2014 Posted February 13, 2014 Nice Gig, He as some nice ones on his site. The very first post, Link: http://red-corner.tumblr.com/image/3076050040 Thanks, Ron Code Monkey and all around Command Line geek!If you like what someone has said or done for you, be sure and 'Thank' them. And if they changed your life, send them a Beer!
zomboided Posted February 15, 2014 Posted February 15, 2014 Yeah, thanks for the link....his album has some really interesting stuff in it. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
gigapig Posted February 15, 2014 Author Posted February 15, 2014 I also fancied getting a flyer done, another difficult choice, what to choose? There some great Donkey Kong flyers and some very cheesy ones. He are some that amused me. Wouldn't want to meet this ruthless bunch in a dark alley. I did like this ladies Moon War T-shirt. Considered this. But ended up sticking to Marquees, Majorspawn was right when he said about finding good quality art, but I have had stuff printed before; one of was a 179kb file. So the other one I went for was one of my absolute favourite games, Defender, and this alternative art to the usual, I particularly liked. [/img] It needed a little work, so with my limited Photoshop skills it turned into this, a bit brighter. [/img] We had friends here recently who used to play Bubble Bobble in there local arcade, I was a really surprised how good they were at it. So I'm getting this done for them as a half size marquee all the ones I'm getting are 8" X 26". [/img] I shall post when they are on the wall.
rfancella Posted February 15, 2014 Posted February 15, 2014 I did like this ladies Moon War T-shirt.[ATTACH=CONFIG]38657[/ATTACH] Yea, T-shirt. Right.... Thanks, Ron Code Monkey and all around Command Line geek!If you like what someone has said or done for you, be sure and 'Thank' them. And if they changed your life, send them a Beer!
gigapig Posted February 19, 2014 Author Posted February 19, 2014 Well, quicker than expected they have arrived, and I'm very happy with the results. Here they are on the wall. http://i.imgur.com/zLWmJyW.jpg[/img]"] I may get a third one to finish it off, sometime. http://i.imgur.com/byvVhEo.jpg[/img]"] And here's a smaller Bubble Bobble for friends of ours, still in the bubble wrap. http://i.imgur.com/IqN6P5B.jpg[/img]"] A nice slightly early birthday present from my wife.
Polemicist Posted February 19, 2014 Posted February 19, 2014 The space ship hanging from the ceiling is what exactly? I kinda recognise it and it is bugging me not knowing.
klizine Posted February 19, 2014 Posted February 19, 2014 Looks like Wile e. coyote.. Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk
Polemicist Posted February 19, 2014 Posted February 19, 2014 Oh yeah. 1 am iPhone viewing can be bad for eyes.
gigapig Posted February 19, 2014 Author Posted February 19, 2014 You got it, Wile e. coyote on a rocket.
rfancella Posted February 19, 2014 Posted February 19, 2014 Very nice Gig!! And thank you for the pictures! Thanks, Ron Code Monkey and all around Command Line geek!If you like what someone has said or done for you, be sure and 'Thank' them. And if they changed your life, send them a Beer!
Roadrunner Posted February 25, 2014 Posted February 25, 2014 Although not a marquee, some of the Atari 2600 artwork Roadrunner is working on is worth Displaying. That invader is the stuff of nightmares. Well shucks... Atari 2600 Theme Pack - Now Uploaded! Marvel Exit Screens Jukebox Rock Star Album Themes MAME Widescreen Bezels Pinball FX2 Widescreen Theme Pack Pinball FX2 4x3 Theme Pack Pinball FX3 Themes
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