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General Chat => Artwork => Topic started by: ElPancho on March 14, 2011, 07:56:32 AM

Title: Designing custom fighter-shooter stick | Help needed with the art
Post by: ElPancho on March 14, 2011, 07:56:32 AM

This past weekend I started modding a dreamcast agetec arcade stick.
All the work that needed dremmeling has been done, so now I can pimp this stick with some nice artwork.

I've found some nice art I'd like to use for this purpose. Allthough it is nice it is not "perfect".

It's a colored (jpeg) picture with a black logo of the game (Ikaruga) right in the middle. I'd like that logo to be in the lower right corner. Now I've spent the better part of yesterday to achieve this but alas with no succes.

Is it even possible to do this? And if so .... would a really talented soul be able to help me out on  this one?
Any help would be greatly appreciated !

Title: Re: Designing custom fighter-shooter stick | Help needed with the art
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on March 14, 2011, 09:24:57 AM

where is the pic ?

I can see if i can vector it and then move it around as you like.

Title: Re: Designing custom fighter-shooter stick | Help needed with the art
Post by: ElPancho on March 14, 2011, 09:47:55 AM

Very kind to offer your assistence. I'll upload the picture tonight (I cant now, at work atm)

Title: Re: Designing custom fighter-shooter stick | Help needed with the art
Post by: Q*ris on March 14, 2011, 10:26:04 AM

Damn, Etienne, you're fast!  ;D

Title: Re: Designing custom fighter-shooter stick | Help needed with the art
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on March 14, 2011, 11:40:25 AM

7.56 untill 9.24

Not my personal record  ;)

Title: Re: Designing custom fighter-shooter stick | Help needed with the art
Post by: ElPancho on March 14, 2011, 05:17:28 PM

I'll try and upload it, I did not resize the picture.
Some more info: seems to be a .png picture instead of the earlier mentioned .jpeg
Would be nice if that Ikaruga kanji and the word below it could be anywere on that picture.
Same goes for the little Kanji, come to think of it.

Here goes nothing ....

(http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/6379/ikarugawallpaperbygambi.png) (http://img705.imageshack.us/i/ikarugawallpaperbygambi.png/)

This photoshop business has got me mystified.... maybe I should take a course as the creativity to it is very appealing to me.

Really appreciate you guys wanting to take a look at this. And if that logo can be vectorized I'll put it to good use. I am thinking about getting that echted on the bottom base-plate ....

Title: Re: Designing custom fighter-shooter stick | Help needed with the art
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on March 14, 2011, 08:27:48 PM

Hmm, i dont want to be a party pooper, but this is a little out of my league  :oops:
This is hires fotoquality material..

Maybe the other vector guys can help you out ?

Title: Re: Designing custom fighter-shooter stick | Help needed with the art
Post by: Vnera on March 14, 2011, 09:33:26 PM

found this on google.http://www.consoleconnection.net/wallpapers/ikaruga-ship2.jpg (http://www.consoleconnection.net/wallpapers/ikaruga-ship2.jpg)

i think its best to look for a correct version whit out the logo and placing a new logo on top of it. If you search for artwork maybe you can find it.

Title: Re: Designing custom fighter-shooter stick | Help needed with the art
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on March 14, 2011, 10:50:22 PM

That could work ofcourse , the black logo i can vector from your pic, only need a good quality image to put that in..

(http://www.opdenkelder.com/pics/ikaruga.jpg) (http://www.opdenkelder.com/pics/ikaruga.pdf)

Click pic for Vector PDF
(could use some cleanup..)

Title: Re: Designing custom fighter-shooter stick | Help needed with the art
Post by: ElPancho on March 15, 2011, 09:19:03 AM

Oh wow, Etienne that Ikaruga logo came out really great. This should totally be etch-able. Really happy with that.

And thanks at Vnera for that picture. I am gonna tinker a bit with the color scale, a little bit more to amber like my picture, so it'll match the custom marble balltop, with has amber tones in it.

Cheers guys, you really helped me out !

Title: Re: Designing custom fighter-shooter stick | Help needed with the art
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on March 15, 2011, 10:25:59 AM

No problem, if there is anything i can do, let me know.

Title: Re: Designing custom fighter-shooter stick | Help needed with the art
Post by: Vnera on March 15, 2011, 08:59:04 PM

do poste pics of the stick. I love arcade sticks!

Title: Re: Designing custom fighter-shooter stick | Help needed with the art
Post by: ElPancho on April 24, 2011, 09:34:50 AM

Resizing the picture worked out quite nicely imho

(http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/8400/dsc03224x.jpg) (http://img845.imageshack.us/i/dsc03224x.jpg/)

Title: Re: Designing custom fighter-shooter stick | Help needed with the art
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on April 24, 2011, 04:34:02 PM

Hmm looks nice from what i can see here

Title: Re: Designing custom fighter-shooter stick | Help needed with the art
Post by: Vnera on April 26, 2011, 07:51:51 PM

nice stick. I'm looking for a dreamcast arcade stick for some time now but the never pop up on MP.