Author Topic: Super Don Quix-ote Marquee  (Read 23816 times)

ElPancho

  • Member
  • **
  • Posts: 203
    • View Profile
Re: Super Don Quix-ote Marquee
« Reply #15 on: March 16, 2011, 11:19:34 AM »
Nice Wacom ! What, according to you, would be a nice Wacom-model for a beginner like me? -sorry for the off topic-
current line up: 3 x New Astro City 2x Atomiswave SD, 3 x Aero (2 NOS) and Aero Table
Pac Man
Black Knight pinball
On the way: Daytona USA

Etienne MacGyver

  • ArcadeLifeStyler'
  • ***
  • Posts: 7611
  • The Netherlands
    • View Profile
Re: Super Don Quix-ote Marquee
« Reply #16 on: March 16, 2011, 11:33:44 AM »
dont know, i just took the cheapest from marktplaats  ;D

here are a few:

Same as i have :  http://link.marktplaats.nl/429932538

http://link.marktplaats.nl/429366198

http://link.marktplaats.nl/423148890

there exist more than enough on marktplaats for not too much money

Goodluck !

Etienne MacGyver

  • ArcadeLifeStyler'
  • ***
  • Posts: 7611
  • The Netherlands
    • View Profile
Re: Super Don Quix-ote Marquee
« Reply #17 on: March 17, 2011, 04:19:01 PM »
Little update today..

Made the claws  :wink:



Not finished though.., the horse needs legs, the claws need nails and there is a face missing..

also i am waiting some text corrections that some german guy promissed to make  ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)

Etienne MacGyver

  • ArcadeLifeStyler'
  • ***
  • Posts: 7611
  • The Netherlands
    • View Profile
Re: Super Don Quix-ote Marquee
« Reply #18 on: March 17, 2011, 04:21:49 PM »
Great, i'll scan the old one tomorrow (along with a nice article about Bezerk) and email it to you.  :spaceace:

you never did gyruss, did you ? (the DK part)  ;)

italiandoh

  • Member
  • **
  • Posts: 434
  • Italy
    • View Profile
Re: Super Don Quix-ote Marquee
« Reply #19 on: March 19, 2011, 11:09:33 PM »
Little update today..

Made the claws  :wink:



Not finished though.., the horse needs legs, the claws need nails and there is a face missing..

also i am waiting some text corrections that some german guy promissed to make  ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)


Cool ! Nice work, many thanks to all of you  :D

Matteo

Dex-Jay

  • Jr. Member
  • *
  • Posts: 11
    • View Profile
Re: Super Don Quix-ote Marquee
« Reply #20 on: March 21, 2011, 12:11:33 PM »
Hi all!
Just registered here!

Hi Teo!
Repro-ing a Super Don marquee eh?

Like the Electrcoin UK cab one I posted on the DLP?

Looking good!

Regards,
Rich (Dex-Jay)


Etienne MacGyver

  • ArcadeLifeStyler'
  • ***
  • Posts: 7611
  • The Netherlands
    • View Profile
Re: Super Don Quix-ote Marquee
« Reply #21 on: March 21, 2011, 05:02:21 PM »
And its finished for now..

Just need the german translations
It is like the original, but i think it can use some touch-ups if you want to improve the original.
Maybe other guys like to do that  ;)



Click the pic for the vector PDF.

Superully

  • ArcadeLifeStyler'
  • ***
  • Posts: 6300
  • Southern Part of Germany
    • View Profile
Re: Super Don Quix-ote Marquee
« Reply #22 on: March 21, 2011, 06:48:22 PM »
Just need the german translations

Corrected version sent!
all i need is ... PONG - and a select few others: TOUCH ME, DRAGON'S LAIR, JOUST, ROBOTRON, MR DO, SAN FRANCISCO RUSH THE ROCK!!!

Etienne MacGyver

  • ArcadeLifeStyler'
  • ***
  • Posts: 7611
  • The Netherlands
    • View Profile
Re: Super Don Quix-ote Marquee
« Reply #23 on: March 21, 2011, 06:55:10 PM »
Thanks Ully !  :spaceace:

Dazza

  • Member
  • **
  • Posts: 270
    • View Profile
Re: Super Don Quix-ote Marquee
« Reply #24 on: March 22, 2011, 10:35:44 AM »
What technique did you use for half-tone colouring the donkey and the man's boots?

Etienne MacGyver

  • ArcadeLifeStyler'
  • ***
  • Posts: 7611
  • The Netherlands
    • View Profile
Re: Super Don Quix-ote Marquee
« Reply #25 on: March 22, 2011, 11:11:57 AM »
hehe, "The pain in the ass technique"  ;D

created a grid then took a circle, copied it, placed it, selected the two, copy them, place them, selected the four, copy them, place them, selected the eight, copy them, place them, etc. etc. etc.

after a while , the multiply-ing goes faster and faster..
after that take out the parts not needed..  almost the same like the zaccaria i made:





Since this has a "white" surrounding, i was forced to cut some dots.
here is the Zacc complete



for gradient, i use this method that i found somewhere online.
« Last Edit: March 23, 2011, 09:15:35 PM by Etienne »

Etienne MacGyver

  • ArcadeLifeStyler'
  • ***
  • Posts: 7611
  • The Netherlands
    • View Profile
Re: Super Don Quix-ote Marquee
« Reply #26 on: March 23, 2011, 01:11:40 PM »
Just need the german translations

Corrected version sent!

Ully corrected the wrong German, I adjusted the file.



Click on the pic to get the adjusted PDF Vector file.

Later when i got the english translations, i will update the post again  ;)

and ofcourse are they available through zorg's Vector lib.
« Last Edit: March 23, 2011, 01:13:58 PM by Etienne »

Dazza

  • Member
  • **
  • Posts: 270
    • View Profile
Re: Super Don Quix-ote Marquee
« Reply #27 on: March 23, 2011, 08:23:11 PM »
haha, it is a total pain in the ass!

Looks like you had just as much a pain as when I did it. I did manage to find a quicker technique where you put one row of dots (at the end of the bit you want to colour), then another row of dots and the other end and you can get AI to fill in the dots inbetween, massively faster! The simply shove a mask over the top of it.

I was doing the Rolling Thunder control panel and a massive bit of it is half-tone coloured blue. My AI kept crashing, I assume because of the sheer number of dots. I gave up on it in the end. I still also need a scan of the Atari Ireland bit on the front, to completely finish it, but can't get hold of one :(

Also, when half-tone colouring using that technique, the colours completely screw up when you enlarge or shrink the print size. They are only good for the exact size you are after.


Etienne MacGyver

  • ArcadeLifeStyler'
  • ***
  • Posts: 7611
  • The Netherlands
    • View Profile
Re: Super Don Quix-ote Marquee
« Reply #28 on: March 23, 2011, 09:19:59 PM »
which version do you use ? , i have never crashed AI since i am using it..

also i may depend on the machine youre using..

Im using my laptop with a Intel i3 M350 @ 2,3 Ghz with 3GB memory atm.. (windows 7 + CS5)

Dazza

  • Member
  • **
  • Posts: 270
    • View Profile
Re: Super Don Quix-ote Marquee
« Reply #29 on: March 23, 2011, 11:23:01 PM »
This was a couple of years ago now. I was using AI CS3, on Windows XP and it only had 2GB memory back then.

I think I was running out of memory. The control panel vector was approximately 2.5 times larger in physical size than the marquee I was working on. Never crashed when I was doing my marquee. Only started crashing when I did the massive half-tone addition to the control panel.

I might try again now I have 6GB of memory and a massively more powerful machine. Still need to get the bottom half of the control panel scanned from someone though.