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General Chat => Artwork => Topic started by: Belike on February 05, 2014, 09:13:47 PM

Title: Eyes marquee
Post by: Belike on February 05, 2014, 09:13:47 PM
Seems like there is only  a marquee is missing from my Eyes project, is there anybody who can touch up the scanned file? :oops:
It is here:
https://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor/index.php?topic=2958.135
Thanks in advance. ;)
Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on February 06, 2014, 08:29:45 AM
Lets see, it has been a long time i vectored something, maybe i can start illustrator...  ;)

I have for my crazy kong the following dimentions ; 60 x 17,8 cm.  i guess thats the same for eyes since its the same cabinet ?

not the bended version right ?
Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on February 06, 2014, 10:40:36 AM
Little work done..
Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: Luigi on February 06, 2014, 11:19:29 AM
Wow Etienne, you're very fast...again  :spaceace:
Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on February 06, 2014, 12:56:47 PM
hehe, the "eyes"  will stay raster this time  ;D

now a little more..

whats the best to recreate the 8 bits figures ?  indeed, block for block..  ::)

Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: level42 on February 06, 2014, 01:27:11 PM
Can't you replace those scary eyes with Zita's ? I'm sure Béla would like it  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on February 06, 2014, 02:00:46 PM
hehe, could be cool indeed  :)

8bit eye ready ..

Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: Belike on February 06, 2014, 03:19:57 PM
Thanks Etienne, you were really fast, that 8 bit Eye looks great. :spaceace:
Can't you replace those scary eyes with Zita's ? I'm sure Béla would like it  ;D ;D ;D
Lol, I can make some close hi res pics if Etienne wants to try it. ;D
Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on February 06, 2014, 06:36:33 PM
sure, ill create 2 versions if you like  ;D
Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: Belike on February 06, 2014, 07:25:11 PM
sure, ill create 2 versions if you like  ;D
That would be awesome, maybe we should keep the original eye on one side and paste Zita's to the other. ;D
Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: level42 on February 06, 2014, 08:58:34 PM
Make one eye open, the other closed as if she's giving a wink ;);););)
Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on February 07, 2014, 10:13:28 AM
send me those shots, and i'll see what i can do with it

made the dotted bar today:
Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on February 07, 2014, 01:13:56 PM
And placed them in the WIP file  8)

Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on February 10, 2014, 08:56:04 PM
Almost done  ;)
Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: Belike on February 10, 2014, 09:28:28 PM
Nice to see the whole process. :spaceace:
Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on February 12, 2014, 10:52:17 AM
Time for the other 8bit eye  ::)
Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on February 12, 2014, 12:09:07 PM
i am in doubt guys..

I just looked good at the background lines (purple and yellow) :

(http://www.opdenkelder.com/pics/eyes/mix1.jpg)

as you can see they used translucent inks because the crosspoint is red looking ..

am i too anal if i do this ?:

(http://www.opdenkelder.com/pics/eyes/mix2.jpg)

folowed by cutting out the "non crossing" parts, and color that star red ?

(http://www.opdenkelder.com/pics/eyes/mix3.jpg)

thats a lot of crosses right there....  :?  any advice or opinion ?
Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on February 12, 2014, 02:56:57 PM
Ok, i have decided, i will leave the red out for now, its afterall only a 3x3 cm eyeball   ::)

Lines done, time for the letters  ;)
Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: Superully on February 12, 2014, 04:41:51 PM
good choice, etienne, noone would notice anyway!
Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on February 12, 2014, 05:04:13 PM
Thanks , well you know me , "Mr Anal"   ;D

anyway, Its Manufactured under TECHSTAR license  :D

Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: level42 on February 12, 2014, 07:33:20 PM
I like that eye !  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

That sure makes the game/marquee a lot more friendly and attractive  ;D ;D

Now you have to "dot" it to make it more in the style of the original :P
Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: Luigi on February 13, 2014, 08:04:32 AM
oh no, I can smell Mikonos....  ;) ;D

Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on February 13, 2014, 09:09:17 AM
Very sharp Thorsten, and the first person to notice that little detail.

I did that on purpose and was wondering when someone would notice this reference ;D

same as the eye, I just put that in and don't mention that, but Andre spotted that immediately  :D
Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on February 13, 2014, 09:22:24 AM

Now you have to "dot" it to make it more in the style of the original :P

something like this : ?
Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: Belike on February 13, 2014, 11:30:23 AM
Looks kickass, I didnt tell to Zita why I made pics from her eyes, I'm really curious if she will spot it. ;D
Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: Luigi on February 13, 2014, 12:12:30 PM
Looks kickass, I didnt tell to Zita why I made pics from her eyes, I'm really curious if she will spot it. ;D

Great  :D
Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: level42 on February 13, 2014, 05:13:14 PM
Looks kickass, I didnt tell to Zita why I made pics from her eyes, I'm really curious if she will spot it. ;D
;D ;D ;D

Almost Etienne, but the pattern seems to be turned 45 degrees on the original and a little bit less....[anal mode]
Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: Spinnhacker on February 13, 2014, 06:08:47 PM
very nice ... although I prefer the original
Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: level42 on February 13, 2014, 06:41:49 PM
I prefer the original too...................................................oh you mean the marquee  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: Belike on February 13, 2014, 07:36:31 PM
I prefer the original too...................................................oh you mean the marquee  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on February 13, 2014, 08:14:44 PM
i played around with some filters in PS, but i am not a PS guy

any help appriciated, i have the Original pic here if somebody wants to help out.

Original Eye JPG (http://www.opdenkelder.com/pics/eyes/zitaeye.jpg)

a variant with mosaic :

(http://www.opdenkelder.com/pics/eyes/mosaic.jpg)

and if you really want to make it scary we need to use this :  :P

(http://www.opdenkelder.com/pics/eyes/scaryeye.jpg)

Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: Spinnhacker on February 13, 2014, 08:59:52 PM
I meant only the eye, the rest is pretty much perfect!

(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1280x1024q90/594/48fh.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/gi48fhj)
Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on February 14, 2014, 05:47:21 AM
Yeah, the Original will be the one i use in the "official"  file, i also like that more because its Original

but as a addition i will give bela one with the eye of his wife  ;)
Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on February 14, 2014, 03:28:25 PM
EYES ! well, almost  ;D
Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: Spinnhacker on February 14, 2014, 05:36:00 PM
Yeah, the Original will be the one i use in the "official"  file, i also like that more because its Original

but as a addition i will give bela one with the eye of his wife  ;)
Oh my god!!! I'm sorry ... I did not understand much Bela  :oops:
 ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: Belike on February 14, 2014, 07:09:44 PM
Yeah, the Original will be the one i use in the "official"  file, i also like that more because its Original

but as a addition i will give bela one with the eye of his wife  ;)
Oh my god!!! I'm sorry ... I did not understand much Bela  :oops:
 ;D ;D ;D
No probs, this whole project is a great fun and Etienne makes a brilliant job. ;D
Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on February 14, 2014, 08:08:11 PM
Yes, its fun for me too, otherwise i wont do it.

I do hope that Chrischris is reading this thread too and fools around with that eye of your wife  ;) ;)

I restore for free and for preservation, for fun and its my passion remember  ;) ;) ;) ;)
Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: level42 on February 15, 2014, 01:32:40 AM
....which rminds me......you are still invited for some Jap Namco scanning  ;D
Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on February 21, 2014, 05:31:04 PM
So far so good, i am finished for the most part:

(http://www.opdenkelder.com/pics/eyes/done.jpg)

The only think missing is this pattern  :-\

(http://www.opdenkelder.com/pics/eyes/pattern.jpg)

Anybody here that can help me with this ?

Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: level42 on February 21, 2014, 07:04:42 PM
Where do I send my money so you can send me an empty tube ?? ;););)  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on February 21, 2014, 08:28:15 PM
Where do I send my money so you can send me an empty tube ?? ;););)  ;D ;D ;D

I am not a seller remember  ;) ;D

Quote from: Mikonos;2695054
For me design, restore or adapt is an entertainment.

Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on March 03, 2014, 04:26:46 PM
With the help from Aioros, i finished the Marquee.

Big thanks to him for isolating and vectoring the texture for the background.

Waiting for chris and his "Eye magic" for the custom marquee, i post here the finished files:

first file is colors from the scan :

(http://www.opdenkelder.com/pics/eyes/eyesmarqueedone.jpg)

Click here for the vectorfile: Eyes_Marquee_colors_scan.pdf (http://www.opdenkelder.com/pics/eyes/Eyes_Marquee_colors_scan.pdf)

Second file i used the eye dropper on the CPO that Vernimark made:

(http://www.opdenkelder.com/pics/eyes/colorvernimark.jpg)

Click here for this vectorfile: Eyes_Marquee_colors_CP_Vernimark.pdf (http://www.opdenkelder.com/pics/eyes/Eyes_Marquee_colors_CP_Vernimark.pdf)

Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: anunaki on March 03, 2014, 11:18:56 PM
edit: nvm
Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on March 04, 2014, 02:10:03 PM
Thanks to our good friend ChrisChris, i present to you; Zaccaria EYES Marquee "Zita Edition"  ;D

(http://www.opdenkelder.com/pics/eyes/146.jpg)

Chris did a very nice job on pixelating and vectorising Zita's Eye:

(http://www.opdenkelder.com/pics/eyes/147.jpg)

Get the special edition here :

Eyes_Marquee_Zita_Edition.pdf (http://www.opdenkelder.com/pics/eyes/Eyes_Marquee_Zita_Edition.pdf)
Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: Q*ris on March 04, 2014, 02:27:28 PM
Thanks Etienne!
Pixelating girls' various body parts is my second hobby :)
Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: Belike on March 04, 2014, 05:12:50 PM
Looks awesome, I will surely use this version, thanks to all of you. :spaceace: :spaceace: :spaceace:
Meet me at the bar at Eurocade. ;D
Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: level42 on March 06, 2014, 08:51:19 PM
I don't like bragging but I think this little idea of mine turned out really great !

Well done to the artists !!!

All of a sudden Eyes became such a friendly game :):):)

Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: level42 on March 06, 2014, 08:55:37 PM
And Zita is probably the first person in the world to be featured on an arcade video machine marquee :):)
Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: gyruss on March 06, 2014, 09:03:08 PM
Lol, looks a lot better then the original!  ;D
Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: Belike on March 06, 2014, 10:05:22 PM
And Zita is probably the first person in the world to be featured on an arcade video machine marquee :):)
She is still very curious why did I took the pics, she has no idea whats happening. ;D ;D ;D
Great idea indeed. :spaceace:
Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: Belike on March 30, 2014, 07:52:44 PM
Finally the marquee is ready. :D
We started from here:
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-RroECy_OceA/UzhXtt59amI/AAAAAAAAIgk/TaVvMD_-K_Q/s720/eyes%2520001.jpg)
When I removed the generic marquee I realized, that there is no tube behind it. ???
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-P5AmgDW-qd0/UzhXtkjZhII/AAAAAAAAIgU/YVuwpn0mfrU/s720/eyes%2520003.jpg)
Fortunately I have some of these universal types, installed one in a few minutes. :D
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GoGKS234tb0/UzhXtk7UbjI/AAAAAAAAIgc/iTUoSmxlWic/s720/eyes%2520004.jpg)
Looks kickass if you ask me. :D
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-OWwF_mAQEMs/UzhXuQYQFyI/AAAAAAAAIg4/v688V2Otjug/s720/eyes%2520005.jpg)

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-hTKfqSmR3LA/UzhXuv7NJ1I/AAAAAAAAIg0/zT0AHHxtVA0/s720/eyes%2520006.jpg)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8eQNxIjo3k0/UzhXu9rT5KI/AAAAAAAAIgw/fNAEbPur6nU/s720/eyes%2520007.jpg)

Thanks to Etienne, Aioros for vectorizing and to Chris for making these beautiful Eyes, you guys rock! :spaceace:
By the way, the minimum quantiy for printing was 1m2, so I have 6 more copies of this, if anybody want one for decortion, it is up for grabs for free. ;)
Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: level42 on March 30, 2014, 11:13:39 PM
Wah, LOL, yeah one for me please, I want it signed please  ;D
Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: Luigi on March 31, 2014, 08:15:47 AM
So these are Zita's eyes on the marquee?

We would also take one for our row of marquees so she can watch us having parties if you cannot be with us ;)
Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: Belike on March 31, 2014, 08:21:20 AM
Ahh, I forgot to send my thanks to André for the great idea. :D
2 signed copies are reserved for Luigi and André. ;)
Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: Q*ris on March 31, 2014, 09:09:31 AM
Eye love it!  ::)
Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on March 31, 2014, 09:15:05 AM
I think i would also like a signed one  ;)  :spaceace:

It came out awesome !

Could you also do me a favor and scan that bezel ?

That artwork just rocks !, its so awesome !!

By the way, what was Zita's reaction when she saw that custom marquee ?
Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: Belike on March 31, 2014, 10:07:44 AM



By the way, what was Zita's reaction when she saw that custom marquee ?

She liked it a lot, almost started to cry, it was a great success. ;)

Next step, install the cpo :arrow:
Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: PaulSwan on April 11, 2014, 04:28:08 AM
That's a great work of art :)
Paul.
Title: Re: Eyes marquee
Post by: level42 on April 11, 2014, 09:34:16 AM



By the way, what was Zita's reaction when she saw that custom marquee ?

She liked it a lot, almost started to cry, it was a great success. ;)

:) :D :spaceace: