Pimp my stick... baby.

[Daysoo]

I want to commission an artist to design a new faceplate for my arcade stick.
It's a Madcatz Tournament Edition stick. There's a template freely available, too.

I'm not looking for any kind of game or character specific art.
I'm looking to have something stylish with colorful swirls, ink splats, and other such designs.
Still trying to decide on the specifics of what I want, but that's the gist of it.
If anyone knows of an artist that's handy with this kind of thing, please let me know.
If you have some ideas, please toss them up here, too.
I'd greatly appreciate it. ~<3

Protip: I like pastel colors. Mostly pinks, blues, and purples.

 

[FlatSoda]

i would help

fix link, it's broken~

 

[Daysoo]

i would help

fix link, it's broken~

Fixed, thanks.

 

[FlatSoda]

i have the psd open, i can't really suggest a style/theme/color scheme, but i'll watch this thread :o

i already know you want something abstract i guess

 

[Nihongo-ookami]

I could do this. I'll work on it some when I get home.

 

[Scidadle]

...DFEAR?

DFEAR is insane at photoshop GFX and the like.

He's your man.

 

[DC]

Have the joystick centered around Tager's crotch.

 

[FlatSoda]

...DFEAR?

DFEAR is insane at photoshop GFX and the like.

He's your man.

i'm better than dfear, actually, we've yet to photoshop war :u

but we should~!

 

[Purple]

Can I just make a picture and put it on template? If i could i might make this.

FwatSoduh should teach me stuff

 

[FlatSoda]

i've got a few ideas stirrin up, i'll see what i can get done. ;D

 

[DC]

lol @ people who play around in Photoshop and think they are artists.

Anyways, use this picture:

 

[FlatSoda]

hey DC, do you still dislike me, ):



):

 

[Rayku]

's a fine picture you got there, DC

 

[Purple]

working on it now.

 

[ZIO]

Slightly interested.

I'll look into it. I'm not too keen on how to make paint splatters in Photoshop, but fortunately, I have some media with me. Oil pastels, water colors, color pencils, and pastel/water color paper. The two paper will provide an interesting texture. It all depends on what you want. Once I get it done on physical media, I can scan it, edit it in Photoshop, then move on to show you.

 

[Daysoo]

For any artists interested in this, I'd appreciate it if you showed me some examples of your work, or perhaps a rough concept of design ideas.
I'm only going to pick one design, and it's going to be on my stick for a long while, so I want it to be a good one. ;D

 

[FlatSoda]

Slightly interested.

I'll look into it. I'm not too keen on how to make paint splatters in Photoshop, but fortunately, I have some media with me. Oil pastels, water colors, color pencils, and pastel/water color paper. The two paper will provide an interesting texture. It all depends on what you want. Once I get it done on physical media, I can scan it, edit it in Photoshop, then move on to show you.

you can be lazy and search on deviant art for some photoshop splatter brushes,

or you can take a normal round brush and hit f5 and mess around with the scatter and shape dynamics

it isn't hard~

@daysoo, i don't save my work

 

[Daysoo]

@daysoo, i don't save my work

It's pretty important for artists to build a portfolio, though.

In other news, little designs I like:
Swirls, ink blots, flowers, stars, hearts... You get the picture.

Oh, and I'll only be able to pay for / use one design in the end.
I don't want to be a **** or anything, but this has to be professional quality.
If you're actually going to try and design something for me, talk to me about it.
I'm always signed in on AIM and such.
I don't want a bunch of people trying to be nice and make something for me, and then not being able to pay for something that doesn't meet my standards.
This was mostly to FIND an artist to work with, y'know?

 

[ZIO]

By payment, what are you talking about? If you mean pay for our work, I know I wasn't going to charge you anything. If you mean paying to reproduce it onto your arcade stick, dunno what to tell you 'bout that.

 

[Daysoo]

By payment, what are you talking about? If you mean pay for our work, I know I wasn't going to charge you anything. If you mean paying to reproduce it onto your arcade stick, dunno what to tell you 'bout that.

I was going to pay an artist to design something for me, which is why it's so important for it to be professional quality.
I'm going to be carting this stick around to tournaments, you know.

 

[stingers]

its relatively easy to become pro enough at photoshop to design something abstract like you're looking for and have it look cool. i think there are some people on smashboards that could help you out

 

[ZIO]

Daysoo could always go to the Artwork Emporium found on this site.

People like Yink, C4, and I go there and I'm sure people would do the piece for free. As I would. Just give me some time, I'll do what I can.

 

[FlatSoda]

i'll work on something if i ever get home...


pastel/easter colors, yeh?

 

[FlatSoda]

do you like fractals

just rendered this

http://i44.tinypic.com/sewyu0.jpg

don't want to stretch the page

 

[AfroQT]

do you like fractals

just rendered this

http://i44.tinypic.com/sewyu0.jpg

don't want to stretch the page

TERRIBLE MAN

 

[DFEAR]

some of my work:

and my personal best work

get at me.

 

[AfroQT]

Grade A

 

[FlatSoda]

i've seen the mona lisa at the louvre.

not worth the wait.

 

[DFEAR]

i got several copies on my comp want the psd?

 

[FlatSoda]

i got several copies on my comp want the psd?

lol .

 

[Daysoo]

do you like fractals

just rendered this

http://i44.tinypic.com/sewyu0.jpg

don't want to stretch the page

That's really pretty. :o

 

[FlatSoda]

fractals looked kinda bad on the template.

so i was going pretty basic and came up with something like this...

saved it smaller so it won't stretch the page out.
just messing around.
oh and as zio said, a lot of people would do it for free, i would too, charging is whack.

again this is pretty basic, just a round brush with some shape dynamics and scattering for a "splatter." I could've used stock brushes, but that's not ~my~ work. it'd be someone elses. soft pallid glow around the holes and yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh. this wasn't a submission, just an idea ~~~~

 

[ZIO]

YEAHHHHHHH . . . I know I'm no good.

*sad faces*

I just hate throwing a ton of stuff on. And fractals is something PS 7.0 can't, though I would love to do it some time soon. Since now some one has shown what they have, guess I'll provide an image of what I have thus far, too.

It's not done and I plan to do something more to those stars. Those stars actually are just a guideline for me. They won't be there as I will be replacing them..

 

[Daysoo]

fractals looked kinda bad on the template.

so i was going pretty basic and came up with something like this...

saved it smaller so it won't stretch the page out.
just messing around.
oh and as zio said, a lot of people would do it for free, i would too, charging is whack.

again this is pretty basic, just a round brush with some shape dynamics and scattering for a "splatter." I could've used stock brushes, but that's not ~my~ work. it'd be someone elses. soft pallid glow around the holes and yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh. this wasn't a submission, just an idea ~~~~

Guess I should clarify:
I'd like Pink to be the primary color.
Also, if I could have my tag (Daysoo) on there somewhere it'd be great.
There's also some uncomfortable empty space on this that looks kind of awkward.

YEAHHHHHHH . . . I know I'm no good.

*sad faces*

I just hate throwing a ton of stuff on. And fractals is something PS 7.0 can't, though I would love to do it some time soon. Since now some one has shown what they have, guess I'll provide an image of what I have thus far, too.

It's not done and I plan to do something more to those stars. Those stars actually are just a guideline for me. They won't be there as I will be replacing them..

A step in the right direction.

 

[Anomic_Punk]

lol this man Desu would complain about a free meal.
xD

 

[ZIO]

K

I got something more, Daysoo. I'll post it up tomorrow. I like it more than the other variations I have provided.

Post tomorrow.

EDIT - the new variation ~

 

[Purple]

Oh yeah, I should show mine. ._.

 

[FlatSoda]

hmm, i deleted what i just did.

i'll work on more stuff, there should be more people trying than just me and zio :D

 

[FlatSoda]

Oh yeah, I should show mine. ._.

show it

 

[Daysoo]

K

I got something more, Daysoo. I'll post it up tomorrow. I like it more than the other variations I have provided.

Post tomorrow.

EDIT - the new variation ~

Those green stars are kinda weirding me out.
I like the font for the name, and the border around it.
It still feels like it's missing something, though...