Re: vector artwork

( I don't know if the VL mail server is being weird to me or if it's my
@home mail server, but I just received Joel's message at 11:15pm and had
already received Clay's response to this email at 7:00pm - 4+ hours earlier!
Do do do do - do do do do )

Well, Joel & Clay, I've avoided doing side art for 2 reasons: size and cost.

As for size, I'm not sure how to get the art into my PC to then redraw it.
My friend has a "crawler" scanner that we've talked about using for this
sort of thing but we've never actually tried it. This thing is really cool -
You lay down a reference track and this scanner drives along the track
scanning in what's underneath. I think it'll do a 5' wide by any length
scan. The first problem is that we would have to have a machine (or
uninstalled sideart) to lay down and scan. The second problem is that this
scanner belongs to his work and I don't know how they would react to him
showing up one day with a dedicated SW upright in his pocket. But.
theoretically, it's possible.

The second and biggest problem is cost. I pay by the sq.-ft. A vid, approx.
3x6 in size would required (obviously) 18 sq. ft of art per side. Even if I
could work out an amazing deal with my printer and get it for $10 per sq. ft
(unheard of price, never happen) it would still be $180 per side. And that
wouldn't cover anything for my time to redraw it (many, many hours). I
figure in reality the cost would be double that.

So for small-run CPOs (the kind of weird stuff I seem to be gravitating
towards) this process is reasonable. I just can't see it being
cost-effective for side art.

If, however, someone wanted to fund the process of making true silk-screened
art, I would consider doing the graphics. Steve Gregory just did Ms. Pac
side art. I assume he had them silk-screened. He sells them for $150/pair.
So, let's say he makes a 50% mark-up. That means it would cost him $100 per
set (that seems awfully cheap). To get that kind of price, I bet he had to
order at least 100 sets.

So, does anyone want to put up $10,000 for a side art project? If so, LMK.
;-)

-roy-

----- Original Message -----
From: Joel Rosenzweig <Joel_Rosenzweig@Agilent.com>
To: <vectorlist@lists.cc.utexas.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 6:17 PM
Subject: vector artwork

> Well Roy, now that you mention it ...
>
> I've been half dreaming of reproducing the Star Wars side art. Rather
than
> silk screening it on, I'd like to have the art put on the same material
that
> you put the control panel overlays onto. Then we could apply the art like
a
> sticker. I know that the look and feel would be altered from the
original,
> but I'd allow myself the deviation from the original in order to have a
> perfect set of art on the cabinet.
>
> So .. if a project like that interests you, let me know. Would anyone
else
> be interested in such a side art reproduction? For that matter, what
about
> side art for any of the other vectors? My Asteroids is a little
hurting...
>
> >Is there anything else that anybody needs?
> >
> >-roy-
>
Received on Wed Nov 17 22:55:31 1999