View Full Version : I consider this bragging rights...
onetrackmind
03-30-2005, 07:53 AM
Some of you might know that i started making ads/posters for some upcomming games comming out for fun. Well one of them is actually being used by an EBgames store. A huge Thanks to StarBoyk for setting everything up and for taking the pictures for me!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v650/jacobo114/counter.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v650/jacobo114/NR.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v650/jacobo114/NR-1.jpg
here was the original artwork i made.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v650/jacobo114/cvcopy.jpg
The Successful Dropout
03-30-2005, 08:03 AM
good job, now whats your favorite nintendo character? :D
KrazyKefka
03-30-2005, 08:21 AM
:applause: :applause: :applause:
That's awesome. Congrats otm.
Rubberlegs
03-30-2005, 08:24 AM
All I can say is that's pretty sweet. Nice artwork and congrats!!!
evilmax17
03-30-2005, 08:29 AM
You the man! I wonder what the Nintendo rep will say (hopefully "wow that's cool!")
cheapass Gundam
03-30-2005, 08:39 AM
Didn't Konami change their logo over a year ago?
clockworkvictim
03-30-2005, 08:52 AM
Very nice. That's so sweet!
starboyk
03-30-2005, 08:55 AM
Hehe, glad you like the photos, and sorry my camera sucks so much. That's some awesome work, man!
onetrackmind
03-30-2005, 08:57 AM
Didn't Konami change their logo over a year ago?
They probably have changed it but thats the only higher quality konami logo i could find. I can only work with what i have.
punqsux
03-30-2005, 09:00 AM
otm, im not sure if you have been formally trained or not, but i cant encourage you enough to head to art school, graphic design seems to be in your blood.
again, bravo on your work.
onetrackmind
03-30-2005, 09:03 AM
Hehe, glad you like the photos, and sorry my camera sucks so much. That's some awesome work, man!
Thanks brother, i'm still working on concepts for the other ones they wanted, it will be awesome to see those in store too. The pictures turned out fine bro, my favorite it the one sitting next to the sp display.
good job, now whats your favorite nintendo character?
Haha he wears green and thats all i'm saying.
You the man! I wonder what the Nintendo rep will say (hopefully "wow that's cool!")
Yeah it would be very awesome if the nintendo rep liked it. Starboyk told me the day it was put up it was very well recieved by customers and actually sold some pre-sells from it.
adamsappel
03-30-2005, 09:15 AM
That is very cool.
MaxBiaggi3
03-30-2005, 10:10 AM
Did you get paid cash money, or did you do this strictly for the experience and thrill of working "in the industry," so to speak?
onetrackmind
03-30-2005, 10:13 AM
Did you get paid cash money, or did you do this strictly for the experience and thrill of working "in the industry," so to speak?
I did it for free, its a awesome thing to put in my portfolio and a cool thing to throw on my resume. It's a very cool thing seeing something i made sitting in a store, that alone is worth it.
javeryh
03-30-2005, 10:40 AM
Awesome job. Good thing it's not a Nintendo franchise or the cease and desist letter would already be in the mail. :lol: Amazing work.
phattyphat69
03-30-2005, 10:49 AM
Now if only companies approved coverart for their games as good as your work...
chickenhawk
03-30-2005, 10:58 AM
Yeah, great job. I think punq is right. Graphic design seems to be your calling. This is a sweet design, and the Killer 7 poster you posted in a separate thread is really cool too!
bezelbubba
03-30-2005, 11:03 AM
ok im gonna take a guess here
the background eyes came from vampire the masqurade
and the dude with the jacket is John Travolta's sillotte from Saturday night Fever
am I right? Do i win a cookie?
Nicework
onetrackmind
03-30-2005, 11:06 AM
ok im gonna take a guess here
the background eyes came from vampire the masqurade
and the dude with the jacket is John Travolta's sillotte from Saturday night Fever
am I right? Do i win a cookie?
Nicework
haha yes the vampire part is correct but i still had to do a lot of work to it.
The silhouette is actually the character from castlevania aria of sorrow which this game is a sequal to. I just took a screen shot from the game and made a silhouette the best i could from it.
What kind of cookie you want?
Snake2715
03-30-2005, 11:10 AM
You know its cool and all but I would be contacting EB and finding out where they got it from? Seriously.
Maybe you could get a hold of someone at corporate and maybe start feeding them designs.
That would look better on your resume than just one.
Xtreme331
03-30-2005, 11:13 AM
Dude that is really awesome. I only wish i had talent like that. Congrats bro!
Ledhed
03-30-2005, 11:28 AM
Now if only Nintendo could take a cue from your awesome Animal Crossing DS ad. ;)
skulls dont fade
03-30-2005, 11:41 AM
i've been to art school and while i think it's good work, it could never be used commercially. the use of "vampire" art in a konami ad is begging for a lawsuit from activision. i'm also not certain that you could collect royalty checks or anything for compiling pre-existing konami art into a single piece. i can't clip out 4 different frames of garfield and put them to together to say i wrote the comic.
i used pictures from an OOP medical book when doing a piece for a band at a major venue near DC and my advisor told me that it is still copyright infringment. i had to take the ideas and redraw them all by hand. talk about a pain.
to the creator of the piece, i think it's excellent box art, however from a business standpoint, i don't think it could be used. but that's cool. it's art, it was for fun, it was for free. i totally know where you are coming from. good job.
punqsux
03-30-2005, 11:45 AM
i've been to art school and while i think it's good work, it could never be used commercially. the use of "vampire" art in a konami ad is begging for a lawsuit from activision. i'm also not certain that you could collect royalty checks or anything for compiling pre-existing konami art into a single piece. i can't clip out 4 different frames of garfield and put them to together to say i wrote the comic.
i used pictures from an OOP medical book when doing a piece for a band at a major venue near DC and my advisor told me that it is still copyright infringment. i had to take the ideas and redraw them all by hand. talk about a pain.
to the creator of the piece, i think it's excellent box art, however from a business standpoint, i don't think it could be used. but that's cool. it's art, it was for fun, it was for free. i totally know where you are coming from. good job.
its not a box art (even though it is being used as such) it was made to be an ad.
skulls dont fade
03-30-2005, 11:48 AM
its not a box art (even though it is being used as such) it was made to be an ad.
that doesn't change anything that i said.
screwkick
03-30-2005, 11:55 AM
Nice work.
MorPhiend
03-30-2005, 12:04 PM
Wow! That's awesome OTM! I knew you could go somewhere with that. Now maybe you could use this as bait for Nintendo to look at your ACDS ad. Maybe you could sell them on the idea. Your ACDS ad is one of the coolest ads I have seen (and the Castlevania one ain't too shabby, either.;) ).
tauruskatt
03-30-2005, 12:04 PM
hehe, i do this all the time for my store, the nintendo rep was confused but seemed to think it was cool. the sony rep thinks anything done that pertains to sony games is awesome. BUT, my printed out box art and quick cut and paste work looks nothing like this~ very good job! ps. since it's non-profit art that works to promote the game, and I'm guessing it's only going to be up until konami/nintendo sends them official stuff, thinking your going to be sued over it seems over the top imo. ^_^
looks awesome though, and i love the v:tm backdrop (lol, i wonder if anyone else catches that in the store?). if you really want to make a habit out of it, i'd suggest adding the DS logo and printing it out DS-box-sized. ;)
Nice work OTM. I'm too lazy to find your Animal Crossing DS one, so how about you post that in here, for all to see. ;)
SteveMcQ
03-30-2005, 12:31 PM
Yeah, that Animal Crossing DS one was excellent. Good job.
onetrackmind
03-30-2005, 12:39 PM
as requested by rig
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v650/jacobo114/animalcrossing.jpg
tauruskatt
03-30-2005, 02:01 PM
Sweet! i like that one even more, lol, simple and anyone who knows the game gets it, actually looks like something nintendo would put out :D
onetrackmind
03-30-2005, 02:27 PM
thanks bro... the castlevania one was more of a poster to promote the game, this one i made as an ad.
Kaijufan
03-30-2005, 02:38 PM
Great job with both Castlevania and Animal Crossing OP.
Backlash
03-30-2005, 03:05 PM
Nice work dude! You should work out some deal with the store to get some kind of discount or first dibs on penny guides or something :)
chickenhawk
03-30-2005, 03:07 PM
The Animal Crossing DS ad is cool too. Simple, yet appropriate.
shrike4242
03-30-2005, 03:45 PM
OTM, is that up for display anywhere in our area, or is it at a EB not in our neck of the woods?
If it's in the St. Louis area, I'd look to take a close look at it and see it in person.
onetrackmind
03-30-2005, 03:50 PM
OTM, is that up for display anywhere in our area, or is it at a EB not in our neck of the woods?
If it's in the St. Louis area, I'd look to take a close look at it and see it in person.
Nope it's in Florida bro, i wish i could get it in locally, it would eb awesome to see it in person
punqsux
03-30-2005, 03:58 PM
how on earth did an eb in florida get your work??
MorPhiend
03-30-2005, 04:00 PM
Nope it's in Florida bro, i wish i could get it in locally, it would eb awesome to see it in person
Was that on purpose, or a typo? Either way, it was pretty funny.:lol:
zewone
03-30-2005, 04:06 PM
Thats great dude. Keep up the good work.
onetrackmind
03-30-2005, 04:17 PM
After i posted the castlevania ad, Starboyk had sent me a PM asking if i'd like to have some of my work in his friend's ebgames store. His friend took a look at the the animal crossing and castlevania posters and was really excited about it, so i sent them over and the rest is history
Renegade_Zero
03-30-2005, 11:47 PM
frickin sweet
tauruskatt
03-31-2005, 12:16 AM
thanks bro... the castlevania one was more of a poster to promote the game, this one i made as an ad.
heh, you called me bro...
really looks nice though, not sure if you've ever thought about going into visual communications or digital art or anything, but you seem to have a knack for it, so keep at it!
P.S. Want it displayed at a GS too? :lol:
jngx80
03-31-2005, 03:09 AM
Wow, congrats on getting your work shown. As an amatuer artist myself, it's always exciting to see your own artwork being displayed somewhere.
So those displays aren't always official? Couldn't the store get in trouble if they're using unofficial artwork?
BigSpoonyBard
03-31-2005, 03:43 AM
great job OTM, I told you that was the moneyshot!
onetrackmind
03-31-2005, 07:04 AM
great job OTM, I told you that was the moneyshot!
I know you wanted me to resize it for you, and i promise i'll get to it... ive just been super busy and unable to put the time into it.
onetrackmind
03-31-2005, 07:06 AM
heh, you called me bro...
really looks nice though, not sure if you've ever thought about going into visual communications or digital art or anything, but you seem to have a knack for it, so keep at it!
P.S. Want it displayed at a GS too? :lol:
oops sorry for calling you bro, i just figure 99% of the people here on Cag are guys. Sure i'd love to have it in a gamestop also, let me know! Thanks!