MAMEWorld Forums - MAME Artwork: Official - Re: "TEMPEST COCKTAIL BEZEL" (ATARI) arcade artwork file restored by Zona Arcade & Mikonos

I never like to vectorize an art because that destroys the hand of the original creator, in this case I had to do it in some parts and for various reasons that I won't go into, but when I vectorize, I average line thicknesses so that everything is symmetrical to a fault.

I have restored many pieces of classical art composed of lines to determine that this is the best way to proceed, as this ensures that all lines are perfectly parallel or perpendicular.

Another reason why I vector art that has geometric motifs is that certain lines, from one reproduction to another, can have different thicknesses. The solution, again, is averaging.

Indeed, the lines have different thicknesses in the original and I have corrected this on purpose, because the underlying idea is that of perfect symmetry, although the printing media that existed 43 years ago did not allow such precision.

Regarding the black line that hides the rubber gasket or black silicone line of the glass, it seemed very strange to me and I did not reproduce it because I did not understand it well. But, yes, I see that it is part of the art, because it contains the serial number and the copyright. I'll add it! I will also add the wood grain.

Yes, both, the lines and the logo are metallic, in addition to certain parts of the alien. I'll do a photoshop trick to give it some metallic highlight effect.

Both, the instruction letters and the Atari logos, are metallic; that Reddit photo does not represent the original decoration of the machine, for sure!

I'll give you the explanation, every time a color is added to a piece of decoration, cost is added. In this case, the white color would have meant creating a new screen printing mesh and the labor to relocate it. Also, the white color should have gone first and they are very small letters, so there is no possibility of "no overlap". This means that in the next color layer, the garnet color, the white letters would have been contaminated with this color and, in the last layer, the metallic color, they would have darkened.

White letters are impossible in this decoration!

About the note: "And just a note on this other comment: "...most ordinary mortals interested in Mame's in-game arts aren't going to care."

I'm glad to hear your opinion, but people can't fully appreciate the effort put into simply providing them with miniatures of 4000 max on each side.

I'm going to stay with this paragraph that you wrote because we will go through it several times in the future, but it will remain between you and me.

I like your romantic vision of the user/fan, but he doesn't realize anything at all and he doesn't know how to appreciate it either because he doesn't understand. This is the only way to explain why certain arcade and pinball art stores sell unrestored or very poorly restored decorations.