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It all starts with a scan or a decent photo that is straight-on. We load the pic into a tracing program like Adobe Draw on the iPad and begin tracing each line and coloring the pieces as we go.   Screen shots above - in process pic below: Here is an isolated pic of the new drawing without the background image. After the hand drawn lines are complete, we load it into Illustrator to make perfectly straight lines (like the rainbows and stars). Loads of layers and colors combine to make the final piece. When the file is complete, we...

We were approached by 3M and Mimaki to design/build/ship a pair or arcade games for the biggest Sign and Graphics convention in the country. We were honored to build them an upright and a cocktail machine. No old school games were injured or damaged during the making of these games. Here's a look at making them...            Graphics printed on JV300-160 using Mimaki Original SS21 Inks.Media: 3M SV480Cv3 Envision Print Wrap FilmLaminate: 3M 8509 Scotchcal Luster Overlaminate ISA 2016 Sign Show in Orlando, Florida Links:Mimaki - http://www.mimakiusa.com/3M - http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/Graphics/3Mgraphics/Holland Computers - http://www.hollandcomputers.com/

Congratulations to Annah Moore who's Star Castle Best-Looking Video Game at Zapcon 2016 in Mesa, AZ this weekend. Thank You for trusting Escape Pod for your restoration graphics! http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9754 From Annah's post: My Star Castle won Best-Looking Video Game at Zapcon 2016!!! I'd like to thank all my fellow classic gaming friends and the community for their love and support. And Dan at Escape Pod, of course, for providing the stellar side art and marquee.

buttons are marked with a tiny dot for easy install. https://escapepodonline.com/products/multi-williams-cpo-control-panel-overlay Williams Multigame Side Art https://escapepodonline.com/collections/side-art/products/multi-williams-side-art-decals

Are custom arcade graphics worth it? We get asked a lot and the answer is YES! If you build it, they will come. The machine you build and solicit to the lowest common denominator