Thread O' Custom Sticks

[kingoffighters]

Too clean dementia. I like it. Wireless is god.

[GohanX]

I just ordered the HRAP EX SE from Amazon, and I was wondering, does anyone have any ideas for the artwork? I can do the layout/photoshopping, but I am a technical guy with no artistic flair.

My first idea is a Ryu theme, or possibly a Ryu vs Sagat, since Ryu is my main fighter in my favorite series. It's not very original though.

Second thought is a shooter based theme, probably based on Ikaruga since its my favorite 360 shooter. I can't think of any other 360 shooters with nice artwork that was released domestically.

Third thought is I have a lot of high quality SNK art from designing Neo Geo MVS covers, so I could make a nice setup with that. The problem naturally is that most of snk's 360 efforts so far have sucked.

[FirstBlood]

Just steal something from SRK.

Just make sure it's something that considers the joystick/button layout. There's nothing worse than a awesome custom design where the stick and buttons are covering up everything.

[GohanX]

Layout I can do. I work at a print shop

[sixteen-bit]

just to get you started, here's a link to a blank template:
http://iplaywinner.com/joystick-art-templates/

HRAP EX uses the same mold as the HRAP2/3, so download that one.

I can't really help with the art though, as I typically keep things aesthetically subdued.

[GohanX]

Thanks, dementia and Firstblood. I'm raiding SRK's forums and looking at art. Here's a little something I put together with some art I already had on the PC. I need to do some repositioning, and probably edit out Grant since the headphone connector goes over his head, but it gives you a general idea. Something is missing, but I can't figure out what.

[SpoDaddy]

Gohan: I looked through tons of Ryu vs. Sagat stuff when I built my stick, here are some of the more memorable ones:

[Grave]

Any of those would look terrible.

[GohanX]

Spo: thanks for the images. I might cook up a design with those and see how I like it.

The Ryu vs Sagat image in my head is pretty much like the first two pics, but from the side.

[SpoDaddy]

Spo: thanks for the images. I might cook up a design with those and see how I like it.

The Ryu vs Sagat image in my head is pretty much like the first two pics, but from the side.

No problem man. This is the only piece of art I've ever seen that sounds like what you're looking for: