If you have Photoshop, you can easily control the size of the pic. To make the file size smaller, set the resolution to either 72 or 96 dpi, then under the file menu select "save for web," which will cut down the size drastically yet still keep the pic looking decent. Also watermarks are ten times easier to make in photoshop as well, as all you have to do is set the layer transparency to what you like. Excellent collection btw. How does one go about obtaining original game artwork? It's not like they just sell it in stores. How did you get these?
They are are quite a few. I found a bit of a bio on one of them and posted it at Atari Age but I'll repost it for those who don't go there. Larry Salk (1936-2004) was born in Chicago, Illinois. After moving to Los Angeles with his family in 1949, Larry attended Chouinard Art School on a scholarship for a year, and then transferred to U.C.L.A. He graduated in 1958 with a B.A. in Art and English. After a six-month stint in the Army as a Reservist, and a year and a half as an assistant art director he returned to school on a scholarship and graduated with honors as an illustration major from Art Center College of Design in June, 1962. Except for one short period in 1966, Larry was a freelance illustrator. He specialized in portraiture and this led to illustrating movie posters. Between film and TV he produced over 165 posters. Among them were Seinfeld’s “Kramer”, Sweet Charity, The Brinks Job, How to Beat the High Cost of Living, Sharky’s Machine, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, and Superman III. Some of his other accomplishments include a thirty-foot mural depicting forty-six figures from America’s past for Wil Wright’s, the nine portraits that comprise Santa Anita’s Jockey Hall of Fame, four posters depicting the History of Transportation for Lockheed, and commemorative coins for the Santa Monica Bicentennial and the Pasadena Centennial. He has produced artwork for advertisements, video game covers, magazines, collector’s plates, and children’s books. Larry was active in the Air Force Art Program for 30 years. One of his Air Force paintings was chosen as an Air Force 40th Anniversary print. As well, he taught figure-drawing part time at the California Art Institute and Disney Studios and guest taught or lectured at Los Angeles Trade Tech, Art Center, and Loyola University. He was a member of the Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles since 1968 and had held the offices of Chairman of the Board, President, Illustration West Show Chairman, Editor, Scholarship Chairman, and Air Force Program Chairman In 1995 he was given the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Society.
Video game ads Free map for Mario 3 advertising Urban Strike Shadowrun ad #1 Shadowrun ad #2 5 Battletoads ads and posters
PC/Atari computer games Vigilante Street Football Stealth Evasive Action Full Metal Planet Full Metal Planet logo Firetrap Speed Buggy Continuum
Arcade Gang Wars Vigilante World Heroes Gain Ground characters 1 Gain Ground characters 2 Captain Commando Art of Fighting set of characters 1 Art of Fighting set of characters 2 Art of Fighting set of characters 3
more arcade art Bermuda Triangle Punky Doodle unreleased Sunsoft arcade game Night Warriors King of the Monsters King of the Monsters In the Hunt Buster Bros 2 Crude Dudes Dynasty Wars
This cabinet is only about 2 ft high. Atari had artists draw mockups to scale prior to production for every game ever made and those that were that never made. unreleased Atari Runaway art. I no longer own this piece it was traded away for some Atari 2600 paintings.
Ok here are some arcades. Unreleased Atari pinball/videogame hybrid Sentinel Here is the cabinet mockup Here is the Sentinel monitor bezel - this is not from the mockup and its huge Here is the Sentinel pinball playfield artwork - again huge and not from the mockup This is the original side artwork for Crystal Castles. It pull from the mockup when the artwork was axed. The rest of the mockup was kept and a new side was addded with the final artwork.
The first of the unknown works is "Powered Gear" / "Armored Warriors" (Capcom, 1994). Not sure about the other ones. EDIT: BTW, what you laballed as R-Type is in fact "Ultimate Ecology" / "Eco Fighters" (Capcom, 1993).
The second I was told is Raiden II. So if we have two solved I have to add 2 the first is a pic of 3 taped together so I assume its the same game.
