N64 Top Label idea... (THE 100% ORIGINAL TOPIC)

[shenske]

Oh, thnks
Going to make some end-labels for my games

Can I use the covers from the site to make the end labels?

That should be fine i would just stay away from the custom covers. Just make sure to keep the high quality (300dpi .. just use Photoshop and it shouldn't be a problem) 

[irvgotti452]

Damn shenske u don't f*ck around! Lol great work and A looks great!

[shenske]

Damn shenske u don't f*ck around!

Not when someone gives me a reason to be motivated     
If i had more time i'd do even more. I'll up them to the site if/when i get more opinions from the other Admins.

[AppleQueso]

Yeah wow that guy's an ass. Shenske's labels look better anyhow .

Oh, thnks
Going to make some end-labels for my games

Can I use the covers from the site to make the end labels?

That should be fine i would just stay away from the custom covers. Just make sure to keep the high quality (300dpi .. just use Photoshop and it shouldn't be a problem) 

You guys can use my n64 customs if you want.

[ElysianRsa]

I agree with the rest for using Option A.  Good luck with tearing the heck out of the guy for using peoples free covers.

[shenske]

I'm "tearing the heck out of the guy" for using free covers his profit. Do not sell what is free

[tiktektak]

Those do look really good shenske but if they are usefull for upload on our site is another thing in my oppinion. We host covers and labels yes but I dunno if such special labels wouldn't be better hosted in your box.net account.

[Nintendo-Atari-Sega-Nerd]

Little request if it's not to long, could you do perfect dark, turok dinosaur hunter  and wipeout 64 please.

[UncleBob]

Those do look really good shenske but if the are usefull for upload on our site is another thing in my oppinion. We host covers and labels yes but I dunno if such special labels wouldn't be better hosted in  your box.net account.

Really? Obviously,  I don't have any say in this, but man, this is an awesome effort and something that many people would find useful (hell, some people were paying $3 each for them, apparently).

I think this is absolutely something that would be a bonus to have on the site.

[TebbieBear]

Those do look really good shenske but if the are usefull for upload on our site is another thing in my oppinion. We host covers and labels yes but I dunno if such special labels wouldn't be better hosted in  your box.net account.

Really? Obviously,  I don't have any say in this, but man, this is an awesome effort and something that many people would find useful (hell, some people were paying $3 each for them, apparently).

I think this is absolutely something that would be a bonus to have on the site.

+1 and I have even less pull as I'm just a Noob here. I think these would be very very popular as witnessed by the fact that someone has actually made a business model making these labels. Every game site that I am a member on has at least one thread a month that is discussing end labels for N64, Jaguar and 32x carts.

[tiktektak]

Were do you put those on Jaguar carts? Afair those have a rounded kind of end...

[MasterJSP]

Where can one find the appropriate stickers to print these beauties out on?

[UncleBob]

Great news, guys.  I've been talking to shenske and mrbigreddog behind the scenes.  mrbigreddog is going to stop by the forums here and see if the two of them cannot hash out a complete set of N64 end labels.  The plan, if Snowcone/the community is cool with them being hosted here is to host the labels here for free download, but still be able to order the high quality labels from mrbigreddog if you are interested in them from his service.  This way, if you order the labels from him, you truly are only paying for his materials and time - otherwise, you can just download 'em and print 'em yourselves.

mrbigreddog has obviously already shown some skill when it comes to this kind of thing, so I do hope that he sticks around with the community and, perhaps, churns out some other covers while he's here.

[mrbigreddog]

Thank you UncleBob for that introduction...  Alright guys! Lets set the record straight!

The sample N64 labels that you see were for one customer who asked about N64 end labels and pointed me to TCP for the artwork. I didn't think it would be a big deal since the artwork is free and a obviously a great resource for high quality scans and artwork.  Now, not knowing that what I was taking was anything more than just a scan of the original box (which I found out it's not) I didn't think there would be any problems.

Now that I know this, I've been creating my own new artwork for the end labels, still borrowing the artwork from TCP but not just copy and pasting the box edge designs. (Which wasn't entirely true anyways, but that's old news)

Now I need your help to finish the project, and more to come, but there are some specifics that I want to keep for the design, and also they will need to be a specific size and need a bleed for the die cut. I will get all this information to you guys tomorrow.

But here is a sample of what I've been doing so far!

http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/9123/n64endlabel.jpg
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/983/donkeykongg.jpg

Neither of these are full resolution. And I'm using a vector program (sign specific Flexisign) to design these in. But I can export these as any file format and at any resolution.

Okay, also more information on the printing of these labels..

Printer: HP Designjet 9000 54"
Vinyl: 3M IJ35 with Air Agress adhesive (which helps with application, no bubbles because of micro channels in the adhesive)
Lamination: 54" Hot/Cold laminator and 3M lamination
Die Cut: 54" Graphtec Plotter (part of the printing process is crop marks, where this plotter reads the crop marks and diecuts all decals perfectly)

Also some customer feedback who have already received labels from me can be found here.
http://www.sega-16.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11545

If there are any other question please don't hesitate to ask!

[Arseen]

Glad this hole thing got solved without any hostility ever showing 

But nice labels.