Artwork 1

One of my completed artworks for the Arcade spread. Kinda a lot different than the concept piece I had posted earlier. I worked a lot on getting the fun mood of the area into the art work, the colors were not too tricky to work with despite being limited to the palette I hand picked from the research photos. There are several of the abstract patterns used in this (the circles in the background, the grid pattern on the arcade machine etc.) I realize creating a fictional 'story' like portrayal for each area kind of stretches the reality of the spots a fair bit, almost abstracting it away from what it's reality is. But isn't that the point of games? And that is what I was trying to convey in my brochure. The sort of alternate reality people experience when playing these games, where things are not as they seem but rather a whole different world entirely. Only gamers can fully appreciate this concept. :)