Pole Position (Atari version 1) - polepos1(patentpending85_08/22/08)

[patentpending85]

Here is my first attempt at creating a theme.
feel free to suggest anything.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3103/2788697302_9ca5f368ae.jpg?v=0

[RetroBorg]

I like the track and the logo, I'm not sure about the video frame, perhaps a smaller video frame then you can make the video bigger, did you think about using a race car, they look pretty cool.

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/3429/caryc2.th.png (http://img229.imageshack.us/my.php?image=caryc2.png)

Have you got those circle and triangle things animated (rain float)?

Anyway as is it looks pretty good.

[patentpending85]

yeah, I'd like to use that car but it'll take some work to isolate the car from all the shapes.
as for the border I think I'll get rid of it, 2 pole position logos is too repetitive.
also the shapes are not animated..... yet.

[BadBoyBill]

I actually like the video overlay, I dont think to make the video bigger you'd need a smaller frame, just make the frame and the video both a little bigger. But event if you get rid of it I would still like to see a video overlay of some sort.

[RetroBorg]

yeah, I'd like to use that car but it'll take some work to isolate the car from all the shapes.
as for the border I think I'll get rid of it, 2 pole position logos is too repetitive.
also the shapes are not animated..... yet.

Yeah it's the double logo bit I don't like pehaps remove logo if you can and move the video to the centre of the frame because I like that yellow white and blue bits on the side.

[marinjem]

I think the video frame choice of colors and thickness looks great but without the pole position logo. Take out the logo in the border and it should look better.

[patentpending85]

all right here is my 1st revision
I modified the video frame, made the top logo a little smaller, got ride of all the shapes from the background and animated them using the rain float action.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3071/2789032629_7c1af8bedb.jpg?v=0

[joebells]

I think the video should be a bit higher up in the overlay so it isn't right at the bottom of the overlay, not necessarily centered but just at least up a bit, or maybe extend the overlay downward just a bit, so we can see some yellow between the video and the video overlay bottom. But thats just my opinion.

Maybe rotate the logo counter clockwise a bit also? Possibly make the video and overlay a bit bigger also?

Looks nice though. I like it.

[BadBoyBill]

But I like the big logo you had at first. :( Looks good either way though, nice work and real simple.

[RetroBorg]

The video overlay is much better without the logo now but I did prefer the first Pole Position logo without the Atari on it.

How do those shapes look rain floating?

I'm really looking forward to this theme.

[billpa]

I like every single thing about the first version except the logo in the video overlay. If you use the overlay from the second version, but keep everything else the same as your original, that is a great theme!

Without the atari logo and the smaller PP logo, it looks unbalanced. Just my 2 cents.

[patentpending85]

I think I'm happy with this one, I have made the video bigger tilted it a little

[BadBoyBill]

Great theme, I like the final product.