Karate Champ - kchamp(EvilDindon_09-09-2008)

[EvilDindon]

I've got a new heme made with hi quality .ps bezel :

Any suggestions ?

[RetroBorg]

Man I love Karate Champ it's probably the only fighter game I like.

I thought about doing a theme for this but I never really liked the artwork the game has.

Having said that, I think your theme looks good.

Did you think about perhaps using the marquee image as the logo? The fist looks cool.

http://www.mamemarquees.com/oscthumb.php?src=/images/images_big/Karate%20Champ%20marq-1.jpg&w=500&h=155&f=jpg&q=95&hash=c287e4bf76e4c8a268b1fe8a48d3568c

Not sure though if that image is good enough quality to use as a logo though.

Looking at your theme I think the fighters get a bit lost in the wheel logos, perhaps using the background picture as artwork1 might be the go and cover the wheel entirely.

[EvilDindon]

Yeah, I love kchamp and kchamp vs. too.

There must be a hi quality marquee somewhere but didn't found it yet. The tafa flyers contains this punched logo too : i tried to rip it first, but the result was not crsip at all.

I prefered ripping a ultra high quality bezel that I found on vectorlib.free.fr : in the bezel there are the characters and the logo at ultra high quality (the jpeg snapshot doesn't show it though)

For the wheel, yeah, maybe I have to cover it up, but I already use the 4 artworks . Maybe I can merge the data east logo in the background to save 1 artwork ...

I will try to play aroud with it.

[RetroBorg]

Yeah, I love kchamp and kchamp vs. too.

There must be a hi quality marquee somewhere but didn't found it yet. The tafa flyers contains this punched logo too : i tried to rip it first, but the result was not crsip at all.

I prefered ripping a ultra high quality bezel that I found on vectorlib.free.fr : in the bezel there are the characters and the logo at ultra high quality (the jpeg snapshot doesn't show it though)

Yep, can't beat high quality graphics.




For the wheel, yeah, maybe I have to cover it up, but I already use the 4 artworks . Maybe I can merge the data east logo in the background to save 1 artwork ...

I will try to play around with it.

Don't you wish there were more artwork layers sometimes.

[RetroBorg]

JoyMonkey who is a member of this forum has a photoshop version of the fist on his site, but it's not a free site.

http://artwork.joymonkey.com/index.php?searchword=karate&option=com_search&Itemid=

On his site it says this:


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[EvilDindon]

Yeah I was thinking about it too.

Although, I manage to do somthing quite clean with the low res fist :

I think this version is a lot better, don't you think ?

[RetroBorg]

I'm not sure.

While I prefer the fist logo, I also prefer the larger karate guys on the left of the first one.

[EvilDindon]

Ok, I think this 3rd version is the good one !

[RetroBorg]

That's the best one!

[EvilDindon]

Made some small improvements and items position adjustments and uploaded.

[hollywood]

approved

[EvilDindon]

I was thinking of making a graphical update to one of my firsts theme, to make it quite cleaner :

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/8663/kchamp.jpg (http://img27.imageshack.us/my.php?image=kchamp.jpg)

Should I go on this way or, do you prefer the original one ?

I now got the logo with the fist in ultra hi res but I think it doesn't suit very well the theme.

[EvilDindon]

Or maybe with this logo ? :

http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/8663/kchamp.jpg (http://img131.imageshack.us/my.php?image=kchamp.jpg)

[EvilDindon]

And waht about this new BG + shadowed title ?

I like it !

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/421/kchampo.jpg (http://img27.imageshack.us/my.php?image=kchampo.jpg)

[neonnets]

I like the blue BG

[EvilDindon]

Ok, so do you want me to upload this one or do you prefer the first one from september ?

[fifou]

Last version for me !! great work !

[EvilDindon]

Thanx !

And what about this bigger characters ?

I think it look now very professional, don't you ?

+ I've added a cool mp3, as the in-game sounds are really poor.

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/8663/kchamp.jpg (http://img21.imageshack.us/my.php?image=kchamp.jpg)

[EvilDindon]

Uploaded !

I'm sure you'll love the added music that suits and boosts perfectly the theme !

http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/downloads/kchamp_633.jpg

[neonnets]

Perfect! I like the larger characters.
I'm not crazy about the red pimples but thats me.
I know It's authentic and from original art.
Is it only me?
The detail however might be lost if removed.

[EvilDindon]

Yeah I dont like it so much : the characters are magnified a lot from the vector bezel that is available : in that artwork there are unfortunately no midtones, that's why it's like that.

Anyway, the mp3 tune that I've added is so attractive that you won't care about graphics anymore, believe me !

[EvilDindon]

Finally, like neon, I could'nt bear any longer those red dots on the chars skins, so I made a graphical update with a decent skin tone :

Should I upload this updated version in replacement of the other ?

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/8663/kchamp.jpg (http://img13.imageshack.us/my.php?image=kchamp.jpg)

[EvilDindon]

I've updated the theme : it's now in the moderation queue.

[neonnets]

Yeah. Looks good! Perhaps a fart animation for the guy in pink. ;)

[EvilDindon]

sorry but what is "fart" ?

[neonnets]

What is the french word for flatulence? I hope my humor translates. Sorry It's it bit dry and sarcastic ;)

[EvilDindon]

The french word for flatulence is flatulence.

The french word for "fart" is "prout" or "pet"

[SophT]

you could just reuse the cigar animation from 'two crude' :)

[EvilDindon]

:smokin:
:creep:
:bootyshake: