• Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.

We create "magazine ads" for the hell of it. Now: Two Out Rally

I

itsinmyveins

Gets to pilot the crappy patrol labors
I'm kinda surprised no one's used that cover from a magazine a year or so back. It's a painting of Mega Man (by Hitoshi Ariga) made for that magazine exclusively. I'm pretty sure someone made a wallpaper out of it and all.

tahrikmili said:
I always have a minimalist approach to ads and marketing.. I know it's not half as creative or good as most of the stuff here but anyway:
Click to expand...

Looks good. My reaction is that maybe, for that extra minimalist approach, placing the Mega Man 9-logo down in the right corner, with the system logos to the left could look cool too.
 
M

Mdk7

Member
ItsInMyVeins said:
I'm kinda surprised no one's used that cover from a magazine a year or so back. It's a painting of Mega Man (by Hitoshi Ariga) made for that magazine exclusively. I'm pretty sure someone made a wallpaper out of it and all.



Looks good. My reaction is that maybe, for that extra minimalist approach, placing the Mega Man 9-logo down in the right corner, with the system logos to the left could look cool too.
Click to expand...
mega-man-level-cover-full.jpg

?

I thought about this one at first, but it's too artistic for a retro style ad.
IMHO at least.
 
T

Tenks

Member
That doesn't mean it doesn't look any less fucking beautiful.

I don't think anyone said it had to be a retro inspired ad I thought it was just a MM9 ad. Then again I'm not sure if I ever read the OP :p
 
T

tahrikmili

Member
ItsInMyVeins said:
Looks good. My reaction is that maybe, for that extra minimalist approach, placing the Mega Man 9-logo down in the right corner, with the system logos to the left could look cool too.
Click to expand...

Here you go:

megaman9-2285.jpg


Yeah, looks much better. Removed the old one.
 
M

Mdk7

Member
Tenks said:
That doesn't mean it doesn't look any less fucking beautiful.

I don't think anyone said it had to be a retro inspired ad I thought it was just a MM9 ad. Then again I'm not sure if I ever read the OP :p
Click to expand...
That picture is truly amazing, but as far as i'm concerned i wouldn't use it to promote a game like Mega Man 9.
If i think about MM9 the whole retro thing comes to my mind, and that's what i'd emphasize in a ad.
But it's just my point of view man! ;)
 
I

itsinmyveins

Gets to pilot the crappy patrol labors
Mdk7 said:
?

I thought about this one at first, but it's too artistic for a retro style ad.
IMHO at least.
Click to expand...

Yes, that one. I know it wouldn't be retro, but it's pretty much an awesome picture that a simple bold and light type font would work great with. Maybe not so much the real logo.
 
I

itsinmyveins

Gets to pilot the crappy patrol labors
tahrikmili said:
Yeah, looks much better. Removed the old one.
Click to expand...

In the future when ads in magazines will work like animated/sequenced gifs it'd be awesome with that as the opening, then the old school thunderstorm flash (making the whole picture flash white for a split second), revealing Dr. Wily's profile, standing by some window further away or whatever :)
 
I

itsinmyveins

Gets to pilot the crappy patrol labors
TheGOHN said:
Not sure if im happy with it but here you go.
Click to expand...

Looks really good imho, I'm just not sure about the background. There's something missing, something to liven the backdrop up somewhat. But I don't know what. Hmmm. Some shade of blue? Some kind of pixelated transition from dark blue (top) to light blue (bottom) or vice versa?
 
T

TheGOHN

Member
Mdk7 said:
I personally like it a lot better now, good work pal!
May i suggest you another take on the same (cool) idea? Try to put the 8-bit cannon there instead of the drawn one...
Just to see how it looks, i think it could work...
Click to expand...

Im gald you like it and I think thats a great idea. If no one tries it Ill give it a go.

Unless I cant get it done before the deadline.
 
M

Mdk7

Member
AniHawk said:
No one said it had to be retro style.
Click to expand...
As i said:

That picture is truly amazing, but as far as i'm concerned i wouldn't use it to promote a game like Mega Man 9.
If i think about MM9 the whole retro thing comes to my mind, and that's what i'd emphasize in a ad.
But it's just my point of view man!

;)
 
A

Ashour

Member
Android18a said:
ehybmq.png


Yeah. We're all mature adults here, so I'm assuming that most of us are above this, but... :p

I hope the swearing doesn't offend any Americans in the room.
Click to expand...

OMG, This is the funniest, my wife and I literary fell on the floor laughing.
 
T

TheGOHN

Member
^^^:lol

I completely missed the trademark stuff.

I could just see this add in an adult magazine (PLAYBOY or something like it).
 
I

itsinmyveins

Gets to pilot the crappy patrol labors
Exypher said:
Made some minor changes, but I think it looks better now.

Really glad you guys like it!
Click to expand...

Is it alright if I use the bottom of you pic for an idea I'm trying out? The part with the logos of Capcom, PSN, XBL and Wii Ware? I'm kinda rushing it here and I haven't got the best computer stuff to work with :)
 
I

itsinmyveins

Gets to pilot the crappy patrol labors
TheGOHN said:
ItsInMyVeins: Can't wait to see what you come up with.
Click to expand...

Oh, I got the idea and it only took a few minutes pasting it together, since I borrowed the bottom part of Exypher's ad (like I said, can't really work on the computer I'm using now) to make things more easy for me. And of course, I'm totally borrowing Penny Arcade's comic strip for this. But it's the best ad you can get, imho.

MzKhaJklj.jpg


It's not as colorful nor sharp as it should be, but I didn't bother to really change the sizes or adjust the colors when I was pasting it together. And yeah, probably could have used some light blue background. Oh well.
 
E

Exypher

Member
ItsInMyVeins said:
Is it alright if I use the bottom of you pic for an idea I'm trying out? The part with the logos of Capcom, PSN, XBL and Wii Ware? I'm kinda rushing it here and I haven't got the best computer stuff to work with :)
Click to expand...

Of course, go right ahead :)

That comic is great.
 
J

jonnybryce

Member
TheGOHN said:
Not sure if im happy with it but here you go.

mm9teaser2.jpg
Click to expand...

SHIT JUST GOT REAL

Can probably be improved, ex: the smoke from megaman can be lengthened to become the hook of the 9 to make it flow better (or just make the current hook less defined, I feel like it breaks things up too much) but as a draft it's a great teaser.
 
M

mik

mik is unbeatable
Ledsen said:
I love it, but I really think it would work much better without the text at the top. It's kind of a GAF injoke and I think letting the picture speak for itself would make a bigger impact on me.
Click to expand...

You are correct, sir.

megaman9c.jpg
 
A

AniHawk

Member
For the next one, should it be two or three days? I feel like three days for MM9 might be dragging it out a little (end of tomorrow will still be the due date, that's not changing).
 
M

MNC

Member
Hey. Hey. Hey. You know what would be nice?

A real awesome rar/zip with all of the entries at the end of each round :D Oh God, I love this topic so.
 
P

painey

Member
great start of what should be a long running series of challenges. The Wii upgrade one is my fav, is there going to be a Fark-style vote for a winning entry?
 
J

Jibber Hack

Member
MNC said:
Hey. Hey. Hey. You know what would be nice?

A real awesome rar/zip with all of the entries at the end of each round :D Oh God, I love this topic so.
Click to expand...

That and a wallpaper including all the entries...
 
A

AniHawk

Member
painey said:
great start of what should be a long running series of challenges. The Wii upgrade one is my fav, is there going to be a Fark-style vote for a winning entry?
Click to expand...

Not now. Or not right away.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

The Joy of being part of the Master Race....
Opinion Drama 2 3 4 5 6
287
9K
Moochi replied
Netflix Considers Ways to Make Money From Games in Possible Pivot | Ideas include charging extra for some games and incorporating ads, ingame purchase
24
2K
ahtlas7 replied
Half-Life Alyx NoVR Animation Update Out Now
18
2K
Melon Husk replied
[UPDATE: IT'S A BUG (for now)] Apparently, Ubisoft is experimenting with pop-up ads in the middle of video games now
Drama 2 3 4 5
202
13K
Dice replied
PSA: "Strange Bug" causing PS5 owners lose access to hundreds of games as digital purchases wiped from their accounts
2 3
122
9K
Deerock71 replied
Top Bottom