Huz Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 My eyes have popped. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lagomorph01 Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Pop till you drop! Â Are you also going to make a version with the logo, but without the border? I think that would be my preferred version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laserschwert Posted October 15, 2021 Author Share Posted October 15, 2021 (edited) Yes, I'm going to make a bunch of different versions, including that one. Edited October 15, 2021 by Laserschwert 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laserschwert Posted October 20, 2021 Author Share Posted October 20, 2021 (edited) It's done! I've added three versions of the "Secret of Monkey Island" artwork to the project, each one in three different color versions (Regular, SEGA CD, FM Towns). Eventually I'm going to add versions with the marbled border as well, but this'll have to do for now. Â HUGE thanks to Jake, who helped me to bring this project full-circle at last. MI1 and MI2 were the first posters I worked on, from which the LucasArts Posters project eventually was born. And now we finally have both artworks at amazing quality. So this is a major milestone! Â Â Â Â Â Â Edited October 20, 2021 by Laserschwert 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrik Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Fabulous to see. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lagomorph01 Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 That banana has never looked so crisp… and tasty! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Udvarnoky Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 The recovered detail is staggering, and I appreciate having the options. When placed side by side, the first one is a bit warmed up for my tastes (though still valid and stunning) but the other two are Sophie's Choice for me. I never knew the FM Towns version turned that blueish hue into gray. I am being seduced in multiple directions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 So good! These look fantastic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laserschwert Posted October 20, 2021 Author Share Posted October 20, 2021 (edited) They are only approximations, though. Both the SEGA CD and FM Towns version seemed to have a darkened sky on their boxes, which I didn't do for my versions, to keep things simple. There are other versions out there that have "interesting" coloring, but for most of them it looks more like sloppy work by the printers instead of creative decisions. I'm not sure why I felt these two qualified as options. Edited October 20, 2021 by Laserschwert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueZTone Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 That's incredible, amazing work Laserschwert! Looking forward to the version including logo! Â Dare I ask if you have a cleaned up version of the MI SE collection cover where you use your latest ai restoration technique? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laserschwert Posted October 22, 2021 Author Share Posted October 22, 2021 On 10/21/2021 at 3:56 PM, QueZTone said: That's incredible, amazing work Laserschwert! Looking forward to the version including logo!  Dare I ask if you have a cleaned up version of the MI SE collection cover where you use your latest ai restoration technique? The version with the logo is already there. The one with the border is still in the making.  Regarding the SE Collection artwork, I guess I need to tinker with it a bit more, as it isn't exactly suitable for printing it at poster size yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conemy Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 You still can't stop surprising me Laserschwert. every job you do is on a level almost to perfection. Great job friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laserschwert Posted October 24, 2021 Author Share Posted October 24, 2021 (edited) For completion, I've added several different versions of the MI1 and MI2 posters with their respective box borders. Sorry for going overboard with options, but these are the two most important games of this whole project. Â Edited October 24, 2021 by Laserschwert 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lagomorph01 Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 Love all the options! You’ve made me, and the community, very happy. Thank you! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueZTone Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 Awesome! Â Laser, are these recreated borders inspired by the originals or upscaled orginal borders? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laserschwert Posted October 24, 2021 Author Share Posted October 24, 2021 It's a mix of both. The MI1 marbling uses the scanned sides of the big box (when taking off the lid), upscaled with an AI model. I then utilized Photoshop's "content aware fill" to build a huge, seamless pattern out of those scans. So in this case it's not exactly what was scanned, but a new pattern built out of those shapes. Â MI2 mixes a sandstone texture with the cracks and shading of the scanned game manual (the Korean version, if I remember correctly). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueZTone Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Elegant solutions, as ever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laserschwert Posted November 4, 2021 Author Share Posted November 4, 2021 Re-visiting an old friend... Â Raw 600dpi scan: Â AI-supported filtering: Â Color-correction test: Â There's still a lot of material missing to properly clean this up, but there doesn't seem to be much out there. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lagomorph01 Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 Looking good, Schwertsie! Minor nitpick though, isn’t the colour of the title a little bit too purple-ish in the colour correction test? I’m also wondering if the contrast is dialled up a little too high. Don’t see it as a critique though, I don’t know what your sources are, and I’m looking at it from a phone of all things. 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laserschwert Posted November 5, 2021 Author Share Posted November 5, 2021 Ignore the logo for now. It will be color-corrected and cleaned up separately.... and ideally removed as an option. But that's obviously a big task. Color of the artwork itself on the other hand is very hard to pin down, as all sources look different. The only image on the web of the textless artwork looks like this: Â Â It's almost as dark as a renaissance painting, so there's no definitive answer here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lagomorph01 Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 I understand. You have a difficult task ahead of you. I’m sure you’ll do a magnificent job again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laserschwert Posted November 5, 2021 Author Share Posted November 5, 2021 On another note: I was surprised to find two of my posters in the recent "Art of Double Fine" book: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scummbuddy Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 I'm quite curious as to where that title-less image of Zak even came from and if it wasn't just some fan-creation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lagomorph01 Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 On 11/5/2021 at 12:02 PM, Laserschwert said: On another note: I was surprised to find two of my posters in the recent "Art of Double Fine" book: I got mine too! They did ask for your permission, didn't they? I know how you hate it when they don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laserschwert Posted November 9, 2021 Author Share Posted November 9, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, Lagomorph01 said: They did ask for your permission, didn't they? Nope. I guess this is too much of a legal gray area for them to care - after all, I can't claim any copyright on these. And Tim hating my guts over these posters probably doesn't help either. This makes it all the more amazing how fair and gratefully Limited Run Games handled the situation. Edited November 9, 2021 by Laserschwert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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