I will create the official Artwork for the Neo Geo carts, starting next week.
You will have some time to tell me what you all would like it to be...
I will take your thoughts and proposals into consideration.
Need some inspiration?
Check my deviant art gallery
http://arcade-tv.deviantart.com/gallery/
Just checked out the gallery. We're in very safe hands now
My thoughts are that each design should look like it belongs to that system (MVS/AES labels could be completely different from each other). And it should look highly refined and high-end. The cart shells will go a long way towards that.
I
love the idea of holo being involved, even though
my own holo label printing experiments didn't really work out. I also get that it would add an extra step/cost to the process, which isn't ideal. An overlay like
@Derick2k uses could be a nice option.
I experimented with designs that take advantage of and maximize the holo effect, and the things that really worked were:
A banding white logo behind the main text
A light background color
A slight transparency to the serial numbering. This makes it looks like it was actually stamped on in 3D when you see it in person.
The design below shows what I'm trying to describe. It's NOT meant as an entry, since anyone with real experience could make something much better and more professional:
When printed, you get effects like these: