awesome arcade game art by melissa jones

March 15th, 2008 post a comment (8) stumble it! by: technabob

Looking for a way to make your game room really special? Look no further than these original 3-dimensional arcade artworks by sign maker Melissa Jones.

Galaga and Robotron Art by Melissa Jones

Melissa creates original wood carvings of classic arcade characters, then creates a resin casting of the original and hand paints each one with bold acrylic colors.

Dig Dug Resin Castings by Melissa Jones

Her arcade designs include classics like Donkey Kong, Galaga, Robotron 2084, Pac-Man, Dig Dug, Q*Bert and Burgertime among others.

Q*bert Art by Melissa Jones

Prices for individual castings range from about $20 to $60 a piece, but complete sets with a matching canvas backdrop run from $225 to $375. But for about $2000, you can deck out your entire room with this complete collection.

Arcade Video Game Art by Melissa Jones

She’ll also do custom orders on request. Check out Melissa’s entire collection over on her site NiceCarvings.

[via Flickr]

March 15th, 2008 post a comment (8) stumble it! by: technabob

8 comments post a comment

1. Brian | March 15th, 2008 at 3:45 pm

Very cool stuff! Dig-dug ate up countless hours of my time when I was about 5 years old.

One time, I tried burrowing underground to pop prairie dogs but it didn’t work. Instead I got a concussion from banging my head against the dirt and I ruined my best bike pump I’ll get you next time Prairie Dog!

This lady’s socks are interesting, I had socks like that in 3rd grade.

-B
My Classic Game Blog
2. Daily Tech Impressions | March 16th, 2008 at 12:54 am

i wonder if she has Pole Position, i will check her site out, looks like she does some good work!
3. bs angel | March 16th, 2008 at 1:21 pm

Way awesome. I particularly like the set in the first picture!
4. Closet_Rat | March 17th, 2008 at 10:48 am

Is it sad of me to be the first to mention that this girl is hot?
5. technabob | March 17th, 2008 at 11:02 am

I was waiting for someone to say something. It was only a matter of time.
6. hamstervision | March 17th, 2008 at 2:21 pm

I like how she’s in the center of each picture, as opposed to, you know, her art. Oh well, I guess sex sells.
7. overklokan | April 22nd, 2008 at 3:49 pm

sex sells ALWAYS ;o)
8. Jason | April 23rd, 2008 at 8:32 pm

Maybe it’s to help for a size perspective of the art.