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Awesome Arcade Game Art by Melissa Jones
March 15th, 2008
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.
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.
Her arcade designs include classics like Donkey Kong, Galaga, Robotron 2084, Pac-Man, Dig Dug, Q*Bert and Burgertime among others.
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.
She’ll also do custom orders on request. Check out Melissa’s entire collection over on her site NiceCarvings.
[via Flickr]
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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
i wonder if she has Pole Position, i will check her site out, looks like she does some good work!
Way awesome. I particularly like the set in the first picture!
Is it sad of me to be the first to mention that this girl is hot?
She is hot – i have problems to look at the art :-)
I was waiting for someone to say something. It was only a matter of time.
I like how she’s in the center of each picture, as opposed to, you know, her art. Oh well, I guess sex sells.
sex sells ALWAYS ;o)
Maybe it’s to help for a size perspective of the art.
Melissa is very talented and very cute! I love the fact that she is doing classic arcade game characters! Those were my days. Her attention to detail is excellent. I used to carve and paint rock bands out of wood in the 80′s and early 90′s, so I can appreciate all her hard work. Her website is pretty cool too! I wish her all the success in the world!
its qite nice thought but i think u can do much better
This chick is my wet dream!