Getting the neon-pink gradients on the lower stones was tricky but fun in my vector take:įor the actual Pinball table itself (and not the background walls), I needed some custom textures as well. Below is a shot from the original Sega graphics of column and arch areas in Hydrocity Zone: I didn’t have very many reference shots that were good to work with, so my interpretation below was an amalgamation of various reference material I found online:įinally, I was inspired by the above-water sections of Hydrocity Zone in Sonic 3.

The next Zone to master was Marble Zone from Sonic 1.

Next I designed the background from Casino Night Zone, which thematically fits with the back-left corner of my pinball machine. Below you can see the original Sega graphics: The first background was inspired by Emerald Hill Zone from Sonic 2. On the final pinball machine, the sides of the cabinet were decorated with artwork drawn from four Zones in the original Sega Genesis titles. We’ll start with some of the backgrounds. I really enjoyed learning and getting better at Illustrator, so this project definitely put my skills to the test and leveled me up.

Part of designing the 2d graphics was practicing my Illustrator vector graphic skills.īelow you’ll find a series of images with the original game graphics as reference and my custom vector interpretation below, inspired by the original artwork. Ultimately a couple images from the internet slipped into the final build, but I did stay true to my goal as much as possible. Part of my design / project goal was to make all of the graphics: 2d and 3d, myself. I rendered it in Blender, but I also made it a functional game in Unity. For a recent project, I designed and modeled a 90’s era Sonic The Hedgehog pinball machine.

Casino night zone wallpaper