I believe all of the art came from the same source. ProK(gamestencils) and Phoenixarcade are just different vendors of the same product. I THINK.
No actually that's not correct. The front art story goes like this: Prok did a small run of front art, which he sold on his site, and then sold out. Then at some point his printer broke down, so he asked Rich at ThisOldGame to print another small run of front art, which after it was done, was again sold on Prok's site, and subsequently sold out again.
The side art story goes like this: Prok vectorized the side art like 3 years ago, and after doing so he gave the file to Rich at ThisOldGame. 2 years later though, Rich had still not gotten around to printing the side art.
Enter me, who got tired of waiting around. I told Prok to give me his side art file, and that I would pay to get a run of side art done, and for his time and trouble, I would give him 10 sets. So he obliged, and I pinged Darin at Phoenix Arcade about using the company that he uses to do a run, as they produce extremely high quality silkscreened artwork. They normally won't even think about doing small runs (they only want to deal with runs of 250, 500, etc.) but Darin persuaded them to do a run of 50 sets. The total cost was a bit over $4,000. I gave Prok his 10 sets, I got 2 sets (used one, gave the other to friend Fatherpain) and gave the rest to Darin for him to sell at his lesiure for his time and trouble. I didn't and still don't care about recouping anything. I was just tired of waiting and decided to do something about it.
Oh, and for those that are thinking "What about those ZK side art stencils that were made?" Well those, while professionally done, proved to be just too hard to work with (and I'm paraphrasing Prok here) due to the intricacy of ZK's side art. He took them off his site some time ago.
The art looks awesome and I'm ecstatic that they made it. With that art and the cabinet plans, I was able to make a complete ZK from scratch using the components from a completely trashed cabinet. I'm very appreciative of their efforts.
Awesome I'm glad you like it. Congrats on bringing that one back from the dead. It looks beautiful.
That being said, I noticed two minor problems. Emphasis on the word "minor".
One, the front panel art was about a 1/4" too narrow.
Hmm that's weird. On my front art piece, it was a bit too
wide, and needed a small bit of trimming. Mine came from the 2nd run (done by Rich), maybe yours is from the original Prok run.
The original was a tad brighter than the new art, at least on the original I compared it to. Originals my vary, so who knows. I actually cut a little swatch of the extra orange sideart and put it on the old cabinet and the difference was obvious. It's probably close enough that if you use just the front panel, you won't even notice that it isn't exact because the light hits the front/sides differently anyway.
Yes the front art is a hair different that the side art, as at the time we didn't have a piece of the front to send up to the company doing the side art. But like you said, it's not noticeable anyway unless cutting a piece off and putting it right up against the other.
looks a little brown doesn't it? anybody? i'll let you know local. i'd hate to have the colors not match up buying from 2 different vendors.
It's definitely not 'brown' Greg. That's just .jpg miscoloration. But as stated above, it differs slightly than the front. If you are buying Pete's front art, and are wanting side art to perfectly match that piece, then please don't buy the side art as I don't want you to be disappointed. And whatever you do, good luck with the ZK resto, it's an excellent game (and my wife's favorite).
Here are some pics of mine:
Right:
http://www.ataricade.com/zk1.jpg
Right (with guard rail):
http://www.ataricade.com/zk2.jpg
Left:
http://www.ataricade.com/zk3.jpg
Left (with guard rail)
http://www.ataricade.com/zk4.jpg
Old layout pic:
http://www.ataricade.com/zk5.jpg