I definitely recommend this. Don't feel like it's cheating or anything. Grids, lightboxes, projectors etc. are tools just like a ruler.nickfil wrote: also a good technique would be to just print out the image as large as it would apear on the dreamcast, then lay a grid on top of it. After that lay the same size grid over the dreamcast. Fill in the corresponding boxes on your dreamcast with the image. It is kinda the poormans way of copying some art. The tighter the grid, the more accurate you are going to get, but don't be afraid to look at the big picture and lay down some sweeping lines across multiple boxes.
Vinyl is an alright idea, or you could get a print laminated on one side and spray mount it. I disagree about paint though, tons of artists use acrylics, it's a matter of skill more than medium (though there are additives that make it handle differently). Anyways, you'd have to spend $500 to get a suitable airbrush for this. I'd just do some practice runs to get all the details right.nickfil wrote:In general though, acrylic paint on a dreamcast is never going to look polished and professional. The only way to really do that is airbrushing, and even then it is going to have that airbrushed look to it. You might be better off with wheatpasting the image down to the dreamcast or creating a vinal decal. I've never done either though, so i can't speak for how well it would turn out. Just speculation.
