It’s been awhile, but I have some new Neo-Geo Shockbox inserts to share with you! First up is an update to my Neo Driftout insert. Back when I was getting feedback on the design on neo-geo.com, fellow insert maker NeoCverA pointed out that the car photos on the front would look better with a cell shading effect. As I had already processed the images in Photoshop, I called in the insert done. Well, over a year passes when I finally print the insert out and … damn it if he wasn’t right!
It took more tweaking that I care to admit, but here is the link to the new and improved one. Thanks also to BIG BEAR for suggesting removing all wording from the front. It was the right call!
The 2nd insert is more of a complete redo of my old Last Blade 2 insert. My original insert consisted of the front artwork and the existing arcade flyer on the back, using the existing scanned artwork out there.
As you can see, the flyer does not really match the cool “yellowed paper” look of the front cover. So I went ahead and recreated the back, but in that same aged style. I also worked in some origami textures. I really like how it came out, and I hope you do to. You can download it here.
Obviously I’ve slowed down, but I still have some inserts that I am working on, here and there, particularly Sengoku and Samurai Shodown II (which is one of my inserts that I cannot seem to get right – In my mind anyway).
That said, if you have any insert requests, please let me know in the comments!
Cheers,
Ben