Hey Pinball Fans! Did you happen to go to the Stern Pinball Factory during Pinball Expo?
If you did, you saw the brand new mural, recently revealed at the front of the Stern Pinball Factory!
I am very happy to share that I (Randy Martinez) am the artist who illustrated this giant piece of art!
I am beyond honored Stern Pinball asked me to Illustrate this Giant "Welcome" sign for all the fans and visitors to enjoy!
This mural was a fantastic collaboration of artists and creative minds. The concept for a giant pinball playfield was from the mind of video game and pinball legend George Gomez! The color scheme and flame motif is inspired by graphics created by the great Jeremy Packer. I was tasked with designing and illustrating this huge playfield, and Kevin OConnor made final edits to make the art fit, and look awesome!
I am so honored to have illustrated this mural and am proud to be part of such a cool collaboration!
This art project had a unique set of challenges. With Murals, you have to conceptualize how the composition will look on a massive scale. It's tougher than you might think. The next challenge was creating art that will be broken up by fairly wide borders. The challenge was creating a continuous image, that "jumps" the borders, while still maintaining the concept of a zoomed view of a playfield. This is where teamwork really comes into play. George Gomez was very helpful and articulate about what he had envisioned, and I did not want to disappoint. We knew early on that the color scheme and Flame motif would be based on graphic designs Jeremy Packer (Zombie Yeti) had previously created for Stern. It was really great to have such cool graphic designs as starting point. There is one more creative mind I want to acknowledge and that is the (now retired) art director Greg Freres. Greg is a legend, as you know, and I feel so privileged
to have had the opportunity to not only work with Greg, but to receive so much guidance and wisdom from him in this Pinball industry. He will be missed. Greg came up with the idea to put the Elk silhouette on the Pinball, as a nod to Sterns Home town of Elk Grove Village, IL. Nice little touch!
If you get a chance to see the mural, go check it out!
Best,
Randy
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*images provided by Stern Pinball