Here is the latest version with many new additions thanks to everyone's suggestions. There are still some spaces for a few more.

When it is all done I can figure out to make a key with all of the names, but I know everyone who hangs around Pinside probably automatically knows all of them.

I thought it out for a bit when I was adding Creech in, realizing he would be the only male in the picture. I decided to put him in because I just found it amusing to see him in there among the mass of females, with that look on his face. I do like the idea of putting the Bride from Monster Bash in though, I will do that next time I work on it.

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You’re gonna have to look harder!

Oops, looking again, the girl in the cocktail glass has disappeared, you’ll see her in the earlier versions. I must have set her visibility to off while I was working on it and didn’t turn it back on. I’ll fix that in the next revision. I did add the Old Chicago back glass lady on the left in the latest version but that one must be off also. These will be in the next version.

Edit #2, Old Chicago IS in version 3, top row in the middle. Sheesh there are so many now I’m losing track myself. Over 50 I believe.

Yes exactly, I started with the Sgt Peppers cover on the bottom layer to work from as a guide. Then I added my chosen front 4 (over the 4 Beatles) to get it started, and just build from there. Each gets it own layer which makes it easy to position them and stack them. The layers are named by the machine to make it easy to track who is where. The hard part is extracting each one from the background. I have been doing that sort of thing in Photoshop for years for work so I am used to it.

The Photoshop file is pretty big, over 100 mb in size. Once the work has been done to extract the images and get them on different layers, it would be fairly easy to rearrange them into different themes like you said. If I decide to do that, I’d probably do one just for Dave Christensen first. He is my favorite.

I’ve been a little indecisive about the 4 stars up front (which sort of match up with the Beatles on their cover) since I started this, actually one of them in particular which is Whoa Nellie. Logically it seems that they should be 4 iconic images to represent the theme. It also would be good to give a nice selection of iconic artists.

Elvira is a given to start with. Who else has THREE pinball machines dedicated solely to themselves? She had to be there. I believe she is drawn by Greg Freres.

The red haired lady from Strikes and Spares also seems iconic, an example of the art form taken to an extreme maybe. Artist is Kevin O’Connor.

I believe there must be a Dave Christensen drawing in the mix. I picked Wizard from his awesome body of work because I think it’s a beautiful drawing, plus it comes from a machine that directly references pinball. And, it’s Ann-Margret. It also helps that the orientation of her pose slots nicely into the composition.

The first three seemed easy, but I struggled with the fourth. I went with Whoa Nellie, which is certainly an in your face representation. She does fit well with the composition also. This represents a second drawing by Freres. It looks pretty good, but it has never totally felt to me like she fitted with the other three in a complementary way. The more modern shaded drawing is nice, but slightly off next to the others. So I’ve been contemplating a replacement.

After looking at this for a while now, I’m thinking of swapping her out for the Surfer lady. She is also a fairly well known and classic image, and she should fit in well (style-wise) with the other 3. She is also blonde as well, and to me the composition of the 4 is pleasant with the 4 different hair colors. That would also bring in a 4th artist Gordon Morison.

Any agreements/disagreements?

This is the latest version with a major lineup change and lots of little corrections to make the flow look nicer.

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I went through that thread and a few others as I worked on this.i think pretty much everything is in there. At least all the ones I liked

More good possibilities, I will look at these. I think AFM is needed. I also just realized Seawitch is missing and she just has to be in there.

Nevermind Seawitch is there. I can't even keep track any more, I need to get all the names into a list.

Breakshot is already in there. Paradise I definitely want to add, I love that machine.

Decided a while back to just go with the drawings for a more cohesive look. That’s why the Tron girls came off. They didn’t look right in the mix.

I talked about that in an earlier post. I found it amusing that he was the only male in the picture, and I like the expression on his face as he is surrounded by a mass of woman. Like maybe there’s a few more he would like to kidnap, but upon looking around there are quite a few that would definitely kick his ass if he tried, including several from the sea.

Yes it will be available, but with no money or donations.This is strictly a project for fun. It’s just pixels in a computer file when it’s all done. I have enjoyed working on it. On preliminary analysis, it looks like there is enough detail there for a decent sized print. I’ll probably try one out myself first to see how it looks.

Thinking about a fairly major change to the layout because of the desire for prints. It started as a tribute LP album cover and these are square, but it seems that the majority of print options are for rectangular shapes, not squares. So I’m thinking of moving things around to a “widescreen” version.

If anyone has any specific ideas about getting prints please post. I have been looking at options at a Costco and FedEx printing. The only square options I have seen are small ones like 12”x12”.

She’s there, look again

I’m working on a plan to replace the bottom neon graphic with something similar but nicer, stay tuned.

Quick mini-poll:

Should Magic Girl get into the club?

A new version is coming soon and it is a massive update. I think you won't be disappointed.

Thanks everyone, Magic Girl is in, I like this drawing.