4 ghosts from Pac Man reimagined – LeMasney Consulting 2


4 ghosts from Pac Man reimagined - LeMasney Consulting

4 ghosts from Pac Man reimagined – LeMasney Consulting

For the love of Pac Man

So, like many of Gen X, I was highly influenced by the introduction of Pac Man, and feel like the colors, sounds, and excitement that came over me the first time I saw it changed me in ways that I didn’t know until I started to study design. I was never particularly good at the game, and still I have trouble getting past the first level before losing interest. The first time I saw the game, it was inside a Wendy’s Hamburgers in Northeast Philly. It was about the size of a dishwasher, doubled as a table, and had a short queue waiting to play it. The version I play now is free and exists on my phone. It really is the end times.

How I made the image.

In Inkscape, I started by making the simple ellipse, rectangle, and Bezier shapes for the ghost outline. I combined the rectangle and Bezier path, the duplicated and flipped that shape to create the back of the ghost “skirt” In fact, two more dupes were made in order to create the 3d effect of the skirt. I found a public domain skull and bitmap traced it and carved it down to just the eyes and nose, then added it to the ghost. Then I added the candy coating effect. I duplicated the ghost 3 times and affected the color to match the Pac Man colors. As a final touch, I added the final frame of the Pac Man sprite (when he is captured) to the background. I hope you enjoyed it!

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About lemsy

John LeMasney is an artist, graphic designer, and technology creative. He is located in beautiful, mountainous Charlottesville, VA, but works remotely with ease. Contact him at: lemasney@gmail.com to discuss your next creative project.

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2 thoughts on “4 ghosts from Pac Man reimagined – LeMasney Consulting

  • Syllie

    Ohw.. I really like this one! I remember all the arcade machines very well and used to play pac man ages ago. I am glad that some games have made it through the decades. Nice one.. again!

    • lemasney

      Thanks, Syllie! I saw a tweet that you’re working on a tut on screenprinting work — I loved using Inkscape for the screen work I’ve done. The bitmap tracing tool is a favorite for that. Best to you, and thanks for stopping by!