Revisited Illustration 5: Tilt Sensor

Uh oh, amigos...it might be time for some hard, honest, truth-telling.  When I drew this illustration for the first issue of DTZ, I was just beginning my relationship with pinball.  Drawing the various components for the glossary, and the research I needed to do, was my first time actually understanding how some of these *seemingly* complicated mechanisms worked.  The tilt sensor is one where I don't think I got it right...

I don't think that the bar that holds the tilt bob is supposed to be the part that sets off the mechanism?  Someone help me here?  Did I totally beef this?!

Oh my gawsh, you guys!  DTZ5 construction week is coming up!  I'm going to try and post while Alec and I are frantically assembling these little bundles of pinball love, but no promises!

HEY!!! KEEP IT DOWN!!!

Just a quick Dream Machine for you guys to start your week!  This was originally posted on the Stern Blog, but in the spirit of thoroughness, I just wanted to share it again!  There was a *clever* jab by someone on the original Stern post that commented on how I must not like to read, or I must be dumb; I really forget. 

 

Oh wait, now I remember!  I remarked that a library is probably one of the dullest settings for a pinball machine, and THAT makes me a dullard!  Ha ha!  Of coarse!

WATCH THIS!!

Oh my GOSH, you guys!  How have I not seen this Ford ad from last year where they use a pinball backbox to show how bad Parisian drivers are, and how much they can be improved by Ford's new car (supposedly).  This is a great video!

DTZ5 Covers!

Ha ha ha!  You thought I was going to show the covers!?  Nice try!  I just wanted to tease you all!  DTZ5 is very much underway, and the usually arduous process of screen-printing the covers is DONE.

Big thanks to CCS second year Alexis Cornell for being my intern on this and helping me stack prints.  I've learned the hard way that it takes me 1/2 the time to screen-print if I have someone helping me stack prints.

You guys!  Get pumped!  This issue is going to be fun!

DTZ5 is underway!

Hello Faithful Pinballers!  I hope everyone had a happy Valentines day weekend!  How many of you went out on pinball dates?  Don't be shy?  Did you get a smooch in the gentle glow of a High Speed? 

Anyway, we here in DTZ HQ have started to gear up for Drop Target #5!!  I just finished my last spot illustration last week, and am putting the finishing touches on my comic.  I still have to go though the 10 pages of transcribed interviews and do a little editing...ugh.  Here's a little bit of proof, just so you all know that I'm not fibbing.

Bring Back the Arcade Project

I recently read about this on the PAPA Blog, and I just wanted to pass on the word!

A team of rad artists and pinball enthusiasts in Pittsburgh, PA have a Kickstarter campaign going to make a series of one-of-a-kind, pained pinball machines by artists like J Fish and Coop.  It's a cool project, and a cool video!  Consider contributing!

You can see the project HERE