Making an arcade cabinet logo more vibrant

[arucart]

Hi there, we're trying to make a logo and what I wanted was this arcade cabinet with this old tron like grid. I just kinda want the screen to glow more and have on the top it say Salt Arcade in neon blue giving off a bit of neon light as well. So you can see in prototype 1 that was our initial idea, I tried to get the lighting done but I'm really struggling with it at the moment mainly in the upper section where it just goes full black. Just overall I want it to look less flat in colour and more vibrant.

 

[Tony Bowman]

Is this what you need?



In version 2, I renamed Layer 16 'custom text' and set to screen blend mode, and I duplicated layer 14 and set it to overlay blend mode (try different blend modes and try inverting the layer with different blend modes for other effects and colours). In version 1, I renamed layer 2 'box' and imported it (drag and drop - hold shift until dropped) into version 2 at bottom of layer stack. Above that layer, I added a new layer named 'screen light', made a selection of the interior of the box (including buttons and back wall) using the polygonal lasso tool and filled the selection with white on the new layer. Set that layer to soft light blend mode. Added a mask, selected the buttons and used a 50% opacity black brush to reduce the effect from the buttons. Your shadows in layer 15 need adjusting as a result of that last layer, but I wonder if you need them at all. I'm not a graphic designer but it makes sense to me for logos to avoid unnecessary detail.

I recommend getting into the habit of naming and grouping your layers. Hope this helps.

View attachment arcade_prototype3.psd

 

[JJLAPIN]

My Try.
View attachment arcade_prototype_1.psd