Phase 2 - Theme & Design

Now that you have some understanding of the history of pinball and pinball art you need to choose a theme and design for your own .

We talked last class about some of the problematic depictions of gender, race, and other sterotypes in some classic pinball machines. For our, school built, pinball machines we want to flip that dynamic around. Thus your task is ...

Come up with a pinball machine theme that positively celebrates a person, group, or concept that would have traditionally been misrepresented or ignored by the pinball industry.

The most defining design element on your pinball machine is the back-glass. That is what we will design first. These need to be made on an 8.5" x 5" piece of plastic. Before we work with the plastic, we need an easily traceable sketch. Use the copy of the template below to do a pencil design of your backglass. It must feature the name of your machine and a clear illustration of your theme.