# Skill Shot Art Exhibit Walkthru! #Pinball #Streaming **Source:** Dead Flip **Type:** video **Published:** 2016-09-25 **Duration:** 9m 36s **Beat:** Pinball **URL:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ETO4vQoIis --- ## Analysis Jon from Deadflip provides a walkthrough of the Skill Shot Art Exhibit, showcasing pinball machine artwork, playfield renderings, plastics, backglasses, and prototype components from classic and modern games. The exhibit features original pencil and watercolor artwork, design sketches, and a live re-theming demonstration of a Brunswick Aspen home pinball machine. Jon highlights notable pieces including Monster Bash renderings, Metallica artwork by Dirty Donny, and various game design iterations. ### Key Claims - [HIGH] The exhibit features original watercolor and pencil artwork for game covers, not digital Photoshop renderings — _Jon explicitly states 'That is watercolor and pencil. It's not Photoshop' while viewing cover artwork_ - [HIGH] The Brunswick Aspen shown in the re-theming room was a home game without coin door mechanisms — _Jon explains: 'This was a Brunswick Aspen. It was a home game. So not like a regular pinball machine. You know, there's no coin door. There's none of that stuff.'_ - [LOW] George Gomez might be attending the exhibit — _Jon speculates 'George Gomez might be here tonight' while viewing Monster Bash playfield rendering_ ### Notable Quotes > "This is watercolor and pencil, guys. Not Photoshop." > — **Jon**, ~11:30 > _Emphasizes the handcrafted nature of original game design artwork in the exhibit_ > "This place is dope. You guys going to come here and check it out." > — **Jon**, ~24:00 > _Jon enthusiastically endorses the Skill Shot Art Exhibit as worth visiting_ > "Look how freaking dope that is. George Gomez might be here tonight." > — **Jon**, ~13:30 > _Shows enthusiasm for Monster Bash playfield design and hints at potential designer presence_ ### Entities | Name | Type | Context | |------|------|---------| | Skill Shot Art Exhibit | event | A walkthrough art exhibition showcasing pinball machine artwork, design prototypes, and mechanical components | | Jon | person | Host of Deadflip stream providing the exhibition walkthrough | | Mark Porter | person | Curator of the exhibit's collection of plastics | | Dirty Donny | person | Artist whose artwork (Metallica illustrations) is featured prominently in the exhibit | | Ben Heck | person | Mentioned in connection with working on the Brunswick Aspen home machine | | John Chad | person | Pinball table designer whose artwork is displayed in the exhibit | | George Gomez | person | Legendary pinball designer; Jon speculates he may be attending the exhibit | | Monster Bash | game | Classic pinball machine featured prominently with playfield renderings and design notes in the exhibit | | Metallica | game | Stern pinball machine featured in exhibit with artwork by Dirty Donny | | Spider-Man | game | Pinball machine featured in lineup; Jon plans to play Vault Edition version after stream | | Walking Dead | game | Pinball machine in the exhibit lineup at the end | | Ghostbusters | game | Featured in exhibit with prototype toys, artwork, and design elements | | KISS | game | Pinball machine visible in the exhibit lineup with backglasses and artwork | | Dolly | game | Pinball machine in the exhibit lineup (likely Dolly Parton) | | Sorcerer | game | Classic pinball machine featured in exhibit lineup | | Flash Gordon | game | Pinball machine referenced in exhibit with old/new kits discussion | | Predator | game | Pinball machine with artwork featured in exhibit | | Terminator 2 | game | Pinball machine artwork displayed in exhibit | | Black Widow | game | Pinball machine pencil rendering featured in exhibit | | Brunswick Aspen | game | Home pinball machine being live re-themed in exhibit; lacks coin mechanisms typical of commercial machines | ### Topics - **Primary:** Pinball artwork and design documentation, Exhibit curation and presentation - **Secondary:** Classic vs modern pinball design, Playfield rendering and prototyping, Live machine restoration/re-theming ### Sentiment **Positive** (0.87) — Jon is enthusiastic and appreciative throughout the walkthrough, frequently using positive exclamations ('Papa Duke cool', 'dope AF', 'so good'). He shows genuine excitement for the artwork and design elements on display. ### Signals - **[community_signal]** Skill Shot Art Exhibit demonstrates active community engagement with pinball design history and curation of original artwork and prototypes (confidence: high) — The exhibit prominently displays original pencil/watercolor renderings, design iterations, playfield prototypes, and mechanical components with curated presentation - **[design_philosophy]** Exhibit highlights iterative design process including multiple artwork variations, shot map explorations, and prototype toy/backglass iterations (confidence: high) — Multiple examples of design variations displayed, including alternate Blade artwork and different backglass iterations for Ghostbusters --- ## Transcript Hey, Internet. Hey, hey, hey. Teasing going live. Sorry about it, folks. We're going to do a walkthrough really quick so I can show you what's up. We'll do a walkthrough, I'll show you what's going on, and then we're going to play some pinball. Tell me if you guys can hear me okay. Capital 1, 2, 3. Let me know that you can hear me. It's going to be a little loud in here, so don't freak out. So this is a wallpaper, which is all just cool freaking patents over the years of different pinball things. It's pretty rad. This is the name of the show, Skill Shop. We got showing off the different parts of pinball machines. Start button flippers, coils, tilt mechanisms. That's a tilt for those folks that haven't seen one before. Curated by Mark Porter, the man. It's a collection of plastics. I don't know what those eyes are from, but they're pretty awesome. Here's those playfields you saw. Trying to walk as slow as I can here. The line up of games, we got Dolly, Sorcerer, Kiss and then Kiss. cool back glasses here. Old kits. Or no, that's new kits. Sorry. Frontier. Vector. Flash Gordon. This beautiful Spider-Man. Transport Oh wait Beer Yeah Fire It chilling on the wall Now here's a bunch of Dirty Donnie stuff. We have the Metallicas. I don't know what these plastics are for. Here, let's read this. Metallica Plastics, illustrated by Dirty Donnie. That's cool. That's cool. Some more Dirty Donnie artwork. The Beatniks, that's pretty cool looking. Spooky House. The mini Evil Knievel. Here's that awesome artwork that people make by putting paint on the ball and then flipping the ball around. Hey, Llamas, what's up, buddy? Here's the lineup of games that we've been playing. We'll be done at the end on Spider-Man and Walking Dead. Pardon me, pal. We got some cool tests of the play field. This is pretty neat. Artwork of them trying to figure out what the back glass is going to be. Shot maps and plastics. Stay Puft. Toy Sketch. Pretty cool stuff. Pretty cool stuff. Yeah, dope AF. I agree. Here's some prototype toys. That's the train from ACDC back there. Magneto. We got the Hulk. Gene Simmons' head. Some Slimer toys. City from Ghostbusters. Some KISS artwork. Here them I love all these notes Look at that Plastic but don put a shot here There the art thing Continue flames So good. Play a G-Team set. Here's the, uh, the actual pencil artwork for the cover of... Look at this. This is like watercolor, guys. Not Photoshop. That is watercolor. And pencil. It's getting a little hard to walk around in here. Sorry, I'll back up a little bit. Dragons. Some of my favorite stuff's coming up here. We got, look at this, Monster Bash Playfield rendering. Look at that. Look how freaking dope that is. George Gomez. Gomez might be here tonight. That'll be pretty cool. It's an original Barakora pencil rendering. Look at that. Predator. Time Fighter. Black Widow. This is that art that is in every single hair salon in the 80s. Love it. Cool Sharks alternate. Terminator 2. Now, here comes my favorite. So, you might remember this. Back last, right? So, check this out. There's one with Wesley Snipes looking super insane. There's one where everyone's naked. Here's one where he's in a pool. That would have been pretty cool. That one's pretty rad too. We got a pin 2k sketches for revenge. Carlin Globetrotters. This is awesome over here. Actual pencil renderings for, you guessed medieval meds, how about that? This insert moved to the right Here it is colored in with what looks like crayons Well colored I said crayons I an idiot This is pretty cool. Look at this. Look at that freaking shot, man. That is so dope. That's actually painted, folks. Harlem. This room's pretty cool in here. They are live re-theming a pinball machine in here. So this was a Brunswick Aspen. It was a home game. So not like a regular pinball machine. You know, there's no coin door. There's none of that stuff. Because this was made to just sit in your house and bang around on. We got some artwork in here from John Chad. Some of his tables that he's developed. It's pretty rad. It's a little dark in here. Let's get out of here. Pardon me. Sorry. Here's some notes about Monster Bash. Oh, I dropped the camera. Sorry about that, folks. Don't get sick. You know, an Igor toy. Drac, it's a little blown out because of the lights. It's pretty cool. Pretty cool. Cute. So, yeah, that's it. I mean, look at this. This place is dope. You guys got to come here and check it out. And we're going to be playing over here. So I'm going to kill the stream here in a second, and we're going to share this information. All right, guys. All right, we're going to be on the Vault Edition Spider-Man here, which is going to be a lot of fun. So give me two seconds, and I'll switch this over. Talk to you soon. Thank you. _(Acquisition: youtube_groq_whisper, Enrichment: v3)_ --- *Exported from Journalist Tool on 2026-04-13 | Item ID: df33e0c3-243f-4e8f-a777-d2051ad9c458*