Ep 84: Rushing for Whoppers
LoserKid Pinball Podcast
1 hr 14 min
Summary
Rush pinball artist Michael Barnard talks art process, design challenges, and fan reaction to the game's visual design.
Michael Barnard, artist for Stern's Rush pinball machine, discusses his background in commercial art, the transition to pinball design, and the challenges of incorporating Rush's diverse 40-year album catalog into a single machine aesthetic. He explains the creative process with Stern, addresses community criticism of the band member portrayals, and details the complexity of designing artwork for playfield inserts and cabinet graphics.
In this double feature episode, we start off talking with Stern's newest Artist Michael Barnard and his work with Rush. Then afterwards we talk to Greg Poverelli and Levi Nayman about the up coming show Allentown
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