How do you design an arcade stick¿ I've never seen anyone do that.
Not designing the stick itself, but the artwork that is on it.
The Q4NBA stick comes with a free plexi glass that allows you to put any artwork you like under it (which sure as hell saves a lot of hassle).
I did a rough design and I'm just waiting to get all the character reveals to make a similar idea to the one I did for SF a few years back (you can see it in the arcade stick thread in the general discussion)
My editing skills have increased since then, and with the website background as a template (which also happens to be the DOA5 character select screen btw) It's looking pretty awesome
I might post a pic of the progress of the stick in the arcade stick thread .. The other guys did some pretty awesome designs for other sticks as well. you should check out that thread if you're interested.