Feedback on my design, and how to "age" a label? (1 Viewer)

[Beakertwang]

I've shared these in another thread, but I wanted to ask specifically about how to make a label design look old. Since my THC solids are quite worn, I went with a vintage feel. I mostly am happy with the design, but of course, I welcome feedback.

What filters or effects would one use to make the label look aged and/or worn?

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• Beakertwang
• Mar 22, 2019

 

[anotherdaydown]

Are we talking light coffee stain/water spot aged

or distressed cracks/folds?

Something else?

Playing with opacity on a specialty brush or transparency in your layers can get you what you are looking for or using an overlay of an image and erasing certain parts get the look you are after..

 

[Beakertwang]

Are we talking light coffee stain/water spot aged

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or distressed cracks/folds?

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Something else?

Playing with opacity on a specialty brush or transparency in your layers can get you what you are looking for or using an overlay of an image and erasing certain parts get the look you are after..

More of the stain/spots, and worn colors is what I'm going for.

Playing around with filters, I came up with this. It's in the ballpark. I would just do the stains and blurring in a different spot for each denom.

 

[allforcharity]

The easiest way to age anything is to make it raise children.

 

[RoyalBluff]

More of the stain/spots, and worn colors is what I'm going for.

Playing around with filters, I came up with this. It's in the ballpark. I would just do the stains and blurring in a different spot for each denom.
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This is actually not too bad, good job on the filters! Are you going to have a few variations of each label and denom to randomize the staining/aging?

 

[Beakertwang]

This is actually not too bad, good job on the filters! Are you going to have a few variations of each label and denom to randomize the staining/aging?

I thought about that. Possibly 2 or 3 of each. Or I may not worry about it. Hmm...

 

[RoyalBluff]

I thought about that. Possibly 2 or 3 of each. Or I may not worry about it. Hmm...

I say go for it! Labels are cheap enough...

 

[Tripwired]

The easiest way to age anything is to make it raise children.

Hahaha! That is so true.

 

[timinater]

If you're in Photoshop you may want to add an inner glow on the outside ring. Play with the course and opacity/blending mode and you can get a nice aged effect.

 

[allforcharity]

Another way to do it is to make the background colour of the label slightly off-white, rather than plain (or bright) white. This would be on top of any fading, marking, etc. that you want to do on the inlay face.

Also, contrast is a good thing. Maybe consider making 20% of your labels pristine, or only one aging element, while the rest of the chips get the multiple effect.

 

[Beakertwang]

Decided to go with just some simple aging: Faded out the words and images, added a filter to the background, with a little darkening around the edge. Thoughts?

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[Beakertwang]

Would welcome input from established design guys on any details.

@p5woody @Quicksilver-75 @MoscowRadio

(I can never remember the other designers. )

 

[Darson]

I don't know if that ageing will be noticeable when printed life size. Once shrunk, all those tiny details get lost.

 

[Quicksilver-75]

Sorry. Are these for labels or CPC? If CPC I'd darken the off white backdrop a tad. Like 5-8%.
The design is solid. Looks great. Also, if CPC you'll need to check the text at the bottom because it looks outside of the allowable text area.

 

[Beakertwang]

Sorry. Are these for labels or CPC? If CPC I'd darken the off white backdrop a tad. Like 5-8%.
The design is solid. Looks great. Also, if CPC you'll need to check the text at the bottom because it looks outside of the allowable text area.

These are labels to go on my Club Cal-Neva roullettes I got from allforcharity's big sale.

 

[Quicksilver-75]

These are labels to go on my Club Cal-Neva roullettes I got from allforcharity's big sale.

Then you're all good. They look fantastic. What SW are you using?

 

[Beakertwang]

Then you're all good. They look fantastic. What SW are you using?

Thanks! I’m using Inkscape.

They’ll be going on these.

 

[Quicksilver-75]

Have you test printed at scale? The Burlington text seems quite small but sometimes they'll print perfect.

 

[Beakertwang]

Have you test printed at scale? The Burlington text seems quite small but sometimes they'll print perfect.

I'll give it a shot.

 

[Quicksilver-75]

Now I just printed the file from the screen so it'll lose some resolution, but...
The text does seem very small..

 

[andy699669]

Quick advice, make the 1 and 0 closer, so the gaps between the numbers are equal width.

 

[allforcharity]

I like the overall layout. Increase font size as needed.

 

[Beakertwang]

Quick advice, make the 1 and 0 closer, so the gaps between the numbers are equal width.

I hadn't noticed that before. That's just how that font works, so I'll have to split the 1000 and 100 into separate items. Thanks!


Thanks for that, @Quicksilver-75! I can alter that for sure. Does it look like I need to darken the edges a bit more to get the effect to come across?

 

[andy699669]

I hadn't noticed that before. That's just how that font works, so I'll have to split the 1000 and 100 into separate items. Thanks!


Thanks for that, @Quicksilver-75! I can alter that for sure. Does it look like I need to darken the edges a bit more to get the effect to come across?

Or you can press ctrl+alt and then tap left accordingly, or you can adjust the kerning at negative value between the 1 and 0.

 

[Beakertwang]

Or you can press ctrl+alt and then tap left accordingly, or you can adjust the kerning at negative value between the 1 and 0.

Those are things I haven't learned to do yet. New skills incoming!

Edit: I'm on a Mac, so ctr+cmd?

 

[Quicksilver-75]

I hadn't noticed that before. That's just how that font works, so I'll have to split the 1000 and 100 into separate items. Thanks!


Thanks for that, @Quicksilver-75! I can alter that for sure. Does it look like I need to darken the edges a bit more to get the effect to come across?

Also, some fonts, in particular the fonts you'll find on free sites aren't done correctly. Many have spacing issues. Much like the 1 and 0 in the font you've chosen. After you outline the denom or text you can place them individually and correct them for a more visually pleasing result. But that space in the 1000 would tilt the hell out of me.

 

[Beakertwang]

But that space in the 1000 would tilt the hell out of me.

Me too, now that it's been pointed out.

 

[timinater]

Or you can press ctrl+alt and then tap left accordingly, or you can adjust the kerning at negative value between the 1 and 0.

Beat me to it.

Also, some fonts, in particular the fonts you'll find on free sites aren't done correctly. Many have spacing issues. Much like the 1 and 0 in the font you've chosen. After you outline the denom or text you can place them individually and correct them for a more visually pleasing result. But that space in the 1000 would tilt the hell out of me.

Also beat me to that.

Pro quality fonts will have "kerning pairs" where these mismatches from the default kerning has been fixed ahead of time. Lots of free fonts do not have this. No big deal but something to keep an eye out for when you are polishing things up.

 

[joker80]

I am not a design expert but I think it looks great so far. Love the aging patina