General Advice/Feedback for First Chip Design (1 Viewer)

[euvi]

Hey all. I started working on a custom set which I'll use with my roommates+friends next year. We are in college and we are goons, so the design philosophy is pretty unserious.

These will be hybrid mold Tina's ceramics but I haven't decided on greek or web mold yet. I went with the premade Aria tribute blanks for the chip designs because I have very little experience when it comes to poker chip spot patterns and colors, and I dig the Aria chips. I spent some time trying to design some nice looking chip patterns but didn't like any of them and figured I might as well use something that already exists and I also enjoy. The chips are just screenshotted from the Tina's blanks thread.

I have some design experience and I'm studying a field which requires lots of visual communication, but I want to stress that I am by no means an illustrator. This is mostly why I stuck with a typography-focused design, and also because I don't really have a fantasy theme or symbols to go with.

But, I am open to ideas/feedback on how I could make this a more illustrative design after seeing what other people have been making here. I'm sharing my design here for feedback on this, but also mostly for any general poker chip design things that I've missed or should know (basically just proofreading for any glaring mistakes). Thanks for your time.

Here is what I got so far. Just playing with the idea of coloring the logo.
Also, the drawing in the background is a smiley face because I thought it looked funny.

 

[SeanGecko]

 

[Bacon Dad]

I love the Aria chips colors. If that lights your fire - awesome. Enjoy.

But when most people read your heading, they are going to think you’ve actually designed some different color chips and spot progression, not just a label.

Regarding the labels, I’d either go all white lettering with white denomination (all solid/filled) or go all colored (letters/denom) and mix color with white denoms. Have you tried solid/filled colored letters with matching colored denoms? The red outline is hard to read.

Post any updates.

 

[TripleRangeMerger]

At a first look I would increase the line thickness for your main title and space the words out more vertically. I would also drop the "poker room | est 2024", which is cluttering the design while being too small to really read. I would also stick to all white lettering, and as above make the line borders thicker if you are sticking with this design (though I agree with Bacon Dad above that I would prefer solid lettering).

Also (and this is neither here nor there in a way, but since you are college age and in the US where it's common slang) are you aware of another possible meaning of "goon house"? If not, see this urban dictionary definition. Might cause a weird encounter, especially if you use the set for a while or have outside players join.

In any event, keep iterating and I'd be interested to see the next version of the designs.

 

[iLogik]

Goon is used as slang for a thug or gang member, or so how it was used in context for songs during lil Wayne era… goon squad is also from space jam lol

 

[euvi]

Also (and this is neither here nor there in a way, but since you are college age and in the US where it's common slang) are you aware of another possible meaning of "goon house"? If not, see this urban dictionary definition. Might cause a weird encounter, especially if you use the set for a while or have outside players join.

we goon hard