Inlay design feedback (1 Viewer)

[Monsterchops]

Hey all,

Might be a little to early in the piece bit wanting some thoughts on the composition of this inlay, is it readable as 'Huka Falls' or does it look like 'Alls'?

Does the moon/sun need to move to the other side of the mountain and the whole image move up and left in the circle?

I don't have a computer so asking before I redraw.

 

[davislane]

Looks great. The "F"isnt immediately evident but im sure that could be fixed with some shading. Looking forward to seeing where you take this design

 

[chipinla]

The F definitely needs some work but cool design. I would personally lose the “00” after $5… not really necessary and it’s just extra clutter for me. Personal preference

 

[surfik]

Loose $ sign...

 

[doublebooyah85]

Love it!!!

Drop the .00

I would keep the $ if it’s cash game vs tourney chip

If the river itself was a bit skinner, may look more like an F.

 

[warma]

First, holy cow. I love the vintage feel!!! I think we have a new designer on our hands. (Up for it???)

As noted, the isn’t visible. I’d keep it separate from the falls themselves. Recommend shifting the alls to the rights and adding the F in the crook there.

I love the $ and the 00 for the vintage feel.

Not sure how I feel about the sun/moon. Don’t know that you need it, but maybe up and right. I’d keep the rest where it is.

Again… wow! This is great. I miss the hand-drawn inlays. So excited to see how this turn out.

 

[Machine]

The F is too wide, it needs a little work to make it easier to 'see' but overall looks good

 

[warma]

Also, can you go old school and not redraw, but cut out and move the elements? (Sun/moon and alls?)

I mean…

 

[Machine]

'Huka' looks a little cramped, if you shrink 'Falls' give it a little more space.

I think the 00 looks fine and I think it is a design element appealing to that old school feel. While efficiency would have you remove it, delight would have you leave it in!

If the translation from paper to label makes it more ... digital or square then I'd take it out, but I love how it has that old 'Stamp' feel, like you picked up a flyer from 70s cleaners.

Same with the '$' sign, although it might could move close to the 5 just a tad, and you might try a slightly different 'font' to match that same era feel.

closer to this but careful making it too thin, would be an issue for printing

 

[MeridianFC]

That’s a great design! I’d keep the $ sign, lose the cents. Keep the sun/moon. You can and should make the “F” in falls work.

 

[Monsterchops]

Hey all, thanks for the positivity and feedback.

I've had time at lunch to draw another, taking into account some of the suggestions whilst using @warma block out technique!

- made river skinnier
- shifted waterfall to allow for 'F'
- 2 slightly different 'F'ses (hard to come up with a good one to fit the rest)
- No .00
- No $
- No background/landscape

Also no 'Huka', it's tight to fit it in but could do something with the no background one.

Again thanks.

 

[Machine]

I really like the the last one, you could put HUKA up there, also the ones with the mountain and sun you can look at it as the water is inside the mountain and it becomes a cliff., I love the $ and the 00 but when you go digital add more colors, doesn't have to be a lot.

HUKA could be round at the top, straight on the 30 degree water (something like vespa club? could search it or someone can link it)

 

[davislane]

winners.
Huka needs to be include somewhere though.

maybe huka can be "wedged" in?

 

[Colquhoun]

Just a critique, but I think you might be trying too hard to force the art and the text together, when they may not be to be…
A simple graphic solution may work better, with the art and text separate…like some of these that I found looking on Google under “waterfall logo”:

Just some ideas…

 

[JFG]

Love it. It screams vintage.

Vintage inlays seem to be busy. So keep all of it, but try to strike a balance. I would also limit myself to only two colors when converting it to a vector image.

I can’t wait to see the final project!

 

[warma]

I’m in love. The sun/moon adjustment, horizon/falls connection, the falls font, the $5.00 font. Love love love.

The missing Huka presents a dilemma… and I have no ideas there.

While the designers here product some incredible digital art, this is a different level. It’s so wonderful to see the return of a lost art form.

 

[Machine]

I like the changes to the $, it all looks great but I think $500 is the best part, the ratio of it, the spacing, so good!

 

[MeridianFC]

To me the one dead center is your boy.

 

[JFG]

Maybe you could put huka behind the river, where the river partially hides it?

 

[Monsterchops]

Huka needs to be include somewhere though.

Your right the name of the falls does need to be included.

A designer reached out and spared some of his time and computer power to share this idea with me.

Leaves a better space for the name.

@Colquhoun is it the first design your referring to, how the 'F' is the waterfall? The newer editions are really only a graphic and text just maybe not how you would compose them?

 

[warma]

Your right the name of the falls does need to be included.

A designer reached out and spared some of his time and computer power to share this idea with me.

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Leaves a better space for the name.

@Colquhoun is it the first design your referring to, how the 'F' is the waterfall? The newer editions are really only a graphic and text just maybe not how you would compose them?

Crazy idea…

Can you have the mountain range match Huka?

In the image above, you can see Huka kind under the mountains, but could tou change the shape of the mountains to flow with the rose and fall of Huka- giving Huka more space and allowing it all to fit snugly?

Hopefully I’m making sense…

 

[davislane]

Your right the name of the falls does need to be included.

A designer reached out and spared some of his time and computer power to share this idea with me.

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Leaves a better space for the name.

@Colquhoun is it the first design your referring to, how the 'F' is the waterfall? The newer editions are really only a graphic and text just maybe not how you would compose them?

As the US Fed Reserve would say, fire up the printers!

 

[Machine]

I think the 00 would still fit in there, shrink it down a little

 

[Colquhoun]

Your right the name of the falls does need to be included.

A designer reached out and spared some of his time and computer power to share this idea with me.

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Leaves a better space for the name.

@Colquhoun is it the first design your referring to, how the 'F' is the waterfall? The newer editions are really only a graphic and text just maybe not how you would compose them?

I was just referring to the trouble fitting the text in, especially the Huka. It seems you’ve now got that covered.
Is the text going to use a real typeface or are you going to go with hand rendering of the type?

 

[Monsterchops]

I will try and retain the look and feel of a hand rendered inlay but will definitely work on the consistency of the fonts.

I like the space the new design brings but I also really liked how the river flowed towards you from the mountains, it's like mum's telling me I can have ice cream or lollies, not both!

 

[Monsterchops]

I'm not sure what it's called but I love the way old printing would print one colour then another but sometimes it didn't quite line up, left white space but also created another colour where they overlapped not sure if it has a term, misaligned?

When I come to add colour I'm going to give that a go see how it comes out.

 

[Colquhoun]

I'm not sure what it's called but I love the way old printing would print one colour then another but sometimes it didn't quite line up, left white space but also created another colour where they overlapped not sure if it has a term, misaligned?

When I come to add colour I'm going to give that a go see how it comes out.

It’s called out of registration, where the two (or more) colors are supposed to align when printed, but the printing plate or screen isn’t hitting dead-on.
It could be a cool look here.
Years ago, headlines in advertisements and logos were all hand-rendered type. You could use a typeface as a guideline but still render by hand for that old-school look.
Good luck! Looks great

 

[warma]

I'm not sure what it's called but I love the way old printing would print one colour then another but sometimes it didn't quite line up, left white space but also created another colour where they overlapped not sure if it has a term, misaligned?

When I come to add colour I'm going to give that a go see how it comes out.

I built an inlay and purposely shifted a coloring layer to replicate that look.

I really hope you hand draw this. Not sure how they translated hand drawn images to printed inlays, however.

 

[warma]

I will try and retain the look and feel of a hand rendered inlay but will definitely work on the consistency of the fonts.

I like the space the new design brings but I also really liked how the river flowed towards you from the mountains, it's like mum's telling me I can have ice cream or lollies, not both!

I think you can have both if you shape the mountains to accommodate Huka

 

[AlbinoDragon]

I built an inlay and purposely shifted a coloring layer to replicate that look.

If you made a shifted color layer to make it appear like a faux-mis-registration, all the chips would show the same mis-registration. It would probably look strange to have all the same denomination chips have the exact same "problem". A real mis-registration would be a bit random with most of the chips not having the problem.

It's an interesting concept, but I worry it would translate to a real inlay in a strange way. My vote that for this already unique and very sharp looking inlay this "gimmick" might detract from it.

I really hope you hand draw this. Not sure how they translated hand drawn images to printed inlays, however.

I did this with my Twenty Eight Club non-denominated set. I printed single characters and used those as a reference to hand draw on to a piece of card stock. I took that, photographed it and sent the photograph to ASM to use as the inlay art.

The finished chips with the art I created for the inlay. These were some of the first no-mold chips out of ASM and I used a handful of old crest-and-seal chips as inspiration for the concept.

I'm loving the concept you are working on here and am expecially appreciating the hand drawn drafts here. My vote is to stick with this hand drawn all the way through and put this on the H-mold with some retro spots for the greatest effect.