Northwoods Hideaway... (1 Viewer)

[MrWookie69]

I'm not completely shelving my other design, but I had this swirling around in my head as it's a bit more personal with the family. We love to spend time in the northwoods, and spend two weeks throughout the summer fishing, swimming, playing mini golf, and eating too much ice cream... So really wanted to see what I could come up with for a "Northwoods Hideaway" theme. I didn't want to get to specific on any activity, as it varies quite a bit. I did want the theme to have a bit of a modern woodcarved feel. It's "Old Wisconsin" - when you get out of the touristy areas, the colors aren't shiny neon, so I preferred the "aged feel" of the non-DG colors - like they've been around for a while, fading it a bit... TI think I have one set of spots with DG Yellow for the .25¢ chip...

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[Fran]

Nice project!
I like the design of your inlay
But the green shading around it left me puzzled Personally, I'm not a big fan

 

[Machine]

I wouldn't pair the inserts for the visual impaired, and I think the green clashes with some of the chips

I would take the yellow off the 100, because of the other 3 times you use the color

The label is nice though!

 

[Taghkanic]

Making the gradients around each edge match the base color of the chip would likely improve these a ton.

 

[MrWookie69]

The inlay needs some depth to the background beyond just white. I'm a HUGE fan of white space, but the inlay definitely needs something a bit more...

Played with the background a bit, and switched to the respective chip's base color...just pushed it back a bit so it wasn't so vibrant.

 

[MrWookie69]

Making the gradients around each edge match the base color of the chip would likely improve these a ton.

I was about 10 minutes ahead of you...

 

[Fran]

The inlay needs some depth to the background beyond just white. I'm a HUGE fan of white space, but the inlay definitely needs something a bit more...

Played with the background a bit, and switched to the respective chip's base color...just pushed it back a bit so it wasn't so vibrant.

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It looks much better this way

 

[MrWookie69]

Really worked the typography and overall feel of this.

The trees have an organic brush feel to the illustration, wanted to find a font that worked with it, and one I could really play around with.

Also...after seeing the Flamingo Lounge Tina Hybrids - I just had to give it a go...

I'm still on the fence about a white $1 vs a blue $5.

Detail of the blue $1 and $20 inlays

 

[NotRealNameNoSir]

I like blue next to yellow much better, inlay looks better, youre rocking it! Id shade the 1 in more, too skeeenny.

 

[MrWookie69]

Change the $25 to 25¢... and darkened up the $1 on the blue chip. ...going with the blue, dropping the white...

Definitely running with this one over the "The Casino" chip. ...will probably get around to that one again later...

 

[legend672]

The first font shown is way better than the one above

 

[MrWookie69]

Ended up looking at the inlays, and the tiny text. So changed up the tiny text font to something cleaner and more readable, and would allow me to make it larger without adding clutter to make it more readable.

Also made the "The Northwoods Hideaway" a bit larger.

Detail views of all chips...

This is WAY too fun... and it's a good bet these are going to production at some point. ...Still unsure of the spots, will eventually need help with the edges, and need a contact at TINA...

That's it for today. LOL

 

[MrWookie69]

The first font shown is way better than the one above

Cool. But not going that direction...

 

[legend672]

To clarify . So you’re going with the someone with a paintbrush on a wooden board look over the classy design you started with ?

 

[MrWookie69]

To clarify . So you’re going with the someone with a paintbrush on a wooden board look over the classy design you started with ?

People don't go to the northwoods for a "classy experience". ...It's friendly, fun, relaxing, can be boisterous at times.

 

[Cratty]

Yep, definitely a slapped together and "open when they feel like it" environment. I personally like the new font.

I would consider changing the purple edge spot on the $100 to another color (e.g. yellow) just to get some more contrast to the $500 chip

 

[Cratty]

Trying to think if there's a way to work-in one of the "direction" signs that are so common up here as well.

May look neat as a background to "Hideaway", pointing to the right? Wish I had my computer with me right now to play around with mockups.

 

[MrWookie69]

Yep, definitely a slapped together and "open when they feel like it" environment. I personally like the new font.

I would consider changing the purple edge spot on the $100 to another color (e.g. yellow) just to get some more contrast to the $500 chip

I definitely need to work on the $100 and $500 spots. Not entirely grooving on those. Everything that contrasts is orange and pink. I should put pink on every chip. LOL

Trying to think if there's a way to work-in one of the "direction" signs that are so common up here as well.

May look neat as a background to "Hideaway", pointing to the right? Wish I had my computer with me right now to play around with mockups.

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My big concern is making that tiny 1" space too busy. But that is a cool idea.

I will never understand how people expect drivers to read those signs at 60 MPH. LOL

 

[MrWookie69]

Played around with new fonts to boost readability. Checked these at 1", and the readability is much better.

Detailed view of each chip...

I'm really happy with the 25¢, $1, $5, and $20 chips.

Really need to work on those $100 and $500 spots. But this is getting closer...

 

[Cratty]

One catch, I'd top align your "$" on the $20 chip, it's top aligned (or at least higher) on the other denoms.

 

[MrWookie69]

Happy Fourth of July update... Reworking the spots...

Now it's time to fire-up the cooker for some Texas mopped direct heat ribs.

 

[MrWookie69]

Hard at work...

Really cleaning this up.....

 

[legend672]

Still like the original

 

[allforcharity]

Bob Ross would certainly have endorsed your 'happy little trees'!

I agree that your mockup posted on July 4 is a little more attention-grabbing.
One thing to consider if you're trying to juggle lots of different graphics and text elements is to use a separate inlay on each side. It's not without precedent.

 

[cpac54]

The inlay needs some depth to the background beyond just white. I'm a HUGE fan of white space, but the inlay definitely needs something a bit more...

Played with the background a bit, and switched to the respective chip's base color...just pushed it back a bit so it wasn't so vibrant.

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Colour grading much improved on this version. Like where it’s going!

 

[suchj0sh]

Still like the original

Same. I think the original inlay was fantastic.

 

[MrWookie69]

I just had to try this.... What can I say. I like a black inlay label.

"It's midnight in the Northwoods"

Really like the way the denoms POP here...

 

[SeanGecko]

Brighten up that frac

 

[MrWookie69]

Had an hour to fart around with this today... before we head back to the Northwoods for a LONG weekend.

The trees are far more nuanced than before - more like a water mark. I'm a big fan of the larger Denom. The entire inlay/label is now vector art - no more tiff - which I like. For this chip, I do prefer the white inlay/label.

Edit insert here: with an alternate $500 chip to help differentiate from the $20 and $100 spot layout a bit...

CPC inlay option...

edit 2: CPC option B - new colors and spots...

Detail of the inlay/label on the Paulson chip designer

 

[Huskerchipper]

The trees in the original mockups were a fantastic focal point. The focal point now is the value, which is really important but I think you had the best of both worlds originally. Besides the location being blurry...I like this way better.