Custom label ideas (1 Viewer)

[Himewad]

The black labels are so good. Maybe just suck it up and accept that the blurple is what it is...or lighten it just a bit.

I agree. Even if I don't get a near perfect color match, the black labels just look so much better than the other options. But it's got to be legible.

 

[bigdonkey]

Think I like the black background the best, but the blue kind of gets lost. The white background looks fine, but it's so bright, which is why I went with a gray middle option. But I'm not crazy about it.

I like the bounty chip and the seating chip labels.

Everything you said here is spot on. I'd don't think I've ever preferred black labels to white, but on these I do. Definitely not the gray.

I'd probably just lighten up the blue enough to make it pop, and call it a day.

 

[Dodger]

The black labels are so good. Maybe just suck it up and accept that the blurple is what it is...or lighten it just a bit.

I agree. Even if I don't get a near perfect color match, the black labels just look so much better than the other options. But it's got to be legible.

I know you are going for a color match of the base chip color. But...what if for the blurple you use one of the edge spot colors? Just to bring out the color more next to the black.

Just a thought.

 

[Himewad]

I know you are going for a color match of the base chip color. But...what if for the blurple you use one of the edge spot colors? Just to bring out the color more next to the black.

Just a thought.

I considered that, but the edge spots are green, pink and orange, which are used on other chips.

 

[Dodger]

I considered that, but the edge spots are green, pink and orange, which are used on other chips.

Hmmm...I get where you are coming from - no repeats!

What about this...since “Tigerhawk Card Room” is in white, what if you gave the Hawkeye logo a white border, just to separate it from the black? On your white mockups, you can see the logo has a black border, and you lose that with the black background - effectively shrinking your logo a little.

Don’t know if adding the white will help, but it could be worth a try.

 

[SixSpeedFury]

So just a big nut should do the trick.

That's what she said...

 

[Himewad]

Updated royal blue chip, and updated table seating chip (only one table in my game):

 

[Himewad]

Think I like that color blue. It obviously won't match the chip, but the brightness of the logo and denomination works better with the rest of the chips. Here's my updated lineup:

 

[Himewad]

Now … to continue working on my casa Rivera ceramic design

 

[Himewad]

I can't stop myself. I saw some labels with a subtle design in the background, and though to myself, "hey I can do that." So here we are.

 

[doughboy63]

These are nice but really liked the squirrel inlay a lot.

 

[Himewad]

These are nice but really liked the squirrel inlay a lot.

I do too, but I need professional design help

 

[Himewad]

Prototypes (not just computer images). Definitely going this route.

 

[SMinla]

Very cool! Like the design AND the color combos you have. Legibility aside, having a color that doesn't match the chip would drive my OCD CRAZY!!!!!!!!
I think you'd be fine. But Look forward to seeing them finished.

Who are you getting to make the inlays!?? Or are you going the DIY route?

 

[Himewad]

Going with ABC to finalize the design and printing. They’ve been very good to me. Thought about doing it myself but I know I wouldn’t have been completely happy with it.

 

[Himewad]

ABC has been great to work with so far. They've been very helpful in making small tweaks to the design, and they even wanted samples of the Royal chips so that they could get as close of a color match as possible. And they offered to send me printed samples to make sure I like how they would look. Such a great vendor.

Slight tweak to the design here. More dark gray tigerhawks in the background, more of the "look" of the Royal Card Room label, and black outlines around the letters and numbers.

 

[Himewad]

Which ones do you think look better? The ones above (post #76) or these, which standardize the label look except for the denomination/bounty/seat?

 

[sheikh617]

If post 76 can do a good color match I would prefer that. Otherwise post 77.

 

[Himewad]

Already thinking ahead to custom ceramics. Maybe by the end of this year. And going back to the NUTS theme. The squirrel is about as big as I want to get it - probably need to push it a touch to the right - but otherwise I like it. This is obviously a prototype on a Royal chip, so if I'm going full ceramic the design could be larger, perhaps showing more detail of that nut.

 

[TeamNapoli]

totally love it and i think it would make an awesome center art work for a poker table felt and all in general a theme for a poker room, especially the first group of images

 

[Himewad]

Got my sample labels back from @ABC Gifts and Awards

Also have samples for the bounty (white 500 chip) and a seating chip (black 100 chip). I like the labels so much that I think I will get labels for an All In (light blue 25 cent chip) and Show ‘Em (red 5). Can’t decide what the gray chip would be used for. Ideas?

 

[sheikh617]

Labels are awesome. Any chance you can darken the T500 color match text to match better?

 

[Himewad]

Labels are awesome. Any chance you can darken the T500 color match text to match better?

Actually they sent me a sample of a darker blue that matches the chip very well. Here are the two options.

 

[Himewad]

Here are the bounty and seating chips.

 

[sheikh617]

I also did a custom with this chip and my fear was the dark blue against the black. The light blue tilts me and the dark blue is harder to see but a much better match. I'd go either dark blue or use an edgespot.

 

[sheikh617]

That bounty is DOPE!

 

[Himewad]

I also did a custom with this chip and my fear was the dark blue against the black. The light blue tilts me and the dark blue is harder to see but a much better match. I'd go either dark blue or use an edgespot.

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Yes, the light blue is maybe too light, I agree. And the dark blue (that matches perfectly) might be too dark. But I’m leaning toward the dark right now. I can’t use an edge spot color because all three colors are used on other chips in my set (green, orange, pink).

 

[Himewad]

That bounty is DOPE!

Thanks, I like it too

 

[Himewad]

Maybe I’ll do a gray Reload chip in addition to the red Show ‘Em and the light blue All In “bonus” chips.

 

[Himewad]

Maybe I’ll do a gray Reload chip in addition to the red Show ‘Em and the light blue All In “bonus” chips.

Kind of like this.