First Try at Custom Chips (CPC) (2 Viewers)

[LunaStarlight]

Hi all! As I spent some time here I wondered what it would look like if I made my own custom set of chips. I absolutely do not have the budget for them right now, but I'd like to think that these chips might exist eventually. Since this also happens to be one of the first times that I've done anything artistic, I'd appreciate feedback on just about any part of the design. My idea for the theme was to have the silhouette of a palm tree in front of a full moon.

I really liked the idea of having hot stamps given their unique shine, and I figured it would fit the theme well. (It also conveniently meant that I only needed to work with one color.) I might want to tweak some parts of the design like the width of the tree trunk or the size of the moon.

As for the chips themselves, I love some of them and at least hate none of them. I was inspired by some of the chips in the Redbelly Poker Room set in the hall of fame since I noticed how the colors guided my eyes around some of the chips. I felt like I did this the best with the T5000 chip, which is a big reason why it's my favorite of the bunch. I liked the color combination of the T1000 chip as well, and I'm glad I was able to make its spot pattern work as part of my progression. As for the T25, T100, and T500 chips, I'm a little less satisfied. I was eventually able to find colors that mostly achieved what I was looking for, but I can't help but feel like I'm missing something with them. I know I won't hate it though if this is the best I can do. As for the bounty chip, I like how its colors connect to the lunar theme of the set.

I'd love to learn some of the fundamentals of designing chips, and I figured a good way to do that would probably be to try it myself and see what's missing from there. Please let me know your thoughts and feedback!

 

[BKisback]

I like the inlay concept a lot. The bounty chip looks cool, but I think there is a lot in the blue/purple family in three consecutive chips. Maybe try mixing some warmer colors in there. I think some of these spot combos might also be a little less pronounced in real-life than they are on the design tool. Overall, it's a great start. Customs are a ton of fun.

 

[Felt_Lizard]

Most basic advice to make sure there's adequate contrast so you and your players can see and appreciate the edge spots in the finished product:

25 chip: Replace the dark green edge spot with a yellow of some sort (canary, yellow, dayglow yellow or dayglow arc yellow?), to go along with the lighter green spot.

100: Replace the dark purple spot with a light blue or daylo peacock to go with your lighter purple spot.

500: Let's do a base color swap to bright white kinda' like this:

 

[suchj0sh]

Yeah. It’s just lacking contrast. I think with color matched inlays you gotta real hammer home contrast with the spots.

 

[LunaStarlight]

Ok this is helpful so far! I threw together a bunch more color combinations trying to include more brighter colors and contrast:

 

[allforcharity]

I think yellow should be your T1000 and blue your T5000 from your first set post.

 

[GreatWhiteDope]

Let me start by saying I LOVE the inlay as a hot stamp. And I am not generally a big fan of hot stamps. And you hit it out of the park on that bounty chip in a moon theme set. The gray, the shades of white, the tri-moons. That is the bomb! You may want to ask @Josh Kifer for his suggestions on making the hot stamp work in reality the way you want it to. He is the master of hot stamps.

My two cents on colors...
Stick with green. Dark green is too close to black in real life. In fact, in low light, they are damn near indistinguishable.

I agree with @allforcharity on switching the denominations on the yellow and blue.

But I disagree with @Felt_Lizard on introducing white into this mix. I like the original purple chip. If you want to add white to it, consider white or gray as an edge spot. It is unconventional but I used both in my set and I like it alot. So one or the other may work for you alongside the pink edge spot.

I like the new black chip with blue and lavender. You may want to consider retro lavender as I think it pops more.

I like the blue chip because how can you have a moon set and not have a blue moon. But you may want to change the edge spot to a bright white for a little sharper contrast.

And above all else, go with whatever ultimately strikes your fancy. After all, they are going to be YOUR chips someday.

 

[LunaStarlight]

Thanks for the suggestions! I'm starting to settle a bit more on some of the chips now. I did have one other question about colors: are blue and purple difficult to tell apart in real life? Now that the T5000 is blue, I wanted to change its spot pattern and now I'm debating between blue and imperial blue as the base color. I feel like blue sets the base color apart more from the dayglow blue spots but the imperial blue stays further away from the purple T500.

 

[GreatWhiteDope]

Yes blue and purple are pretty close. If you go purple, I would go imperial blue. If you go blue, I would go lavender. Personally I like the purple so I would go imperial blue.

 

[LunaStarlight]

Got it. In that case I think I have a set of chips that I'm pretty happy with! I'll definitely still take feedback since I definitely have time, and I'll probably ask @Josh Kifer about how to make hot stamp designs work out, but I'm definitely more satisfied with this set of chips so thanks a ton!

 

[Josh Kifer]

Got it. In that case I think I have a set of chips that I'm pretty happy with! I'll definitely still take feedback since I definitely have time, and I'll probably ask @Josh Kifer about how to make hot stamp designs work out, but I'm definitely more satisfied with this set of chips so thanks a ton!
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So. Stamp is doable. Expect a weak middle text tho. I'd pump it a hint thicker if you can. The large foil space is gonna either need to go monster deep to allow for the center text, or it's gonna be the weakest and spottest part.

 

[warma]

First, congrats on using gray background- pro move.

Second, you show a great understanding of how to make all those colors work without cross-contamination.

Third, I can’t wait to see where this goes.

 

[LunaStarlight]

First, congrats on using gray background- pro move.

Second, you show a great understanding of how to make all those colors work without cross-contamination.

Third, I can’t wait to see where this goes.

Thanks! Honestly I'm really surprised that I did any of those things correctly since I hadn't even heard of cross-contamination in terms of color before now. I'll probably throw together designs occasionally for fun since this one was a treat to work on.

So. Stamp is doable. Expect a weak middle text tho. I'd pump it a hint thicker if you can. The large foil space is gonna either need to go monster deep to allow for the center text, or it's gonna be the weakest and spottest part.

I went through the inlays to make the center text a bit thicker. Do you think these ones would be any easier to work with? If not, do you think there's anything that could be done to fix that?

 

[Josh Kifer]

Thanks! Honestly I'm really surprised that I did any of those things correctly since I hadn't even heard of cross-contamination in terms of color before now. I'll probably throw together designs occasionally for fun since this one was a treat to work on.



I went through the inlays to make the center text a bit thicker. Do you think these ones would be any easier to work with? If not, do you think there's anything that could be done to fix that?
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The little thicker should help with the stamp.

 

[LunaStarlight]

Decided to see what it looks like with some stars in the background.

 

[Cratty]

Like the stars, and really like the Bounty chip. Tri-moons on a night/moon themed chip...

 

[LunaStarlight]

Thanks! I knew I didn’t want to repeat edge spot patterns, so I tried to save the most thematic one for the bounty chip.

 

[Phoe9x]

I definitely recommend getting a color sample, and possibly shuffle stacks of your favorite molds to know how they each feel.

The colors on screen do not match up with real life, and you need to account for how they actually look in the lighting you’ll be playing in.

 

[Coyote]

Still, stubborn lack of contrast. Recipe for bitter disappointment.
Assymetry on the edge spots kills me, but it could probably be just me.
Nice inlay, though.

 

[LunaStarlight]

I see. When you mention contrast, do you mean differences between each chip or differences in edge spot colors/base color within the chips?

 

[AlbinoDragon]

A bit of both (100s and 500s will be close), but definitely spots on the base colors. The lavender on blurple spots will be close, peacock on imperial blue will also be close.

@GreatWhiteDope has helped with the photos of the color samples, but if you are truly going to get a CPC set, it will always be worth your while to invest in a color sample set. Put those in the same environment (table, location, and especially lighting) where you think you will be using the chips the most. I've lost count at the number of times I liked a color/spot combination in the chip designer and very quickly changed my mind once I put those colors together with the samples.


Thankfully, though unfortunately, it'll be a while until you can place and order with CPC after the move is finished. This gives you a lot of time to perfect this and get it right.

Keep up with the updates on your thinking. Bouncing ideas off others usually helps.

 

[LunaStarlight]

Will do! I came up with this while trying to focus on contrast. Do you think this is moving in the right direction?

 

[suchj0sh]

I tried my hand at adding some contrast to the spots. I’m not a pro or anything, just like to play around with people’s ideas!

EDIT: just saw your new go at it. Looks a lot better imo!

 

[AlbinoDragon]

Will do! I came up with this while trying to focus on contrast. Do you think this is moving in the right direction?View attachment 1522872

Much better spot to body color contrast here! Looking quite good!

That 5k looks super sharp.

 

[LunaStarlight]

Figured I'd try just one more set today.

 

[LunaStarlight]

Finally remembered that I could mess with the spot patterns as well as the colors. I came up with two more similar sets using some different patterns.

Also thanks @suchj0sh for the idea of the T25! Is it ok if I use it?

I might end up rotating the spots on the second T1000 so that the maroon spots are on the vertical instead of the butterscotch ones.

Edit: Changed the light chocolate of the first T1000 to chocolate

Second edit: Meant to put regular red instead of mandarin red on the first T1000 so that it doesn't come too close to the retro red on the T100. It's such a small difference though that I don't feel like reattaching it.

Third edit: T5000 should be blue instead of imperial blue to contrast with lavender T500. Ok I think that's all now...

 

[Phoe9x]

Let’s take a step back if you’re serious with this. IIRC CPC isn’t taking orders until ~September (source from similar thread). You have plenty of time, and there’s so many changes to so many chips all at once it might be too much to grasp at once.

which is your favorite chip out of all the designs that you created so far? What stands out to you about it? i suggest you’d make that your workhorse chip, since you’d use it the most. Then we can select another chip and try some variations to see what you like the most and fit it into the next slot in your set.

Second edit: Meant to put regular red instead of mandarin red on the first T1000 so that it doesn't come too close to the retro red on the T100.

Also I don’t see an issue with re-using the same color for edge spots if you like it. It’s such a small part of each chip there’s no possible way people will mistake a $100 for a $1k.

 

[LunaStarlight]

Let’s take a step back if you’re serious with this. IIRC CPC isn’t taking orders until ~September (source from similar thread). You have plenty of time, and there’s so many changes to so many chips all at once it might be too much to grasp at once.

Oh right I forgot about how long the CPC move would take. Either way it'll be a while before I place any orders, so it does sound like a good idea to slow things down a bit more.

which is your favorite chip out of all the designs that you created so far? What stands out to you about it?

Out of the chips I have, I like the 25, the 5k, and the bounty. I like how the 25 is simple while still having some flavor to it but I wouldn't look for anything that simple in the other denoms. As for the 5k, I love the contrast that the blue+orange provides as well as how the transition from orange to white pops off of the blue base color, which is a lot darker. I like the bounty since the grays and the tri moons fit the theme of the set so well. I've been a bit hesitant with changing the base colors too much since I wanted to conform mostly to what colors are typically assigned to each denom, so I'll keep that in mind when choosing what to do with the other chips in the set.