Setting Paulson Tribute Set Aside, Starting Fresh (1 Viewer)

[churlbut18]

I received some great advice regarding my initial thinking of doing a Paulson tribute set (separate thread), so I'm going to set that idea aside and start fresh with my own thoughts and colors.

Below is my first attempt. There are only 6 colors used across all 5 chips for cohesiveness: Chocolate, Light Blue, Mandarin Red, Canary, Black, Butterscotch. The spot on the first chip becomes the base color of the subsequent chip, and so on throughout the entire set. And the butterscotch spot can also be found on all 5 chips, to once again tie the set together. I know this goes against conventional thinking, but I think it works. Curious what others think.

I want to stick to traditional colors (vs. Cali colors), meaning blue $1 (white wasn't working), red $5, yellow $20.

Feedback is welcome.

 

[Psypher1000]

Subjectively speaking, you've picked my least favorite color - butterscotch - and put it on all your chips. I'll try not to hold that against you.

The good

• That hundo looks pretty nice! Probably my favorite chip in the lot
• Second-fav chip is the chocolate. Love the light blue for contrast there, and Iove that you didn't make it just a plain brown solid. I love me some non-boring fracs! I thought maybe the butterscotch might not offer enough contrast there, but I busted out he samples and they seemed okay to my eyes. Maybe a *little* light on contrast, but not terrible by any means.

The questionable

• I dig a blue $1, but something about the color/spot combo as-is is harshing my eyes. Might be the super-contrast of the red spots jumping off the blue base. If others don't have similar feedback then you can probably ignore this. If they do, it might be worth tweaking.

Needs Tweaking

• That $20 needs adjustments. Three colors all roughly in the same part of the pallet. It comes off as boring to me, and for a $20 in this set, that's a bit of a sin - you'll want your $20's to be distinctive, and your hundos even more so (which they are in this case).

To address this, I've taken the liberty of mocking a couple alternatives. Of them, I think I like the third one the best. The first two stick to your color selections; the last two switch to Imperial Blue.

I know you said you were sticking to a specific set of colors, and Imperial Blue falls squarely outside those you listed. I did this on purpose, though, because it illustrates what I'd love to see you do for your next draft - iterate, and think outside your box.

Coming up with a set based on a concept like you did is a great starting point. A number of us start this way, and it's one of the ways car manufacturers innovate - concept cars. Most concept cars never hit the market as whole creations because the concept is too specific or too edgy or too something. But frequently there will be aspects of those concepts that make it into final designs of other cars, OR they'll tweak the concept as a whole to put out a highly-iterated version of it that *somewhat* resembles its original form. That's what I'd like to see you do now. Take the concept you started with and start playing with each individual chip that you aren't satisfied with. The Imperial blue is a slight iteration on your overall concept that real brings a little pop to that chip and makes it stick out. The light blue might do "okay", but another shade of blue just works 100% better against Canary, IMO. Examine all your chips, one by one, in that same manner. Now is the time for you to break the rules you set for yourself in the beginning.

So, take all that for what it's worth & incorporate it as you see fit.

Also, if you have a theme/name picked out for the set, let us know. Sometimes that can inform various decisions about the direction & specifics of the set.

 

[dew4au]

All great stuff from @Psypher1000. I like butterscotch, but I think you went a little far with it. Overall, I think it's a good start, but I think you need to open your color palette up a bit. Keep popping out revisions and see what sticks! Have fun with it.

 

[MaxB]

I don't like having red in the $1 chip .....I love the 25c and the $100 though