Creating "Suits" themed labels (Updated 8/4 pics)

sean3d3 · #1 07-15-2005, 06:17 PM

I've recently purchased a set of the Nexgen Lucky Bees. I know a lot of people on here don't care for them, but I liked the color and think with labels they will look good. I decided I want to go with a Suits themed chip, with a diamond on the white chip, heart on the red, etc.; similar to the Chipco Suits chips. I've come up with a few rough drafts and maybe some of the more talented artists on here could help me out. I have a few different versions of the black, and purple chips because I can't figure out what I want them to look like. So heres the rough version. If anyone wants better res pics to work on let me know. Thanks for any help.

Huffster · #2 07-15-2005, 08:58 PM

I'm no artist, but these look like a good start to me. I'm going to be getting a set of lucky bees soon. Glad to hear you like them.

dad604 · #3 07-15-2005, 11:15 PM

Looks pretty nice except for the spade on the black. That is the only one I would change.

Captn_All_In · #4 07-16-2005, 07:10 AM

I am with dad on this one....that spade is cool!!! but it doesn't fit with the rest of them...what if you did an elements theme along with the suits...earth, air, water, and your fire spade??

just my 2 pesos

sean3d3 · #5 07-16-2005, 09:48 AM

Yeah I agree the spade doesn't go along with the rest. Which was why I had been working on other designs. Heres a couple more, but I'm still not satisfied with the purple chip.

CaptLego · #6 07-16-2005, 11:38 AM

I don't know if it would be any better, but I'd like to see some mockups with a more rigorous color convention. As it is now:
1) The heart, and club use the main body color for the symbol, while the diamond, spade and star use edgespot colors for the symbols. How about making the diamond white, the spade black, and the star purple?
2) The rings on the heart, club, spade, and diamond are the double-edgespot color, but the diamond uses the single edgespot color. How about making the ring on the diamond burgundy?
3) The background on the heart and spade are the single edgespot color, the background on the star is the body color, the background on the diamond is the double edgespot color, and the background on the club is black? Maybe you could use the single-edgespot color for all backgrounds? (This is the inconsistency that got me started on all of this... I was just wondering how they'd turn out if you picked some consistent mapping of chip/edgespot colors to symbol/ring/background colors.)

The diamond, heart, club, and star all look almost like embroidery on cloth to me (especially the heart). The spade just doesn't fit with those. I can't see flames on the spade matching very well with those other designs. I'd suggest just making a spade symbol to match the diamond or club. You could even lose the stuff in the middle of the heart, too.

The heart and the club seem just a tad too large -- they crowd the ring a bit.

I like the radial bits you've added to the star.

sean3d3 · #7 07-16-2005, 02:30 PM

CaptLego,

Agreed on most points. The only basis I made for the colors is what combinations I thought looked good. Thus, the lack of consistency. On the club, the black looked better to me than a white or gray background. I'm gonna work on some other combinations and see how they turn out.

sean3d3 · #8 07-16-2005, 03:39 PM

I made a couple changes. I'm gonna work on the spade and heart, and come up with something to add to them, as they look a little plain.

dad604 · #9 07-16-2005, 05:35 PM

I really like the way you did the heart, spade and club. I think if you did the rest to match, that would make a great set. I might even go with that idea a set of my own.

Captn_All_In · #10 07-16-2005, 08:14 PM

Here again....I agree with dad! they look great try to make the star and diamond match it would be even better...i would think about inverting the diamond's blue and red!! that might look much better! Still it is a great idea keep working until it suits you....your the one whose got to live with them!!