A6 gets my voet in the first category. Its what I would call a subtle screamer. While not flashy there is a lot there and it works well together.
B2 works for me in the second category. WHile there are lots of elements they work together well. The airbush work is great!
C5 is my choice in the next category. Its a simple piece that is very dimensional for a flat painted sign. Nice work!
D3 takes the prize in the last category. The logo is clever and the copy is prioritised nicely. I like their choice of colors.
Overall I would choose B2
-grampa dan
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Thanks for posting these for me Don. This format is easier to choose from.
Voting closes August 13th. Vote here with comments please or send to me your secret vote at jonsigns@icr.com.au.
A quick comment on the entries:
I only got four for Category C, so included C5 in as it is a Corel Draw design for a promotion and didn't really fit in anywhere else. Too good to leave out!
Maybe we should have another category "other" for Designs,logos & panels etc. I've had a few of these and nowhere to put them.
There were only 6 entries in "D". So what you see is what you get. Made my job easier choosing
Start them coming for September! Let's have a "full house" again next month
-------------------- Catharine C. Kennedy CCK Graphics 1511 Route 28 Chatham Center, NY 12184 cck1620@taconic.net "Look at me, Look at me, Look at me now! I't's fun to have fun, But you have to know how!" Posts: 2173 | From: downtown Chatham Center, NY | Registered: Feb 2004
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I like the overall look and the base work is great. The layout could use a little tweaking and arced script was a definite turnoff. However, The balance is decent, the graphic fits the sign, and the colors make an inviting welcome sign for the city.
B6
This sign has a very graceful feel to it. The colors really work with the design. The typestyles fits the sign very well, too. The pictorial really makes this sign work.
C5
This may be a Corel file but, man, does it ever pop! I love the period feel to it. The colors are unusual, the letter styles work for the look, and the perspective shadow with a cast shade is just too neat! Outstanding!
D6
This design is bold, clean, and the colors make it pop! The earth graphic is sharp and really works with the letter style used for the name.
Overall: C5
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A6 - I like the colors and the design of the structure
B6 - I like the font choice and especially like the border treatment
C5- I love this sign! The blended shade. The colors and if I'm not mistaken, that's a perfectly executed , hand painted plain egyptian font. It's hard to tell with all the fonts out there but that looked like a painted one stroke letter.
D3 - I just like the use of the tracks as a panel.
Overall - C5.
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A6 - with A2 a close second - all are great though B6 - really like the graphic C5 - i love the way "George" leaps off the sign D3 - i really like the balance of this sign
A6 - overall
edited to say C5 (doh)
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B3: not too artsy... just an awesome & effective sign
C5: had to think twice about voting for a computer design that's not even a sign.. but that's why most of my talent exists too... so since it was a choice.. I think it's a winner
D4:I would have been proud to have done any of the other signs in this catagory, but this one stands out because it looks better then I could have done because of it's simplicity.. like they say..."knowing when to stop"
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C5 is a sign, looks like the alphabet is Chesham Sans. It's my pick for overall. Plain, yet fancy, cool colors, timeless layout. Love....jill
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A5 B3 C1(C5 is great, but its a design, not a sign) D2 OVERALL A5
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A-6 Colors are great B-1 I like the shape and class of it. C-4 Presents the message without screaming D-6 Colors I wouldn't normally use togather, I like it!
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A-1 B-6 C-3 D-6 overall, A-1 some I chose since they were refreshingly different, not always about the labor and techniques; tough decisions, I went back and forth. what talent!
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Just to throw in my 2˘, I prefer to see the completed sign photographed in it's environment. This way you can see how it relates to it's surroundings. I feel it's one thing to make a killer design. But if it does not complement it's environment, it defeats the principal of a good design.
Havin' fun,
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