Better yet. Why don't you pull up a chair and look over my shoulder as we design it together? We could even throw in your cell number, website, office number, fax number, "if no answer please call" number, and all three email addresses in some artsy font like Papyrus. Oh... and bring your nephew, I'm sure he has some good ideas to add to the mix.
And Cam... how much beer did you drink?
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-------------------- David Harding A Sign of Excellence Carrollton, TX Posts: 5092 | From: Carrollton, TX, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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Harding . . . HAHAHAHA . . . your first attempt . . . HAHAHAHAHAHA . . . wiping up the pee right now . . . laughed too hard!! Then the additions!!
I know a guy who designs just like that!! And he must do a lot of work cuz' I see sh!t just like that at least once a week.
Funny . . .
Happy Thanksgiving all!!
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Cam, I think I mentioned cleaning out the brushes & having some fun, earlier on in this thread.
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"...there are no limits when you aim for perfection..." Jonathan Livingston Seagull Posts: 7014 | From: Highgrove via Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia | Registered: Dec 2002
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Cue up theme music from The Outer Limits...
"There is nothing wrong with your design. Do not attempt to adjust the layout. We are controlling the graphics. If we wish to make it more garish, we will bring up the lime green. If we wish to make it softer, we will insert a highly pixilated web graphic. We will control the horizontal banding. We will control the vertical banding. We can digitally roll the image, make it flutter. We can change the focus to a soft blur by multiple outlines, bevels, and gradients around important copy or sharpen unnecessary text to crystal clarity. For the next hour, sit quietly and try to figure out what on earth this wrap is supposed to say. We repeat, there is nothing wrong with your design. You are about to participate in a grating adventure. You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the inner mind to... The Outer Limits of Nephew Art...
...Todd, we now return control of your thoroughly hijacked post to you."
If I act like this on Todd's design requests, I seriously doubt he'll be inviting me to the movies any time soon.
-------------------- David Harding A Sign of Excellence Carrollton, TX Posts: 5092 | From: Carrollton, TX, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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(...hmmm, after all this, I wonder if he'll post a photo of the finished article here...)
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"...there are no limits when you aim for perfection..." Jonathan Livingston Seagull Posts: 7014 | From: Highgrove via Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia | Registered: Dec 2002
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LOL...ok, just got a chance to get back and read the insane, but humorous mayhem. Thank you my fellow goofballs for the belly laughs.
Ok...here's what's transpired:
They chose to keep the filigrees I proposed over the modified ones Mark smartly suggested. They also liked the fonts in "FARMS" and "Grand Ledge" as is.
They did go for the idea of changing the word "Farms" to white - which was a good suggestion and a nice improvement.
I also snuck in the red outline around the word "FARMS" and ditched the "period" after "MI."
They didn't want the box borders - although I kinda liked them myself.
So, in the end - it was another compromise.
Thanks to EVERYONE for your suggestions - which some were able to be implemented and made the design better than the original.
Heck - I didn't even think I'd have time to do anything different at all, but I ended up doing the rig tonight instead of yesterday evening...so I at least had the opportunity to run some of these different ideas past them - last minute.
Here's what is ended up looking like... there was a LOT of room for additional possibilities on other fenders/panels - but they are nice, conservative country folk and I think they thought what they got on the door was a radical - even slightly scandalous look for them.
Great people though - and fun to work with. I couldn't have worked for a nicer couple.
Here's the finished piece - and thanks again to everyone, as well as those providing the comic relief.
-------------------- Todd Gill Outside The Lines Potterville, MI Posts: 7792 | From: Potterville, MI | Registered: Dec 2001
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Todd, that turned out looking very nice. I like the design elements better seeing them on the truck. Like was mentioned, I think it does look better ON the truck without the borders as well....
Glad they loved it!!!
-------------------- Jon Jantz Snappysign.com jjantz21@gmail.com http://www.allcw.com Posts: 3395 | From: Atmore, AL | Registered: Nov 2005
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Yes, imagine if you could have sold it in full color.
Then again maybe not! It was playing along on this anyway. Great job Todd.
I quess with this one it would have needed the pinstripes to make it POP!
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I have to apologize. I forgot the torn metal with claws sticking through. I guess my design instincts still need work.
Donna, in Yarrow, while everyone else was making a bug, I created an entire ecosystem. I hated to waste all that Magic Sculpt left over from the other projects but I guess, after looking at my "creation", it could be debated whether or not the material was saved from being wasted. And yes, the overall design of my ecosystem was about the aesthetic quality of the average wrap.
-------------------- David Harding A Sign of Excellence Carrollton, TX Posts: 5092 | From: Carrollton, TX, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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Where are the dimensional elements? I wanna see 3D eggs and some cow pies. Other than that, it looks good, Todd.
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