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After finishing the Lavender pantry sign a few weeks back my clients want me to make another sign, this one to let tourists know they are entering the lavender Capitol of Washington State...
Here is my first design....I wonder if it's just too similar to the pantry signs though....suggestions welcome.
It will be along the road before you get to the pantry.
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Very pretty Adrienne. I'm not so sure about the readability though. The word Lavender may be a bit hard to read driving by. How big is the sign going to be? I'd experiment with the spacing a little to see if you can make it a little more legible.
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It looks good Adrienne. Only thing I would do is like Kelly says, kern the word lavender a bit, and maybe add a light color inline. The black outline on Lavender makes the word kinda disappear. And the top line of copy, you might stretch that out with a broader font.Otherwise, its a lookin' good!
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Adrienne, I love it! The only change I would make, besides the above advice, is the line of copy under the oval...I'd straighten it out and elaborate the foilage doodads a bit to give it more of a mantel clock outline/format/shape with the copy. No, I don't mean overlap them but you could i reckon if you just had to LOL.
I love the colors and the overall design. But that pesky readability thingie is kinda important on signs, at least that's what I've heard, somewhere. Maybe you could give it a highlight swash (in the letters that don't oomph off the sign, and keep your hard work so far?) for the contrast?
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I think it looks great, Adrienne, but my concern is that if I drove by this sign I might think I was entering a town named "Lavender". (If I read the whole sign I would know differently, but most road side signs only get a glimpse)
I think it would be better at communicating the intended message if emphasis was put on "Lavender Capitol" as a word-group instead of mainly just on "Lavender".
Like I said, it looks good, with a lot of depth to the design. (could maybe use some more negative space around the outside)
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