-------------------- Arvil Shep' Shepherd Art by Shep' -------- " Those who dance are thought to be mad by those who cannot hear the music " Posts: 1281 | From: Mt Airy NC | Registered: Mar 2001
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Yes Mark.....it looks good!!...but you know me....I can't resist doing my own wacky version the outlines are messed up on the color one..but haven't had time to fix..
[ October 22, 2001: Message edited by: cheryl nordby ]
hey terry, this sketch started out in gerber graphix advantage 6.0. i exported the vector image as an .ai file. then i opened the file in macromedia fireworks and applied all fills and effects.
i like to start out with a black and white version...
it is true, if it works in black & white, it will work in color.
cheryl, thanks for the great sketch...
come on, you guys do your take on this layout.
i love to see what others are thinking.
bubba from bama
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"Some are born to move the world, to live their fantasies. But most of us just dream about the things we'd like to be." - Rush Posts: 1192 | From: Washington, NJ | Registered: Feb 1999
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Where are the other sketches!???????!!!??? Sure Marks is nice.....mine is just ok. So what? I think Mark was wanting others ideas? Hopefully we are not intimidated by anyone or anything. I think it is great fun to see others work. Even a quick sketch. I have another idea.......but shucks......I don't want to take up the whole post.
Posts: 3729 | From: Seattle | Registered: Sep 1999
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Good work Mark! I like designing in my old GA 6.0, and have also been playing in the Fireworks playground, you can obtain some neat effects quickly to vector graphics.
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Here you go... I don't have a collection of flourishes. (Wish I had more). The one on this sign is one I made from scratch. You can see it is a letter "A" that I squished and stretched, then added a few doodads!...
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alright Brian!!! I like it. It is fun to see others sketches. Marks is good....but I do think it can be topped. (kidding Mark) Posts: 3729 | From: Seattle | Registered: Sep 1999
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You're a great designer Mark, aint nobody gonna blow your doors off. I liked your take on it, and did one with a similar look and feel. It's great to see the different ways signpeople look at doing layouts.
-------------------- Maker of fine signs and other creative stuff. Located at 109 N. Cumberland ave. Harlan, Ky. 40831 606-837-0242 Posts: 4172 | From: Ages-Brookside, Ky. Up the Holler... | Registered: Jul 1999
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-------------------- Arvil Shep' Shepherd Art by Shep' -------- " Those who dance are thought to be mad by those who cannot hear the music " Posts: 1281 | From: Mt Airy NC | Registered: Mar 2001
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The lines I was talking about are most noticable in the "C" in pharmacy. Can anyone tell me how to prevent this ? I am using an old version of Flexi (5..8 v2 )to do the initial design then exporting to Corel 8 and then importing in to Macromedia Fireworks 4 to do the rendering...... I know this is a long way around, however I am not going to pay Flexi about $1000 to upgrade.
I am most comfortable doing the initial design in Flexi.
-------------------- Arvil Shep' Shepherd Art by Shep' -------- " Those who dance are thought to be mad by those who cannot hear the music " Posts: 1281 | From: Mt Airy NC | Registered: Mar 2001
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Mark, I like yours the best so far. I was looking for some depth or trim on that panel w/ the Pharmacy copy as the only thought I had.
I'm not too happy w/ this one, but a good excuse not to do my work for awhile this evening. Messed around with some new filters for unpredictable results.
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OK, I wanna play too had a little Sunday to kill. Looking through the designs (some very nice ones BTW) I see a kind of theme going. Most of the designs have a "Small town" (for lack of better words) feel (not that there is anything wrong with that at all). Would I be right to assume this is a mom-n-pop/nastalgic type operation, ... I don't know, the situation wasn't really established. So I'm gonna jump in a completely different direction and go for a bolder corporate look with more "steril/medical" color scheme ... picturing more of a backlit panface then a carved piece ... if you know what I mean?
-------------------- Compulsive, Neurotic, Anti-social and Paranoid ... but basically Happy Posts: 2677 | From: Rochester, NY, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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Great sketches everyone! here is one i am posting for Tony McDonald...
I didn't give much info about the building. The facade is an english tudor type architecture. the customer wanted something that would compliment the building.
the outlines are messed up on the color one..but haven't had time to fix.. 
(kidding Mark) 
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