My Tiki Chip Design (link fixed)

[puzzlemoney]

[ QUOTE ]
I like the design... they are fun. Very cool - I like the way you subtly worked in the suits & joker. I don't think the edge spots need an anchor unless you refering to a color on the face. I'd do something cool with the edge spots as opposed to a simple stripe and vary them... I always liked the Crystal Oysters spots. I guess you could work a design into the band if you thought you needed an anchor. I like the diagonal strip idea just don't like them all to be the same.

I think the white chip needs a little work it seems to stand out from the others... I'd almost nix the white chip and make it a gold (or orange?) chip as you could use the blues as $1's plus white's got a better chance of getting too dirty.

I'd look at making the wrap a darker more contrasting shade than the middle bkg to see if it highlights the figures better. The red chip's a little like that as the wrap red differs from the inner bkg red. Also wondering if the lines on the wrap should be gold to match the figures base color??... that might be a little much but I'd have to see it.

Well that's my random first thoughts. Nice job on the design... it grows on me the more I look at it [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

- Fins

[/ QUOTE ]

Those oyster spots are cool. Like I said, I kind of want to go with diagonal stripes, which might prevent me from using gradients, but I'm thinking of a pattern on each that uses a base color, a highlight or darker color (both from the color of the chip), and the gold color of the tikis. Varying the with is something I'll have to play with, too...

I tried gold lines on the wrap; I thought it made the chips look too busy and confusing. Maybe I'll dig one up and post it...

Interestingly, when these are printed out, the outer bands read as lighter than the interior chip in most cases (it didn't work with red, which is why that one is darker), and it makes the chip feel less edge-heavy to me. I'll take another look at darker patterns, though.

Thanks to everybody for the feedback. I don't want to add to the growing number of "group buy" threads here, but should anybody be interested, I'd love to place a bigger order.