Final Four Protege Contestant: imthatguy

[Sidepot]

This is imthatguy's thread for revision posting, color and edge spot tweaks, feedback, or whatever he deems appropriate. Feedback and constructive is not only welcomed, but eagerly encouraged!

The floor is yours imthatguy!

[FL70]

The only nit-picky suggestion I would make on the design is to bring the fleur-de-lis on the reverse side up just a touch. As they stand they're really barely visible at all.

Congrats on making the FF.

[imthatguy]

Thanks all, I plan on making some subtle revisions - FL70, your comment was one of them, thank you for noticing that!

I'd also like to post a couple of options on spot changes and colour changes. Hopefully nothing too drastic, but a few things that I hope will even out the set. Keep an eye out for some upcoming changes!

Once again, thanks for all the support throughout the competition - it's greatly appreciated!

[imthatguy]

So here's the first of what could be many revisions! For now, I'm just going to focus on spot & colour changes. I'm not sure that I'm improving all that much, but I thought I'd take a stab at making the line work a little harder as a group. I may in fact revert to the spots originally chosen, but thought it would be valuable to look at some alternates.

Here's the design as it was:

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And here's a revised spot/colour choice for a few of the chips:

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#1 I'm not sure if this spot pattern is even a possibility, but I wanted to simplify the 25¢ chip even further by reducing the number of spots, that way it doesn't seem to mimic the $1 as much.

#2 I've changed the spot colour on the $5 to make it "pop" a little more. The mustard was really good though, and I may end up changing it back. Please let me know what you think.

#3 The $25 needed to change, as I felt the spot pattern was too similar to the $1000. I find this to be much more appealing.

#4 One of the early submissions for the $100 that I really liked. Sorry boon!

#5 Probably the most radical change. Comments?

#6 Originally, I thought that the $1000 Canary was too much yellow. But it's grown on me, now that I've changed the spot colours. The red & blue was a little simple, and made the chip stick out like a sore thumb. This version (I think, anyway) integrates itself better into the set. There may be too much browns in the upper two denoms now though. It's up for discussion!

I haven't made any changes to the NCV chip as of yet, but I'd like to see a different spot pattern and potentially a different base colour. However, the Arc Yellow does look pretty awesome.

That's it for now, I eagerly await your collective wisdom!

[rolandshoffinc]

Those changes look good to me but I thought the colors were decided.

Never mind I forgot to read again before commenting. SORRY

[pankwindu]

Originally Posted by imthatguy

#5 Probably the most radical change. Comments?

#6 Originally, I thought that the $1000 Canary was too much yellow. But it's grown on me, now that I've changed the spot colours. The red & blue was a little simple, and made the chip stick out like a sore thumb. This version (I think, anyway) integrates itself better into the set. There may be too much browns in the upper two denoms now though. It's up for discussion!

I like the way you think on the $1000. Might I suggest adobe and black spots.

I'm not a fan of the coral/salmon/whatever on either the $5 or $500. For the $5 I'd either go back to mustard or possibly consider purple.

[beowulfe]

The contrast between the colr and edge on the $5 doesn't say
"pop" to me. I'm in the mustard camp. The $500 needs at least one
lighter edge spot, but I could see yours growing on
people with time. Your $25 and $1K are very nice. Subtle improvements
on good basic chips. However, I am a fan of the original $100 chip, but I appear to be in the minority.

[Jambine]

Originally Posted by imthatguy

So here's the first of what could be many revisions! For now, I'm just going to focus on spot & colour changes....

I think that’s all you really need. Maybe try to bring out more chip and spot color on the inlay.

Not sure how you go about that (if I had any artistic ability, I’d have an entry in this race).

[pankwindu]

Originally Posted by beowulfe

Your $25 and $1K are very nice. Subtle improvements
on good basic chips. However, I am a fan of the original $100 chip, but I appear to be in the minority.

There are a few of us sticking up for the original $100 here and there. Considering it won the voting stage, maybe it's just a vocal minority that doesn't like it...?

I agree the $25 is a nice change.

The 25c change is good for variety, but I'm not so sure it's important to have a more plain chip for it. Especially for a home set; cash game folks might like at least a little bit of snap in their set. It's already pretty plain with the off-white color, I'm not sure removing edge spots is a good idea. But it's still nice to differentiate it from the $1. How about leaving the 25c and going to a variation of 3-spot pattern on the $1 (since the $5 already is a 3-spot pattern)?

[Jambine]

Originally Posted by pankwindu

...... The 25c change is good for variety, but I'm not so sure it's important to have a more plain chip for it......

I agree. It doesn’t necessarily need to be plain, just different.