[Sidepot]

My idea was created with the image of a higher stakes, higher class, private home game in mind. i pictured a nice room with dark wood finishings, leather furniture, maybe a nice chandelier, etc... i'll go into more detail tomorrow when i have more time, but here is what i have so far.



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Feedback, comments, & constructive criticism encouraged!

[STANK1000]

damn, i was hoping to be lucky #13.
just to clarify, these are NOT front and back, but two different versions of the same idea. i was worried that the top design may not show the detail clear enough on the smaller inlay.

here's with the denom written instead :

[FL70]

I like the idea, but it seems contradictory to me to have a 'High Limit' chipset that includes low denom chips - 25¢, $1, $5.

[STANK1000]

Originally Posted by FL70

I like the idea, but it seems contradictory to me to have a 'High Limit' chipset that includes low denom chips - 25¢, $1, $5.

LOL. thought the same thing. i wasn't sure if sidepot wanted any wording or not (since i know he doesnt want a fantasy casino theme), so i just put "high limit " in there to show my thoughts on how it would look with any wording there.

[Fins]

I definitely like the look of the bottom set better and like the concept of a high limit playing area which the pillars give that feel. The top is too real looking I think.

I guess you have the same issue with the High Rollers but it doesn't bother me (ok 'cause it's high stales for me, lol)... now if they were 1¢, 5¢, 10¢ etc... I might have a diff opinion. Reflects the chip too to some extent as they're not cheap

[Magus 23]

I really like the idea -- I can already smell the leather chairs, see the wainscoting finish on the walls... You've done a great job of capturing some of the iconic imagery of "wealth."

I'm reminded of something from Busting Vegas (or maybe it was Bringing Down the House) that said leather was the true smell of wealth, not expensive cologne. In a room full of real high-rollers, the guys with the expensive frangrances work for these guys.

Very nice job!

[STANK1000]

not that it matters with some of the other submissions which are clearly tgoing to win this, but i was going to try a black background, but decided against because of the "white ring" issue. any thoughts on that? i also would like the gradients to not be as straight and perfect, but i'm not quite sure how to do this.

[Magus 23]

Originally Posted by STANK1000

i was going to try a black background, but decided against because of the "white ring" issue. any thoughts on that? i also would like the gradients to not be as straight and perfect, but i'm not quite sure how to do this.

I might suggest adding a lighter base color to the chip (thereby making the white "ring" less noticeable), going to black (or darker anyway) toward the center -- as if the room is more shadowed, lit by more subdued lighting as opposed to the brighter main casino floor.

As for more nuanced gradients, if you're working in Illustrator, you might try experimenting with Gradient Meshes (create your shapes, then choose Create Gradient Mesh... from the Object menu, which will allow you to apply color attributes to specific points within an object) or using the Blend Tool to create gradual transitions from shape to shape (though you'll have to make sure your shapes are at least reasonably similar).

[STANK1000]

i actually originally had the cetner darker and faded out to white, but didnt care for it. i tried JM's idea with the gold ring here:

[STANK1000]

white ring or not, i like this with a black background much better.