[KYBill]

Design Help Needed

I have decided to finally get some custom asm’s but I have no idea how to make my inlays.

Im looking for a classic design that will be the same on one side of the chip and then the second side will have the denomination. My last name is Akers so I would like that on the chip. I like the Bellagio chips allot and something like that with “Akers” instead of “Bellagio” would be awesome.

My idea--- first side – Akers in script with a large script A in the back ground, club and casino in small print on the bottom.

Second side – “Akers Poker Room Georgetown, Kentucky” around the edge with the denom in the middle Kinda like this---

http://www.buypokerchips.com/las-vegas/bellagio-casino-poker-chips.htm

I would like these denominations, so I would need the following incorporated into the design-

.25
1
5
25
100
500
1,000

Here are my tentative colors.

white312
light green

Blue 31
imperial blue-white

Red (single color)


Green312
Pink

Black314
Imperial Blue-Purple

Purple314
pink-light green

Pink 312
purple


Any help would be greatly appreciated!!! Im not sure how long this will take but if this is not something easy to do i can work out some form of payment .

[PocketRocket]

A word of caution about the design on the Bellagio chip. Do be aware that that is a Giant inlay. It might not give you that much room on a 7/8" inlay. Let me take a look when I get home, I may already have something based upon the Poker Room chip from the Peppermill Reno (which is kind of a copy of the Bellagio chip except that it's on a Grand Inlay). Do be aware that it will have to be reduced even more to put it onto a standard inlay. Just think of it as a 3/4" area that you'll be working with.

Originally Posted by KYBill

Design Help Needed

I have decided to finally get some custom asm’s but I have no idea how to make my inlays.

Im looking for a classic design that will be the same on one side of the chip and then the second side will have the denomination. My last name is Akers so I would like that on the chip. I like the Bellagio chips allot and something like that with “Akers” instead of “Bellagio” would be awesome.

My idea--- first side – Akers in script with a large script A in the back ground, club and casino in small print on the bottom.

Second side – “Akers Poker Room Georgetown, Kentucky” around the edge with the denom in the middle Kinda like this---

http://www.buypokerchips.com/las-vegas/bellagio-casino-poker-chips.htm

I would like these denominations, so I would need the following incorporated into the design-

.25
1
5
25
100
500
1,000

Here are my tentative colors.

white312
light green

Blue 31
imperial blue-white

Red (single color)


Green312
Pink

Black314
Imperial Blue-Purple

Purple314
pink-light green

Pink 312
purple


Any help would be greatly appreciated!!! Im not sure how long this will take but if this is not something easy to do i can work out some form of payment .

[KYBill]

thanks AA

[PocketRocket]

Here's something real quick and dirty done on a Nexgen. Bear in mind that this is a one inch label with a 7/8" print area. You'd need something in the 3/4" range and "AKERS POKER ROOM" just isn't going to fit on there. You can compare this to the Bellagio poker room chips at http://www.silver-state-treasures.co...s/bellagio.htm

The fonts I used are Times (not Times New Roman) for the text and GoudyOlSt BT for the denomination. It should be fairly easy to do as it is mostly text. For the ornamentation I just used a couple of chili pepper images that I had laying around, you can use whatever suits your preference.

[Fins]

Originally Posted by PocketRocket

Here's something real quick and dirty done on a Nexgen.

Looks good and I like Akers Club better... looks good but will some people say it should be AKERS' CLUB?

Peppers look too small to be legible... great quick & dirty!

[KYBill]

Originally Posted by PocketRocket

Here's something real quick and dirty done on a Nexgen. Bear in mind that this is a one inch label with a 7/8" print area. You'd need something in the 3/4" range and "AKERS POKER ROOM" just isn't going to fit on there. You can compare this to the Bellagio poker room chips at http://www.silver-state-treasures.co...s/bellagio.htm

The fonts I used are Times (not Times New Roman) for the text and GoudyOlSt BT for the denomination. It should be fairly easy to do as it is mostly text. For the ornamentation I just used a couple of chili pepper images that I had laying around, you can use whatever suits your preference.

Thanks AA , great work.. I didnt even think about the reduced size of the inlay

What software is best to design with ? ( and cheapest !

[PocketRocket]

I use Illustrator and Photoshop CS. Neither of these are cheap applications, and I know that you can use more commonly available consumer priced applications and get the same results, however I'll have to defer to others for the recommendations as I'm not really familiar with all that might be available on the market right now. The ones that come to mind are Photoshop Elements, Corel Draw Select Edition (don't know if this is still on the market), and Paint Shop Pro. There are probably some other affordable (for the workin' stiff rather than for corporate accounts) applications on the market that will serve this purpose quite well.

Originally Posted by KYBill

Thanks AA , great work.. I didnt even think about the reduced size of the inlay

What software is best to design with ? ( and cheapest !

[hachkc]

I use Adobe Photoshop Elements which retails for around $70 plus it can help organize your digital pictures; this is what I built my "House" chips with. Its more than adequate for most of what you can do for a pokerchip. The text curving could be a little better.

[PocketRocket]

Actually the peppers print quite well, I've used them in the same size for another label. The image is originally color (green/red), and the original color image could be used to add a little variation to the design, especially the person with the chips is a chilihead. With regards to the puncuation, while it would be gramatically correct to add the possessive (and I did consider it ), I went with the convention to drop the aposrophe in the same way that Harveys Tahoe when they dropped the Harvey's Wagon Wheel and just became Harveys. I also found a flora font on dafonts that can be used for that ornamentation as well.

Originally Posted by Fins

Looks good and I like Akers Club better... looks good but will some people say it should be AKERS' CLUB?

Peppers look too small to be legible... great quick & dirty!

[KYBill]

Well i have photo shop.....learning this is a *********