[TenPercenter]

There are two things I don't want to give up on the face of the chip when regarding backgrounds.

1. I don't want to have certain girls look funny with having nothing to "lean on" when we crop the girl out of her background.
2. I don't want to lose the "overall color theme" of each chip by using background behind each girl. In other words, when there's a pile of yellow chips in the pot, they need to LOOK YELLOW. If there's a big red '56 Corvette on the face of the chip, it'll look red not yellow, despite the outer color ring.

Some of you might ask why not just copy/paste a circle from the image onto the chip? Well, we tried it and it just doesn't adhere to #2 above. It didn't quite look right and it's not on the table as an option.

Well, what gave me the obvious solution was that banner you see at the top of this post! They took the background and tinted it pink, making the girl really stand out! That's what I would like to do with the chips. This will keep the color theme in check, and still allow the partial backgrounds to be seen.

The two types below ARE on the table. Let me know what you think.

LEFT OPTION: "Rays" on the background ................. RIGHT OPTION: "Tinted" background







* Note that the red and the blue samples are not representative of the whole set... simply because those backgrounds happened to have already been "mostly" that color anyway! On the bottom chip, that background was a a blue plane and blue sky... not a lot of diffrence in the tinted verion.

[dimperdoo]

that is too incredible, I can hardly believe it

[dimperdoo]

Oddly, I was looking through some chip samples today. Chipco's business card style was there, some Matsuis, a bud jones, it even seems like there was a BG in there -but no Paulson.. I have some James Bonds though. Anyway, there was a nevada jack in there. Now these had been kicked around a little - some were even damaged. The nevada jack, which is the first one I'd seen, was in just fine shape. I examined the "linen" finish, and I like it. I don't particularly like the "nevada jack's" stock home chip's design. But this design will be VERY nice on these chips. That textured surface is printed up just fine. detail is very nice.

Myself, I prefer the texture of the linen finish - makes em handle better.

[SpaceMonkey]

That's fantastic.

Tint-matched background. Not. Even. Close.

[psy]

When you first started the group buy i thought that it wouldnt really look good to crop out all of the girls. i really like that tint matched background. It's really a good idea. Are you sure the artist will allow you to do it?

[X-Files]

No doubt here. The tint-matched version. The girls really pop of the chip even better that the ray version. The red background may be a little dark though.

[Matthew]

Keeping the subtle background is the way to go. It adds/ enhances the older look to the 40's pinups - kinda like a sepia setting on a digital camera - but keeping the main color. Definitely the way to go!

Matt

[Nanook]

In my opinion it is a slam dunk for the tinted background. The best example of why is the yellow chip. With the background in there you can see why she is in that position and it all holds together. With the rays on that chip she looks quite awkward.

AB

[softchewy]

tinted backgrounds.. no contest.

[Wylecoyo]

The tinted backgrounds win hands-down; although, I thought you had mentioned in an earlier post that we/you were not allowed to use the entire paintings - only the girls?

So long as we are not violating any access rights, the tinted backgrounds rock.

Have I ever mentioned I am in love with the "Made in America" lady (the one with the plane)?