[Kanji]

I've been playing around with Photoshop for some time now, and I've come up with a first draft of my labels for nexgen lucky bees. I know the resolution is poor on the file but the text reads "Assassin's Inn & Gambling Parlor" and the background figures are alchemistic symbols for chemical elements. Any comments appreciated.
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[Brewster]

I found the denoms a little hard to read. Perhaps going with the lighter colour from the edgespots for the denom would clear things up. I would also be wary of having text wraping that close to the edge of the label. You may have some alignment troubles when printing them. Other than that, I like them quite a bit.

[Kanji]

Originally Posted by Brewster

I found the denoms a little hard to read. Perhaps going with the lighter colour from the edgespots for the denom would clear things up. I would also be wary of having text wraping that close to the edge of the label. You may have some alignment troubles when printing them. Other than that, I like them quite a bit.

thanks for your advice, Brewster. I have inverted some of the inlay colors, and set a light gray for the denominations and the writing. You may notice that gray ring at the outer edge of the inlay: That's actually a 1/32 inch recess to prevent the writing from being too close to the edge. Don't you think that's enough?

Anyway, here you can see the changes I made:

This is supposed to only be one side of the chips, any ideas for the other side welcome - since I have no clue yet.
I am also considering using some type of gray gradient (or possibly pattern) for the background.

Thanks for your advice/suggestions.

[Wylecoyo]

They look pretty darn good to me. Nice design.

[Kanji]

Thanks. I have now made my first draft for the back of the chip. It shows the silhouette of my hometown Marburg (medieval looking - hence the dark "assassin's inn" theme on the front). I hope you like it.



Again, all comments welcome.

[Strange]

Love the first side with the symbols. Very nice design.

On the silhouette side, the font is probably too small, and I'd remove the '2006' unless you have a particular reason to want to relabel them every year.

Lastly, the font is warped into a circle rather than being set on a circle, which distorts the text. I think this is a photoshop vs Illustrator thing, and if you are using PS, I'm not sure there is a solution.

I like the overall theme a lot.

[Kanji]

Thanks. You're right, the text is a bit distorted even though I made both front and back with the same function (polar coords in Photoshop). I'll see if I can fix that. Furthermore, I will use a bigger font size on the back.

But still, somehow the back side label is too empty. Don't want to overdo it either...