Hard Knocks bar sign

[Pat Whatley]

New redneck/biker/brawler/beer only served in cans kind of bar opening in town. They wanted a sign and artwork to match for t-shirts.

Short-term (and realistically probably long-term) the sign is going to be a digital print mounted on Di-Bond and cut to shape. This is not their main sign so visibility isn't a big issue. This is going on a brick wall beside the front door, probably 4' x 6'

Customers wanted a skull, iron cross, and "SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS". Oddly enough I don't even think that's the name of the bar but it's what they want on the signs and shirts.

Art on left is the vector version, art on the right is what the digital printed sign and the backs of the t-shirts will be.

Any thoughts before I send it to them?

 

[GP]

Man, guy gets a printer and all the sudden he starts laying down the PS effects!

Kidding -

I think they'll love it.

Maybe add a little contrast and increase readability by whitening the text a bit. The inside of the sign looks a little "muddy."

Great job Pat -

GP

 

[zmatalucci]

the boards in the background are too big, I think it would look better w/ more planks

 

[jscarl]

Cool. Looks neat. Makes me want to run right in an smash a beer on someones head.

 

[Marlene]

I like the vector circle of stars shape better. can you do that shape in the digtal version? love the distressed look of the digital

 

[astro8]

Alignment of the stars is a bit off. Other than that they'll probably love it if they're the 'redneck/biker/brawler/beer only served in cans kind'.

 

[Pat Whatley]

Makes me want to run right in an smash a beer on someones head.

Thus the reason for only serving beer in cans...much less damage.

 

[signgal]

your distressing is AWESOME! They will love it all.

 

[luggnut]

the contrast of the distress pattern is a little too much... if the the gray and blk behind the skull and letters were a little closer in value it would not overwhelm the lettering as much, but it is a cool design.

 

[GB2]

I think it looks fantastic as it is, what a perfect candidate for a dimensional sign. I can't imagine not incorporating the name of the place in this though...maybe in the headband or below the School of Hard Knocks slogan?

 

[Circleville Signs]

Luggnut hit it right on the head. The design is great - just need to work on your contrast levels in the distressed one. You may want to go to your layer palette in PS, and do an adjustment layer>curves and see what you can come up with.


Gary

 

[omgsideburns]

reduce the embossing on the cross.. sometimes less is more.

 

[luggnut]

And yes play with the bevels in PS.... i like to use chisel soft or chisel hard on something like the cross and i most of the time change the highlight and shadow colors ,though since its on blk here there is no need. i might reduce the strength of the highlights though. i never use the defaults and i rarely use the smooth setting on signs. i use soften sometimes to get rid of the jags.

 

[astro8]

the contrast of the distress pattern is a little too much...

I'm not getting that from where I'm sitting and my screen is calibrated.

The distressing and embossing of the cross looks spot on.

I ran a colour picker over it and there isn't a great deal of difference in the values.

 

[Patrick46]

Oh, I'm betting that they're gonna go nuts over it!

 

[Pat Whatley]

Gotcha....make the boards smaller and work the bevel. I don't remember the bevel being that prominent anyway. I think I merged it with the layer below and didn't catch the change.

 

[TheSnowman]

I hate beer, bars, and everything that comes with that...but it is a great logo. Good work!

 

[J Hill Designs]

She's a beaut! I would personally re-set the stars tho

 

[slappy]

Looks awesome!
but the very bottom, star tip is poking out and at the very top. Might wanna fix that before you print

 

[SignManiac]

I'd consider running your boards on the vertical since your rectangle is taller than wider.