How long would it take you????

[Service Sign Co]

I would cut vinyl,about 30 minutes with Corel

 

[SignManiac]

What a variety of different designs! I'm still waiting on Rick and Jill to jump in I'm sure we will be impressed!

 

[Rick]

Here is a quickie...
Adobe CS3, took 45 minutes.
Took a while because i kept tweaking it. Not totally happy with it. Would probably do another layout, but would look at what they currently do for their marketing and tie it all together somehow.

 

[SignManiac]

Rick your image isn't showing up?

Never mind, it's showing up now. Great job Rick, excellent solution! I'm assuming Jill must still be under the weather. I'm sure she will jump in soon with a layout

 

[signmeup]

Here's my shot at it. I wanted it to be do-able in cut vinyl if required. I tried to hammer home the "NOW BUYING" part. Took me 25 minutes in Corel.

 

[SignManiac]

I like that some of you guys used green "recycling color" in your layouts. I can't believe I overlooked that in mine. If I were gonna tweak mine, I'd use green in the design.

Again, great variety of design solutions and pretty quick times for layouts. Keep bringing on others. I'd like to see all of the submissions put up on one page somewhere so everyone can really appreciate all of the different approaches to a design challenge.

Fred can you think of a way to set up a section on the site where all of the submissions for any given design challenge can be viewed together? I'm sure there's a simple way but my brain is working slow this morning.

Second thought...Would be cool if under each design, the time and software could be listed so that others could get an idea of what these designs take for others in the trade. Im thinking this would all be for the educational benefit of everyone here.

 

[k.a.s.]

I think its interesting that it took everyone about the same amount of time.

Kevin

 

[SignManiac]

I'm surprised too, but most of the designs submitted are by many of the regulars who often participate in these design assignments. I'd like to see some of the other folks jump in. It can only help them in the long run if they keep honing their skills by practicing more.

 

[omgsideburns]

i'll jump on this one in a few.. kinda busy but i never get to play.

 

[Rick]

I did 2 boo-boo's so I fixed them (1 minute) and I did another layout.
The other layout took 25 minutes...

When I get a layout like this I sit on it while working on mindless work, then I sit down and do it. Otherwise I fumble and fuss with it, which adds more time.

 

[SignManiac]

Rick I like your second version even better. I also started to mess with another version. This one was about twenty minutes also.

 

[Jillbeans]

OK here is my 10 minutes' worth.
I would probably put a phone number or web addy under the name if this was a "real" sign.
Love.....Jill
PS
I didn't look at the others before I posted, mine is very similar in colors to the one above it.
Looks like Moody and I had the dollar sign idea, I usually think like he does.
Love the can layout but the name is a little lost.
This was Corel.
PSS
I am under the weather, was on a ladder all day yesterday and feel like crap!

 

[HaroldDesign]

I'm still working on re-creating the first one. I'm going to spend some time on it over the weekend. So far I've put in about 7 hours.

 

[StopSignGraphics]

These challenges are a lot of fun and a great way to learn. We should consider doing these once a week.

Lots of neat layouts.

 

[SignManiac]

Thought I'd add another one, and post them side by side. It's a Friday and I like to screw around on the last day of the week. Again, about 25 minutes is my average.

 

[Jillbeans]

I think I saw this one out by Mosh's farm.

 

[SignManiac]

Wow Jill, that really pops. No missing that sign!

 

[signmeup]

Round 2. 30 mins.
I discovered the location and use of the interactive fill tool during this layout. Time well spent.

 

[Jillbeans]

I love interactive transparency tool.

And a good midget kosher dill pickle.

 

[signmeup]

That looked a little washed out. Here it is with a bit of contrast.