a pipe forum CONTEST!! design the CS tobacco tin art

[monsoon]

Here is my blatant disregard for both copyright infringement and for tin label dimensions.

[Cheeto]

^^ very modern looking monsoon, I really like the gorilla you chose.

[Mad Hatter]

Originally Posted by IHT

nice work, james... for a lawyer. seriously, cool.

here's my first try. i went with the old "Ashton" style, where they had those criss-crossed lines, with different colored backgrounds.

you guys like my "nanners"? der.... maybe i should put some huge RG comment on there?
edit: should've had a comment balloon coming out of the gorillas mouth, saying, "Indeed!"

I like all but the background color on this one. The face kicks ass!

[IHT]

really? is it the stripes with bananas, or the silver color like our silver bar in our posts?
i was thinking of doing another with horizontal stripes, maybe a little wavy...

i've been meaning to scan a mcclellands 50g tin and post that, to give an idea of how they're laid out.

[RGD]

Originally Posted by IHT

i've been meaning to scan a mcclellands 50g tin and post that, to give an idea of how they're laid out.

I had already done that - not the 50gr tin - but it still gives you the spacing left to right. On the sample you need to use the white space which is the overlap when placed on the can.

On edit - picture was huge so you will have to click it get the actual size.

Okay - well that didn't give actual size either - so use this link:

Click Here

Ron

[IHT]

link doesn't work for me.

[kvm]

Some great looking stuff you guys are doing. It will be a tough call.

[IHT]

okay, i scanned a 50g tin of dark star. this is how they have it laid out. the tin description took up about half the entire label...

not to scale, but close.

[IHT]

i really like how RGD put the mad gorillia in a circle in post #37

i took the mad gorilla, erased all the letters around him, then blurred it so it would blend in, but i don't know how good blending will work with her seeing a fax or photo or however we get it to her.

also, the first one i posted, it's still a "png" file, so you all should be able to download it and edit it.

[Mad Hatter]

Originally Posted by IHT

really? is it the stripes with bananas, or the silver color like our silver bar in our posts?
i was thinking of doing another with horizontal stripes, maybe a little wavy...

i've been meaning to scan a mcclellands 50g tin and post that, to give an idea of how they're laid out.

It was the silver color I was talking about. On my PC it a very, very pale green..... a bit lighter than the green on a can of SG Balkan Flake, but if its actually silver or grey.......... The bananas are a cool addition too.

[cquon]

Originally Posted by IHT

nice work, james... for a lawyer. seriously, cool.

here's my first try. i went with the old "Ashton" style, where they had those criss-crossed lines, with different colored backgrounds.

you guys like my "nanners"? der.... maybe i should put some huge RG comment on there?
edit: should've had a comment balloon coming out of the gorillas mouth, saying, "Indeed!"

This one gets my vote - understated, yet classy.

[tzaddi]

Just a side note: I understand it is much easier to be a critic than to be on the front line designing.
For me knowing the "personality" of the tobacco blend would help determine the label colors and demeanor of the gorilla icon. For instance, the fierce gorilla would indicate that the blend is going to be a take charge possibly powerful tobacco. The sitting gorilla looking over it's shoulder says something else. You get the idea.

Perhaps I am overthinking this but a description of the blend might help the design process.




..."yes Richard you are overthinking it.... you in the back seat, keep quiet."

[IHT]

i'm going to do another, doyle.
we'll have to do a couple polls to narrow it down to a final three or so, then go to a grand champ from there. lots of nice stuff. i like one of mmblz's's's, maybe move some things around to the layout they prefer and i bet it'd be money in the bank.

blend:
"a blend he stopped making in 91 called Scottish Woods. This was a blend he produced for Barry Levin and Mike Butera in the 80's and early 90's. He stopped it once Barry died in 91. The recipe is stoved va's, red ripe va's, orientals, turkish, and latakia. He wants to add some St James perique (about 10% worth <-- it only ended up being 5-6%, per mr.c) to give it some real kick and give us something really unique."

[fireman43]

Lots of great ones so far. It's going to be a tough choice with the quality that's been shown thus far.

[Mad Hatter]

Originally Posted by tzaddi

Just a side note: I understand it is much easier to be a critic than to be on the front line designing.
For me knowing the "personality" of the tobacco blend would help determine the label colors and demeanor of the gorilla icon. For instance, the fierce gorilla would indicate that the blend is going to be a take charge possibly powerful tobacco. The sitting gorilla looking over it's shoulder says something else. You get the idea.




..."yes Richard you are overthinking it.... you in the back seat, keep quiet."

Yep, I would be hard pressed to draw a good stick gorilla and even harder pressed to do anything productive with my PC.

The fierce gorilla represents IHT trying to keep the postwhores at bay. I like it and I think it should have a balloon that reads "Ya'll smoke pipe tobacco?"