Starting Barracuda Point

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Excited to announce the start of a new project/tournament set. Initially, I wanted to build a set to honor my late brother, but after thinking on it a few months, it just didn’t seem right.

Instead, I decided to build a set based on the location where the wifey and I agreed to a lifetime of fun together: barracuda point - a dive site in Malaysia.

For the last few months, I’ve been working on selecting the color setup. I’ve decided on:
T25: lime green (many thanks Berny)
T100: dark blue (many thanks Dan)
T500: fuchsia
T1000: arc (many thanks Darren)
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(More quantities are inbound)

Next step is design. The plan is to hire two Fiverr designers to turn my layout into a design and select the best one for printing with Gear. Please, allow me to introduce never-before-seen artistry, a Rembrandt if you will:
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I’m awaiting more chips, and working on the design. Eventually, I’ll mill the chips and have textured labels from Gear later this summer. I’ll share progress along the way.
 
Here’s the second iteration from the designer. Honestly, I’m disappointed. However, I really don’t know how to give constructive feedback. The letter’s shadows are obnoxious. The colors and gradient seem bland.
Thoughts to improve this? Any comment is welcomed!
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I like the waves too. Personally, I'd move the denom "layer" forward to sit in front of the waves, rather than have the waves cover the bottom of the denom. I'd put the waves "behind" the denom. I agree the stroke, or shadow, is way too bold. The stroke on the denom seems a little bold as well.
These are all just my personal opinions. I was looking at your original idea and I wonder if there's enough room to change the title around to more mimic your original with the word "Barracuda" in a graduated curve with the word "Point" in a straight line under it starting about under the "c" in Barracuda? Don't worry too much. There are usually a lot of revisions before you get the look you're going for.
Good Luck with this project!
 
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Appreciate the feedback yall. I liked the denom behind the waves as well.

After a chat w/ the designer, we’re going in a slightly different direction for this version.

I like this much more. Minor adjustments and I think we’re nearly there

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Nice. I like this version as well. I think the word "Point" may be a little small though. As with many enlarged versions of artwork, it may look ok now but when viewed on the 1 inch label things get smaller.
 
KingZilla said:
Nice. I like this version as well. I think the word "Point" may be a little small though. As with many enlarged versions of artwork, it may look ok now but when viewed on the 1 inch label things get smaller.
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Great “point”! Very much agree. I’m thinking making the helmet smaller, Point larger, and maybe adding a slight shadow effect to barracuda.

I’m going to continue assessing things today. Should have finalization next week
 
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