Busy day...

[DevilDuck]

I filed for my tax ID# and have registered under an LLC, working with the Dept. of Environmental Health (<< no shit, I had to to that), sold a few shops today with a some samples (the said they would buy when I get legal)...

Now... I gotta line up a commercial kitchen. I want my hands on this from start to finish.

Look for my website around mid January.

Now, if I just could get that pesky label stuff ironed out........... :P:P:P

[bentalphanerd]

Cool - Are you starting to see a light at the end of the tunnel?
(is it another train?)

Where are you at with your labels DD?

[DevilDuck]

I've been messing around with photoshop, with mixed results. I have ideas, but when you're not a pro, it just doesn't come out right....

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y36/duckyz/NS1copy.jpg
Nuclear Scurvy

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y36/duckyz/WIP2.jpg
Barracuda Breath

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y36/duckyz/WIPcopy.jpg
Barnacle Ramover

[bentalphanerd]

They look pretty damn good to me - what else are you hoping to do to them?
I was a 'Graphic Reproductionist' back in the day when that was a trade & we scratched emulsion off the back of film to make changes.
I've played with PS a lot through the years, done a few ads & book covers etc...but not for many years now.
Whats your plan for them?

[DevilDuck]

I'm having major issues with font styles, color, and placement. There's not a whole lot of room to work with. I've even tried moving the duck down a little and using a title bar at the top (brand name) and one at the bottom (sauce type), but then it starts to look cluttered.

[Omri]

Looking forward to see the finished product.
If I didn't have so many projects to work on, I would have helped you with your graphics.

[bentalphanerd]

You could put borders around -


http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/7918/ns1copy02yu4.th.jpg (http://img140.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ns1copy02yu4.jpg) http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/4058/wip202vv4.th.jpg (http://img137.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wip202vv4.jpg) http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/5227/wipcopy02ov4.th.jpg (http://img108.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wipcopy02ov4.jpg)

Run the text over border & art to help match them together.

[bentalphanerd]

Any idea what kind of font your after? Maybe some olde english to go with the nautical theme?

http://www.1001freefonts.com/old-english-fonts.htm

[bentalphanerd]

First try:

http://linksdisk.alphanerdz.com/stuff/DD_BR_04.jpg

[Canuk Pepperhead]

That looks kinda cool

[DevilDuck]

Hmmmm.... now I have even more ideas.

Great. :!:

[bentalphanerd]

you want me to do a sample of the other two also?

[DevilDuck]

I got this font from your link called AngloSaxonCaps. I haven't tried it yet, but it looks really cool.

[bentalphanerd]

cool - theres a million free fonts on the web, no need to buy them really. I used 'Embossed Black' on my demo there & instead of PS I prefer the freeware 'irfanview (http://www.irfanview.com/)' these days. Seems to do everything.
Have fun :)

[chilliman64]

best of luck DD!

[bentalphanerd]

I got this font from your link called AngloSaxonCaps. I haven't tried it yet, but it looks really cool.

Do I detect a hint of norse collective unconsciousness?

A few ideas? {gibberish?}

1. - I thought you could also move the picture to a corner of the border and run your text along one edge & down one side - like a modern wine label.

2. - make the border like an old timber picture frame & put the text on brass plaques screwed into the frame.

[chilliman64]

BAN - have you been sampling distilled water tonight???

[bentalphanerd]

BAN - have you been sampling distilled water tonight???

Theres that ESP of yours working fine again. What gave me away :P

[chilliman64]

that last post of yours. that and the fact that I'd had a number of thirst quenching beverages myself, we must have been on the same astral plane or some shit like that :)

[bentalphanerd]

How's it coming along DD?

[DevilDuck]

I haven't had a lot of time to work on much of anything the past few days. I'm going back to it hard tomorrow.