labels

kenmc said:

New version of the Abbey beer, from scratch. Like this more, whatchya all think??

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I love the depth effect.

2pugbrews said:

Read someplace to use milk!! My son is designing labels for me - the first samples I printed on 15 lb paper, brushed some plain milk on the label and stuck it on. Works. Easy to remove too.

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Thats a great idea. must give it a go! I usually use a diluted PVA adhesive - polyband is the brand I use, I dunno if that's available everywhere though. Dilute it quite well with water, and it goes a long way. I used dip the whole label into it, but that was with black and white labels. Color labels run when I do that so I need to use a finger and paint the back of it a bit.

kenmc said:

New version of the Abbey beer, from scratch. Like this more, whatchya all think??

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I like it. My only suggestion: bolden the black portion of the text and tone down (reduce the thickness) of outlining of the text.

ta, I'll give that a go so...

Here's one I made not sure If I'll bother but it is kind of fun making them

yeah.. this is fun. good way to waste a half hour.

here's one I did today for a beer I haven't even finished the recip for.



(thanks to kenmc for reminding me how to bend the text in gimp.)

-walker

Damn, that's good ! Reminds me of a cross between the Procter and Gamble logo and the pictures on an old ouija board. Here I am with a roll of masking tape and a sharpie marker. Thought I was doing good to remember what was in the bottle. Did you pull that image from somewhere or create it yourself ?

Awesome label for the scottish ale -thumbs up-

Nice work Walker. Who's the old hag you used in the picture though
Hey maybe we can get this thread made sticky where we can post up all the labels. I like looking at other peoples.
Waldos is real nice too, the elephant looks very 3 dimensional

I found the image of the hag on the web, after some research.

I originally was just looking for a NAME for the beer.

My scottish ale will have a bit of a smokey flavor to it, so I started searching for Scottish lore and mythology. After finding a place that had descriptions of fairies, gods, and goddesses I noticed that many of them were associated with one of the four ancient elements (earth, wind, water, fire.)

Since I have the smokey thing planned, I looked for those figures associated with fire. The Gruagach was one that I found. She is a fairy, hideous in apperance, but kind to those who do not judge her by her looks. She is drawn to campfires.

So.. Gruagach was the name I selected.

Then I went to Google, and did and Image Search for "Gruagach". This was one of the pictures that popped up, and I thought it was perfect.

thanks for the compliments on the label. this one is my favorite creation so far.

-walker

What size do you make your labels?

you can make them any size you want. I usually build my labels AROUND the central image that I chose, and so that dictates the final size of my label. mine always end up different sizes.

-walker

I generally aim for about 7cm wide by around 10 cm high give or take. you can always scale them, but text doesn't really scale too well unfortunately.

My newest creation. It's gonna suck my black ink cartridge dry!

Replaces this one, which I felt lacked focus
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a400/kenmc/duvale.png

I like it

Wicked nice

billybrew said:

What size do you make your labels?

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I use Publisher & select Avery 5164 labels. That gives me a 3 1/4" x 4" label that I print on regular paper, cut out & glue stick to the bottles.
My Pumpkin Patch Ale is really nice. As soon as I can figure out how to post images, I will.