DisturbdChemist
I'm drunk 60% of the time, all the time!
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I like your "warning". Its is so true in our own minds.
My first label!
That's a slick label. I have barely serviceable graphics skills and I struggle to get the small fonts to look crisp like this.
Here is my latest:
I like the description, and am supremely jealous you can go to Pizzeria de Michele any time you wish!!!
Here Are a couple I have made. Two Brewery labels and one beer label.
everything looks good except the first one looks a little dark. it might just be the preview and it might print well, but altering the brightness and contrast might make it pop more. with my phaser, i find that images always print darker than they appear on my screen so it might just be me.
I bottled my smoked ale yesterday. Just a small, 2 gallon batch to test.
I didn't think the pizza could be that much better than American pizza when I was moving over here, but I was supremely wrong. I will definitely miss it when I leave.
@gugguson
I really like the way your bottles look with the thin label bottom aligned. I'm going to have to give that a go on my next batches.
Here Are a couple I have made. Two Brewery labels and one beer label.
@gugguson
I really like the way your bottles look with the thin label bottom aligned. I'm going to have to give that a go on my next batches.
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We came up with this customizable option today:
looks good. the scrolls remind me of spamalot/mp and the holy grail.
since this is customizable, are you going to make this template available to others who can't design labels?
looks good. the scrolls remind me of spamalot/mp and the holy grail.
since this is customizable, are you going to make this template available to others who can't design labels?
Did you click on their link?
Here's the label for my Milk Oatmeal Stout that is conditioning. Everyday on my way to work, I drive by this field with a bunch of cows grazing. There is only one black cow among them, and it always looks sort of curious. I decided to take a photo and dedicate my beer to him/her.
I know I've posted this before but I wanted to use it to give my friend James a plug. He did this label for me in about an hour. The guy is incredibly talented in every aspect of art. He was one of the lead designers and did most the landscaping in the new game Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. He did some of the characters but pretty much all the landscapes. He is setting up a website as we speak and once its up I will post it on here. He really likes doing the labels and Im sure would love to help you out if you so desire. So thats my plug for my buddy.
redstache said:First labels I've done. Thought I would do something I could use for several different batches. Left spots to write the abv and volume. Think I'll add a spot for a brew date and a batch name on one side. Printed at office depot and applied with milk.
kurtism said:it is probably just me but the contrast of sharp well defined lines/text box with the more dull background looks out of place. also the tonal differences aren't just right...a pink hue fading to blue, with a black center image AND gold lining...the elements don't blend well to me but its just an opinion. plus, you say it took an hour...my labels don't take me a long time, but this looks like it should have taken less than an hour. the only "difficult" thing here is coloring the donkey. other than that...its a couple of textures and a few lines of text with transparency.
Sounds like you went to art school or something?!
Thats what I though...a long post criticizing a label with nothing constructive in it...smells of an art history major or something
A buddy of mine designed this for me but left out the side notes about pouring and the alc content. First draft. Might do a separate label on the neck with that info. not sure yet
I'm a Beginner!!
kurtism said:i would recommend revisiting the image fade. if i were him, i'd duplicate the image, set transparency to about 20%, fade that, then overlap (maybe even dodge the color to make it pop) and fade the top image. that way the transition from red to house image isn't abrupt.
otherwise...it looks cool. do you have labels that are this pattern or are you going to hand cut them.
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