Motherland Imperial Stout Label

[MVKTR2]

Put more thought into this one than I do most of my labels. I'm rather pleased, but not sure I'm completely done. Note the verbage on the left side is best read with a fake Russian accent. This marks my 20th batch and I wanted it to be something of substance.

Schlante,
Phillip

 

[cappy]

Very nice! My only thought would be to grunge up the star and hammer & sickle to match the feel of the rest of the label.

 

[MagicLarry]

f*#@%^$ AWESOME!! Great label

 

[Lodovico]

I really dig this label.

 

[Handle]

It's actually "mother lode," not "mother-load." Not that this detracts at all from how awesome this label is (and I love the references to Dostoevsky and Tolstoy).

 

[MVKTR2]

It's actually "mother lode," not "mother-load." Not that this detracts at all from how awesome this label is (and I love the references to Dostoevsky and Tolstoy).

'Lode' is an old english variant of the word load with the same meaning, think olde vs old. Thusly load or lode either one are acceptable. For the record I've got a couple of changes to make to the text, changing a capitalization and adjusting the text to be more broken russian english.

Thanks for the positive feedback, I like this one and I'm sure it'll look great on the bier. The label prints out a fair amount more yellow yet still has the warm red tones, as opposed to the more pinkish tones displayed on my monitor. I prefer this warmer yellower feel. I played around with adding more texture in the background and in the star/hammer & sickle, it didn't work as well and is less readable at actual size. Obviously my image here is way larger than the real thing, didn't reduce the dpi before uploading it

Schlante,
Phillip

Ps a vertical layout of this label would be awesome and probably better. I didn't pusue it as I won't be labeling many 22 oz. bottles Thanks again for the comments.

 

[WillPall]

I like it, but you must know that I absolutely hate bevels, embossing, and drop shadows. If it were me I'd drop that from "motherland" and "4th generation brewery." Then again, it does look pretty awesome this way.