another help with car club plaques thread!

hamber the gambler started a thread awhile back asking for help with his car clubs plaques. i hate asking for help, but time is running thin and we need to get these done. i've been on the phone with obrien trucker, and they need a design to start making our plaques.

our club is called diamond cutters, and our logo is a simple diamond above a strait razor. the diamond sits above a "v" shaped razor, kind of like it is not open all of the way. almost as if the diamond is floating above the strait razor. i tried posting a pic, but wasn'nt able to.

we are going for a very simple traditional look. above the diamond in a rainbow pattern we want it to say diamond cutters. the plaques are going to be standard square, i think it is 5x9. on the corners of the plaques we want simple spider webs.

i hope someone can help if it is not too much to ask. i have seen some very talented photoshoppers on here. we are also open to suggestions. lets see what ya'll can come up with. thank you all very much....... deckard sr.

 

I'd say post a drawing and one of the guys who can actually draw on here can take it and run with it. The gent who makes probably 75% of the current car club plaques in the world is on here as a member so he can probably tell you what is needed as far as artwork goes.

 

yea, i tried to post a drawing, usually i can but for some reason its not letting me this morning.

 

i sent a link to the guy that did my plaques for the art work have you ever thought of going to a tatto shop to have some thing drawing up

 

yea my buddy scott at 151 drew this up real quick last night. i finally was able to post a pic. anyway, something like this.... thanks

 

obrien truckers said it had to be a pretty clean design to be able to cut it out right. this is just a rough idea so hopefully someone can doctor it up, and make it look good. were trying to get ready for roundup.

 

I'll give it a shot but your club name is quite long and will make the title be pretty small. I'll see what I can do but I'm pretty sure that it'll be better in 2 lines - "diamond" arching from below and "Cutters" from the top... with the drawing in the middle. I can't imagine much space for "cc" tho the town name will be there for sure... somehow.

 

yea, i was thinking the same thing 37nash, we also decided not to put the cc, and we never wanted to put the town name.

 

Flip the way the blade is facing,so the edge part points toward the bottom instead of the diamond,then you can put DIAMOND CUTTERS along the V contour between the diamond and the straight razor. Send me a copy of the design (Size you need it to be) to riffraff909@yahoo.com and I can get on it ASAP and see what I can do.

 

Hey Big K,

Is this your club from BHC? If so, Who did your plaques?

Will you be coming to the rat rod show again. If so, maybe I'll see you there.

BN

 

sorry everyone, but after talking to some of the other guys last night in the club, it seems like we are taking a different approach. thanks to everyone that helped. if you do have any designs or ideas you can pm them to me. thanks again......deckard sr.

 

damn, thats badass. thanks man, i really appreciate it. we will definately use that even if it's not on a plaque.

 

It's not really finished... let me know if you want the vectors

 

oh dude, its fine like that. thanks

 

really nice choice of font for their use - that came out killer 37Nash!!

 

Here's an idea I had.

 

^ Bitchin man!!! I think the font is a tad off (modern-ish, great for a jewelry store but maybe not a club plate... I could be wrong) tho the composition is really very nice. Hope you don't mind the critisism...

Blackmopar: Thank you!

 

No problem 37Nash, I kinda agree with you but I thought I'd throw it out there anyway because the composition was working out pretty good.

 

hey carguy 19, thats a pretty cool idea, thank you.

 

hey man, i showed your work to some of the guys, and they friggin dig it. show me a finished version of it if you don't mind. if you like i'll send you a plaque for your help. let me know if you want anything for your time. we're just starting out, and trying to get everyone in the club on the same page. thanks to everyone for helping out.

 

Are you guys jewelers?

 

nope, diamonds are a girls best friend. actually it's just a name we came up with a couple of years ago as a joke and it just stuck...

 

Sorry for the delay but I much needed my sunday off. I've been extra busy lately tho I should be able to get you guys a proper version later tonight. No promises, just know that I'm on it.

 

^^thanks man.

 

This is where I'm at:



I learned today that most (if not all) engravers won't do larger than 10 inches. I was making my templates at 12 x 6. This one is 10 x 6, I didn't keep the original ratio so the drawing would breathe better... Still got some line tweaking to do to get the spacing right. Should be done in the next few days unless you guys got any objections.

EDIT: quick update, added the border and some gray... (the gray is for preview only, the final is gonna be all B&W)

 

^^thats cool but to be honest with you, i'm not really digging the flames on the razor handle. and is there any way to put the diamond back down there where it was originally? even if you have to shrink it a bit. the words are pretty badass. thanks. sorry to be such a critic.....

 

No sense keeping these letters if we're going back to the 1st format... the "MOND" were deformed to fit the diamond, without it there, it'll look weird. Anyway, I'll get you something to see soon. The handle in black is ok tho?

 

^^yea, the handle in black is fine. thanks.....

 

Here's another.