If I had no clue what FTE was, after looking at that decal, I'd think it was a classic truck website. How about adding a modern F250/350 inside the bottom of the state outline?

Stewart

 

Reps given for all the work you're putting into this.

Stewart

 

Yes on the reps. Give me a piece of wood and I can fabricate anything. Computer not so much.
Good job Jim

 

Okay, will take a stab at it later today. And thanks for the reps.

Jim

 

Okay here is the final design. Could not find a pic of a late model Super Duty, but did find this drawing of a early to mid 90's truck. At first, I put it at the bottom with the old F-100 on top, but after switching them, I think it looks better this way. Also, the 93 truck would have to be smaller if put in SoCal. So, I moved it to NorCal.



Jim

 

could you try making the trucks larger even tho they won't fit , let the outline of the state cut off what doesn't fit.
experiment with the size and see how it looks

 

Ask and ye shall receive.



Jim

 

Bingo ^^^^^^^^^^I think thats a winner

 

Excellent, because I was starting to get the feeling it would never be done.

Jim

 

I hate to say it, but I think it would be great to have the Southern part of Cali kind of fade out of the logo, so that it emphasizes a more prominent outline of "Northern Cal", vise the entire state of Cali as shown. Just my thoughts, but I do like it. Good job!

 

I had thought about that too, but don't know how I would go about doing it. The outline is a line art. In order for me to add color to it, or change it would be to manually draw the outline in Coreldraw. Then I could change its size shape, add color, blend in color or whatever. Another idea I had was to make the state look like a American flag, with the blue and stars in Northern California, and the red/white stripes in Southern California. In order to do that, I will need to draw the outline myself. However, right now I think there is enough red white and blue colors in the design already.

I have three computers here (I know, I know, I am a geek) What I can do is put the outline up on one screen, and then attempt to draw it on another screen. Once done, it will open up a whole new set of possibilities. However, it also means a lot more work. And even then, I don't know if I will be able to fade the SoCal part of the outline as the program will treat the entire outline as a circle or box. maybe make two outlines, one with a thick line for NorCal, and the other with a thin line for So Cal. Or maybe just have NorCal filled in with a light color, and SoCal fade to white.

I am going to have to go through the tutorial, I can't believe how much of this program I have forgotten how to use. I used version 4 of this program back in 1990 when working for an ad agency. However, except for some flyers every now and then, I have not used it since. I have version 9 now, and I see they are up to version 12.

Jim

 

Can you flip-flop the "Ford Truck Enthusiast" and "NorCal Chapter" and see how that looks?

Or maybe even flip-flop the web addy in the middle of the state with NorCal Chapter. Yeah, I think that would emphasis the chapter better.

Stewart

 

I can try both methods Stewart, however, the second one will be easier, as the FTE across the top is "anchored" to the circle. For some reason I could not anchor the NorCal Chapter to it, as it wanted to put it where the FTE was. That is why it is straight. I tried putting it at the bottom manually, but it looked tacky because I could not get all the letters to line up.

Jim

 

I think the second would be best anyway. The curvature of "Ford Truck Enthusiast" works really well, but I think having the web addy at the bottom (still straight, like it is) and putting "NorCal Chapter" in the middle would help emphasis the chapter affiliation better.

Right now, for me, because NorCal is at the bottom, the chapter designation isn't popping or "eye apparent"

Just another thought for eye-appealing positioning, can you rotate the outline of the state counter-clockwise, so the top line of the state where Oregon would be is horizontal?

Like this one....


...since it's the true orientation of the state.

Stewart

 

okay, one more time



Jim