G’day Teefurians,
Above is my revisited “Carbon Chilled” fantasy Star Wars beer label (after v1.0 didn’t make the grade and tbh really is better for having work done to it).
I’m now in need of an external sounding board and constructive feedback/review + would people actually buy it and is it okay in terms of copyright??? The beer exists in SW EU in name but I’ve never seen a “real label” for it ever, basically joking/pretending as if Mr Solo was promoting it.
In this latest version I’ve:
•• Removed majority of the way too fine dithering and "muddy" colour overlays (only 4 halftone bits now)
•• Clearer vector work with enlarged logos, outlines and block shapes
•• Additional and improved colour palette (neo 40’s/retro 50's style)
•• Bolded text and overall enhanced font readability
Lots of nods to Star Wars and Han Solo going on:
•• "Corellian Spiced Ale was the spicy version of Corellian Ale. It was a preferred alcoholic beverage of Han Solo." - starwars.wikia.com
•• Cheeky Aurebesh sentence needs to be decoded
•• "EST. 1977" ie "New Hope" released
•• Made by my fictional "Five Brothers Brewery" or "5BB" (the Corellian system contained five inhabited worlds collectively referred to as the Five Brothers)
•• "Aluminium Falcon" with it's six-pack on the back and open can in the centre (go Robot Chicken!)
•• "Brewed in Coronet City" the capital of Corellia (Where Han comes from)
•• "V% Alc/Vol" set on Han's belt buckle and a nod to Episode V when Han is frozen in carbonite *brrrrrr*
•• "Best Served Carbon Chilled" & tee title (see above)
•• Han's shirt and jacket making up the centre label backing with his trousers side red seam pattern on the outer ring (along with carbonite panel buttons)
Really looking forward to hearing what people think – there’s a stack of good artists, curators and tee fanatics here I’d happy listen to, to much improve my sub chances and tee designs.
Cheers all,
Barn aka HtCRU
PS “Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a cold pint at your side, kid.” - *Hic* Solo
Twin blasters sound cool, but I think a) I’m out of room lol and b) Han did only use one gun, so it’s not cannon (teehee-hee). Maybe up above and left and right of Brewery logo in the light grey? Hmmm, perhaps if others really push for this inclusion, else it might be too much crammed in one design tbh.
Thanks for fast feedback – great to hear ideas I didn’t think of or include.
Guess I have to do a LOTR design as well then ;-)
+1UP :)
I like the link with “Spiced ale” to the “Spice” in the Spice Mines of Kessel but the fact it’s know as a prison or slave camp doesn’t sit right with me when the labelling/branding seems very polished and official. I want it to be from somewhere on Corellia (to link with the origin of the ale and Han Solo). The capital makes sense to me – like Dublin is home to Guinness… smuuuuuurf, now I want a Guinness… ;-)
Had trouble adding in the crossed guns (but I was very curious to see how they’d look). I’ve made a revised version utilising them at the top and bottom within the curve indentations. I’ll keep updating this file if other changes are made.
Let me know if this is a good addition or not please peops. Thanks again all.
File updated. Have enlarged the guns (flipped vert. as well) and reduced the centre white border. Having two different logos/icons top and bottom looks odd for a label and breaks the overall symmetry of the packaging. Besides, I don't want this to be a rebel beer or have the Falcon displayed again. It's either guns top and bottom (forming the crest like shape) or just the outer ring. Happy for either depending on what people say they like better - with or without.
Cheers MEKAZOO /salute
Man I dig that colour scheme, gonna steal it for something :P
Nice one :)
Im pretty sure this would be a buy if it was for sale.
Yeah, I'm tending to think that they are too small and clutter the design, plus I don't want them to be bigger coming even further off the top and bottom.
Hmmm, gut instinct is saying remove the indents and have a complete oval circle edge like mentioned, but we'll see... zzz for now... :-)
"The chronology is maintained according to narrated time rather than real-world time and publishing chronology. For this purpose, a calendar based upon the Battle of Yavin in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope is used. In this dating system, BBY stands for Before the Battle of Yavin,[2] and ABY stands for After the Battle of Yavin,[3] so 50 BBY comes before 5 ABY, as with BC/AD in the Gregorian calendar. The defeat of the Empire at the Battle of Endor (four years after Yavin) has been used as an alternate starting year, but has been superseded by the current system. When Bantam Spectra held the license for Star Wars novels, they described their books as after Endor, but Del Rey, the current license-holder, exclusively uses ABY."
Yes please, I would be anxious to see such a design.