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My KFC story:

 

We honeymooned in Kuaii, Hawaii. It's the island that's farthest west in the chain that's still accessible by tourists. It's a beautiful, remote little island. Apparently chickens were brought to the island many years ago by settlers and because they have no natural predators, they were able to flourish. We were surprised to see that everywhere we went, wild chickens roamed the island. Chickens on the beaches, chickens in people's yards, chickens in parking lots of shops, chickens crossing the roads. Chickens were everywhere...except in the parking lot of the KFC.

 

Coincidence?

I do think your #2 entry is one of (if not the) top ones shown on that page. Nice work.

I like your #1 entry; I also like your AtariVox logo. Manu Pärssinen has a cool AVox logo, too.

Thanks for the compliments.

 

I had fun drawing all of the gems' expressions, and I think that comes through in the final illustration.

 

Some of my favorite drawings that I've done over the years aren't finished art pieces, but quick, silly little cartoons done on scraps of paper or in a sketchbook.

 

A little bit of the "life" of a drawing tends to get lost the more it's labored over. The trick is making a finished piece that still retains as much of what made the original sketch so appealing as possible.

 

Here's another goofy sketch. I'd been working on the RPS label for several months, and had immersed myself in learning to draw anime for it. I'd gotten to the point where that was all I was drawing at the time, and I'd been sharing my progress with DaveD (who I frequently bounce ideas off of). Anyway, one day he asked if I had any ideas for artwork for an arcade cabinet he was building.

 

So I sent him this sketch of Ms. Pac-Man:

Awesome label, Nathan. In the event that John chooses another design, your label idea could be adapted to Four-Play as well.

 

Kentucky Freud Chicken, very funny.

Thanks Zach - a Four-Play label along these lines would be fun to do. It seems to me there was a Connect-Four commercial where the pieces had animated faces on them.

 

Are you planning to hold a label contest?

Thanks Zach - a Four-Play label along these lines would be fun to do. It seems to me there was a Connect-Four commercial where the pieces had animated faces on them.

 

Are you planning to hold a label contest?

I seem to recall a Connect 4 commercial with live action faces superimposed on the checkers. And they were singing too. Of course, my game has nothing to do with Connect 4.

 

It's too early to think about a label contest now.

It seems to me there was a Connect-Four commercial where the pieces had animated faces on them.

 

Ah ha! I was right!

 

Man... you can find anything on the internet.

BTW: Subscribing worked now.

It seems to me there was a Connect-Four commercial where the pieces had animated faces on them.

 

Ah ha! I was right!

 

Man... you can find anything on the internet.

Yep, you were right. That's a different ad than the one I had in mind. I haven't given up looking for the other one.

(Thanks for the link. I'll be spending lots of time at this site.)

Thanks Zach - a Four-Play label along these lines would be fun to do. It seems to me there was a Connect-Four commercial where the pieces had animated faces on them.

 

Are you planning to hold a label contest?

John says he has chosen someone else's label, so it looks like a FP label design contest is not needed. As soon as the Stratogems label is official, I'll invite you to do the Four-Play artwork.

John says he has chosen someone else's label, so it looks like a FP label design contest is not needed. As soon as the Stratogems label is official, I'll invite you to do the Four-Play artwork.

 

Cool! I should note though, I probably won't have time to work on it until after the holidays.

 

I actually found out about the contest a few days ago. John liked my label, but just couldn't get into having cartoon faces on the gems. As a consolation though, he wants to use my AtariVox logo.

John says he has chosen someone else's label, so it looks like a FP label design contest is not needed. As soon as the Stratogems label is official, I'll invite you to do the Four-Play artwork.

 

Cool! I should note though, I probably won't have time to work on it until after the holidays.

 

I actually found out about the contest a few days ago. John liked my label, but just couldn't get into having cartoon faces on the gems. As a consolation though, he wants to use my AtariVox logo.

 

Don't worry if it takes a while to design a label. The software has a long way to go.