BBQ Parfait Art Work

Re:BBQ Parfait Art Work (Canajuns)

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:29:04 GMT

I jumped in a little late here....just thought I'd say I like the look of the last poster best, as well. Good job! The only suggestion I might make if your program allows it is to maybe make the beans and pork seem 'browner'? They almost look greenish to me. Could be just my monitor though. :-) I wish I was closer to you, so I could try it.

Re:BBQ Parfait Art Work (Curbside Grill)

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:56:09 GMT

Oh Jack

Just today had one of these. not to your spec's but wife and I liked it.
like the concept.
Wish we had brought the camera. Only one cheese layer.
Can see this for a lunch.

Re:BBQ Parfait Art Work (mar52)

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:56:09 GMT

That's it!

It was the fonts that were bothering me and you nailed them with this change.

I really don't know how to create. I just alter!

No need for any other changes!

Re:BBQ Parfait Art Work (Foodosaurus)

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:08:54 GMT

Two thumbs up!

Re:BBQ Parfait Art Work (6star)

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:41:55 GMT

Excellent, Jack! Very readable.

Re:BBQ Parfait Art Work (Dr of BBQ)

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:34:49 GMT

Mar you do good work. Why did I just pay Patrick to do this thing if you can knock it out in a flash? Heres the finished file. Although Mar I like yours a lot.

Re:BBQ Parfait Art Work (mar52)

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:37:33 GMT

I think it's very nice.

but.... (I don't mean to say what you have isn't good)

The slanting of the adjectives bothers me for some unknown reason.

How about a more clean look?

Re:BBQ Parfait Art Work (CCinNJ)

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:34:51 GMT

I always try to look at certain things as how would it look on a t-shirt so I don't start getting so slick I am try to incoporate the principle of Feng Shui as far as the specks on top.

I think it would look good on a t-shirt. Not a yellow t-shirt so the shades stand out better and the beans and pork do not appear with a somewhat greenish hue against the brighter yellow.

Re:BBQ Parfait Art Work (saps)

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:56:23 GMT

I think the last iteration looks good. It's not something you want to make look to slick, otherwise it doesn't go well with the local BBQ stand motif.

I'm not saying all of the suggestions are micromanagement, but some of them are.

Re:BBQ Parfait Art Work (LeadBelly)

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:56:08 GMT

CCinNJ

I don't think it is micro-management especially since it is put out there with the intentional intention of gathering opinions and feedback. I remind people to remind me to go easy on shades of purple and shades of sand.

The truck is yellow. The background is yellow. Many of the shades in the Parfait are yellow.

Gotta agree that this isn't micro management, its creating sales for a new product and that takes more than just putting up a sign that says BBQ parfait.

Even if the truck is yellow, this would probably still work well if its framed with a contrasting border, maybe purple or a shade of sand

Allan

Re:BBQ Parfait Art Work (CCinNJ)

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:20:19 GMT

You don't do any sign unless it is the best sign that you can attach to a product.. It is not exactly hard to think these things. People share their observations on a topic. That is what we are here to do. You settle for something you do not like in business...you are stuck paying for it... and looking at it or it costs you more money and time to fix it when you end up looking at it and not liking.

Re:BBQ Parfait Art Work (saps)

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:12:45 GMT

Bottom line is that people will see it, and should be able to understand it. We're talking about a poster on a BBQ stand, not an ad running in Time. That's my opinion and feedback.

Re:BBQ Parfait Art Work (CCinNJ)

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:09:45 GMT

I don't think it is micro-management especially since it is put out there with the intentional intention of gathering opinions and feedback. I remind people to remind me to go easy on shades of purple and shades of sand.

The truck is yellow. The background is yellow. Many of the shades in the Parfait are yellow.

Re:BBQ Parfait Art Work (saps)

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:56:41 GMT

You're getting your basic point across, which is what you want to do. It doesn't require micro-management of marketing concepts or word placement. It looks great the way it is and explains itself well. If someone doesn't get it, they have bigger problems than deciding whether or not to order the BBQ parfait.

Re:BBQ Parfait Art Work (LeadBelly)

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:39:02 GMT

Dr of BBQ

Ok I need some feed back on this one

11/2/2009 96K

this works pretty well. the big difference, as someone suggested was changing the color of the lower case fonts. the different colors didn't exactly make things hard to read but they caused a lot of distraction by lessening the unity of the message you were trying to convey. By going to slightly different shades of the same color group you maintain unity in the phrase, build interest in the different items and make them fairly visible against the white blurb background. I'm assuming that except for the coleslaw this is going to be served hot. Now the only thing is that a lot of people like myself think of parfaits as always being a cold item. So the only thing I would do is add the word hot somewhere, maybe in front of the word meal in order to break any lingering confusion among some ignorant people ( like me ) that this is going to be served cold like the dessert. Overall this looks pretty good, more like the Dr. of BBQ Advertising.

Re:BBQ Parfait Art Work (Dr of BBQ)

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:52:28 GMT

You may say anything you'd like.

That said, I didn't ask that someone re-write my recipe I asked for members to offer their opinion on my choice of art work.

I'm an older set in my ways type guy that works his ass off to make good food. Furthermore I'm pretty open to sharing my success or failures with the group.

Most Roadfooders eat free at my place when the stop by and at worst if they order one item and I do charge I give them a taste of most everything on the menu.

But when it comes to my friends and some customers I'm pretty much a SOUP NAZI! So don't take this in a personal way, but when I re-write this list I stole from another vendor your comment may end up on it. LOL

Good Luck Snickerdoodle

Re:BBQ Parfait Art Work (snickerdoodle)

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:45:50 GMT

Artistic issues aside, can I say I don't like the idea of the top cheese layer? I'd like the slaw on top of the Q. One layer of cheese down with the beans would be fine.

Re:BBQ Parfait Art Work (PopsDogHouse)

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:49:07 GMT

I like it Jack. One point though. Everything is creamy, delicious, rich, "signature item", somehting you love, etc..., EXCEPT your pulled pork, which is what you're known for. Just my .02. Just think you should showcase the Q. That is after all, what this is all about.

Steve

Re:BBQ Parfait Art Work (6star)

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:48:34 GMT

The red is a better color, but the "A layer of our rich, delicious" is still hard to read. I think the solution is to make the lower-case letters larger, the size that the word "smoked" is. In order to do this, you might have to leave out some of the descriptive words using only:
"Rich, delicious" instead of "~~A layer of our~~ rich, delicious" CHEESE SAUCE
"More cheddar" instead of "More ~~creamy~~ cheddar" CHEESE
"Creamy" instead of "~~Delicious,~~ creamy" COLE SLAW
"BBQ SAUCE you love" instead of "~~The~~ BBQ SAUCE you love"

If you don't want to do this, the only other thing that might help would be to eliminate all the grey shadows behind the words, allowing the words to stand out more against the white and yellow backgrounds.

Re:BBQ Parfait Art Work (CCinNJ)

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:41:38 GMT

I can't get past the yellow sunshine background. It screams breakfast and there are too many similar tones in the Parfait. I think blue skies would work much better.

Re:BBQ Parfait Art Work (Dr of BBQ)

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:17:33 GMT

Ok I need some feed back on this one

11/2/2009 96K

Re:BBQ Parfait Art Work (Dr of BBQ)

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:21:06 GMT

6star

In your colored version, the descriptive words in lower-case letters (except the word "smoked") do not show up well enough to be easily readable. ("A layer of our rich delicious" in green is especially difficult to read.)

I agree 100%

Re:BBQ Parfait Art Work (6star)

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:15:23 GMT

In your colored version, the descriptive words in lower-case letters (except the word "smoked") do not show up well enough to be easily readable. ("A layer of our rich delicious" in green is especially difficult to read.)

Re:BBQ Parfait Art Work (saps)

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:33:03 GMT

May have to try it. I'll be in Springfield Tues. Nov. 24 and Weds. Nov. 25th with the family to the capitol and the Lincoln museum.

Re:BBQ Parfait Art Work (Dr of BBQ)

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:21:10 GMT

I decided I didn't like the banner, not sure why and now I'm not sure I like the differant colored text?

Re:BBQ Parfait Art Work (Foodosaurus)

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:08:54 GMT

Yes, molten. Just like "Molten Chocolate Lava Cake." I'd say this looks pretty good....

Re:BBQ Parfait Art Work (saps)

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:33:18 GMT

Molten? Like burn your lips off, lava-like molten?

You could substitute luscious for delicious.

Re:BBQ Parfait Art Work (Foodosaurus)

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:27:15 GMT

I have two notes. 1. I wouldn't use "delicious" to describe both the slaw and the cheese sauce.... How about "molten" for the cheese sauce? And 2. For the bbq sauce, how about, "The BBQ SAUCE you already love!"

But it looks great. I love that you have the text on the scroll at the top.

BBQ Parfait Art Work (Dr of BBQ)

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:01:28 GMT

No color yet but what do you creative types think about the letter style and wording?