This is my first entry in your contest. I tried to make the knife look realistic and clean without making it too complicated. If you would like to see different letter styles or anything else, please let me know. Thank you for your consideration, Tim
I wanted to show you another look with Construction even bigger. Please feel free to let me know of any other changes you would be interested in seeing. I have a couple of other ideas I'm working on as well.
I added more contrast, darker colors and detail to the knife to make it pop more. If you like this knife, I can use it easily in any of the other layouts.
This one has the darker knife with red "Construction, Inc." and the "Inc." the same size as construction.
Thanks again, and if you want any parts of one design used in another, please don't hesitate to let me know. I just didn't want to submit too many variations all at once.
This one has a bit darker blade on the knife and a slight bevel on the "Construction, Inc" to make it stand out a little more. Also a red line so you could see what that looked like.
Here are a few entries with the scissors added to the knife. It changes how the vertical layout looks because "Construction" can't go right under the knife with this one, but I wanted to show you the option. I tried to keep the variations down to a minimum as there are a lot of elements I could mix and match. If there are any things you want from one with another, just let me know the entry numbers.
This is #41 (currently in first place) with the only difference being more dark colors in the knife. Thanks for your time, and if you would like to see any of the later ones using this style lettering please don't hesitate to let me know.
I drew grips on the hammer handle to make it look more realistic. I think I've checked off all the ideas I had at this point. I'll be traveling tomorrow morning, but as I've mentioned please feel free to let me know if you want to see any different colors or combinations. I should be back tomorrow (Monday) afternoon.
#46 is our favorite. Can we see the knife closed a bit and try the MacGyver in black and/or shadows or something to give it more definition. Can we also see a version without the MC logo so that the MacGyver word is bigger and better balances the size of Construction?
This is the first of the revisions you wanted to see on #46. A darker shadow behind the white to make it stand out more, and the blade more closed. I can easily open or close it more if needed. I liked this one when I first drew it for the simple but bold and sharp look. More to come..
This one has a darker knife and shadow in the red, as well as a black outline around "MacGyver" to make it pop. "Construction" is also a darker shade of red.
If you would like any other changes, such as shading or font style, please don't hesitate to let me know.
This one is #46 with the "MacGyver" font, a darker background on the knife so it stands out more and the original blade color. I think I got all the variations you had asked about, darker shadow outline to make "MacGyver" stand out more, with and without the MC.
This is #46 but instead of darkening the red to make MacGyver stand out, I added a shadow to the word for a different look. It keeps the rest of the knife the brighter red. Thank you, Tim