heres my entries for your consideration... any feedback or suggestion will lead me to better approach for your requirements. feel free to provide me some... thx a lot.
Would you be willing to make a couple more samples? We like #85 but would like to see it without the sun, and without the white lines on the valley (possibly one thicker line going down one). Also, we like the font in #123 better but the text alignment in #123 doesn't seem correct - it's a little unbalanced in the spacing. A slighlty heavier weight on the font would be good too; more bold. We would also like to see it without the shiny 3D "orb" at the top of the sky.
We will likely be making this into a wood carved sign and are concerned with the level of detail - especially with the gradients - since this won't only be used in digital format.