critique/redesign a stripe

this is a split from the build thread. 

the base color will be white, and stripe with be a satin navy blue. this is on the "power bulge" on a 1st gen neon. 

currently, i tested with 1 inch wide masking tape on a junk hood. its close, but off. 

the car that will receive the stripe

20190316_175351 by Michael Crawford, on Flickr

the stripe design on a scrap hood. 

20190317_113434 by Michael Crawford, on Flickr

20190317_113428 by Michael Crawford, on Flickr

20190317_113440 by Michael Crawford, on Flickr

ShawneeCreek said:

Dusterbd13-michael said:

Obviously wrong colors and junk hood. But its damn near what i had in my head. Think the separation lines (base color) are a little too wide. Thats 1 inch tape. Maybe 1/2 or 3/4 would be better? 

Feedback and critique?

Final will be white hood, satin navy blue stripe. 

I think the negative stripe widths are good. 3/4" could work too. But I'd adjust your smallest positive stripe width (up near the wipers) to be no smaller that twice the negative stripe width. I think that's what's bugging me about it. Essentially shift your prototype pattern up the hood about 4".

i copied his post here to give an idea of the reason for the thread. 

bonus points for photoshops/etc

In reply to Dusterbd13-michael :

I think that looks really good other than the wedge up by the cowl. I also somewhat agree with Shawnee Creek, though I think a 1:1 ratio at the cowl would be ok, especially if it’s only the wedge shaped piece. 

So in essence take the exact spacing/width you have there, but slide the whole pattern closer to the cowl by one blank/hood-color stripe’s width. 

I wouldn’t start it at the edge of the hood. I’d start it at the edge of the power bulge. 

Keep the spacing etc. but start at the cowl with a full width bar. Small change for sure but more complete. Like you didn’t accidentally run out of space.

Yep, I’m with Boost and ebony.  The practice piece has 9 segments.  Maybe the final design has fewer.  Definitely start at the cowl, and make that segment long enough fore/aft so that it spans the full width of the bulge.  E36 M3ty drawing below:

But make the one at the cowl maybe only 1/8” long at the center of the hood.  You might also play with narrowing the gap between the segments from front to rear.

   Instead of a Straight Line Seperating The Blocks Make it a Chevron , You Could also Make them Increasingly Steeper angle, and they wouldn't Look Like Arrow's

 shawneecreek nailed it!

Each dot represents an inch. He evengave me specific dimensions! Exactly what was in my head. I LOVE it. 

It would also be interesting if the breaks got subtly narrower as the stripes got smaller, but that would be more of a pain to do accurately.

Had to try it. Time to stare and drink coffee. 

Very r2d2

In reply to chandler :

I can't unsee that now.....

Dusterbd13-michael said:

I can't unsee that now.....

You’re welcome

It's R2Ne2! 

Seriously though, I think it looks good.

Dusterbd13-michael said:

Had to try it. Time to stare and drink coffee. 

How does your hood not cover the drivers side headlight and that portion of the engine  

In reply to John Welsh :

Its a scrap hood that got kicked by king Kong. I cut the really bent part off so it would sorta fit the car for testing .

I like the idea, but I'm thinking narrow to wide (reverse it) stipes may look better. 

In reply to Dusterbd13-michael :

I love it!

It’s tapered to be wider near the cowl, right?

Though I like it, I’m curious how it would look equal width all the way up the hood.

Its definitely tapered. Tried to match the top of the hood buldge. Another option im thinking about is to widen the whole thing to cover the sides of the buldge down to the horizontal part of the hood as outlined in the sharpie.

The widening is going to introduce some funky geometry  I think. 

I wouldn't extend it..

I would ditch the last "half stripe," as that looks funny:

Either ditch the last stripe or extend the last block all the way to the hood.  Don't have a fragment. Do add the R/T logo :)

When i test the next, im thinning the separation lines and making more strobes for a more gradual progression. 

I think. 

Dusterbd13-michael said:

I can't unsee that now.....

But it's not like that's a bad thing. Personally, I would try to subtly expand on the theme, but in suh a way to not appear obvious to the casual onlooker.