Geocoin Design

[fisherman28]

When people geocachers say they are making a Geocoin and thay show what it going to look like do they get the image of it from the the people who are making??if not where do they get it???

[+Cornerstone4]

Many of the "early" versions of coins you see are PhotoShop drawings of a coin design concept. Some of these are done by individuals that have the ability, but many of them are done by the vendors themselves.

 

For my coin, I had another cacher get me started with setting up a picture. I did what editing I could, and then communicated the rest of my ideas to coinsandpins, who are doing my coin. They then provided a more complete piece of artwork than I was able to produce. I told them some things I wanted to change, and then they sent me a final version to approve.

 

Once that was done, they sent it to their foundry, and the die artist made up their artwork. That is the version you see on many of the posts. Once you approve that artwork, they will start making your coins! So, you don't really need any artictic drawing abilities, you just need to be able to communicate what it is you are looking for.

[+pdxmarathonman]

When people geocachers say they are making a Geocoin and thay show what it going to look like do they get the image of it from the the people who are making??if not where do they get it???

When you see the "blueprint"-looking thing with all the info and lines and such, that is from the coin maker.

[fisherman28]

And does anybody know if Stateside Online Shopping is a good place to get your cons done at?

[+pdxmarathonman]

And does anybody know if Stateside Online Shopping is a good place to get your cons done at?  

No I don't. But http://www.coinsandpins.com is. And apparently so is http://www.coinsforanything.com

Edited August 22, 2005 by pdxmarathonman