Geocoins with faces on them (human)

[+Zelanzy]

Is anyone aware of any geocoin showing a human face on them, in 2d or 3d? I'm trying to figure out the best way to achieve this! thanks much!

[+Droo]

Like this??

 

Edited June 1, 2010 by Droo

[+DJ.J.ROCK]

Neptunes compass from tsun

[+BRoKeN W]

BadAndy

[+LadyBee4T]

Rusty O'Junk

[+The Moop Along]

TMA Micro Personal

[+rokito87]

 

I got this family portrait coin in the mail today in one of geocoinstore's grab bags... Not sure if this is helpful or not though.

Edited June 1, 2010 by rokito87

[+Zelanzy]

Very helpful! So mainly 3d molds. I wonder if anyone has done this in 2d? I guess by its nature that would make it more "cartoony" looking.

 

Thanks for the posts!

[+AtlantaGal]

The 4 Fs

[avroair]

TMA Micro Personal

 

That's lovingly referred to as 'the noggin'

[YemonYime]

Rusty O'Junk

 

Yeah! This is one of the better examples of a well done 3D profile.

 

For obvious reasons, it's easier for the sculptor to achieve an attractive 3D profile, rather than a head-on face with the limited thickness involved. But there have been a few head-on sculpts that were above average.

Edited June 1, 2010 by YemonYime

[+ECplus3]

Here's a 2d profile.

 

Edited June 2, 2010 by E&Cplus3

[+Droo]

[Odyssey Voyager]

Rusty O'Junk

can anyone upload a picture of this item? or tell me where online i might be able to see it? thanks.

 

EDIT TO ADD: nevermind,...i found the picture at cointracking.com, very nice 3D likeness.

Edited June 2, 2010 by Odyssey Voyager

[+tsunrisebey]

DJ pointed out Neptunes Compass but let me say this about that particular coin, it was a hand-drawn original design and the mint had a very difficult time with it. They had asked me for a picture which I could not provide because there was only the drawing I did. So if you are planning something original for a 3D, you'll be working with them for awhile to perfect it. I almost walked away from my Neptunes Compass because I wanted to tear my hair out. The first 3D rendering was so funny looking, I couldn't stop laughing. There were so many revisions to that coin.

 

Juyst a little food for thought.

 

tsun

[+Zelanzy]

Rusty O'Junk

can anyone upload a picture of this item? or tell me where online i might be able to see it? thanks.

 

EDIT TO ADD: nevermind,...i found the picture at cointracking.com, very nice 3D likeness.

Thanks for your edit, found it too. Nice profile example!

 

And I have 3 Neptunes, not sure how I forgot about it! Thanks for the "working experience" notes too tsun! I will have a photo to work off of, so that should help. My "Plan B" is to go "warhol" on it (6 color screen print). This is for a working performing artist for her to sell at her booth, but I'll side mold/engrave some tracking codes for a smaller release to geocachers.

Edited June 2, 2010 by Zelanzy

[+fox-and-the-hound]

Is anyone aware of any geocoin showing a human face on them, in 2d or 3d? I'm trying to figure out the best way to achieve this! thanks much!

 

Best advice I could give is to use a photo in the design of the coin, but then send along the highest resolution image of the same photo by itself along as well. It can make a tremendous difference in overall quality and speed to completion of the project.

[+Zelanzy]

Is anyone aware of any geocoin showing a human face on them, in 2d or 3d? I'm trying to figure out the best way to achieve this! thanks much!

 

Best advice I could give is to use a photo in the design of the coin, but then send along the highest resolution image of the same photo by itself along as well. It can make a tremendous difference in overall quality and speed to completion of the project.

Noted, the person I'm making the coin for had a pro photographer take the stills we'll be using. She has full commerical rigths (lol the disclaimer of the week!) and super high resolution ones (she is a renaissance festival performer). I would not have thought to send the super high res images!

[+The Moop Along]

Is anyone aware of any geocoin showing a human face on them, in 2d or 3d? I'm trying to figure out the best way to achieve this! thanks much!

 

Best advice I could give is to use a photo in the design of the coin, but then send along the highest resolution image of the same photo by itself along as well. It can make a tremendous difference in overall quality and speed to completion of the project.

Noted, the person I'm making the coin for had a pro photographer take the stills we'll be using. She has full commerical rigths (lol the disclaimer of the week!) and super high resolution ones (she is a renaissance festival performer). I would not have thought to send the super high res images!

 

Agree with Mackey here. My micro (which I still have never taken a photo of in 3 years ), was inspired by Rusty O' Junk. And I had someone photograph my mess of a head several times, and then supplied the highest res image I could for the 3D profile. Maybe Mackey will be able to find one of my micros and snap a photo of the antique version. Skip the shiny one, it doesn't show off how bad I look properly

 

TMA

[+GeocoinGuy]

Here's a better comparison of Good Jeremy/Bad Jeremy from one of the original drafts - keep in mind that the photo was a very clear one (Thanks Jeremy!), just a bit compressed here ~ so the resulting coin had great detail to it.

 

 

 

~J