Thank you everyone for your advice and patience. I really appreciate it since I'm in now way an expert in jewelry design. After mulling over everyone's comments on the last set of CADs and thinking about what I wanted, I came to two conclusions. First, maybe I'm not explaining my idea well enough. Second, maybe this really isn't BGD's style and I should look elsewhere. I decided to give it another shot so I spent some time drawing on the previous CADs in Paint and writing more detailed explanations of the changes I'd like to see. I also reexplained the overall feel I wanted in the design and asked if maybe that wasn't the style of BGD (which I felt was kind of awkward to ask but I've been pretty nice through the whole process even when it got frustrating. It must be the "Minnesota nice" kicking in).
Anyway, they asked me to call in one night and I talked to Avi. I was expecting the conversation to be about the style vs what BGD can do, but instead he wanted to go over the changes I wanted to make. Avi was fantastic! We talked about each of the changes I made to the CADs and he assured me that they would get it right this time. After that, I felt much more comfortable continuing the project, which turned out to be a good thing.
Now I finally have the new CADs and it's a huge relief. I really like where they are going now and I think it looks much more natural. The biggest change is the shape of the leaves. The new shape and design on the surface make them look much more realistic. I really think this new leaf design makes the ring look much less chunky and modern. I think the ring might have been smoothed out a little but it's a little hard to tell. The only issue I can see right now is the prongs. Avi said that they can't fit 4 prongs because of the design but the diamond will still be safe with 3 prongs. It looks to me that the side with 2 prongs doesn't get close to the center of the band so it should be able to be duplicated on the other side. I would be okay with 3 prongs except the leaf on the side with 1 prong looks a little strange still. I'll ask them about this and try to get more concrete information about why 4 prongs won't work.
Do any of you see any other issues? Thank you again for your input!
Anyway, they asked me to call in one night and I talked to Avi. I was expecting the conversation to be about the style vs what BGD can do, but instead he wanted to go over the changes I wanted to make. Avi was fantastic! We talked about each of the changes I made to the CADs and he assured me that they would get it right this time. After that, I felt much more comfortable continuing the project, which turned out to be a good thing.
Now I finally have the new CADs and it's a huge relief. I really like where they are going now and I think it looks much more natural. The biggest change is the shape of the leaves. The new shape and design on the surface make them look much more realistic. I really think this new leaf design makes the ring look much less chunky and modern. I think the ring might have been smoothed out a little but it's a little hard to tell. The only issue I can see right now is the prongs. Avi said that they can't fit 4 prongs because of the design but the diamond will still be safe with 3 prongs. It looks to me that the side with 2 prongs doesn't get close to the center of the band so it should be able to be duplicated on the other side. I would be okay with 3 prongs except the leaf on the side with 1 prong looks a little strange still. I'll ask them about this and try to get more concrete information about why 4 prongs won't work.
Do any of you see any other issues? Thank you again for your input!
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