macbook engraving woes

[applegoddess]

I want my macbook laser engraved. I can't decide what to get engraved on it because I'm not happy with any design for one reason or another I still can't figure out. I've been sitting on a couple designs for a bit because the people I've contacted about getting it engraved have been taking forever to get back in touch with me.
first (sorry for the

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[anonymous]

second is the best of the ones you've provided. if i were willing to do it, i'd do something like the japanese black ink paintings of a tree on a cliff.

[applegoddess]

the problem is i'm a coder, not a designer. i can do watercolours, but doing stuffs on the computer is imposssssssible for me. it was what happened after messing around with illustrator brushes and vector illustrations I found. :D

Also, I guess I'm not that into those kinds of paintings. They are cool (I have some), but not something I'd want on my laptop.

[punk_apple]

I like teh third one most. :) nicer when it's less symmetric.

[applegoddess]

I was thinking that would be a good thing, but that design is my least favorite :(

[applegoddess]

Oh, I guess I could do the second one only on one side. But then it looks weird!

[applegoddess]

I know! :D

[ellasworld]

first choice: #1, then #3, then #2

[applegoddess]

#1 I love because it's simple, but it's also bad because it's simple. I don't know if it's because it's the same price to get things engraved regardless of how big the design is, or because it also looks sorta unbalanced but I feel it's missing something..shrug.

[kakaze]

[i]And I'm having a really hard time figuring out how it will end up looking on the MacBook.[/i]

Take a photo of the MacBook and use Photoshop to place the designs on the cover. Easy peasy.

[applegoddess]

Yeah, but it's not the same. I had better luck printing out a design and checking it out. I guess I have a hard time going from screen -> device :S