A video of one of the elements that I am planning to use for the final render for the entry “Neon” for Blender52.
January 2024 - Luxx_pa_3d
Very cool, I love it!
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Thank you, Julian. I really appreciate your comment 
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Very convincing. It looks almost real to me.
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Thank you so much 
The serif P would not have 90 degree sharp corners or sharp corners at all … neon tube just doesn’t do that. And as the leading letter the blackletter P dominates it in hierarchy. The O looks droopy and diminished almost incidental. The chunky blackletter P looks ok, but doesn’t have the same power cord connection as does the serif P to the O.
And why are the letters at such an awkward angle? Is the drama all about the POP … or does that require help?
Seriously, add a glitch.
Or sequence the bulbs lighting up in the blackletter P.
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Hey Neil, thank you so much for your comments - very eye opening 
You got a great point on the serif P and the shapes the neon can take. I have made some adjustment to round some corners on it to make it more believable. Still some “sharper” corners in there, but I am sure the virtual neon blower who created this knew how to fuse different pieces to perfection.
I also added the power cord to connect to the last P, I was so engrossed on adding all the various connections to the single bulbs that didn’t see the big picture. Thanks for noticing.
The awkward angle was more of a personal choice, but I made some adjustment to make it more “structurally sound” and actually make those back support do something 
Also the difference in letters, shapes, and total disregard of hierarchy and lettering dogmas is just mirroring some of the admittedly out-of-placeness many neons in the real life display. I am sure the gods of typography will understand
Finally, what do you mean by “add a glitch”?
Here’s the new still render (no time for a new video render just now):
Although the neon sign’s wall mount frame should be adjusted to be inline with the bricks and mortar, the overall typography is much better!
Adding a glitch … having a letter with a dynamic element such as a letter just about to light up and then not lighting up and then lighting up … glitch effect.
Forgive the visual, but to help define … this is one of my own from a culinary project …
… where I added a dynamic typographic element.
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Oh yeah, I know what you mean now - and some of the neons I am preparing for the final project do have glitches indeed. This POP one was the first I worked on, and surely it suffered from the “novice eyes”. I am sure you will like the other ones better.
I will make sure to add the link in here for you to have a look
Thank you so much for your critics and suggestions so far, Neil. I appreciate you dedicating your time to help me
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