Should you include mockups of the real venue?

Yes, on photos of this door, this bar or this counter, not on a venue from an image bank. Without that proof you do not know if the mark reads on the facade you already have. Take daylight photos, straight on, of the empty sign, menu and uniform. Those are the base; a generic mockup is not. The logo is approved on an invented glass facade and the real vinyl lands on a dark awning. The colour has to be remade. Two or three composites on photos of the venue, plus the artwork at size. At Clínica Dos Ramos the proof is the real counter, not a catalogue reception.

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