View Poll Results: Which design (color) should we use for the BAM 9 shirts?
Option 1, the black and white design with orange letters



9
9.89%
Option 2, the black, white and orange design



64
70.33%
I don't plan on getting a shirt.



5
5.49%
Option 4, We use the original design but without the orange letters which will save money (Black and white only)



13
14.29%
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Yeah, I think thats the design we're going to use... Everyone I've showed it to (compared to the others) has thought it was much better for a shirt. I haven't heard anyone that opposes... Its still the original design from Silverbullet with someone esles touch, and man! Does that look great or what!?
I think this will go on either white or black shirts... Im thinking black would be the best.
Yeah, I think thats the design we're going to use... Everyone I've showed it to (compared to the others) has thought it was much better for a shirt. I haven't heard anyone that opposes... Its still the original design from Silverbullet with someone esles touch, and man! Does that look great or what!?
I think this will go on either white or black shirts... Im thinking black would be the best.

^^^Y'all are definitely getting the design dialed in now! adizon's tweaks of SamuiArashi's re-working of silverbullet415's original looks AWESOME!
I may be late on this, but have we come to a consensus on the date format? "8.09.09" looks a bit funky to me. I think "08.09.09" is more consistent. Ya know, since there's a lead zero for the day (the 1st "09"), shouldn't there be one for the month? And having the year as "09" is a gimme, so no issue there.
Finally, as Gus said, the orange text might have readability issues on a white Tee. Are we sticking w/ orange in the screen? I know others have suggested other colors.
Daniel, I know ya said likely on a black T (maybe white), but I think a WRB Tee would look sweet. We could even change the orange to yellow or cherry blossom red. Since I have ZERO photoshop skillz, someone else would need to run those mock-ups.
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Here's some quick editing on black so you can see what it looks like:
This is the design on black text in current arrangement:

I moved the text to make it cleaner against the black. I have it on the right side to counter balance the orange "9". I also thought 08, instead of just 8 would feel better:
This is the design on black text in current arrangement:

I moved the text to make it cleaner against the black. I have it on the right side to counter balance the orange "9". I also thought 08, instead of just 8 would feel better:
SamuiArashi, I like your iteration as well as mine (#2 ) of silverbullet415's original design. I can go either way and be happy. The only thing I might suggest is a couple little clean-up of some general design elements details:
~ Evened out the bold black outline around the serifs of the letter "B" (red arrows)
~ I moved the date out of the 08/09 box. Felt out of place since non of the other panels had text. Also since the panels are "features" I felt they each should have nothing else on them (ie: text) otherwise it takes away from the art.
~ Also flushed the "novato, ca" against the vertical line on it's right side. (flush right)
~ lastly, not sure what color tee-shirt we would have, but on a white tee-shirt the orange text on white may be hard to read.
~ Evened out the bold black outline around the serifs of the letter "B" (red arrows)
~ I moved the date out of the 08/09 box. Felt out of place since non of the other panels had text. Also since the panels are "features" I felt they each should have nothing else on them (ie: text) otherwise it takes away from the art.
~ Also flushed the "novato, ca" against the vertical line on it's right side. (flush right)
~ lastly, not sure what color tee-shirt we would have, but on a white tee-shirt the orange text on white may be hard to read.
we could do a black outline on the text to make it stand out more.
something like this:
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The new design is ****, and I love it, but I don't like the black outlined letters, it makes it look VERY MS-PAINT Meets MS-Clip art, you know what I mean, those pre-made tacky fonts that they have in clip art... I dunno, maybe being married to a really good graphic artist has jaded me a bit, but I just don't like it... The non-black bordered lettering looks much more crisp and clean.
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All we need is the vendor logos to go on the back of the shirt. They will follow the same color scheme as the front... This needs to happen SOON if you guys want shirt because I need to get this to the shirt makers to get a solid price, and then I will start a pre-order thread where people can pre-pay for their shirts so I know exactly how many I'll put into the order. Sadly, if you don't pre-pay, then you can't have a shirt because they want the money up front, and I can't afford to pre-pay for 100 or so shirts and take the chance of people flaking and not actually buying one which will stick me with a shirt that I don't want and eating the price of the said shirt.
To avoid that, I need all the money up front to be able to fill the order. I'll have prices for the shirt as soon as its done, so the sooner the better!
To avoid that, I need all the money up front to be able to fill the order. I'll have prices for the shirt as soon as its done, so the sooner the better!
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Got done with the print shop a bit earlier, I'm waiting for a quote on the shirts which I should have soon... As soon as I have it, I'll start the official thread.



maybe a black t too?