EPTOn June 18 2007 22:18 Zelniq wrote:
how about this:
Front:
![[image loading]](http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/3056/sandlotteefrontml3.png)
how about this:
Front:
I actually love that pic
(would buy it as a t-shirt in a heartbeat)Teamliquid Tshirt Contest - Page 8
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Liquid`Daaman
Sweden1225 Posts
I actually love that pic (would buy it as a t-shirt in a heartbeat) | ||
BroOd
Austin10833 Posts
On June 19 2007 01:44 DJEtterStyle wrote: I'm not actually going to design a shirt, but I do have some things that the shirt designers should consider if they want their shirts to be worn in public by a single member of TL--and if they want to receive my unique variety of support when judging comes around (not that I have any clout whatsoever in the decision-making process, but I will, with an invisible hand, influence those that do). Team Liquid? Kind of a cool name. TeamLiquid.net? A URL--suddenly not so cool. A graphic that looks attractive and is only vaguely identifiable as being a biproduct of StarCraft (a pylon, for instance)? Excellent. The actual word "StarCraft" appearing on a shirt? Not so excellent. Korean characters? Could be cool if used properly. Dorky inside jokes? Not so much. As a rule of thumb, small graphics are better than large ones, and an image without text is better than an image with text. A small "TeamLiquid" just below the neckline on the back of the shirt is better than a large "TEAM LIQUID" on the front of the shirt. And the Sandlot horse is gay. There can be no debate on this. ^^ I agree with some points of your post, but not all. I agree that Team Liquid, standing alone, is better than teamliquid.net, aesthetically. I agree that the shirt shouldn't overtly make mention of starcraft. I think Korean characters are inappropriate, regardless. I don't think small graphics are intrinsically better than large ones in any sense, and I don't think a small "teamliquid" below the back neckline is better than a "teamliquid" on the front of the shirt at all. Most importantly, I don't think the sandlot logo is gay at all. I think it's head and shoulders above anything else that's been proposed. Maybe you can expound upon what you wrote to change my mind? | ||
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{ToT}Strafe
Thailand7026 Posts
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Ready2[ESC]
Hungary1436 Posts
Like the ME Gosu or the battery one. Who cares if others don't understand it? It's funny to us and that's what matters. And dear god not the Sandlot horse. It's a pretty good logo don't misunderstand me but on a T-shirt it would look totally gay just like Etter said. | ||
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CubEdIn
Romania5359 Posts
On June 18 2007 14:46 Ack1027 wrote: I can't really draw it but if someone could draw my explanation: The Sandlot logo on the front [ fairly large ] Shield battery quote on back or some other quote. [ We should vote on a quote ] TeamLiquid on the sleeve [ right or left ] I think a lot of people would like that. Genious. or: On June 18 2007 22:18 Zelniq wrote: how about this: Front: WHY DON'T YOU WANT THIS ??? It's by far the bestest ever. | ||
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Frits
11782 Posts
On June 19 2007 01:59 Liquid`Daaman wrote: I actually love that pic (would buy it as a t-shirt in a heartbeat)Wow that one owns, I'd buy that ! | ||
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d4d
Switzerland1066 Posts
Many very good things in this thread so far. I also want to ask again for an high res version of the sandlot logo. Cause I want to try myself at it... Okay, let me step in just a sec here, to let you share some pointers about making a good T-shirt. There are many ways to print a shirt nowadays, most of them are crappy or expensive. By crappy I mean glued to the shirt computer print, fading illustration color and so on. We don't want a crappy shirt for TL, do we ? What we want is silk screening. Silk screening is the most resistant and the best looking impression you can get on a shirt. But there is a twist to silk screening. You can only print plain colors. and few of them. So while designing your t-shirt idea, you must focus on that. Examples : ![[image loading]](http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/7889/dronegrispk3.gif) This was the design of the drone for the scg t-shirt, it was never done because it featured 4 colors, and was too expensive to produce. Now this : ![[image loading]](http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/2944/tlfu3.jpg) This is a great great design, but unfortunately, it would do for a crappy t-shirt. Why ? Because silk screening is impossible with that much colors (or way to expensive). So if we were to choose this design (or this, this, and this), we would be stuck with a great idea but a crappy shirt. Think 2 colors, or 3 colors, including the t-shirt color (1 or 2 color for ink if you prefer) Design like that are perfect (not in a matter of taste but in a practical way.) : ![[image loading]](http://i15.tinypic.com/4uugrnk.png) ![[image loading]](http://i14.tinypic.com/6ataih4.png) ![[image loading]](http://i8.tinypic.com/4qg976d.png) (well definitely not in a matter of taste for the latter) Anyways, I hope you get my points folks. There is no need to get all worked up for a design that is only possible in our dreams. Think simple. One more thing. As I implied it earlier, on silk screening printed shirt, there is one "free" color. That is the actual shirt color. White is an easy choice, black is too.. But come on, folks are we followers or leaders? Everyone does a black or a white t-shirt.... we want Burgundy, Royal Blue or Citrus Yellow. Something that stand out and says, TEAM LIQUID IS REALLY GREAT. We don't want your average middle ground sports club, black and red crappy slogan that end up on the bottom of your t-shirt pile, never to be wear anywhere but in gaming conventions full of nerd. We want a t-shirt Rekrul can wear in an exquisite Vegas VIP lounge. We want a t-shirt Mani can wear at work and still get proposed free sex by his female students. We want a t-shirt that could make CharlieMurphy look funny and bright. We want a t-shirt that would make Stimey weep for his lost playground. We want a t-shirt even Hot Bid could not find a joke about.... And finally, a t-shirt that would ADD to the coolness of PuertoRican. That's all folks | ||
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Monsen
Germany2548 Posts
On June 18 2007 21:48 mahnini wrote: Perfect. Just refine it a bit more and it would be perfect. Agree- it's amazing. | ||
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Zelniq
United States7166 Posts
Front: ![[image loading]](http://img464.imageshack.us/img464/6244/2sandlotteefrontoz2.png) And if like people said the colors are impossible to do or too expensive, then how about this: Front: ![[image loading]](http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/5021/bluesandlotteefrontjs6.png) or this Front: ![[image loading]](http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/3273/blue2sandlotteefrontmx5.png) no backsides needed or wanted (due to the 10x10 restraints  ) | ||
KizZBG
u gotta skate8152 Posts
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Musli
Poland5130 Posts
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Manit0u
Poland17546 Posts
Each being the same: team liquid written like on the site (without background picture) over the heart and http://teamliquid.net/ written on the back? (would do it but currently I don't own any photoshop/corel like programs). Simple yet nice. | ||
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Liquid`Daaman
Sweden1225 Posts
at least nothing else on the front plz~ | ||
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Zelniq
United States7166 Posts
On June 19 2007 04:18 KizZBG wrote: The 2nd front looks quite nice (it's what I had in mind for the the Sandlot logo). I'd prefer the unit icons at the back. what you mean like this?  Back: ![[image loading]](http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/5517/bluesandlotteebackgf1.png) (of the already posted) Front: wow i've spent way too much time on these shirts jeezessss time to sleep | ||
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Ready2[ESC]
Hungary1436 Posts
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KizZBG
u gotta skate8152 Posts
On June 18 2007 20:36 Zelniq wrote: how do i change the DPI w/ photoshop? i looked thru the options, couldnt find anything right clicking --> properties --> summary tells me my images are only 72 DPI..... When you start a new document change the resolution from 72 to 200. Having high DPI is important for printing since that would effect the quality of the graphic. To everyone, I found a nice little article explaining this clearly in detail. Click | ||
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Strawberry Hero
United States10 Posts
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Eatme
Switzerland3919 Posts
On June 19 2007 04:43 Liquid`Daaman wrote: I have to agree there. Still looks kickass in one color.i like it better without the unit icons altogether... just the horse with the scarf etc = art. in one color works too. at least nothing else on the front plz~ Other than that the "life of lively to live to life of full life thx to shield battery" quote below the neck on the back. Oh and other color options than white with blue print could be interesting. My friend hade a nice T-shirt with a inside joke quote in silver (with sparkling/glitter effect) on a darkish limegreen basecolor. Looked alot better than it sounds. Downside with non white colors is that they tend to fade if used alot. But that problem goes down a bit with high quality I think. Edit:As for ingame icons (as the above posts stimpack) I like the defiler consume one the best. It kinda looks like a dragon. | ||
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EvilTeletubby
Baltimore, USA22258 Posts
Easily the best one, I just don't know how feasibile it would be based on d4d's post. Probably not at all. T_T Edit: is not a bad alternative though. | ||
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L!MP
Australia2067 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/staff/mnm/TLShirt/KizzBG1front.jpg) + ![[image loading]](http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/2271/tlshirtbackbetafy8.jpg) but fix up the words on the teamliquid one ie remove "your source for starcraft progaming" which is quite lame (no offence) and put either a better tagline or make the teamliquid text more interesting. | ||
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![[image loading]](http://img486.imageshack.us/img486/2088/shirt1frontwl9.jpg)
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