Giant Bomb Community T-Shirt Design Request

Topic started by Ryan on June 10, 2009. Last post by busted1der 3 weeks, 3 days ago.
Post by Ryan (72 posts) See mini bio
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When?
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If you've not yet seen it, we've launched a fun new shirt design at the Giant Bomb store. If you saw the old Giant Bomb store, you might notice that there's significantly less variety--the idea here is that we'll focus on a single shirt design for a limited run of shirts, then move on to something new. We're still in the process of printing and shipping the current design, but we're already thinking about the next one, like a bloodthirsty pack of t-shirt sharks. Since the Space Neon Lobsters design came from a ridiculously talented member of the Giant Bomb community, we thought we'd see if you awesome folks would like to take a stab at our next shirt design.

The underlying concept of the next shirt is NEVER. If you followed our E3 coverage, you're probably familiar with the NEVER lady from the Nintendo press conference. If not, here's a little inspirado. 

  


I'm not calling this a contest, on the admittedly rare chance that we end up producing something internally, but here's a few guidelines to keep in mind if you want your design to stand a chance of actually being produced:

1. The fewer colors, the better. This is simple economics: more colors means more money.

2. No copyrighted stuff. We're not selling these at the swap meet, so no Rasta Bart Simpson or whatever crap you pulled off Google image search, OK?

3. I don't have a third guideline, but it seems like these things should always come in threes. So, uhh... wha-bam! There it is.

4. Oh wait, I do have a third guideline! Crap! Anyway, your original designs should either be in a vector format (preferred) or at least 300dpi. There are other considerations like fonts and stuff, but we'll get to that later.

So with that, let's start seeing some t-shirt magic, people!


Post by TheMustacheHero (3,376 posts) See mini bio
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Sounds fun.

but I'm sure my design (if I make one) will NEVER be chosen.


Post by Endogene (3,857 posts) See mini bio

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Well be sure to see a if not some entries from me.

edit: I'm a bit confused, is the next T-shirt that you guys are making based on the "never" meme (i guess it is a meme now) or is that what we are supposed find our inspiration in? Also is there a deadline for this?


Post by End_Boss (2,006 posts) See mini bio

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Here's an idea for your next line of t-shirts:

SHIP THEM TO CANADA.




Post by ParanoidFreak (1,068 posts) See mini bio
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I'll try out some designs, but I'm not the best at designing , so I probably won't post anything.


Post by tekmojo (1,521 posts) See mini bio
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Should I try someting for this contest...?

MAYBE?


Post by addictedtopinescent (1,919 posts) See mini bio

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@End_Boss said:
" Here's an idea for your next line of t-shirts:

SHIP THEM TO CANADA.

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Yeah man, some love for Canada, 
While I'm willing to go to a friend's house in the US to get the shirt, cause  love y'all at GB, that's still kinda shitty 
:) 

Whatever design I could do, would NEVER be chosen


Post by Jeffsekai (1,171 posts) See mini bio
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I never shirt would be sweet, but please SHIP TO CANADA!


Post by Kou_Leifoh (1,540 posts) See mini bio

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Ryan Davis punching out some bad guys!!!


Post by fresh2deafbill (395 posts) See mini bio
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3X please


Post by Coltonio7 (2,702 posts) See mini bio
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Idea was thought of between Systech and I.

Small Changes Added.
Small Changes Added.



Front - Done By Systech
Front - Done By Systech



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Post by RHCPfan24 (6,379 posts) See mini bio
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Haha, I love this idea. The two designs so far are hilarious, but probably won't be chosen :(


Post by Stephen_Von_Cloud (825 posts) See mini bio
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The best shirt would be the exact picture of the woman with the "never" banner.  Might be copyright but if it's possible it'd be best design.


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I would like to see the Giantbomb Logo in the back like how it is already, but in the front is a picture of an Atom Bomb flying downwards with unique designs around it giving the appearence as if its falling.


Post by crunchmonkey (52 posts) See mini bio
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Maybe? NEVER!
Maybe? NEVER!



Post by Dethfish77 (1,805 posts) See mini bio
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I expect some hilarious things to come from this.


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@alsnuts2: Made me laugh!

@Stephen_Von_Cloud said:
" The best shirt would be the exact picture of the woman with the "never" banner.  Might be copyright but if it's possible it'd be best design. "
Agreed, that'd be the purest version of the gag, and it would still be funny. But part of the joke (for me, anyway) is now taking it out of context and turning it into a graphic that doesn't hang on that original thing. Sort of 'variation on a theme' type stuff.

Ultimately, though, I still concur that the original thing is still hard to beat as a streamlined idea. Just a woman looking disapprovingly with the word 'NEVER' is a pretty self-encapsulating and funny concept.


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Post by End_Boss (2,006 posts) See mini bio

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You could just put the transcript of the "Never" conversation on the front of t-shirt. Yeah, you could do that and then you could

SHIP THEM TO CANADA.




Post by Bucketdeth (4,602 posts) See mini bio
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@End_Boss said:
" You could just put the transcript of the "Never" conversation on the front of t-shirt. Yeah, you could do that and then you could

SHIP THEM TO CANADA.

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I live in Canada, and they shipped my Limited edition Brad T-shirt here.


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Post by Coltonio7 (2,702 posts) See mini bio
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@buzz_clik said:
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Hey Buzz...you have a shirt already! D=

Actually, that kicks my shirt's ass. Looks really good!


Post by DrDemon (673 posts) See mini bio
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@buzz_clik said:
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I'd buy that if it was in black


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@Coltonio7: Sorry, I couldn't help myself... *blush* Compulsive designer.


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@buzz_clik said:
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Very nice, like it in yellow too.


Post by Coltonio7 (2,702 posts) See mini bio
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@buzz_clik: Who's hella good at what he does.


Post by ponyslayer (117 posts) See mini bio
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@buzz_clik said:
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i would buy that :)


Post by Dethfish77 (1,805 posts) See mini bio
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@buzz_clik:  I like that one. I don't know about the color but otherwise it seems great.


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@Dethfish77: Yeah, the colour was more born out of the 'power up' block being yellow (makes it a single colour black printing job). Well, that and the fact I didn't want to do a black shirt.