Typophile - Need your thoughts - Type support t-shirt - Comments

@all about seb: Thanks!

bobbybobo — Sun, 3 Aug 2008 22:33:57 -0700

@all about seb: Thanks!

Getting back to the question of pricing.
I think the shirts will be around $18-$20.
That is without the cost of sending them to you from The Netherlands.

If you are interested, please let me know.

It will be the brownish shirt with the pinkish print.

Ray

Bobby, that was exactly what

all about seb — Fri, 1 Aug 2008 11:41:29 -0700

Bobby,

that was exactly what I meant. Needed? I am not sure...
Impressed how you keep the momentum going on this - you stacked up an impressive number of responses.

Thank you all! I don’t

bobbybobo — Fri, 1 Aug 2008 11:06:11 -0700

Thank you all!

I don’t like it either, but in response to crossgrove I tried another path. You never know what this will bring you. But it doesn’t work for me either.

I needed your input.

I’ll stick with what I had!

@Carolyn
Judging from your input it starts to look like a Rorschach inkblot test.
But yes Carolyn, I now also see something I didn’t wanted to refer to. ;-)

@jt_the_ninja
Indeed, it is about suggestion. I lost my way here.

@all about seb
Is this what you mean with washed/vintage?
I’ll have a look into it.

My only hestiation would be that I can not see a conceptual justification to use this. But it will definitely bring more life to it.
I can be very rigid about this, maybe I just have to loosen up about this.
After all, we are also in the business of making something beautiful.

More to come ...

Ya, I prefer what you had

picard102 — Fri, 1 Aug 2008 08:49:51 -0700

Ya, I prefer what you had before as well.

heh, the new versions did

David Ford — Fri, 1 Aug 2008 08:07:44 -0700

heh, the new versions did make me laugh...but for all the wrong reasons!

I think the 2nd one there

jt_the_ninja — Fri, 1 Aug 2008 07:54:17 -0700

I think the 2nd one there looks the least like a certain aforementioned female body part (which, for many, begins with t...)...

I dunno, I didn’t have a problem with your previous designs. It’s not supposed to look exactly like lungs, but only to suggest them.

Maybe if it weren’t pink...add more green to the color, make it more orange?

Peace,
JT

No No No. Stick with what

all about seb — Fri, 1 Aug 2008 07:18:23 -0700

No No No. Stick with what you had - it worked. So no need to bring out the (wacom)pencil ;)
Just an idea, maybe to break up the big flat areas you could try to distress them?
Think vintage T-Shirt & Machine Wash filters.

hmmm, no. now they look like

Carolyn Connors — Fri, 1 Aug 2008 06:37:48 -0700

hmmm, no. now they look like other male or female anatomy that you might not want to reference.

I made three different

bobbybobo — Fri, 1 Aug 2008 05:52:48 -0700

I made three different shirts.
I tried to put more of a lung into it.

I’m not very enthousiastic.
The last one (a very quick handdraw) attracts me most.

I’d like to hear your comments.

Crossgrove. Thank you for

bobbybobo — Fri, 1 Aug 2008 00:31:56 -0700

Crossgrove.
Thank you for your comment.
I’ll have a go at drawing it myself. It could indeed bring character to it all.
I must have a pencil somewhere … ;-)

To be continued ...

The T is in a very rigid

crossgrove — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:04:35 -0700

The T is in a very rigid style. This gives the “lungs” a blocky shape that is a further remove from the idea of lungs. Are they lung bitmaps blown up? Why so blocky? Low-res lungs?

What I’m getting at is that your T shape is clear but your lung shapes could really stand to look more like lungs. Start with the shape of 2 lungs and see how you can adapt the outer contour to become a recognizable T shape. Consider large, bracketed serifs at foot and at top that follow more the contour of lungs. Right now, no matter how many times I read the word “lungs”, I still just see blocks that conceal a T.

You may have to.... Gosh dare I say it?..... HAND-DRAW IT!!!!

[sob]

Thank you all for your

bobbybobo — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:56:33 -0700

Thank you all for your valuable comments!
Very helpful and interesting to see how one looks at the same design.

Intruiging!!

@Carolyn: I have tried a texture, but it just doesn’t seem to work.

@JT: Not sure what it will cost. I still have to talk with the local t-shirt printer.

I’ll get back with you for final result and more.

Ray

Thanks, all of you!

Assuming you make a variety

jt_the_ninja — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:22:58 -0700

Assuming you make a variety that’s not pink (navy blue maybe?), how much for one? :D

Peace,
JT

I got the T and the Lungs

Carolyn Connors — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:51:28 -0700

I got the T and the Lungs right off. I think the concept is strong. I like it! The abstract shapes and negative space work well for me. You could try another direction as well... a more classical serif T along with scroll work, or drafting texture in the lung area to simulate capillaries. That could take it in the direction of “the Anatomy of Man” DaVinci style. Which I have always associated with the medical profession, It could strengthen the “life Support” “Type Support” link, or is might just clutter up the nice simple structure you have going on now. Who knows?

Seems I’m an exception,

somol — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:41:22 -0700

Seems I’m an exception, but I saw the lungs immediately, but not the T. Really. But it still left me puzzled, until I read the T explanation.

Need your thoughts - Type support t-shirt

bobbybobo — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:58:38 -0700

Hi there

After a few times trying to give input to others, I thought I might post something of myself here.

I’m working on this t-shirt project.
I started it just for the fun of it, but now I have plans of producing it.

It is not finished. I have to take a closer look at the type. So this is more of a sketch.

Let me know what your thoughts are!

The idea – in general and short – is that we all eat, sleep and breath type! Hence the lungs.

My idea was to make it a limited edition. But am not sure about that.

Your input is appreciated.

Best

Ray