'Hawk T-shirt Designs...
03-09-2013 | 02:41 PM
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'Hawk T-shirt Designs...
I spent the morning working on a Super Hawk T-shirt design, with an obvious nod to the Woody Woodpeckers used by Honda and their race teams in the early 2000s. I did the font in 5 different colors, one for each of the 'Hawk's factory colors (red, black, yellow, blue and gray). The image (especially in the "S") looks weathered on purpose, so it looks - well, weathered. I'm currently working on opening a new web store and uploading them, so they're not *quite* available yet, but they should ring in at roughly 16 bucks each, which should include FREE shipping. Lemme know what y'all think, if you have any other ideas, etc. Black or white tees (or both)?
Cheers!
Cheers!
Last edited by VTArrrgh!; 03-11-2013 at 09:50 PM.
03-10-2013 | 11:18 AM
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Dude, I went to art school before computers existed and we would hang our projects up and critique each others work. It thickened your skin and made you realize very quickly if your work was marketable or not... So let me just say your piece is not appealing to the eye. At least not our three sets of eyes, anyway. I like the CONCEPT, because I've always been a fan.of the Woody/Nicky logos but the execution is lacking and leaves a lot to be desired. The font is not "aged/weathered," it's messy and unreadable. Lose the busy diamond plate whatever background and just do a gray scale IMPLIED diamond plate maybe, but a drop shadow would look better I think. You have to set one thing apart, and the only thing that pops is Woodys face. That's not a good focal point. The typestyle and lettering should be your primary focus, the background should never compete with the foreground, and if anything, Woody should be part of the lettering as far as where you want the eye to be drawn to. Lose the spilled ketchup lettering style and go for something bold, preferably the basic SuperHawk font as it appears on our bikes is a good start. Drop shadow that over woodys face or crest, downplay the background noise and you'll be lookin' good.
03-10-2013 | 12:15 PM
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03-10-2013 | 01:03 PM
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LOL before this thread spirals out of control, I think we all should agree that the design isn't something any of us find visually stimulating, nor would we purchase it on a t shirt or otherwise, so have another crack at it, VTarrrgh, and try again.
03-10-2013 | 03:02 PM
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It take a lot of courage to ask for someones opinion . That being said id go back to the drawing board, with the how should I say critiques I mind. A darker shirt would be good to hide all the bug guts.
03-11-2013 | 05:19 AM
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I'm all about options and I like him trying to come up with any options. Let's not try to restrict it to one person 7moore7 (although he has done an excellent job and would be difficult to compete)
Keep up the work VTArrrgh! just do some changes and see how it works out.
Keep up the work VTArrrgh! just do some changes and see how it works out.
03-11-2013 | 09:26 PM
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VTarrrrrrrrrrg- what program are you using to design your stuff?
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