T-shirt design - Githubissues

mcornick commented 8 years ago

A few shirt suggestions compared to last year's shirts:

get some XXXL shirts (because I'm a fatass)
use a little more substantial fabric (last year's shirts felt almost threadbare)

owdd commented 8 years ago

I'm with Mark. Is there a way to allow the smaller sizes (up to XL) get the more hip fabric for those w/ svelt figures, and something like Hanes Beefy tees for those of us of larger carriage?

clumpidy commented 8 years ago

Sure, we could buy different types of shirts for different sizes. Last year's shirt was a tri-blend which is very soft. We could use http://www.customink.com/styles/hanes-tall-beefy-t/196700 for the larger sizes. There's a lot to choose from: http://www.customink.com/categories/short-sleeve-t-shirts/16/styles#facets/

mbarbine commented 8 years ago

I think we should stick with the tri-blend for the majority. They are the best quality and most popular (also most expensive). However, there is nothing wrong with some variety and a preference for a heavier shirt is probably not uncommon. Can we do an 75/25 on fabric types? Sizes are hard to peg. Do we have any data on inventory from last year?

What did we run out of?
Not enough of?
Too much of?

mbarbine commented 8 years ago

I've reached out to my buddy Terry (who helped me facilitate the evening events last year). He asked if he could mock up a design for us. He's going to work on that, but if anyone had other ideas in mind please post and let me know what the status is. I don't want to push forward on it if there are already designs or plans for this. I haven't seen any updates though.

@nathenharvey

clumpidy commented 8 years ago

I believe this is the design that we went with last year: http://www.customink.com/designs/doddcam/rbh0-00a4-ebet/retrieve

clumpidy commented 8 years ago

I'm pretty sure we capture sizes on registration, so I would think it would be pretty straight-forward to say all sizes below XL are tri-blend. XL and up are something else.

mbarbine commented 8 years ago

I posted this in badge design issue... it's not bad... looking for consensus or ideas?

mbarbine commented 8 years ago

devopsdays

robbkidd commented 8 years ago

Where on the shirt would this design be placed? I would advise against large center front.

mbarbine commented 8 years ago

Not yet decided, but I would have to agree that this would not look good scaled on the front of a tshirt.

gregelin commented 8 years ago

Here a proof of the badges . The relevant point is the space the names take up on the badges.

badges_devops-dc_proof3

gregelin commented 8 years ago

Here is the badge pdf proof.

34498_Devops-DC_proof3.pdf

mbarbine commented 8 years ago

DevOpsDays DC Logo Notes:

• Design less rectangular so that it can potentially be used on all applications without redesign. (fitting badge dimensions)
• Experiment with alternate color scheme(s) • Tweak gear size so that DC is more defined as well as maintaining dimensions for application (applying logo to badge, tshirt, slides, etc.) • Mock up one with title on bottom of logo • Mock up another with title on top of logo • Keep consistency with the font (art deco font). Should be more bold. • DC should be plainly visible • Potential ways to incorporate the existing logo(s) in a creative way while taking the overall design up a notch.

Will the speakers/organizers have different color badges?

This is common with other conferences I’ve been too.

Questions: Tshirts

Do we have any general rules to follow (custom ink) that can be shared? o Colors that do not work, font size, font weight, font type etc.
Dimensions of tshirt logo? (front/back)

Questions: Animation

There is also oppurtunity for some animation in a slide show. Do we have any need or want for this? I saw someone posted on the issues about doing something like this.
Please share your ideas with everyone.

clumpidy commented 8 years ago

To hit on some of the tshirt questions:

The most common problem with colors is a lack in contrast between the ink color and the shirt color. One other thing to keep in mind is that the price goes up for every color of ink you use because it is an additional screen. The best way to get feedback on a design is to go to www.customink.com/lab and upload the image and save the tshirt design. I can take that to a rep and get specific feedback about how well it will print.
The printable dimensions vary based on the specific shirt. If you upload the image you want to use in www.customink.com/lab you will get guide boxes as you move the image around on the shirt that indicate the printable areas for youth and adult shirts.

clumpidy commented 8 years ago

I created a t-shirt with the center design posted above. Feel free to update and save other versions.

http://www.customink.com/lab?NDXD=false&cid=qcf0-00aj-keb9

nathenharvey commented 8 years ago

I love the design that @clumpidy created. My only feedback is that we should go for a design that doesn't require the background to be included. The challenge there will be finding the right color blank t-shirt to print the design on with the color pallet we've selected. I'd recommend turning that question over to the CustomInk design team for suggestions. The current blank t-shirt with our current design colors doesn't work so well.

design_lab_-_create_your_own_t-shirts_online

But not having to print a white background saves a color on the back and, I think, makes for a better design.

gregelin commented 8 years ago

When I follow the link this email, I get Custom Ink T-shirt mockup with LAST year’s logo based on DC shape, but DevOpsDaysDC 2016 showing.

So am is the link not working for me, or are we discussing going with the DC state logo instead of the gears and capital logo?

Greg

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I love the design that @clumpidy created http://www.customink.com/lab?NDXD=false&cid=qcf0-00aj-keb9. My only feedback is that we should go for a design that doesn't require the background to be included. The challenge there will be finding the right color blank t-shirt to print the design on with the color pallet we've selected. I'd recommend turning that question over to the CustomInk design team for suggestions. The current blank t-shirt with our current design colors doesn't work so well.

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nathenharvey commented 8 years ago

Answering some of the other questions:

Everyone should have identical designs for their badges. No special colors or designs for speaker, sponsors, or organizers.
The CustomInk design team is amazing. I think once we've settled on the logo we give it to them with some guidance on how we want it used and see what they come up with. The border around the logo might not be necessary and the t-shirts might look better without it, etc.

nathenharvey commented 8 years ago

@gregelin we've discussed keeping the front design the same but changing the design on the back to the new logo. click the "rotate" button over the right shoulder of the t-shirt model.

gregelin commented 8 years ago

Thanks. Sorry I missed that.

My current assumption is we are trying to use the new gears and capital logo on the badges. Correct?

Greg

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@gregelin https://github.com/gregelin we've discussed keeping the front design the same but changing the design on the back to the new logo. click the "rotate" button over the right shoulder of the t-shirt model.

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nathenharvey commented 8 years ago

Yes. We should use the design on the back of the t-shirt as the baseline for the badges.

clumpidy commented 8 years ago

This is an example of the latest design:

http://www.customink.com/designs/jjjj/qcf0-00aj-s4yh/retrieve

It doesn't require a background color, it has the gears, and the year. With the current design I don't feel like we need last year's logo on the front, but we can discuss in more detail in the 9:00 call.

gregelin commented 8 years ago

I’m digging the black shirt. Like the logo only on the back, too.

Thinking we get same color for everyone and give volunteers a little special plastic badge/sticker to wear on the front. Or maybe hats?

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This is an example of the latest design:

http://www.customink.com/designs/jjjj/qcf0-00aj-s4yh/retrieve http://www.customink.com/designs/jjjj/qcf0-00aj-s4yh/retrieve It doesn't require a background color, it has the gears, and the year. With the current design I don't feel like we need last year's logo on the front, but we can discuss in more detail in the 9:00 call.

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nathenharvey commented 8 years ago

OMG I love this design!

I'm now ambivalent about having the DC logo on the front of the shirt but if we decide to go that route, I'd recommend:

only the logo, no words
the same color as the background of '2016' from the back of the shirt.

Is there another blank color or two that this design will work on so that we can highlight the staff?

nathenharvey commented 8 years ago

And I'm unavailable for today's 9AM meeting :(

clumpidy commented 8 years ago

I've updated the design with two more shirt colors (check out the "your items" tab). Earlier there was some discussion earlier about using something like the Hanes Beefy-T for larger sizes. Here's a design on that:

http://www.customink.com/designs/devbeef/qcf0-00aj-wt44/retrieve

Right now it looks like we have 9 people registered for XXL and XXXL Mens and 18 XLs. So we can think about splitting the order between two types of shirt.

clumpidy commented 8 years ago

From the discussion this morning we decided to go with this design. I'm going to work up the size quantities based on ordering a total of 550 pieces divided up with the size ratios of current registrations.

I'm also going to put together an optional hoodie that we could order for organizers.

The goal is the get the order in this Friday so that we have plenty of time.

nathenharvey commented 8 years ago

t-shirts have been ordered!

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