Gatsby t-shirt design contest

[KyleAMathews]

Who wants to design a Gatsby t-shirt!?!

We have $1240 available on OpenCollective that seems like it needs turned into t-shirts :-)

But to do that we need a design. So please submit some designs! If you submit the design that gets picked, I'll send you 3 t-shirts.

I'm also going to send t-shirts to all the 1.0 contributors.

What's the best t-shirt printing place these days? Ideally they'd be a print on-demand place so people could buy Gatsby shirts for themselves.

[fk]

Monogram and slightly adapted "Tutorial" icon (from the mobile navigation) on "Dark Chocolate" NextLevel 3600:

[fk]

Monogram and slightly adapted "Tutorial" icon (from the mobile navigation) on "Purple Rush" NextLevel 3600:

[fk]

Vertical logo treatment on "Purple Rush" NextLevel 3600:

[fk]

Monogram on "Purple Rush" NextLevel 3600:

[shannonbux]

I like those purples! Very vivid but dark enough to be classy. Nice.

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Monogram on "Purple Rush" NextLevel 3600 https://www.nextlevelapparel.com/fabric-collections/mens-cotton-crew.html :

[image: next-level-3600-1-monogram] https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/21834/35401111-ed985c98-01f8-11e8-914f-0d9866dbede0.jpg

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[fk]

Monogram (big) centered on "Purple Rush" NextLevel 3600:

[fk]

Monogram (medium) centered on "Purple Rush" NextLevel 3600:

[SachaG]

Out of all these, Monogram (big) centered on "Purple Rush" is my favorite, although if we print it correctly (I forget the technical term, but we want the ink to feel infused into the fabric and not like it's "pasted" on top) it will probably be more like dirty white/light grey than pure white.

[shannonbux]

Totally think the same thing, Sacha. My notes:

• my personal favorite: I like the gatsby butler on heather grey.

• seems like most universally good-looking choice: the big monogram on purple t-shirt and the small monogram+wordmark on purple t-shirt seem like they would look good on everyone. Agree with Sacha's note. Seems like we have a dirty white + feels good vs. solid white + feels like a giant plastic sticker conundrum. Which do we choose?? Can we have our cake and eat it too (English idiomatic expression...)?

• Other notes: The model earlier in the thread has a purple t-shirt that looks too bright to me. I like the purple in the lower images.

• I also like the mobile icons quite well! The colors are interesting and beautiful. It doesn't feel quite like the monogram fits with them somehow. I would really like to see the mobile icons become something like this, though, because they are awesome.

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Out of all these, Monogram (big) centered on "Purple Rush" is my favorite, although if we print it correctly (I forget the technical term, but we want the ink to feel infused into the fabric and not like it's "pasted" on top) it will probably be more like dirty white/light grey than pure white.

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[rdela]

Nominating

gatsby butler on heather grey

Monogram (big) centered on "Purple Rush" is my favorite, although if we print it correctly (I forget the technical term, but we want the ink to feel infused into the fabric and not like it's "pasted" on top) it will probably be more like dirty white/light grey than pure white.

To move forward.

Should we also print Monogram (big) centered on heather grey in rebeccapurple #663399?

[rdela]

I would like there to be at least one 100% cotton choice though, so maybe a solid, non-heather tee with rebeccapurple, as heathers are all blends?

[rdela]

“Sand” in nextlevel 3600 maybe?

[rdela]

Or “Natural”? “Cream”? “Lt Gray”? “White”?

[rdela]

On second thought, “Purple Rush” is 100% cotton so if we want “Heather Gray” with monogram big in#639 that would work!

#3600
MEN'S COTTON CREW

DESCRIPTION
MEN'S COTTON CREW
DETAILS:
Fabric: Fine Jersey
32 Single 145g/4.3oz 100% Combed Ring-Spun Cotton (Heather Gray 90 Cotton/10 Poly.)
Neck: CREW NECK
Binding: Set-in Collar 1x1 Baby Rib
Label: Tear Away
SIZES:
XS S M L XL 2XL 3XL 4XL

[rdela]

Maybe 2 designs is enough to start with?

They do make a nice pair:

[rdela]

possible 3rd option?

if we want “Heather Gray” with monogram big in #663399

[fk]

@rdela I like that last "Heather Grey" shirt too, but how about making this 2 colors and add the white for the monogram itself? What do the others think?

I started looking at prices and places to print and for now it looks like 2 or 4 colors do not come with a huge price tag—at least not when compared to getting white to properly print on purple via a thing called "High-opaque Waterbase".

From what I'm currently seeing, we need to pre-produce (as opposed to on-demand) the shirts to get decent prices and quality. Further I've been told that the direct-to-garment printing does not work very well specifically on purple color textiles.

• Let's settle on a "white Gatsby monogram on purple" design!
• Also, with all that said, what do you guys think would be a good number—not only in total, but also across the different sizes?
• While the NextLevel 3600 is available in XS, too, I'm wondering if/which/how many Womens shirts we should print?

@SachaG Thanks so much for recommending Threadbird! Maybe you can share some insight on how you handled above questions for the "Discover Meteor" shirts?

[shannonbux]

Just found this recommended breakdown of sizes: Some common retail ordering numbers are as follows, 1-2-2-1 or 1-1-2-2. What does that mean? 1-2-2-1 = 1 small – 2 medium – 2 large – 1 X-large and they may order in multiples of that, such as 2-4-4-2, 3-6-6-3 of a design, etc. Stores that cater to a larger demo will go closer to the 1-1-2-2 model. These models exist for a reason and can be a decent base to guess a good starting point for your brand. If you appeal to a smaller crowd, 2-2-1-1 may not be a bad choice. Guessing inventory rarely ever flows perfectly, but knowing where to start can be very helpful. I tend to do something close to 1-2-2-1 with miles to go and will toss in just a few XS and 2XL’s because my customers have continued to buy them consistently enough to be included.

I would say the 1-1-2-2 probably makes more sense for male tshirt sizes, and for women's sizes maybe a smaller number with the 1-2-2-1 ratio. And then tossing in a few XS and 2XL's in both categories, as the author recommends.

On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 8:05 AM, Florian Kissling notifications@github.com wrote:

@rdela https://github.com/rdela I like that last "Heather Grey" shirt too, but how about making this 2 colors and add the white for the monogram itself? What do the others think?

I started looking at prices and places to print and for now it looks like 2 or 4 colors do not come with a huge price tag—at least not when compared to getting white to properly print on purple via a thing called "High-opaque Waterbase".

From what I'm currently seeing, we need to pre-produce (as opposed to on-demand) the shirts to get decent prices and quality. Further I've been told that the direct-to-garment printing does not work very well specifically on purple color textiles.

• Let's settle on a "white Gatsby monogram on purple" design!
• Also, with all that said, what do you guys think would be a good number—not only in total, but also across the different sizes?
• While the NextLevel 3600 is available in XS, too, I'm wondering if/ which https://www.threadbird.com/apparel/crew-neck-t-shirts/how many Womens shirts we should print?

@SachaG https://github.com/sachag Thanks so much for recommending Threadbird! Maybe you can share some insight on how you handled above questions for the "Discover Meteor" shirts?

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[KyleAMathews]

Let's definitely have some t-shirts at every size, men and women. We're doing a large order so it'll be easy to cover the long tail.

[rdela]

№ 1: White Monogram (big) centered on “Purple Rush” NextLevel 3600:

 

№ 2: Purple/White Monogram (big) centered on “Heather Grey” NextLevel 3600:

 

№ 3: Purple/White Butler with Mustard G on “Heather Grey” NextLevel 3600:

 

Links

• Printful: Custom Shirts Retail prices Filter: “Next Level”

• NextLevel 3600 product site

• Printful: Next Level 3600

• Using Gumroad and Printful

• Selling Physical Products on Gumroad

[rdela]

Printful: Price estimator - Next Level 3600

* If you wish to order more than 1000 items, send us an an email

** Sizes 2XL and larger is $1.50 extra per item

*** Does not include Shipping, see our shipping prices

XS: 20

S: 40

M: 60

L: 60

XL: 20

2XL: 10

3XL: 5

Total: 215

1 color front only: $8.02 / $1,723.41

2 color front only: $8.74 / $1,879.27

3 color front only: $9.45 / $2,032.23

1 color front 1 color back: $9.58 / $2,058.89

2 color front 1 color back: $10.30 / $2,214.75

3 color front 1 color back: $11.01 / $2,367.70

[fk]

Thanks for getting the prices for us @rdela! Btw., here are a bunch of videos about the NextLevel 3600:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsicijDLeJU
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvnGuNt06b8
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wk0BvfWC4RA

I think at least the first one does a pretty good job at pointing out the "features". Also I've been looking into finding a women's shirt and got a recommendation for the Next Level 3300L… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ;-)

[rdela]

We probably want to print more than 215 if we are only doing one run, but maybe helps to have example to figure out size ratio, initial batch size, number of colors, and whether to print on the back or not.

[fk]

Agreed and yes totally helps. Not sure what we would print on the back though?

[rdela]

earlier @redmega:

I like the idea of a grey or darkgrey T_shirt, purple OGatsby logo centered in the front, chest height, with gatsby.js text in small lettering on the back, right below the collar (collar? What do you call that part on a T-shirt?)

I have a similar shirt from New Relic, it says data nerd. across the chest, and on the back it has the New relic name and logo in small form. It's a very simple design and it works.

[fk]

Black monogram (big) centered on "Vintage Black" Next Level 6010 Tri-blend (50% Poly 25% Combed Ring-Spun Cotton 25% Rayon):

[fk]

Purple monogram (big) centered on "Vintage Black" Next Level 6010 Tri-blend (50% Poly 25% Combed Ring-Spun Cotton 25% Rayon):

[m-allanson]

I think black monogram on Vintage Black is my favourite so far.

[fk]

Forgot to mention that it was @jlengstorf suggesting to give this a try! 🙏🙌 Also really like it! Should we call that design „Dark Deploy“?! ;-)

/cc @KyleAMathews @calcsam

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Am 20.02.2018 um 20:54 schrieb Mike Allanson notifications@github.com:

I think black monogram on Vintage Black is my favourite so far.

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[KyleAMathews]

Dark Deploy

hehe

[jlengstorf]

A couple other ideas building on @rdela, @SachaG, and @fk's work:

Black-on-Black Logo Mashup

Natural Process (Bleached Look) Monogram on Black

Natural Process Monogram on Purple

NOTE: The colors are approximate for the natural process; it's hard to simulate bleaching a garment. 😄

[shannonbux]

love all of those. I'd probably choose one of the natural process ones because I like brighter stuff.

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A couple other ideas building on @rdela https://github.com/rdela, @SachaG https://github.com/sachag, and @fk https://github.com/fk's work: Black-on-Black Logo Mashup

[image: black-on-black-logo-mash] https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/163561/36450122-c7d3c24c-1641-11e8-8f2d-2dcc587b9268.jpg Natural Process (Bleached Look) Monogram on Black

[image: natural-process-monogram-black] https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/163561/36450142-d71b635e-1641-11e8-93c2-59508df395f7.jpg Natural Process Monogram on Purple

[image: natural-process-monogram-purple] https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/163561/36450153-de7fa11e-1641-11e8-836f-304c435929b6.jpg

NOTE: The colors are approximate for the natural process; it's hard to simulate bleaching a garment. 😄

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[rdela]

rock on @fk @jlengstorf !!! I adore the direction this is heading, especially 3 below. Agree with @m-allanson Dark Deploy looks cool + with @shannonbux, natural process ones are appealing.

«Dark Deploy» (black monogram on Vintage Black)

Natural Process (Bleached Look) Monogram on Black

Natural Process Monogram on Purple

[KyleAMathews]

LOL, we really need to have a shirt with the butler lifting a glass like the movie https://giphy.com/gifs/the-great-gatsby-jNdw5Qmy5MOpq

[KyleAMathews]

That'd be pretty meta but funny still

[HighTide2020]

I need a Gatsby t-shirt like yesterday.

[rdela]

@KyleAMathews @fk @shannonbux @jlengstorf

cracks 1,2, & 3 at Leo Butler: black on purple, purple on purple, pink on purple. lol.

Leo Butler

black on purple

purple on purple

pink on purple

[jlengstorf]

@rdela These are amazing. 🤣

[HighTide2020]

@rdela these have my vote !

[nihgwu]

What about Iron Man's Arc Reactor with Gatsby's logo 😜

[shannonbux]

@rdela so fun! Love these.

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@rdela https://github.com/rdela These are amazing. 🤣

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[rdela]

@jlengstorf @shannonbux @hightide2020 thanks! which color combo do you favor: black on purple, purple on purple, or pink on purple?

[shannonbux]

I like pink on purple :) although I’d favor a slightly smaller image. Also like purple on purple!

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@jlengstorf https://github.com/jlengstorf @shannonbux https://github.com/shannonbux @hightide2020 https://github.com/hightide2020 thanks! which color combo do you favor: black on purple, purple on purple, or pink on purple?

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[rdela]

Ok slightly smaller pink on purple & purple on purple! Small enough? Smaller? (Edit: too small?) Up or down on the shirt?

pink on purple

purple on purple

[rdela]

Should we work on an astronaut butler now? 👨🏻‍🚀🚩

Bold italics added:

Btw. how did you plan on picking the final design [Kyle]?

Why stop at one :-DMy thought has been that we need a solid basic t-shirt with our logo + name but then past there, the sky's the limit! It'd be fun to have a demo Gatsby ecommerce store in the future where all of this is for sale. There's a lot of on-demand t-shirt printers now so it'd be no work to have multiple designs available. As long as the designs are original, fun, etc. we could keep adding them. Something like how Google keeps doing new things with their logo. Also our butler could learn all sorts of new skills and visit lots of fun places. E.g. I just was imagining the butler on a deeply cratered moon landscape in a spacesuit holding a big Gatsby flag :-)

[itwasmattgregg]

@KyleAMathews When will these be released?

[jlengstorf]

@itwasmattgregg We have a project underway now, led by @marisamorby, to get our swag up and running. Our target is early/mid-July to have shirts and stickers (and surprises!) starting to ship to contributors.

[jlengstorf]

Update on this project: the swag store is really close to being ready to rock. See https://github.com/gatsbyjs/store.gatsbyjs.org/issues to see the remaining work items. We'll have details on how to claim free swag for existing contributors available once it's fully launched.

Also, if you've got ideas for other swag (whether that's new t-shirt designs or something else like water bottles, hair scrunchies, charity donations, a Snuggie — whatever you want to see Gatsby-branded) we're collecting ideas. Please join in!

[littlekreen]

@rdela fyi, printaura does do screen printing but you'd have to contact support to get a quote. The price wizard on the site is only for DTG. Given these monocolor designs you'd probably want it screen printed. If you wanted custom labels in the image that would be DTG and you could pump custom images through the API. It should take PSDs for vector images though you'd have to outline the fonts. As well as alpha threshold or alpha dither the images as the underbase for DTG makes partial transparency into a halo otherwise.

alpha dither with imagemagick: magick %1 -channel RGBA -separate ( +clone -dither FloydSteinberg -remap pattern:gray50 ) +swap +delete -combine -trim -quality 100 "Floydmap-%~n1.png"

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