Shirt redesign proposal
So my friend (a fellow VEB'er) and I were looking at the shirts for sale on the site yesterday and we decided that they are pretty much the ugliest things ever. No offense to whoever designed them -- but they're pretty blocky. Enough that it would actually discourage myself and possibly my friend from buying one when we otherwise might. Not good business, I would say.
So we took it upon ourselves (well, my friend did most of the real work, but I'll leech some credit here) to redesign the shirts to be a little more sleek. Obviously we couldn't use any copyrighted Cardinals logos, so we more or less stuck with the bird in the top-left corner of the site's main page.
Here are some designs we came up with -- we only bothered doing one color on the back, but obviously you can see how they would all be similar. We also thought about changing the catch phrase on the back of the shirt, but decided that we couldn't think of anything better than the current one -- if anyone has any comically genius ideas, feel free to post them...changing the text is easy peasy.
Without further ado, a few of the front designs:



And the design for the back:

Feedback appreciated. We're not exactly wizards with Photoshop, so the images aren't as crisp as they could be, but you get the idea. I don't know exactly how the t-shirt sales work on here, but I think (as humbly as possible) that these are at least an upgrade from the previous installments.
Another possibility is, of course, adding more colors -- I think a gray or white with the fully-animated Cardinal head would be pretty easy to mock up. Again, I don't know what the limitations are on the t-shirt store or the connections it has with SB Nation. That's lboros' territory.
So yeah, feel free to tell us what you think/offer suggestions/ridicule mercilessly. All comments and so forth appreciated.
-mojowo11 and friend
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red is better than black
beyond that, i don't know if i would buy a black cardinals' t - mostly i'd wear this to games, and so i'd prefer the dominant color be red, or at least white or blue with red as secondary. but maybe that's just me.
by nycbirdo on Dec 3, 2007 8:28 PM EST 0 recs
also, can't decide
by nycbirdo on
Dec 3, 2007 8:29 PM EST
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I think the bird outline on the front is classic.
by IrishDomer08 on
Dec 4, 2007 12:00 PM EST
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Yeah
As to putting the text on the front, I worry about it being too crowded. I tend to think that simpler is better, but I may be in the minority -- and we strive to make these generally appealing, after all.
Don't forget that we could make any of these into a white t-shirt, either with the fully colored bird or the outline -- that would be more passable at a Cardinals game than black, obviously.
I have visions of everyone at the meet-n-greet wearing our shirts. Mwahahaha.
by mojowo11 on Dec 3, 2007 8:35 PM EST 0 recs
Do I smell a t-shirt design contest?
Nope. I just haven't washed my old VEB shirt since we won the world series...
by effin fisk on Dec 3, 2007 10:02 PM EST 0 recs
wow
also i like your designs but the whole black thing wont fly. st louis summer would kill you. But i agree we need another choice besides red. we can't do white either...way too easy to get pit stains at Busch.
by joshbdork on Dec 3, 2007 10:08 PM EST 0 recs
Yo Bro
by rockin redbird on
Dec 4, 2007 12:53 AM EST
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you are correct
by joshbdork on
Dec 4, 2007 1:48 AM EST
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possible alternate color
http://shop.mlb.com/product/index.jsp?productId=1739213&cp=1452367.1452899.1502586
by nycbirdo on
Dec 4, 2007 5:06 AM EST
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A contest would be cool
I think the site could use a new logo, too...ahem.
by mojowo11 on Dec 3, 2007 11:10 PM EST 0 recs
Do the red
On the back:
"I got VORPed at VEB"
by Mr Redbird on Dec 3, 2007 11:59 PM EST 0 recs
Call For New Shirts
by udcardinals on Dec 4, 2007 12:15 AM EST 0 recs
shirts
by edgesofsanity on Dec 4, 2007 9:56 AM EST 0 recs
and that's why we have preview...
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Dec 4, 2007 9:57 AM EST
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contest sounds good to me
good idea mojowo
by lboros on Dec 4, 2007 12:02 PM EST 0 recs
Great design
This would work for both the shirt color and the logo (if we go with the red).
Just a thought.
by joecardsfan on Dec 4, 2007 12:23 PM EST 0 recs
Slightly off-topic & silly
(/silliness)
by Solanus on Dec 4, 2007 1:44 PM EST 0 recs
Redux in Blue


If you think the blue is wrong, I can mess around with it. Again, not hard. And if people will be coming up with better designs anyway, then I'll stop procrastinating from my homework.
by fishref on Dec 4, 2007 5:08 PM EST 0 recs















