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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
me likee the outline. not sure if it's just photoshop or what but it would be better if the detail on the red t was as good as the outline of the red bird on the black t.

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.

does this mean boras is human?

by nycbirdo on Dec 3, 2007 8:28 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

also, can't decide
if having just the bird head on the front is classic or boring. any ideas of text that could be added on the front? maybe put the slogan on the front and just the addy on the back?
does this mean boras is human?

by nycbirdo on Dec 3, 2007 8:29 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I think the bird outline on the front is classic.
I wouldn't like wording on the front, it would definitely be too crowded. What does the saying mean on the back? I vote red shirt, black bird outline.

by IrishDomer08 on Dec 4, 2007 12:00 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah
The detail on the red one is just laziness in terms of Photoshop work -- we could clean it up to look more like the black one. I like that one, too.

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 reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Do I smell a t-shirt design contest?
(Sniff sniff)

Nope. I just haven't washed my old VEB shirt since we won the world series...

I can't think of a good offseason signature.

by effin fisk on Dec 3, 2007 10:02 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

wow
do the ones now really have that black square on them? i agree a contest would be nice, but maybe wait about 2 weeks to start it.
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.
. . .I'm your huckleberry. . .

by joshbdork on Dec 3, 2007 10:08 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yo Bro
If you honestly believe black t-shirts won't fly in The Lou, then you haven't been to a Ted Nugent concert lately ;-)

by rockin redbird on Dec 4, 2007 12:53 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

you are correct
i believe i missed him the last time around. last cards game I attended i mainly remember seeing red and white...and well blue because the cubbies were in town
. . .I'm your huckleberry. . .

by joshbdork on Dec 4, 2007 1:48 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

A contest would be cool
No way we'd win, haha.

I think the site could use a new logo, too...ahem.

by mojowo11 on Dec 3, 2007 11:10 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Do the red
Cardinal logo on the front in the "pocket" area, with the website under it.

On the back:

"I got VORPed at VEB"

Cardinal fan in War Eagle land

by Mr Redbird on Dec 3, 2007 11:59 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Call For New Shirts
I also have wanted a VivaElBirdos T-Shirt but have not purchased one due to the ugly design. Let's get some fresh ideas.

by udcardinals on Dec 4, 2007 12:15 AM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

same here
I'd buy one if it had a decent design.

by outraged on Dec 4, 2007 12:03 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

shirts
Any chance we could get the old designs or any new onese put on a baseball t-shirt instead of a solid color?

by edgesofsanity on Dec 4, 2007 9:56 AM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

contest sounds good to me
how many people are up for this? i'm gonna post a poll .. . . . .

good idea mojowo

by lboros on Dec 4, 2007 12:02 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Great design
but maybe change up the colors.  On both options, maybe navy would be better than black.  I know black is more our color on here, but as for the Cards themselves, they use navy.  

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 reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Slightly off-topic & silly
I have no artistic ability, but I thought it might be fun to see an animated logo of this, replacing Elvis with Fredbird. Just something for the website. Maybe even add in a recorded WAV file, although that could get old real quick.

(/silliness)

That said, the Cubs do deserve my pity, but never my support.

by Solanus on Dec 4, 2007 1:44 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Redux in Blue
Mojowo and I redid the black outline on red to make it more detailed, as well as putting the red on navy as many of you had suggested.  It is quite easy to change shirt color, so that's not really an issue.

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 reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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