Hi Everyone!

It's that time of year again--time for a new design for the players union shirts! Every year we do a new design, and we need one done for 2010.

Here's the bonus for this year--if you create a completed shirt design, and I pick it for 2010, I'll pay you $200! Good design takes work, and this way I'm paying you for your time, and hopefully this will stimulate a little creativity!

I want any and all suggestions about what you'd like to see for 2010's design. If you just have input about what style of shirt, that's fine--if you have a completed piece of artwork, you can post that as well!

Sadly, I can make no promise that I'll actually implement any of your suggestions (I reserve the final design decisions for myself), but I would certainly like to hear your ideas! Who knows--maybe your idea (or something like it) will become the Players Union shirt for 2010? Last year I posted a similar topic and Scott Roberts created a sweet design that became the shirt for 2009!

_eric
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Posted - 11/05/2009 :  13:11:11            

FYI--I'm hoping to have the new design finalized by the end of November, so I can send it off to the printers and have shirts here before the end of the year. We've already got some folks who have renewed for 2010 and are waiting on their new shirts!

_eric
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Posted - 11/05/2009 :  13:14:08      

Eric-

Do you want design ideas submitted to this topic (like last year)?



Scott Roberts
www.oldgroove.com

Posted - 11/05/2009 :  13:36:43        

Cool! Can we submit more than one?

Posted - 11/05/2009 :  13:42:01            

Yes, please submit them here. And you can submit more than one.

_eric
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Posted - 11/05/2009 :  13:48:21        

Oh, oh.... more questions!

Are we limited to a specific number of colors?
Will the print be on dark (black, navy...) or light (white, natural, ash..) colored shirts?

Posted - 11/05/2009 :  14:31:04            

Since it's a screen printed shirt, the few colors the better. I've never done a shirt with more than 3 colors on it. I don't know what color shirt the design will be printed on, so that's open as well.

_eric
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Posted - 11/05/2009 :  17:50:20        

Re the Color of the Shirt:

My first choice would be purple. I've always liked that color.

After that I would suggest this color of red.

Or a green color- but not too dark.

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Posted - 11/05/2009 :  23:32:45    

Hi. My favourite was the first one, an old fashioned university look and grey/blue colour. I'll try and draw up something that reminds of the Boston Redsox and/or the old Coca Cola signs.
Cheers, Steve

Posted - 11/06/2009 :  07:44:07      

You know the old evolution progression? Fish hybrid dragging himself out of the water followed by monkey-like critter on all fours, followed by a hulking cro-magnon and ending with a homo sapiens? Well like that, but w/ each critter bearing a more advanced iteration of the banjo. Can be done in checkerboard to easier fit on a shirt:
1 2
3 4

Colors I leave up to people who know about those kinds of things --

RAH

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Posted - 11/06/2009 :  10:49:00            

Maybe the evolution sequence should start with a guitarist...go to a fiddle player...then mando...then banjo. :-) That won't ruffle any feathers, right?

_eric
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Posted - 11/06/2009 :  10:51:53      

quote:

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Originally posted by schlange

Maybe the evolution sequence should start with a guitarist...go to a fiddle player...then mando...then banjo. :-) That won't ruffle any feathers, right?

_eric
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Posted - 11/06/2009 :  11:25:19      

quote:

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Originally posted by schlange

Maybe the evolution sequence should start with a guitarist...go to a fiddle player...then mando...then banjo. :-) That won't ruffle any feathers, right?

_eric
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Posted - 11/06/2009 :  12:23:16      

guitar . . . fiddle . . . mando . . . banjo . . .

As the Guinness guys would say: BRILLIANT!

Just breathe.

Posted - 11/06/2009 :  12:54:42        

I'll just re-submit the one I made last year again.



I also made some BANJO Collages.



All of the artwork is my own original designs.


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Edited by - Banjo on 11/06/2009 14:29:44

Posted - 11/06/2009 :  13:51:09          

Here's one I came up with. It's modern, simple and different than other year's Players Union tee's. The angled lines represent five strings on the banjo. I can add more "banjo stuff" to it. I can also change the background color, of course.



Austin

Posted - 11/06/2009 :  14:57:00        

quote:

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Originally posted by schlange

Maybe the evolution sequence should start with a guitarist...go to a fiddle player...then mando...then banjo. :-) That won't ruffle any feathers, right?

_eric
Banjo Hangout Webmaster
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Edited by - Banjo on 11/06/2009 14:57:45

Posted - 11/06/2009 :  15:33:23        

Why not something showing Resonator Banjo and Openback banjo players united? Seems to tell the story to me.

Dave

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Posted - 11/06/2009 :  16:17:25      

quote:

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Why not something showing Resonator Banjo and Openback banjo players united?

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Posted - 11/07/2009 :  09:20:49    

I think something with a hand drawn sort of look would be nice.
I think perhaps that would be a better fit with the aesthetic of
banjo music than something that was obviously created on a computer.

I also think that doing the shirts in more earthy tones (brown, tan, etc.)
or just good old black and white would be better. I'd be much more likely
to buy and wear one if it were black or white. When you get into other
colors, there are too many people who have too strong of opinions. Seems
like everyone wears black or white t-shirts but not everyone wants to wear
read, orange or purple.

Posted - 11/07/2009 :  09:22:23    

p.s. when do you need the designs by?
i might try my hand at a hand drawn or ink and paint brush
design.

Posted - 11/07/2009 :  09:51:43      

Adding on to omiimii's design considerations I'd reflect that simple is probably best -- a few lines and a catchy phrase seem to dominate previous designs. True, that observation undermines both my evolution and manifold banjo suggestions, but there you go --

Just breathe.

Posted - 11/07/2009 :  10:09:31            

I want to finalize the design by the end of November, so I would recommend getting it in in the next...2 weeks. Let's say the deadline (tentatively) is November 20.

_eric
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Posted - 11/07/2009 :  14:06:18            

Here's one I threw together real quick.. I realize it's not production quality yet.. but it could be with another hours work or so..

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Posted - 11/08/2009 :  00:29:39    

Nice one RaYhOLio, love the tailpiece !

Posted - 11/08/2009 :  08:27:48      

Yes RayHoLiO, very nice Two critiques:
1. In this season the black and orange fit in, but will they work in March? July? Maybe black and, say, yellow would work better. I speak as someone who has taught 15 years at a university with black and orange school colors and I can tell you it drives some of us crazy ;-)
2. Any design should feature the URL rather than the name -- which are, after all, close enough! Your design can easily accommodate the change by pushing Banjo and Hangout together and appending the .org



Just breathe.