Help on shirt design

[Stef the Pef]

Yes, change the font. There are less intricate old English-type scripts out there--you've just got to find them. Google "free font downloads" and see what you come up with.

Some cute (OK, maybe a bad word to use about a fraternity shirt, but oh well) graphics on the back would be cool. Maybe have a couple people sitting in chairs on the beach looking out over the ocean with leis hanging on their chairs (think Corona's commercials here) and then "Everyone gets lei'd / date" above them in the sky of the beach theme, and then frame the back graphics with a couple of palm trees.

Have fun with this. See if there's an artsy brother who'd want to help or if t-shirt company who's printing them has a graphic designer on staff. There are soooo many great graphics you could come up with that relate to the Corona theme there. As a girl, the more intricate fraternity shirts are the ones I like to wear...and re-wear...and re-wear....thus boosting your fraternity's visibility on campus via girls wearing your stuff.

Good luck!

[PhiGam]

Originally Posted by Stef the Pef

Yes, change the font. There are less intricate old English-type scripts out there--you've just got to find them. Google "free font downloads" and see what you come up with.

Some cute (OK, maybe a bad word to use about a fraternity shirt, but oh well) graphics on the back would be cool. Maybe have a couple people sitting in chairs on the beach looking out over the ocean with leis hanging on their chairs (think Corona's commercials here) and then "Everyone gets lei'd / date" above them in the sky of the beach theme, and then frame the back graphics with a couple of palm trees.

Have fun with this. See if there's an artsy brother who'd want to help or if t-shirt company who's printing them has a graphic designer on staff. There are soooo many great graphics you could come up with that relate to the Corona theme there. As a girl, the more intricate fraternity shirts are the ones I like to wear...and re-wear...and re-wear....thus boosting your fraternity's visibility on campus via girls wearing your stuff.

Good luck!

Thank you, this is the kind of advice I was seeking. I'm gonna scrap the whole thing and go with some sort of Hawaiian lettering, I was inspired by the pro bowl today. I think that it would be much more appealing to sorority girls if I scrap the corona/ old english font and go with something more "fun." The "everybody gets lei'd" tagline is set in stone by the committee so I might as well stick with the Hawaiian-ish stuff and maybe try to find a hawaiian/ flowery font.

[Eyerish]

Here is a shirt I created for some Lambda Chi's with essentially the same theme. They looked great when they were finished. I agree with the above...I am very anal whenever I design anything and it has to be as close to perfect as I can come up with. I enjoy doing it though....My art is always free if someone uses me for printing.

Originally Posted by Eyerish

Here is a shirt I created for some Lamda Chi's with essentially the same theme. They looked great when they were finished. I agree with the above...I am very anal whenever I design anything and it has to be as close to perfect as I can come up with. I enjoy doing it though....My art is always free if someone uses me for printing.

You do realize that "LAMBDA" *IS* misspelled, right?

[nittanyalum]

Originally Posted by OTW

You do realize that "LAMBDA" *IS* misspelled, right?

You beat me to it! Not only is it missing the "b", but the a looks like an o. On first glance, I saw "Lomda". The artwork is free, eh? Shocking, with such quality and all.

[Eyerish]

OOPS. Well the final version was spelled right...I added the wrong file...it has been updated. Lovely...you never get a second chance to make a first impression right? I assure you...that I can spell Lambda...and if I am too dumb to spell it.....someone in the chapter would catch it before the sign off on it.

As for the A that looks like an O....it is the Corona font....If they want a corona design...you can't really blame the artist on Corona's font choices.