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.

[PhiGam]

Attempt #2

[catiebug]

Why do I always think of Red Dwarf whenever I check this thread???

[Stef the Pef]

I like attempt #2! Is there any way to make the flowers in the lettering a lighter color so "FIJI Islander" stands out a little more, though?

The lei hanging off the bottom is cute, too. I liked that in the last version and I like it in this one.

[Xidelt]

I really like this font! It's much more tropical and consistent with the theme.

[Thetagirl218]

I like both designs, but I agree that the first was hard to read "Fiji". I think the first design, with a font change, would be great for brothers' shirts, but I think the second design would be better for sorority shirts. I absolutely love the second design, hence why I think it would be best for sorority shirts.

[Benzgirl]

Typically, if you are mixing colors darker colors are "background" colors and lighter colors are in "forward" colors for emphasis. Also, you are losing color in the lei. Can you put some brighter colors in it or make the outline heavier?
(sorry, I work with marketing people everyday, and they argue about "just the right color of grey")

[alum]

Could the letters that make up the words "FIJI Islander" be a cobalt or dark bright blue while the leaves behind the letters be a kelly green? Then the wording will be more prominent.

[PhiGam]

What I'm working on now is making the flowers alternate between pink and green, its coming along really well but its taking a good deal of time.

[indygphib]

Just a suggestion, but I'd definitely use a different font than the Comic Sans you used for the date of the event. It looks too 3rd-grade teacher-ish. (Personally, I can't STAND Comic Sans because it's so overused.)

I really like the other font, though!