Shirts - Will You Buy Me?

[JohnR]

OK, here is the deal. On this artwork, which I will show in a few posts, I have literally well in excess of 150 (real likely over 200) hours of my time editing artwork since December 05. I am not an art genius or a savant so I had to go with my limited tools. But like S-B, I really can't look at it as an hourly wage or I'd get sick...

After starting and stalling on several T-Shirt designs, some by me and some by members here, I felt I at least owed it to all of you to do something truly special and celebrate one of the core parts of S-B that make this community tick like the well oiled and occasionally inebriated community we are. I chose the Plug Building community of S-B as I wanted to celebrate a group of people that the significant majority of us are in awe with. The only problem was that I ran out of canvass and was only able to get 20 something plugs on this shirt as there are NUMEROUS other deserving plug builders that should be by all rights on this shirt as well. This shirt will feature some of their work - I truly wish I could have included more - and their art will be predominantly displayed on the back of the shirt with a somewhat different, mildly artsy S-B logo on the front. I asked everyone on this shirt for their permission to do this though most I did not tell what I needed their permission for, other than it was a "project". The theme is loooosely based on a concert T-shirt.

Back in February I also had a few sponsors contribute to seed this shirt to help get it off the ground and they are listed on the shirt as well as sponsoring this shirt as they helped me get this off the ground.

For prices we are looking at roughly $18-19 for M-XL, 19-20 for XXL, and 20-21 for XXXL as the prices run $2 & $3 more per shirt for XXL & XXXL respectively.

The shirts will be a 100% 6.1 ounce heavy Cotton short sleeve shirt (they said better than Hanes quality). I looked at the shirts and they are better than 90% of the fishing shirts I have gotten. Much similar to a Guy Harvey. Have not decided on a pocket or not though that would probably add 50 cents or so, would need to find out. And shipping I have not figured out (and not sure if Clammer wan't that job - in fact I think he'll keel over when one actually gets printed .

Base color of the shirt will probably be either Stone Blue, Khaki, or Sand.

The minimum I can order at this time is 150 shirts because of the major artwork going onto it. The screen people I talked to today and I've talked to several shops - state it will use as many colors as they can put on a shirt, 13-14 on the back alone. It looks like I will be using the Bomba suggestion of East Coast Screen Printing (quite an operation). In fact these guys do the shirts for Gibbs so those that have their shirts can tell me what they think.

So, I will show you the artwork to go on this in a short bit and tell me if you will commit to these shirts before I lay out the couple grand to make this happen. S-B will make some money on these, probably around $5 each, as it is an expensive shirt. I will work up a real good deal for the guys whose plugs are on the shirts.

[thefishingfreak]

i'm in for a few
no pocket. soo 80's/nerd

[BigFish]

[Raider Ronnie]

I'll take 5 John,
and I'll be sending you one of mine, you going to msba wed ???

[BigFish]

Is the meeting this Wednesday Ron? I thought I missed it this week?

[BEETLE]

2 for me at least John - I like the theme you describe and it sounds like it'll be a cool looking shirt to proudly wear.
Freak - no pocket - where do we put the smokes ??

[thefishingfreak]

NEXT weds Larry

[BigFish]

See you there! Shirts sound great John...can't wait to see them!

[BEETLE]

See you all THIS coming Wednesday...

[Skip N]

I'm in for one, no pockets though, thats def out of style!

[JohnR]

OK - here is the main thing - the back (the actual Tshirt file is siginificantly larger):

[Raider Ronnie]

Originally Posted by JohnR

OK - here is the main thing - the back (the actual Tshirt file is siginificantly larger):

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This supposed to be a pic link ???

[thefishingfreak]

posting pics here has never been easy

[Raider Ronnie]

I think it would be cool if you were to add small versions of the banners of all the paid sponsors !!!

[BEETLE]

Very, very nice John, well worth the wait.

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by Raider Ronnie

I think it would be cool if you were add small versions of the banners of all the paid sponsors !!!

If I come out with a shirt with a bunch of guys drinkin' on a boat, I'll let you know

[thefishingfreak]

i like it.
lose the "presented by"

[Raider Ronnie]

Originally Posted by JohnR

If I come out with a shirt with a bunch of guys drinkin' on a boat, I'll let you know

???
No drinking on my boat !!!
I like what you did there John and don't want to knock it,
But it looks like a shirt for the plug builders forum only instead of the whole site !

[MikeTLive]

mighty nice!

[Skip N]

Originally Posted by Raider Ronnie

???
No drinking on my boat !!!
I like what you did there John and don't want to knock it,
But it looks like a shirt for the plug builders forum only instead of the whole site !

I kinda had the same thought, i love the design dont get me wrong, but an Official SB.com shirt with the Striper/American flag logo would rock!

What about us fly fisherman, no flies on there!

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by Raider Ronnie

???
No drinking on my boat !!!
I like what you did there John and don't want to knock it,
But it looks like a shirt for the plug builders forum only instead of the whole site !

I see what you mean but I need to do something somewhere. I could have gone with a surfcaster or a boater and still not catered to everyone. The way I look at it is the vast majority of us use and appreciate plugs and have some of the plugs made by guys from this site. I wanted to celebrate that and thought that it would have the most appeal.

Yeh - I know no driking on your boat - you run a good ship

[Charlie G]

Cool pic of back of the shirt. Put me in for 2 XXL.

[capesams]

Nice shirt..good job..only thing is it looks like those guy's built all those plug's..I'd lose the name's and just stick with the site name.Clean-simple...sorry guy's.

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by capesams

Nice shirt..good job..only thing is it looks like those guy's built all those plug's..I'd lose the name's and just stick with the site name.Clean-simple...sorry guy's.

I am thinking of puting the name of the builder under each. The presented part is because these guys are helping to fund the costs of doing this and keeping the shirts priced $5+ cheaper per shirt...

[Skip N]

Originally Posted by JohnR

I see what you mean but I need to do something somewhere. I could have gone with a surfcaster or a boater and still not catered to everyone. The way I look at it is the vast majority of us use and appreciate plugs and have some of the plugs made by guys from this site. I wanted to celebrate that and thought that it would have the most appeal.

Yeh - I know no driking on your boat - you run a good ship

The reason i suggested the SB.com logo John, is that most people have come to recognize that logo after many years of coming to this site, thats the first thing they see. And how can we have an "official" SB.com shirt without the official logo? Your design is great dont get me wrong. But to me this is not a shirt for SB.com and its members, it's a shirt for the plug builders. but as usual i need to give some input and cause trouble!

A good sized pic of the SB.com logo on the back would rock, its nice and simple, and its about the site only, and not about just the sponsers.

Maybe a big pic of the Official SB logo on the back, and a small pic of a plug on the front with SB.com accross it. The best of both worlds!

[Raider Ronnie]

Originally Posted by Skip N

The reason i suggested the SB.com logo John, is that most people have come to recognize that logo after many years of coming to this site, thats the first thing they see. And how can we have an "official" SB.com shirt without the official logo? Your design is great dont get me wrong. But to me this is not a shirt for SB.com and its members, it's a shirt for the plug builders. but as usual i need to give some input and cause trouble!

A good sized pic of the SB.com logo on the back would rock, its nice and simple, and its about the site only, and not about just the sponsers.

Maybe a big pic of the Official SB logo on the back, and a small pic of a plug on the front with SB.com accross it. The best of both worlds!

I agree John !
I like the pic, but I does NOT make me think of this site, and if I wore it going down the street, I don't think anyone who sees it, would know what striped-bass.com is!!!
I think you need to include the flag logo !!!
Just my 2cents !!!

[capesams]

Originally Posted by JohnR

I am thinking of puting the name of the builder under each. The presented part is because these guys are helping to fund the costs of doing this and keeping the shirts priced $5+ cheaper per shirt...

I see say's I....that'd work

[thefishingfreak]

{S-B}
just like the sticker,
done.....

[Skitterpop]

I like Skips idea as well.

The very 1st and 2nd PlugFest were down Cape and there were no sponsors... just some great builders meeting to talk, swap plugs, and fish. No offense to all the commercial builders but it does`nt fit the current event in Rhody either..... looks to commercial.

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by Skitterpop

I like Skips idea as well.

The very 1st and 2nd PlugFest were down Cape and there were no sponsors... just some great builders meeting to talk, swap plugs, and fish. No offense to all the commercial builders but it does`nt fit the current event in Rhody either..... looks to commercial.

Maybe we're thinking different things but the first were in Slip's garage... If you are thinking about the Plugger's Bash then we're thinking different things. And what looks too comercial? The shirt? I was shooting for something a little different than slapping S-B on a shirt, something truly different and cool....