requested pac related pic on t-shirt

[T010]

Made some example images of what's possible using Illustrator...

first

second

third

fourth
fourth detail..

 

[insomnia]

you're the man. i like all of them.
especially the first and the fourth. i guess we could keep them for further work. first picture is placed in a frame, to put the picture on a shirt, i don't want frame.. just somehow create it without frame. oh, and the shirt colour is either light blue or light brown, i guess according to it, we could manage what could better fit, how to change picture's colours, but the whole idea is good. the same is about picture no.4 were pac's head is portrayed. i guess in this image below drawing some quote or message in nice font would be interesting idea.

 

[T010]

Personally I like the fourth pic better to put on a shirt.
To 'de-frame' the first pic is gonna be hard as Pac isn't photographed with his whole body on it. So either parts are gonna be missing or part have to be made up to make it complete.

Therefore I suggest using the fourth. Colors can be changed easily and if you provide me with a quote/message and if you have one, a preferred font(-style) for the message.
It's all vector so it can be printed on any material without quality loss.

 

[insomnia]

i agree with you about the fourth pic.
i'll look for a good quote and come back with it.

i just thought and guess it would be nice to put a chorus from "unconditional love":

In this game the lesson's in your eyes to see
Though things change, the future's still inside of me
We must remember that tomorrow comes after the dark
So you will always be in my heart, with unconditional love

What do you think? isn't it too long to put on a shirt? Or maybe you got some other suggestions?

 

[T010]

quick example i made
i personally think the text is too long. it doesn't really look good this way.

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/3070/vector04textmi9.jpg

 

[insomnia]

yes, the text is too long, doesn't look that good.
i'll look for the other words.

 

[insomnia]

let's try something short and simple:
"Only God Can Judge Me"
How it would look with it?

 

[T010]

Well it sure looks a lot better than the long text.

Have a look here

 

[insomnia]

yeah, i like it.
question is: if i make the pic bigger, what about the quality?
i don't know how it would look like on a t-shirt, because the shirt is either sky blue or light brown. what colour of the picture would u suggest to look it good?

 

[T010]

Don't worry about the quality.
The pic is all vector, meaning is can be resized to any size without quality loss.

To be printed on a sky blue or light brown shirt, I think the green colors of the pic have to be changed indeed.
I'd suggest either all white (with light grey color variations in Pac's head shape) + all white text
or red/dark red color for the sky blue shirt
or blue/dark blue for the sky blue shirt
or an orange color scheme for the light brown shirt.

I could make a preview of some color combinations, but it takes time which I don't have atm.
If you let me know your 2 fav color schemes (which you think look good on those color shirt) I'll make you a preview by the end of this week.

 

[insomnia]

red/dark red color would look tight on a sky blue shirt, i guess. we can try this variation.
don't know about white colour, but maybe it would look interesting too.
anyway, when u have time, will be waiting for the previews.

 

[T010]

do you know what color exactly the shirt is gonna be?
do you have the CMYK colors for that? or at least a precise indication with an example image?

 

[insomnia]

there's no colour indication on the t-shirt. as i've earlier mentioned - got 2 shirts as 2 choices i wanna put that picture on: they are sky blue and light brown (i don't think there is much interpretation with those colours).

 

[T010]

http://img400.imageshack.us/img400/9212/vector06finalsr5.png

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/7404/vector06finalcloseupsv4.png

if you approve it, i'll send you the vector format file personally.

 

[insomnia]

yes, it fits me. but as you've previously said, picture can only be put on a shirt with a background. in this case, with a blue background, you've prepared. and i hope it won't differ from the shirt's colour

 

[T010]

Here's the final design
3 file formats: .ai, .eps, .pdf
I'm sure your printer will be able to open one of these (most likely .pdf)

I can't guarantee it'll look good when printed, but as far as my knowledge goes, it should look fine when printed on a sky blue shirt.
This can't be printed on a brown shirt.

Hope it all goes well and I'd like to see the final result when it's printed.

 

[insomnia]

thanks for the uploaded file.
but as i've mentioned transparent picture cannot be added
or with white background, but since the shirt is sky blue, the background you've done earlier is ok. so could u please upload the good quality picture with blue background.

 

[T010]

I don't know how far you're into printing, but I had some classes on DTP (preparing documents for print) and it should work fine as it is.
Depending on the way of printing, the image will be printed on a white piece of paper. Therefore the transparent/white parts of the image will be just white when viewed on a monitor and on a paper, but when finally transferred onto your tshirt, will be transparent (= the color of the shirt).

Correct me if I'm wrong. Maybe ask your printer for advise.

 

[insomnia]

as i've been told, it can only be printed with a background, if the shirt is white, then the background mateches with the shirt's colour and it looks transparent but in fact it ain't. in our case, we don't want the white background on a blue shirt, so we chose the already prepared blue background with the pic that matches with shirt's colour and so create an image or transperancy.

 

[T010]

I wouldn't recommend using this one with a blue bg
as it might differ from the shirt's color and then it'll look ugly with a rectangle around the actual pic of the head and text.

but if you think the person is right about using a colored bg, then go ahead and use this:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JKPTJ2C6

I strongly recommend not using this, try using the white bg one first (if possible) as I can't guarantee a nice looking print with this latest file.