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Hi All
I am the key designer for the TF apparel at Jay Jay's and am working on a new Gen 1 range at the moment. It would be great to get some thoughts or ideas from you all about what/who you would like to see on tees. (i.e. robot format, vehicle format etc)
Cheers
:)
My list:
-Grimlock wrecking the place in dino mode
-Soundwave and his minions off to fight
-Devestator wrecking up the place
-Shockwave in gun mode
-Jetfire flying across
Blackie, there's already been a Soundwave/cassettes shirt.
My only suggestion: avoid Optimus Prime in favour of something more obscure... so that the focus moves to the Autobot/Decepticon logo and the Transformers theme rather than just the character. The Soundwave shirt I just mentioned is the sort of thing I'm talking about - he's still a character recognisable as a Transformer to many people, but the shirt ends up being "Transformers" rather than "Soundwave".
One for the ladies....
http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/6...edreamwave.jpg
Include biggies:
Metroplex, Trypticon, Fort Max, Scorponok...
ah yesQuote:
Originally Posted by dirge
i have that one XD
my bad
Thanks for the thoughts, i forgot to mention that due to the style guide restrictions we can only use the following individual characters:
Autobots: Prime, BB, Jazz, Hotrod, Grimlock
Decepticons: Megatron, Starscream, Soundwave, Devastator
What does everyone think of some tees that feature original cover art from the comics?
Trevor Hutchison's All Hail Megatron covers would be great, particular 2 and 9 and 12 without the "All Hail Megatron text"Quote:
Originally Posted by DesignPrime
I've always wanted a Devastator T-shirt with the text "Prepare for extermination!"
Um if its the Old marvel covers ... NO. If its the covers Dreamwave era.. YES! I have a few ideas but dunno how to describe it , I might as well just draw it then scan it then prolly post it here... just may take a while :D Its more of a summer semi-fit tee typeQuote:
Originally Posted by DesignPrime
this!Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulbot
I reckon this http://www.planetvideo.com.au/blog/2...5wallpaper.jpg on a black shirt, or this http://www.seibertron.com/images/new...CVR1+LoRez.jpg on a white shirt would look superb. That or anything from alex milne's deviantart http://markerguru.deviantart.com/
I reckon his pinups would look good as shirts too (see links below for a few of them)
http://markerguru.deviantart.com/art...prime-98624045
http://markerguru.deviantart.com/art...olden-96357851
http://markerguru.deviantart.com/art...ating-96641196
http://markerguru.deviantart.com/art/grimlock-96537699
I'd really love a Lambo twins shirt tho...:D
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Originally Posted by DesignPrime
So there can never, ever, ever be a female Transformer Jayjays item of clothing for all of infinity???
That make Dig Dig sad.:(
Is there any way this horrible state of affairs can be made right? I mean you're missing a potential 51% of the marketplace with boy only designs.
Who's in charge around here? Take me to your leader!
Ok comic designs as tees...hmmmm. Do you mean the entire cover art of a G1 comic just copied onto a tee? If that's the idea then no...don't think it would work well.
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Originally Posted by WIIGII
Unfortunately because Hasbro are such control freaks we can't use anything that is not genuine certified art from them, which is crapola because there are mountains of superb art out there (some looks better than original)... hense the limited range of characters.
Are there preferences for actual colours of tees?
black/grey/white are winners
+1Quote:
Originally Posted by Gutsman Heavy
I'd recommend going for greys, blues, red (even yellow) fabrics over black/white. Cheaper black cottons can tend to fade fairly quickly. Cheaper whites can end up a little yellowed without actually staining. Since you've already mentioned that you're limited by licensing costs, I wouldn't be surprised if you end up with slightly lesser materials to fit into the desired price.
The darker grey JayJays has used for some shirts (the Car Voltron shirt comes to mind) is more interesting that the standard grey cotton you often see on shirts, but won't suffer the fading of black cotton.
+1 :D:D:D:D:D:DQuote:
Originally Posted by iceburn
A Devastator one would be awesome. Maybe they can strike up deal with (was it?) Sofaman for his "You complete me" shirt:)
Thanks for the feedback, I'll take it all on board with the current range that is being worked on. Who know's once Hasbro have had their input and we have gone through the approvals process I might be able to let the members of this website get an exclusive preview of what's to come???? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by dirge
Cheers
I would buy the exact opposite of this. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by liegeprime
I wouldn't touch anything withPat Lee herpe...um... Dreamwave art, but any original Marvel art would be very tempting. And I agree with Paulbot - any IDW art by Trevor Hutchison would be perfect.
The darker grey one is good, I got a Optimus one and Black Lion from Voltron on another, and they look good. Mind you I got them ages ago now, but they are still cool.Quote:
Originally Posted by dirge
Darker blues and reds I would wear, not a big fan of the brighter colours. Suppose that comes from being a metalhead :D
Even black shirts with good black cottons tend to fade as well. I found a way to slow that down, try not to hang your black shirts outside on the line. Rather hang them inside on one of those collapsable lines. As someone with alot of black shirts, it helps.
hows about this
an awesome ww2 military one where megatron is versing optimus,
megatron is blasting his cannon from the sky while optimus is dogding it and leaping in to punch him and on the top it says "ONE SHALL STAND" and the bottom " ONE SHALL FALL"
another design idea i had was for the sweeps, everyone loves them so how about a design where the sweeps clash their beams together into the words that say SEEKERS
one more idea i had was megatron with his cannon aiming forward and in writing you have " i am ALPHA and OMEGA, the BEGINNING and the END"
some what a refrence to the beast wars fans to so then you havea slightly bigger audience lol
:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Paulbot
You mentioned that your access to art was limited to Hasbro owned stuff - what sort of comic art do you mean? And are you still only allowed to use comic art that has the particular characters listed above?Quote:
Originally Posted by DesignPrime
Also, if we wanted to suggest comic cover artwork, is it best to post up a link or scan of it for you?
I was thinking more of the Brad Mick, Donfigueroa artworks... not sausage hands Lee. They are considered to have come out during the Dreamwave era although I do like the artwork of Trevor as well - Propaganda style shirts, sweet!:D:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Sky Shadow
Dinobots. Grimlock's been done over and over, it's time to let the other guys have a turn on shirts.
Pardon the shoddy drawings, but just some ideas ive mentioned earlier that I cant describe in words better to just to draw it . hope you guys dont mind
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/b...s/scan0002.jpg
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/b...s/scan0003.jpg
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/b...s/scan0004.jpg
Well basically these 3 are it so far. I have some other ideas but .... i got lazy hehehe:D
Agreed! I'm not a fan of the Pat Lee's style at all! I'm sick of seeing it on official stuff! :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sky Shadow
uh, what LP said....seriously, that's good stuff especially the first idea, I'm digging the cybertronian circuitry vibe. Black-on-yellow or red-on-white I think would be quite stylish.
Again, kudos on the designs man!
somthing with a big picture of Megatron on it.
Thanks Blink, personally I prefer my 3rd design :D - its the most variable one
I'll use it with Paulbot's idea ( hope you dont mind paulbot)
Imagine a Plain Black semi-fit shirt , The shoulder lines and end pipings in White, Character selection - Devastator in his angst pose, below him the caption in white or green like that of the constructicons green as well "Prepare for extermination!". At the back the purple decepticon sigil surrounded in thin white all around the symbol to make it stand from the black. Now that is sexeeee:D
I love the idea of old G1 comic covers on clothes!! :D
...that's really limiting. :( Has Hasbro casually forgotten that G1 spanned from 1984 to 1993!? (-_-)Quote:
Originally Posted by DesignPrime
Anyway, if you need a quick reference for G1 (and G2) covers I recommend this site:
http://www.tfarchive.com/comics/marvel/
As for other characters on that list:
Optimus Prime
#331
#300 (you might need to ask Hasbro if you can feature those other Autobots, or creatively remove them)
#177
#106 - Optimus Prime vs Megatron US#24 is the same image w/ different colours and text
#100 - another Prime vs. Megs; you'll probably have to remove background characters
UK#70; probably need to remove background characters
UK#29 - Prime v. Megs
UK#4/US#2 - Prime v. Megs
US#42
US#71/#311
#321 - may need to remove Scorponok
#322
G2 US#1
Bumblebee
UK#3
UK#58/US#16
Grimlock
#111
UK#32
[url=http://tfarchive.com/comics/marvel/covers/uk325.jpg]#325] - may need to remove Fangry
G2 UK#2
1991 Annual - remove background Dinobots
Megatron
#244
#98
UK#51
UK#8 Megatron pwning Prime
US#48 - will need to remove background characters
1989 Annual - Megatron v. Prime
...and if Hasbro will allow Galvatron to count as Megatron:
#202 (Megatron back to back w/ Galvatron)
#199
#173
#118
#101
US#67 - illustrated by Jim Lee!
G2 US#5/G2 UK#4
G2 US#8 Prime and Megs back to back
G2 US#11 w/ Prime and Matrix-powered Starscream
Starscream
US#50 - Underbase Starscream; if you want an image of him w/o those other Transformers try #208
US#9/UK#34
US#49 - will need to remove background characters
Devastator
UK#36/US#10
...and if you're allowed to use individual Constructicons:
#UK61
Jazz
1990 Annual - remove background characters
This cover features Jazz, Grimlock, Bumblebee and Starscream!
This cover features Jazz, Bumblebee and Grimlock (discovering 'God' ;))
...that's all I can think of. Just click on that first link I've provided and you can browse through every G1 and G2 cover. :)
P.S.: Oops, forgot about Soundwave and Hot Rod - again, you'll find covers with them on it on that site. (^_^)
My fiance suggested something cool last night.
Just the words "Transformers" written like on the G1 Tin Boxset.
Another suggestion was to do the "Autobot Matrix" from the G1 cartoon movie, a big picture of it on the chest of the shirt.
My 2 cents.
For easy access we are limited to elements that are available in the authorised style guide, however we do have the ability to contact hasbro US and request extra art (this takes a long time as sometimes it requires teh current TF art team to re-draw from scratch). If you scan and post images I can at least go through the files and see what we have that is as close as possible to your ideas!Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin
Most of the cover art is recreations of 1984 volumes, but we also have a suite of cold war style "OBEY" Transformers art that we can use, this is pretty dark and has a real war flavour to it...
Both of these t-shirts have been done and i think may still be available through Madman. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by 1AZRAEL1
Thanks for these references they are great, however I have just found out from Hasbro, they they can't release Marvel imagery as a different licensor owns the rights to the entire Marvel back catalogue..... They have what appears to be some what of a corporate horn lock going on???? Sorry guys!Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
Do they look like some of the more propaganda style ones on this page? Cheers.Quote:
Originally Posted by DesignPrime
http://images.google.com.au/images?g...tart=0&ndsp=18
No, not really.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kyle
I will see if I can get some of it to a small enough file size to upload and show for comments.
Perhaps a shirt that showed the evolution of the Transformers brandmark?Quote:
Originally Posted by 1AZRAEL1
Cheers. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by DesignPrime