Can you design a t-shirt for Thomas' gig at the Union Chapel on Feb 28th in Islington, London? As a reminder the title is THOMAS DOLBY and Friends: Circumnavigating the Flat Earth. Straightforward text and graphics in 2 colours will probably work best. You can try a graphic on front, text in back, you aren't limited to just the front. There's no prize other than the satisfaction of having designed it, and your signature somewhere in the design! You'll need to send submissions to me before Dec 20th so Thomas can pick one in good time to print them up. Make sure they are high resolution, CMYK, please, for the best finished product that matches your ideas as closely as possible.

Happy designing!

how do I/we send them to you ?

you can always email me at lunesse AT thomasdolby dot com. That way you know for SURE I have it. Put the Union Chapel competition in the subject line. Or private message me here.

Putting them here is fine, too, if you feel like sharing, and I can grab them for use.

Nice work, Carbon! Makes me want to come to the gig JUST to get a t-shirt!

Beech

Wow! Terrific work Carbon . I hope those of us who can't attend the gigs will be able to purchase a T-shirt through the website! Lunesse?

Right now, shirts will be sold at the gig only, in a limited number. If there are leftovers, then I am sure that can be arranged. But as it stands now...gig gets first crack. (There are reasons for this. *mysterious music*)

I feel like one of those sad, bad mimes with the invisible wall. I'm on the outside looking in.

If I didn't have chocolate, I don't know what I'd do.

There's such a limited number, and we really do have to give first shot to those at the event.

I can tell I'm wearing you down Lunesse. Just look at the difference:

With T-shirt:

Without T-shirt:

See how many more unhappy faces there are?

LOL Dooly, I guess we can be together in our sad mime outside looking in...*sigh* oh to win a few thousand bucks...

BTW, whoever wins gets one. That's a given. Even if I am paying for it for them.

Chin up, maybe they won't all sell at the gig. It's not like there will be only 10 of them or something. =)

Hello all, Paul Sizer here, long time Dolby fan, short time poster, but I love reading Thomas' blog, where I found out he was holding a competition for designing a t-shirt for his upcoming Union Chapel show next year. Well, I'm also a graphic designer, so I thought I'd throw a few designs into the ring for consideration. Over the years, I've designed tons of t-shirts, so these designs are built with screen printing in mind.

EDIT: I've replaced the first designs with versions that can be printed with two colors.

Here's the first design idea:

I thought a retro/deco feel might fit well with Thomas' music (as it always has had a foot in the past and the future).

And here's the second set of designs:

This set is variations of a more typographic approach, with a cube Earth icon. More clean and future-feel.

I'll keep track of this thread, but if you have any questions or requests about the art, please feel free to contact me via email at paul AT paulsizer DOT com.

Thanks! Let me know what you all think! This is a great opportunity.

Also: If you need me to upload the originals to you via email, let me know and I'll be happy to email you the original vector files.

And, if it's easier to see these, here's actual links to the image files posted here:

http://www.paulsizer.com/images/sizer_dolby_tshirt_deco.jpg

http://www.paulsizer.com/images/sizer_dolby_tshirt_cube.jpg

All I can say is wow in regards those designs already showing on here - they all look fantastic and I would certainly buy any of them. There is a heck of a lot of talent out there.

great designs, Carb and Paul! I sure hope we, the great unwashed non-attendees, can at least pick up a t-shirt ...

I've tried to get the designer of the Alloy t-shirt to submit a design or two, but I'm afraid work assignments from his 9-5 overlords have him crushed like a bug.

I'd submit something, but I don't think jpegs of hand turkeys and potato prints will go very far.

Merujo
www.merujo.com

... I'm certainly no graphic designer, but I have some ideas I would like to work out ...

... will try & post them before the 20th ...

Keep them coming! =) Great work, everyone!

I was just having a bit of a doodle!





Where are the rest? I thought there would be loads of ideas here by now?

Jon

Neat! I like what you did with the record!

Hi there,

There have been some very cool T-shirt designs submitted.
Here's mine...

Here's basically the same design as my previous submission, but with a grey dot tint effect added:





I think the grey dot effect works best on the black T-shirt.

Nice work Dilo'. Very literal and very effective.

Well, I thought I'd be literal with the depiction of the flat Earth, but twist it around and show it vertically, which makes for an interesting image, I think.

Good work, all. Nice to see a good range of design directions and ideas. I'm sure one will suit the tastes of Thomas and crew!

Better late than never!



This design is based on a plaque that's on the front of the Union Chapel. A bit 'gothic'!

What it would look like on a T


The Venue



The Plaque on the building

wow, these are good! I want them all!

... didn't have the time I hoped I would have, but here's my little bit: