I admit the undertones aren't very subtle but it's a bit of fun! The pale lime colour represents Super Glow ink. Thus the vinyl disc and the lettering glows in dark places such as clubs...

Also apologies for the rather bad output from Freehand... There's a lesson there...

ummm it's kinda bright, maybe the blue should be toned down?, especially if it's on the blue shirt it clashes....brown is good...good luck

change the placement.. should be chest level.. and make the design smaller.. also dont put a different dark blue over navy.. i like the design tho.. maybe u could add the rarm n needle from a record player..

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Yeah I like brown... I'll experiment further! And I'll probably change the blue/purple to black. Thanks for your suggestions!

I haven't experimented with a playing arm yet - I just wanted to test the water with this first. I've managed to smarten it up a little so it looks a little more how I intended. What do you think?

i laughed. i think you need the playing arm for the pun to be full, though. i like it on the navy. have you tried adding a little white to the design?

My original idea was to have what is now yellow as having some luminescent night-glow. Unsure about white though - it would obvious create obvious highlights but I'm not sure where to put them... Glad it made you laugh though!

I'll think about the arm!

I love it, but you do need to add the arm to it. is this a 45? Maybe add the little superman adapter in the middle?

I think the arm would help, maybe a whole turntable. The text on the 45 seems a bit much, maybe put the " I'm single play me on the 45. and make it bigger.

love the idea! would work on the type though..

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Ok, I'll have a look at the arm idea; and I'll change the text on vinyl itself.

I'm afraid, though, I have absolutely no idea what a superman adapter is!

Haha! this one made me laugh... II'm not sure I like the black edges around the text, or if it's the font of the text that sits wrong... something about it makes it so that the overall excecution don't reach the normal high threadless standard... Maybe play around a lil more with the colors and fonts of the surrounding text? But this is just one man's opinion...

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I've added an arm, but I haven't changed the font - I made it myself by the way! *sniff*

Would a different font be more welcome? (Sorry for the unashamed bump...!)

I actually like the font.
It fits the mood and is still completely legible.

:P I really like the phrase. Very clever. It's a very simple design, but it works ^.^ I like it on the brown the best.

I like it. It's very clever. Submit it!

This is nice...a real party-club shirt xD

Party-club yes!

Haha, this made me laugh. Love it!

Hey, geoff - this is nicely done and the development is good, but honestly, I don't think it will score well as a design - however good the visuals are. IMO You're better off trying it here as a slogan. This will give you immediate feedback on what people think it.

Personally, I couldn't wear it. My girlfriend would kill me. Good luck!

Thanks, I'll try it!

very nice!
this is play music!

i think it would sell if u perfect it.. it would be sick if u turned it into turntables and had a dj's hands scratching and mixing on it..

I dunno... I mean I kinda like the simple nature of the design - don't want to overcomplicate it. But if that's what the public wants...!

yeah i like it a lot more now, it needs to come down further....and maybe change the font a little?...

Hehe, in what way? I drew out the font myself so changing it shouldn't be too much of a problem (just takes a while!).

very nice. I'm not sure it needs 45 and 7" in such big letters
works without them or much smaller.

$5! I like it the way it is. I would be interested to see what other changes might occur.

Macx: I think you're right - I'm just not quite happy the way they are. I think I can get away with smaller whilst keeping it readable.

Pauls Car: Thanks! What other changes do you think I should make?

I'm an extended play, play me.

I don't know if anyone else has said it yet but here are some suggestions.

A. make the spindle hole an actual 45 hole. Don't use the more modern small hole. The true 45 single hole is larger.

B. drop the 7" text and make the 45 say 45 rpm.

Also, your record grooves should be closer to the outside and furthur away from the inside.

Well I never intended the record to appear realistic as such, but I suppose it would aid the visual as whole to make it look as genuine as possible.

I did at one point have 'RPM' but I can redo that. I wanted to keep the 7" but I guess retaining it is up for debate.

I'm not trying to say make it super realistic, but the groove placement was just something I noticed which clicked as being off.

My only problem with the text is that out of hundreds of 7"s that I have, not one says 7" on it that I can recall. They all have speeds but never a size designation.

The 7" could be on there because you feel that it portays the 'single' aspect, but so would the 45 spindle.

The 7" was there for other reasons... Blame my British sense of humour! I'll get rid...

Ah, I see. You dirty minded Brit.

Kind of like the 12" extended singles from back in the day.

Haha indeed.

Right guys... two things I want to know really:

1. Change "45rpm" to a 'default' font?
2. Navy, dark grey or brown tee?

I don't even know if you need the 45rpm on there, it is understandable without. However, if you leave it on I would change the font, I don't know if one of the default would be best, but I think it should be different than the main text.

For colors I like dark grey best, then navy

Kept the 45rpm to emphasise the fact it's a single. It probably isn't vital, but I think changing the font to something more generic would help.

Yeah, just change the font and yes, it emphasizes the point I think.

It is clever, I like it :) As for colors, Im not the best person to ask I'll leave my vote aside until I see what else other people are looking for. Cuz afterall, for all I know it could be 1000x better or worse! But i do like it

I would also like to add, that I've always wanted a shirt that says "I'm single and looking" and you managed to create that shirt :D

Cheers dude!

Current score:

Dark Grey ~ 1
Navy ~ 0
Brown ~ 0

Changed the "45rpm", and also included the three t-shirt colours on the shortlist. But which tee do you want?

Ideas?

Looks good on navy and gray.

Current score:

Dark Grey ~ 3
Navy ~ 3
Brown ~ 1

Current score:

Dark Grey ~ 4
Navy ~ 3
Brown ~ 1

I like the dark grey. The glow idea is neat!

As Doctor Zoidberg would say... "Yay!".

Dark Grey ~ 5
Navy ~ 3
Brown ~ 1

... and counting!

I think dark grey won... so this should be my final version before submission... unless anyone has any other ideas? :)

I really like this, and I know a few friends who would totally wear this. But I still feel like something is missing.

i think its pretty ready to sub.. i think when u sub it u should add a brown shirt also.. i think it looks good on that color as well as the gray.. kool design..

maybe for the letters to pop a little u can add a stroke drop shadow..

Hmmm... if only we knew what that was! Perhaps rather than just having "45rpm" I should make up some sort of 70s band name and a song title... Get people to look closer you know? Hehe

not a threadless shirt. I'm sorry. Keep designing though.

Jay, I have! It's not as noticeable on this version granted. But I thought that was important too!

Well shibby, it isn't your archetypal threadless tee I grant you... but what the hell I'll try anyway!

I think its ready to send in, good luck!

Cheers!

Ok... this is the final version... is this a good image of my work and will it work well in the submission proper?

Presentation looks pretty good to me. :) Good luck, my friend!

Go for it!

Not sure... it might be back to the drawing board as it were... people keep saying it's missing something, so I think I'll go back to the start... thanks for the feedback anyway guys!

a stroke drop shadow is like when u have a line on one side of the letters to represent a 3 demensional aspect.. the line isnt touching the letter.. its sort of disconnected but contours to the shap of the letters.. if u added that in the same color as the letters it might add some nice pop.. the black shadow u got doesnt show up too well.. i like the design tho

Fair enough, I'll have a look into that for the next phase! Thanks!

I like this oodles. I say go for it!

take a look at mine??

oooooh pretty glowing record. Nice.

nice

By the way guys, this is one I submitted. But thanks for your support! :)

this is brilliant,love it..it makes think of T.Rex and others glam-rock bands,don't know why ,though(maybe the colours remind me a bit of that "electric warrior" record sleeve....).I would give it 5.

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