Threadless.com - Best t-shirts in the world
Type Tees - Amazing tees created from submitted slogans!
The Select Series - Artist edition limited invite only tee shirt designs
Threadless Kids - Designer kids & baby clothing
ORDER STATUS | SERVICE & HELP
Schalicto
Schalicto aka Josh Schlichting is a 28.59 year old boy, has been a member since August 23, 2005, has scored 808 submissions, giving an average score of 2.91.
URL: http://www.schalicto.com
AIM: schalicto
  Aug 29 '05 by Schalicto        16 Comments        Watch this      Share:  Share on facebook    Share on delicious    Share on digg    Share on MySpace    Tweet this    Stumble this    Share this on Kaboodle   
My big exciting first design…


I would appreciate your thoughts and feelings on my first design here. I have not submitted it yet because I am hoping you can give me some tips on how to improve it. I am not a designer by nature; I am a writer so this is a pretty big jump for me. If ya hate it or love it I would love the constructiveness of actually feedback. I have only been a member of this site for a short while but I think I have already built up a friendship with a few people (or maybe I have arch enemys in the making, who knows?).
The title is "always wear underwear".

Schalicto
Schalicto on Aug 29 '05 at 8:32pm
No comments? I'll start. That doesn't even look like underwear! How old are you? 14! Get a life!
To which I might reply.
Sorry if I am bad at art, it is not my talent but that's kind of why I am looking for your help. And I much very slightly older than 14.
Schalicto
Schalicto on Aug 30 '05 at 5:16am
Still no comments? I'm starting to lose faith in this community. How cool is that?
Schalicto
Schalicto on Aug 30 '05 at 7:46am
I tell ya, one crack about talking on a cellphone in the middle of a movie and everyone is ready to yell at me but ask for tshirt advice and I get the cold shoulder. Why is that?
Sitniz
Sitniz on Aug 30 '05 at 7:52am
Well glad you can keep yourself company. How about first you tell us what its supposed to be, then we tell you how to make it look like what its supposed to be. Right now its some straight lines, 1 curved one, and two circles with some downloaded text.
Schalicto
Schalicto on Aug 30 '05 at 8:08am
The picture is supposed to be a pair of boxer shorts. I made it in Adobe Illustrator which proves to be a very aggravating program for a beginner like myself. And the phrase “semper ubi sub ubi” is a sort of Latin pun that just means “always wear underwear”.
Ash Sammy
Ash Sammy on Aug 30 '05 at 8:14am
He ^ ^ means, why might anyone want to choose this shirt to wear for going out, out of other shirts he may have?
Schalicto
Schalicto on Aug 30 '05 at 8:22am
I think the phrase in Latin is pretty clever and would appeal to a lot of people.
Sitniz
Sitniz on Aug 30 '05 at 8:38am
Alright, so if your Latin phrase is your hook for the shirt, wouldn't it make sense to play it out more? Since Latin is one of the old romantic languages, why not try a more elegant font... maybe instead of curving it try centering it
kevindujour
   kevindujour on Aug 30 '05 at 8:54am
My high school's latin club had this shirt a few years ago.

They did it really well, too. It had a lineart figure wearin underwear.. Made me chuckle.
Schalicto
Schalicto on Aug 30 '05 at 9:03am
I guess it's a pretty popular joke, I figured I couldn't be the first one to think of it :)

I'll play around with the font this evening. I am thinking about ditching the underwear graphic for a guy wearing underwear giving a big thumbs up.
kevindujour
   kevindujour on Aug 30 '05 at 9:07am
or how bout you make whoever is wearing the underwear look extremely roman...

your solution is obvious. Caesar in underwear giving the thumbs up. The leaf circlet crown thing is absolutely necessary, nd a bit of green and gold could show it off better (so that people KNOW it's supposed to be a caesar).
howlynart
howlynart on Aug 30 '05 at 3:28pm
Underwear is so five minutes ago.

You got some good advice there. I like the caesar in boxers idea. Good luck with Illustrator, it will take some time and fiddling. Did you do a tutorial?
Schalicto
Schalicto on Aug 30 '05 at 5:26pm
I got Illustrator for dummies and a basic working knowledge of Photoshop... but I don't think it is enough.
667 designs mpls
667 designs mpls on Aug 31 '05 at 11:37pm
josh!!!!!!
yeah... illustrator... the best way to learn is to HAVE TO learn... pre-kinkos i was terrible with it, now i design fence post catalogs... yay me...

i guess i have to agree about making the text a little more "classical"

joe wants to do some internet tests now... no more typy
illustraTom
illustraTom on Aug 31 '05 at 11:59pm
I've said it before and I'll say it again. Force yourself to use the pen tool until you feel like you "get" how bezier curves work. You'll be so grateful. Pick up the keyboard shortcuts for moving anchor handles or selecting anchor points and you can zip through a design.
HarvestMoon
HarvestMoon on Sep 01 '05 at 1:09am
Heh.. On our old latin club t-shirts we had that on the back. I think if the translation is too obvious and not an inside joke it's kinda spoiled..
You must be logged in to leave a comment.
My gallery photos
I haven't submitted any photos. I guess I don't want free money.

All about me
I like to yo-yo and listen to music and make movies and do other stuff too.