Profile for Lhiiiz - Hey Baby, what's your sign? -Updated, new text, is it good?

Lhiiiz aka Elizabeth is a 28.63 year old girl, has been a member since March 20, 2007, has scored 1875 submissions, giving an average score of 2.81.

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Jan 07 '09 by Lhiiiz

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Hey Baby, what's your sign? -Updated, new text, is it good?

updated with the hands colors changed, and a slimmer font. I also adjusted the tracking a bit.

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sonmi on Jan 07 '09 at 4:22pm

hahaha, sweet idea! i don't know if the hands need to grow in size like that, though.

are you planning on hand drawing .. the hands?

TheInfamousBaka on Jan 07 '09 at 4:22pm

It's a funny idea, though I think it would be a lot better if 1) the hands were illustrated and 2) the size were consistent. :) I think you've got something here.

sonmi on Jan 07 '09 at 4:23pm

also, this might diminish the concept some, but maybe to make the point clearer, in tiny text many you can have each letter underneath the hand?

Lhiiiz on Jan 07 '09 at 4:23pm

yeah, i wasn't sure about that...yeah, I was thinking about it...I tried it with the photos up there, but it seems to cut off: the imagery doesn't flow like a drawing would...I think more fluidity would also help the er...implications of it too.

olie! on Jan 07 '09 at 4:24pm

funny idea!
I think it might be better if you just erased the wrist part of the hands off so each hand was more circular at the palm. . . and also either wrote the title on there somewhere since most of the general public doesn't know how to read ASL or else just make the hands form actual letters. But as I said it's a great idea!

sonmi on Jan 07 '09 at 4:24pm

i think simple line are is all that's needed for this. you probably don't need to color it. maybe approach this like one of olly's infographics, kind of?

sonmi on Jan 07 '09 at 4:25pm

*simple line art

olie! on Jan 07 '09 at 4:25pm

and yeah drawing the hands would be better

sonmi on Jan 07 '09 at 4:25pm

like, i can imagine it white lines on a dark blue shirt...

Lhiiiz on Jan 07 '09 at 4:25pm

I'd thought about that too Sonmi. I'm not sure about that yet, but it never hurts to try something out.

Also, I subbed this today, so please cross your fingers that it gets through this time!

The New Constellations - Threadless T-shirts, Nude No More

TheInfamousBaka on Jan 07 '09 at 4:25pm

Yeah, I think a simple illustration approach to this would be perfect!

Lhiiiz on Jan 07 '09 at 4:26pm

sonmi on Jan 07 '09 at 4:25pm
like, i can imagine it white lines on a dark blue shirt...

Yes!

sonmi on Jan 07 '09 at 4:26pm

hahah, that sub is amazing!

Lhiiiz on Jan 08 '09 at 3:35pm

Thanks Sonmi! I hope everyone else thinks so! *Update on what's your sign.

mezo on Jan 08 '09 at 3:36pm

You're like the wind, liz.

Lhiiiz on Jan 08 '09 at 3:39pm

..and nobody puts Stef in a corner.

FRICKINAWESOME on Jan 08 '09 at 3:45pm

I'm so happy to see you back in the subbing habit, like Whoopi but with drawing skills and not black.

Lhiiiz on Jan 08 '09 at 3:46pm

thanks FA! It's been a while. Yeah, Whoops and I, we tight.

Lhiiiz on Jan 08 '09 at 3:55pm

some advices?

Lhiiiz on Jan 08 '09 at 4:31pm

anyone?

Lhiiiz on Jan 08 '09 at 7:10pm

Lhiiiz on Jan 08 '09 at 7:47pm

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olie! on Jan 08 '09 at 7:48pm

this is WAY better than when I saw it when you were first starting it

Lhiiiz on Jan 08 '09 at 7:49pm

thanks olie...that first one was just the first concept I had...

brentendo on Jan 08 '09 at 7:50pm

nice idea, Ive seen something like it done before for morse code, and they'd put a key of what the symbols mean on the back or elsewhere on the shirt, that could be quite a good way to go about it if you dont wanna put the letters by the hands

Lhiiiz on Jan 08 '09 at 7:55pm

well, I thought about maybe just writing it at the bottom under the design instead of under each hand...right now, it reminds me of an eye chart.

brentendo on Jan 08 '09 at 7:59pm

yeh that would look good, and it'd make the play on words alot more punchy aswell

Lhiiiz on Jan 08 '09 at 8:06pm

right. I'll play around with that. Thanks!

mezo on Jan 08 '09 at 8:43pm

What if you did blue ink on the blue shirt for the text and then you can blow up the letters and put them behind the linework of the hands, so it's overprinted and subtle.

mezo on Jan 08 '09 at 8:45pm

It may also look interesting to stick the apostrophe in there (what's)...even if there's not a sign for it.

mezo on Jan 08 '09 at 8:45pm

Now I gotta eat macaroni and cheese.

brentendo on Jan 08 '09 at 8:45pm

mezo on Jan 08 '09 at 8:43pm
What if you did blue ink on the blue shirt for the text and then you can blow up the letters and put them behind the linework of the hands, so it's overprinted and subtle.

swish, mezo scores a 3pointer

Lhiiiz on Jan 08 '09 at 9:24pm

Wow, Stef, thanks! Yeah, I love the idea of the text behind...I'll be trying that out in the morning! Mac and Cheese! FTW! I was thinking about putting in the question mark or apostrophe in there...we'll see.

mezo on Jan 08 '09 at 9:30pm

Punctuation may break up the monotony...or it might distract. Hell, I don't know.

sonmi on Jan 08 '09 at 9:31pm

this is lookin GOOD!

sonmi on Jan 08 '09 at 9:32pm

right now i really like it with the tiny text, because it kind of looks like figure numbers on first inspection, but mezo's idea sounds good too

Lhiiiz on Jan 08 '09 at 9:32pm

I'll try it both ways to see what I think. Right now I'm just kind of giddy about playing with the background text tomorrow. (wow, nerd.) Thanks Stef, thanks Sonmi!

mezo on Jan 08 '09 at 9:34pm

You're just saying that because we are friendship bracelet friends, julia.

Bio-bot 9000 on Jan 08 '09 at 9:39pm

i say with text.

Lhiiiz on Jan 09 '09 at 11:17am

Here's an updated version with suggestions applied.

brentendo on Jan 09 '09 at 11:29am

nice, i like the newer version of the text, though I think you should try making the type darker than the tee colour, so the white of the hands pops more against it

sonmi on Jan 09 '09 at 11:30am

bff4l, MEZ.

ohh. i'm not sure which version i like now. i like brentendo's idea, though. try having the background text black?

NiNTH WHEEL on Jan 09 '09 at 11:32am

Prefer the first version to the second, but both work.

Lhiiiz on Jan 09 '09 at 11:33am

the black text is too harsh, it competes too much with the hands, but maybe a darker version of the same blue as the shirt.

mezo on Jan 09 '09 at 11:33am

I LIKE IT but think the text should be darker than the t-shade as brent said and also should be taller than the hands, not wider (that makes the text look out of proportion). Also, if you add the apostrophe then add also the question mark!

Lhiiiz on Jan 09 '09 at 11:35am

OK, so I'll try it darker and change to a narrower font. I know Stef I know, I just couldn't get the question mark placed correctly earlier so I left it off for now.

Lhiiiz on Jan 10 '09 at 12:30am

i tried laying a transparency over the hands to highlight the text, but still keep it subtle...although I have no idea how to translate that for printing.

againstbound on Jan 10 '09 at 12:33am

I think the white's too bright and gets all the attention, maybe just a light blue to keep bot the hands and the text focused?

Lhiiiz on Jan 10 '09 at 12:43am

It's worth a shot...I'm going to shelf it until Monday. Thanks Hector!

NomadSlim on Jan 10 '09 at 12:50am

I like the colors. I would try decreasing the size of the font and adjusting the tracking. The real letters just are a bit off right now.

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