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bygrinstow aka Jon aka Bygrinstow is a 43.61 year old boy, has been a member since July 30, 2007, has scored 4,857 submissions, giving an average score of 2.10, helping 126 designs get printed.

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Oct 13 '11 by bygrinstow
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20 Designs Before 2020

...I don't want to set the bar too high, y'know?

Been far too long since I've gotten to work on this!

The more I tinker with lettering the more I think this is the way to go. The block/comic-book style lettering was too dominant, I think...

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bygrinstow on Oct 13 '11 at 10:33pm

I think this might be a bit too large on the shirt... what do you think?

hypothetical-presentation

Adhesive Hippo on Oct 13 '11 at 11:19pm

It's not too large, but I can't really understand what it's saying.

bygrinstow on Oct 14 '11 at 9:45am

courtney pie on Oct 14 '11 at 11:59am

I get it but maybe change the phrasing to play off of the 'hypothetical' more?

2 days later

Bio-bot 9000 on Oct 17 '11 at 12:34am

I'm not sure that the type complements the slogan. The back and forth visual flow is a bit jarring, because the eye wants to go from big to little.

maybe it could be more like a thought bubble, or some other arrangement.

Happy belated birthday by the way!

bygrinstow on Oct 17 '11 at 10:37am

Thanks, Sam! ...for the birthday wishes and the critique.

I really like the approach of the early typetees (before they were 'typetees', I think) such as Bands That Don't Exist and Oldest I've Ever Been -- where the typography is a simple manipulation or texture, and the words speak for themselves.

In playing with the words, I liked the way the shapes suggested two intersecting planes -- like the hypothetical and the real finding a meeting point. Maybe I'll go back and make a less extreme version -- tweaked, but not as tweaked...

Thoughts?

bygrinstow on Oct 17 '11 at 10:38am

And to Courtney's point, maybe move the "the other day" to the beginning of the phrase: "Yesterday, I Was In..." or "This Morning I Was In..."

courtney pie on Oct 17 '11 at 1:37pm

yes please. keep playing with it

bygrinstow on Oct 18 '11 at 12:07pm

Any thoughts on these? Thanks!

hypothetical-sampler

parallelish on Oct 18 '11 at 12:08pm

RicoMambo on Oct 18 '11 at 12:08pm

bygrinstow on Oct 18 '11 at 12:57pm

So far, D gets an A.

courtney pie on Oct 18 '11 at 1:13pm

bygrinstow on Oct 18 '11 at 10:14pm

late evening bump

ivejustquitsmoking on Oct 18 '11 at 10:18pm

like D

rossmat8 on Oct 18 '11 at 10:22pm

bygrinstow on Oct 19 '11 at 8:59am

Alrighty then -- mock-up to follow...

Thanks, everyone!

5 days later

bygrinstow on Oct 24 '11 at 3:42pm

I have Hypothetical on the back burner while I try to push this through...

Does text work? Or just go with the zombie hand? Lemme know. Thanks.

hang-wip-sample

Bio-bot 9000 on Oct 24 '11 at 4:42pm

Cool hand! I think the text could totally accentuate this. If done right it'll give it a cool skate/surf feel.

bygrinstow on Oct 24 '11 at 7:21pm

Thanks! It's hard to tell from the lines only, but the lettering is two colors, plus the shirt color.

If I can figure out Illustrator in the morning, I should have a better draft of this tomorrow...

bygrinstow on Oct 25 '11 at 12:41pm

Text is not done ('clear' part is shirt color, outline and some white parts will be green like the hand, some white parts will be red).

Does this composition work for you? Better with text, than without? Or just go with the zombie hand shaka sign? Thanks.

bygrinstow on Oct 25 '11 at 1:25pm

Not sure the lettering is coming off like I'd thought it would... : (

bygrinstow on Oct 25 '11 at 4:24pm

bump

bygrinstow on Oct 25 '11 at 8:22pm

bumpity

rossmat8 on Oct 25 '11 at 8:43pm

Awesome

Bio-bot 9000 on Oct 25 '11 at 9:53pm

I think the color on the text should be darker (heavier), to give them a sense of slimey, monster goodness. I would lose the bone on the E, it doesn't seem to mesh well with the other letters.

Look up the art of Jim Phillips or the Swamp Thing logo for cool lettering inspiration.

bygrinstow on Oct 26 '11 at 11:05am

I agree with you, Sam -- I did a re-jigger of the composition, but I think the font should be more solid and somewhat thinner. It's got to support the hand, but the hand must be the main focus.

I think the hand *almost* works all on it's own -- but since the shaka sign very often has the words with it, it just seems right to keep the words here. Just gotta find the *right* way to do them...

bygrinstow on Oct 26 '11 at 12:23pm

What if a font something like this was done via finger painting?

bygrinstow on Oct 26 '11 at 9:24pm

bump

bygrinstow on Oct 27 '11 at 8:52am

G'morning, all!

bygrinstow on Oct 27 '11 at 11:10am

A? or B?

Also, more shaka comments are welcome. : )

bygrinstow on Oct 27 '11 at 11:32am

weird -- posting the A/B didn't bump the blog... : (

mitchellp on Oct 27 '11 at 3:34pm

I like the zombie hand.

mitchellp on Oct 27 '11 at 3:37pm

I like the older text better though. But it needed more yellow

mitchellp on Oct 27 '11 at 3:37pm

maybe the same color as the bone

Bio-bot 9000 on Oct 27 '11 at 3:46pm

B. for Hypothetical. The outline makes the text much more exciting.

As for Hang Looser text, I like the white highlights. Maybe the color scheme for the text could be thick dark green with white highlights, and maybe some black detailing.

mitchellp on Oct 27 '11 at 3:50pm

But I must admit, I don't get the hypothetical situation yesterday slogan.

But I agree with Biobot, go with the outlined version

bygrinstow on Oct 27 '11 at 4:15pm

The text needs major re-drawing, but consider this a test of the color scheme... I think the suggestion about using the bone color is spot on.

bygrinstow on Oct 27 '11 at 8:47pm

evening bump

mitchellp on Oct 28 '11 at 8:11am

Now add some red to that text.

Thomas Orrow on Oct 29 '11 at 11:16am

B is excellent- ready to sub!

I really like the zombie hand, that's perfect, but the text needs a complete re-haul. The text doesn't work at all.

You can download this free font called Zombie Attack, which I really like. That would work quite well I think, or a similar one at least. It might even be better with no text at all.

Cheers for your earlier comments,

Tom.

Thomas Orrow on Oct 29 '11 at 11:17am

Oh and the above hand with slightly darker skin looks better!

bygrinstow on Oct 29 '11 at 1:48pm

Zombie Attack is closer to what I'm picturing for the lettering -- thinner letters, more italicy.

I'm thinking of a two-tone effect, the sort of thing where mid-way through the letter the color changes so the top and bottom of the letters are different colors.

I'm not sure about red on the letters. Although it would certainly add punch, I don't want to get too gruesome. Trying to skate the gruesome line on this, and I think I may have hit the limit, with shattered bones and ripped flesh.

Once I have the font as best as I think it could be, I'll do an A/B mock up, with and without text...

Thanks for the input!

Thomas Orrow on Oct 29 '11 at 1:57pm

You're welcome ^ ^

nathanwpyle at gmail.com on Oct 30 '11 at 10:59am

B and the latest red letters!

ivejustquitsmoking on Oct 30 '11 at 11:16am

no text?
maybe have a little bit more arm/wrist?

bygrinstow on Oct 30 '11 at 7:27pm

Thanks for the thinks, y'all.

15 days later

bygrinstow on Nov 15 '11 at 5:50pm

I'm not done with the lettering, but it's helpful to see it mocked up:

hang-mockup-rough1st

bygrinstow on Nov 16 '11 at 8:48am

Good Morning : )

5 days later

mitchellp on Nov 21 '11 at 11:50pm

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