TF2 Merchandise Megathread: Virtual fashion designer no more

[mphayes97]

[QUOTE=Old Hermit;45697170]Did I do good at all?
[t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/102054761/Badlands%20WIP.png[/t]
still a pretty heavy wip, the badlands thing is just a placeholder, basically
also thinking of removing the gg no re glhf thing, dunno if that's in the best taste[/QUOTE]
mini sentry h[B]a[/B]ven, and remove that gg no re glhf, and make it a postcard maybe (?)

[Metaru]

I suggest that, if anything, rate agree if you would wear/buy it and disagree if you wont. saves everyone the drama.

PS: first of hopefully many shirts, i need to mess with the blue team version a bit more.
[t]http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/38598733271940453/5A703428B4E5A074541B86771F08B8491044DE26/637x358.resizedimage[/t]
[url]http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=300595229[/url]

[Kierany9]

[QUOTE=Metaru;45697245]
[t]http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/38598733271940453/5A703428B4E5A074541B86771F08B8491044DE26/637x358.resizedimage[/t]
[url]http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=300595229[/url][/QUOTE]

What is up with that pyro's head? The more I look at it, the more it looks like a duck.
Nice T-Shirt though.

[WilhelmScreamer]

I'm gonna venturea guess that it is okay to talk about merch other people uploaded right?

[url=http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=300667670&searchtext=]I just thought this was pretty nifty[/url]

[ambaxtoxin]

Found this cool old hat shop advert:

[t]http://thegraphicsfairy.com/wp-content/uploads/blogger/-jdKs5jDygpw/T_MT92ohhHI/AAAAAAAASjA/9buBmRAK7O4/s1600/ShopAd-Hats-GraphicsFairy.jpg[/t]

So I've started to adapt it:

[t]http://i.imgur.com/zrejYrX.jpg[/t]

Worth continuing with, y'reckon?

(EDIT: This is a really rough beginning point. I'm really not happy with the 'Deadly Weapons' typeface.)

EDIT #2: Second draft.

[t]http://i.imgur.com/RPneHb7.jpg[/t]

[Old Hermit]

ambax, if you could completely de-draw from scratch the outline with all the hats redone to resemble their TF2 counterparts, this would be an insta-buy for me.

[Metaru]

would also help you not get in trouble for using someone else's work.

[Kibbleknight]

Is this too simple/generic for a t-shirt design?
[t]http://puu.sh/aTBfc.jpg[/t] [t]http://puu.sh/aTBfp.jpg[/t]

[Metaru]

hey kibble, you have a good amount of skill with concepts, i'm sure you can do better.

[ambaxtoxin]

[QUOTE=Old Hermit;45697540]ambax, if you could [b]completely de-draw from scratch the outline with all the hats redone to resemble their TF2 counterparts[/b], this would be an insta-buy for me.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, that's the idea. I'm just trying to get the typography right before I start the difficult bit. :)

[QUOTE=Metaru;45697565]would also help you not get in trouble for using someone else's work.[/QUOTE]

I'm pretty sure the copyright of the original (if any was ever registered) expired long, long ago. But as I said, I'm going to try and get actual TF2 hats into there.

EDIT: Huh. This might actually turn out quite nicely.

[t]http://i.imgur.com/55YCDjn.jpg[/t]

[Kibbleknight]

[QUOTE=Metaru;45697624]hey kibble, you have a good amount of skill with concepts, i'm sure you can do better.[/QUOTE]
I'm not attempting to do anything super/overly flashy with this, so how is this?
[t]http://puu.sh/aTCL3.jpg[/t][t]http://puu.sh/aTCLc.jpg[/t]

[Annoyed Grunt]

[QUOTE=Metaru;45697565]would also help you not get in trouble for using someone else's work.[/QUOTE]

Getting sued...FROM THE GRAVE!

EDIT: I'm working on something too

[t]http://i.imgur.com/tsD1Fpq.png[/t]

Unfortunately my Retro Level™ is not even half of Metaru's.

[kenshin6]

I'll go ahead and post this here as well. I may need to refine it a little but I think it looks good.

[url=http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=300686403][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52618319/hat_fortress_tshirt_design_promo_charcoal.png[/img][/url]

[ambaxtoxin]

[QUOTE=kenshin6;45697899]I'll go ahead and post this here as well. I may need to refine it a little but I think it looks good.

[url=http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=300686403][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52618319/hat_fortress_tshirt_design_promo_charcoal.png[/img][/url][/QUOTE]

Nudge it all upwards a little. Your logo should be predominantly on the chest, not the belly.

[kenshin6]

-bad idea is bad-

[Old Hermit]

I updated the Badlands shirt a tad. Is this any better?
[t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/102054761/Badlands%20WIP.png[/t]

[GoogleyGareth]

[QUOTE=Old Hermit;45698316]I updated the Badlands shirt a tad. Is this any better?
[t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/102054761/Badlands%20WIP.png[/t][/QUOTE]

It's alright. Maybe it's just the image but the text doesn't stand out that well for me.

[NeoDement]

if your design is just a screenshot with a cutout filter applied it's probably not worth submitting

[Metaru]

[QUOTE=kenshin6;45698307]Maybe someone can make this concept of mine into a decent looking t-shirt. I have other concepts in mind too and will post them when they are drawn out.

[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52618319/poot_dispenser_tshirt_concept_emrfish6.png[/img][/QUOTE]

A friendly bit of advice to whoever feels like doing merch: [B]No Memes[/B].

[Old Hermit]

[QUOTE=Hogie bear;45698334]It's alright. Maybe it's just the image but the text doesn't stand out that well for me.[/QUOTE]
[t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/102054761/Badlands.png[/t]
Heeyyy, good call! I think it might actually look almost done now.

What d'you guys think?

[editline]15th August 2014[/editline]

[QUOTE=NeoDement;45698421]if your design is just a screenshot with a cutout filter applied it's probably not worth submitting[/QUOTE]
Oh, of course, I'm planning on actually doing a paintover with it, I just did a quick filter to see what it might look like, get the text bits sorted out first and whatnot

[Metaru]

I'm pretty sure the point of postal is to precisecely show a panormic view of location or landmark.

yours shows nothing but control point with generic cbin on the background. nothing on tht shows anything from badlands.

tbh that really doesnt work as a shirt, maybe as a poster though.

[Big Bob]

[QUOTE=Metaru;45698433]A friendly bit of advice to whoever feels like doing merch: [B]No Memes[/B].[/QUOTE]not defending it but even spycrab got accepted, as a plush too

just saying, if the first ever community-created item to become merchandise is a meme, i don't think valve will mind people making more

[TheHeartsman]

Hey, IF worked on this shirt yesterday and I made a promo item to go with it.

[URL="http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=300679683"][IMG]http://37.media.tumblr.com/730b935f2451d4b0a829f8d691533558/tumblr_nacxmuQh2U1qixci7o1_1280.png[/IMG][/URL]

I know I'm bound to say this because I work with her but I'm always so damn impressed by the standard of art she can produce! Also here's the item:

[URL="http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=300686509"][IMG]https://38.media.tumblr.com/33dbf6076bea375e820f006088def89e/tumblr_nacxmuQh2U1qixci7o2_r1_250.png[/IMG][/URL]

[Annoyed Grunt]

[QUOTE=Flubbman;45698663]not defending it but even spycrab got accepted, as a plush too

just saying, if the first ever community-created item to become merchandise is a meme, i don't think valve will mind people making more[/QUOTE]

The Spycrab was a plushy, and a nicely done one, too. Not an image with 2 lines of plain white text pasted on it.

[kenshin6]

[QUOTE=Metaru;45698433]A friendly bit of advice to whoever feels like doing merch: [B]No Memes[/B].[/QUOTE]

Fair enough. At least the other ideas in my head arent memes.

[Dragara]

[QUOTE=TheHeartsman;45698720][IMG]https://38.media.tumblr.com/33dbf6076bea375e820f006088def89e/tumblr_nacxmuQh2U1qixci7o2_r1_250.png[/IMG][/QUOTE]

This is all-class right? I imagine it'd be pretty funny to see a Medic running around with both this and the shoulder Archimedes.

EDIT: And Medimedes.

[Kierany9]

Legit Archimedes shirt WIP

[t]http://i.imgur.com/jjfjNei.png[/t]

[editline]15th August 2014[/editline]

[QUOTE=ElderLolz;45699065]I probably missed something (as always) but where can I get all those reference things for shirts?[/QUOTE]

[URL="http://media.steampowered.com/img/merch/design_submission.psd"]You mean this?[/URL]

[Laffle]

Concept.
[t]http://puu.sh/aTNXs/0ec7dc50b1.png[/t]
If no one wants to claim it I'll give it a go myself. It'll probably look awful though.

[Frying Dutchman]

[QUOTE=Old Hermit;45698434][t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/102054761/Badlands.png[/t]
Heeyyy, good call! I think it might actually look almost done now.

What d'you guys think?

[editline]15th August 2014[/editline]

Oh, of course, I'm planning on actually doing a paintover with it, I just did a quick filter to see what it might look like, get the text bits sorted out first and whatnot[/QUOTE]

Remove the arena, moth,cp text.
Make the scenic bigger.
Change the sentry text to a font you're already using, having all kinds of fonts looks hectic.
Might want to look into removing the stretch in greetings from.

Other than those lil things you could change it looks great!
If you're redoing the screenshot consider doing a bit more of the skyline or with some thing very distinctive from the map.

[Venezuelan]

[QUOTE=Flubbman;45698663]not defending it but even spycrab got accepted, as a plush too

just saying, if the first ever community-created item to become merchandise is a meme, i don't think valve will mind people making more[/QUOTE]

Plus let's be real that's the kind of shit nerds want to buy