Yes, I know there's tee talk whore, and I'm sure this post will be deleted soon, but is this shirt really that bad?
Maybe I'm just a jerk who's not used to a shirt getting basically no attention on here. If you dislike it, that's fine, but I'd love to hear why! I've received good feedback on it from other sites, so I'm just wondering what's up. I don't want loves, I just want to know what you think.
EDIT:
I had originally considered it sans ghosts - they were sort of an add on when I was trying to "ghost up" the shirt:
Mmmmm?
42 Comments
quakerninja said about 1 month ago
The smooth ghost in the back and the jagged type really stab me in the balls...eye balls.
The white/blue overlap is an amateur 3d cheat. The dark shirt not so flattering for this design.
The main reason is its different, I know you can top this. sorry man.
seibei said about 1 month ago
no no no this is what I wanted, some critique about it. thanks dude!
ez-kun said about 1 month ago
same question about this>
really that bad:P?
hey, seibei, don't worry about it too much..in the end, if you get a kick out of doing it, it's all worth it:)
seibei said about 1 month ago
oh I mean I like it and I did the "amateur 3d cheat" because I like light blue with white and purple, and I think it's gonna look rad printed, but I'm just kind puzzled.
Pearls To Pigs said about 1 month ago
i don't like the ghost(s) in the back. little cute ghosts arent my thing (and everyone does them now) if you just slapped that awesome type on purple american apparel shirt id wear it all day.
Benjamin Lande said about 1 month ago
I think the logo is cool, I'm just not really personally into the graphic style ghosts.
seibei said about 1 month ago
I've thought about doing the text - I just kinda wanted something subtle in the background but am not 100% sold on it:
Better?
Pearls To Pigs said about 1 month ago
dude i love that, some of the coolest type i've seen in a very long time. you could even do so much more with that to make me like it still. just not into precious ghosts for some reason.
edit:
also, i don't know how many people would agree with me, but for me personally i just love the colors of that shirt and would completely want to wear it. some people might just think its boring or whatever, but i think in my current "mood" for tee shirts and color- its real cool.
seibei said about 1 month ago
no that's totally fair! thank you. the ghosts were kind of put on at the last minute when I decided I wanted to "ghost it up", but I guess it's not working out so much?
also, I've been wanting to do a purple shirt for a long time.
ryanmiller said about 1 month ago
yeah dude i like it a lot better with just the type
Pearls To Pigs said about 1 month ago
you know, i still don't own any purple american apparel and i've been wanting to for the longest time. i'd love to own some mint aa as well (i will when my manticores shirt arrives- jimmy i emailed you 10 times today!!!).
seibei said about 1 month ago
dude I am such a chode for missing the boat on those. I wanted to own as many Frendens as possible.
Gordocreative said about 1 month ago
The type is really hard to read.
If this is for branding... most people would probably never remember it.
LaurieShipley said about 1 month ago
Lucky Jimmy! Hahahahaa Sorry. ;)
I do like this better without the ghosts. The font is super bad ass but it is a little hard to read. No? Maybe adjust the kerning??
seibei said about 1 month ago
It's not branding, just a slogan, as in "I'm totally going to haunt you when I inevitably die".
I redrew this type so many times that it's no longer hard to read for me.
Pearls To Pigs said about 1 month ago
haha, im jk about his thread "emailing jimmy" i've never really emailed jimmy before
Simply Complicated said about 1 month ago
i like that
and seibei..i dont like it cuz i cant read it homie
LaurieShipley said about 1 month ago
Oh I missed that! Hahaha
seibei said about 1 month ago
I might change the first G, but other than that...I like it.
chalk said about 1 month ago
what does it say? can't read it
i love most of what you do but i wouldn't put that tee on if i were freezing to death
you don't see purple tees about for a good reason, and that font is painful to look at
IMHO of course
seibei said about 1 month ago
DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN hahaha
{miles to go} said about 1 month ago
honestly, i dont think its near as strong as your other work. maybe thats why
seibei said about 1 month ago
thanks, I appreciate it. I personally am a big fan of the type, but I'll think it over.
{miles to go} said about 1 month ago
what about overlaying the ghosts into the white of the tee, making them the purple tee color? might look to busy of course
seibei said about 1 month ago
I'd actually kicked around doing them as a white halftone as well:
Not super stoked on it, but it's probably one of those things that would look better printed.
Pearls To Pigs said about 1 month ago
i'm feelin' the white a lot more. the font is so awesome and ghosts just aren't that awesome- it reminds me of a cheap placeholder. try something else thats white and a little more gnarly like the font?
hideouscarwreck said about 1 month ago
i like the type, but i don't think just the type on the shirt is good enough. otherwise it's just ... type on a shirt. it needs something else.
so far i'm digging the transparent white ghosts in the back.
skullface said about 1 month ago
I love the type; I love the purple; I love the cerulean; I love the (translucent) ghosts.
the cerulean on the purple isn't doing it for me.
gabroll said about 1 month ago
I love this "Got im tianing" shirt!
ryanmiller said about 1 month ago
looks a whole lot better without the black.. i dig it
seibei said about 1 month ago
(sigh) at least it's more legible than some metal shirts.
gabroll said about 1 month ago
Hahah true. To be honest I really tried, and I do like it (with the background image) I just couldn't read it.
Pearls To Pigs said about 1 month ago
i like the slighty hard to read aspect of it
seibei said about 1 month ago
I'm on the fence - I like it as it stands, but I'm worried I'll have to read it to everyone that sees it.
a killer wombat said about 1 month ago
(i wore your shirt to the bank today, chick behind the counter loved it)
seibei said about 1 month ago
awwwwwwwwwwwww thanks dude!
gameyy said about 1 month ago
I had no problem reading it, and I agree, this will look great printed, it just looks plain on a screen. But THIS should definitely be on it somewhere:
seibei said about 1 month ago
hahahah. I've actually been thinking for awhile about printing semi-related stuff inside of the tee, ever since I got a tee with a one-eyed stillborn kitten on it that has a diagram for how to make an origami bat on the inside.
collisiontheory said about 1 month ago
Yeah it looks plain on the screen. Have you tried mocking it up on a real shirt?
I didn't understand "ghost in training" and couldn't read it at first. "HOS" in ghost gets lost on me and training looks like tanning. I think those are 2 things that make it hard to like the shirt. I actually like the line "I'm totally going to haunt you when I inevitably die" better. Or maybe like "i'll stalk you when I die" or something. Hope that helps =)
Randomentity said about 1 month ago
I've read so much graffiti that the shirt was really easy to read, and I like pulling apart death metal type. That being said, i love the text.
i do not like the ghosts, i would redraw a ghost type thing, because i know you can do way better.
also, i have gotten no feedback on so many shirts that i just get used to it, check my shit out people! gaaaawd.
quixotic said about 1 month ago
Although, taking a tiny little chunk out of the first G would do wonders on legibility. ...I think.
I also think that re-doing the ghosts and making them ...still cute but a little more scary would be good. Maybe instead of a smile make them upset and angry looking?
jelly said about 1 month ago
I like the concept and the packman ghost made up of other little ghost but not the font or colors. Maybe even some variety in the individual ghost'ses?
GhostmakerAZ said about 1 month ago
Wow so many people don't like little ghosts... :(