On 12/12/2015 07:18 PM, Diana Connolly wrote: > Hi everyone, here's my 2 cents: > I would really like to advocate for two colors. (It costs nothing extra) > It seems that all discussion of the "Snowdrift colors" is centered on > colors that were picked for the website. It seems logical that cool > colors were chose, given the "snow" theme, but I bet that if you looked > at the actual humans who made all the original color decisions, they are > people that actually look good in cool colors. We all have a innate > preference for colors that suit our physical colors and personality > temperaments. This is true even if you are not aware of it and couldn't > tell a cool color from a dark color if your life depended on it. Any > color can be cool or warm, it depends on undertones and shadings. > > If you'd like to read a treatise on the subject check out: > http://monoskop.org/images/4/46/Itten_Johannes_The_Elements_of_Color.pdf > > So my final suggestion is that we go with the light grey shirt with dark > blue ink AND the warm grey shirt with white ink. I think that's a good > compromise. They are both light, and the warm grey would be harmonious > with all your other colors. I believe that warm grey is strong enough to > stand up to the white ink and show well. I suggest white because none of > your blues are warm (most blues aren't), and some people just don't wear > blue! > > Would one of you like to mock up the warm grey with white logo? >
Attached is a quick mockup with the Warm Gray and I did two versions: a darker version of the dark blue color with a white fill for Eunice (not sure this makes sense at all, it's just a quick mock-up, and it would require two-color printing, just an idea for consideration), and one with just white ink. > Another point I'd like to throw in is that in general, I don't think > girls like t-shirts with stiff ink on the back (it feels yucky) and I > think the shirt would look fantastic with just the logo on the front. > But I care far less about this point than I do about giving your people > with warm coloring something that they will actually keep and wear. > This isn't a gender thing. Everyone hates shirts with excessively large blocks of stiff ink. It feels yucky on any gender. I think the inverted Eunice character isn't so bad that it's unacceptable though, even though it isn't ideal necessarily. Anyway, a logo-only shirt might look nice, but it's just not strong enough of a message right now, not a conversation starter etc. The Eunice character and quip is essential to making a compelling design. But I agree that avoiding large blocks of ink is absolutely a concern to be thoughtful about. > Diana > > P.S. I've heard back from the shirt company, and I can put together a > price for you guys by Monday. > The outstanding question for the company is: can we get the unnamed lighter-speckled light gray shirt that shows up in the website before you choose a color?? Because that seems to be several people's (including me) favorite option! I actually think that color is neutral enough to fit for almost everyone, even as a possible only-color for both shirt designs. I like it enough that I'd consider also inquiring if they have something like that in a different shirt if it isn't available for this one (although, again, I know this shirt choice is great). I'd accept the light gray otherwise, but I definitely don't like it as much. Thanks, Diana! > > On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 1:43 AM, William Hale <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > I like mray's top row, left and right, with a slight pull towards right > for the basic logo. > > For the cartoons, I like mray's bottom left and middle, with no real > pull either way. > > However, when considering front/back, I think Aaron's top right > balances the contrasts well. > > Basically, my vote is for blue ink on a light grey shirt. > > -- > William Hale > aka Salt > _______________________________________________ > Design mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.snowdrift.coop/mailman/listinfo/design > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Design mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.snowdrift.coop/mailman/listinfo/design > -- Aaron Wolf Snowdrift.coop <https://snowdrift.coop>
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