Hi Trey, I'd like to give this a go. Do you still need help?
Déa Million On Mar 5, 2010, at 9:57 AM, Trey Ethridge wrote: > Hello all, > > I haven't received a response from anyone that would like to help out with > this project. I feel that this is a great opportunity for someone that is > looking to expand their portfolio. These are cycling jersey's that have the > approval of the marketing team at Canonical. There are several Canonical > employees that plan to purchase these jersey's. > > If I don't get any help from the community, I'm going to have to raise money > and hire a professional artist. If you have an interest in this project, > please let me know. > > Thank you, > Trey > > On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 10:50 AM, Trey Ethridge <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all! > > I'm riding in two charity bike rides this year. One is for Multiple > Sclerosis and the other is for Diabetes. I've requested and received > permission from Canonical to create custom jerseys for use on these rides. > My team is going to be called "Team Ubuntu". > > This is a chance for the community to show that we can roll with the best > jerseys that we often see for companies like Microsoft, Red Hat, Cisco, and > Nortel. I'm am hoping that we can use some Ubuntu culture for the theme of > the jersey. Ubuntu has a unique mascot for each release. My thought was > that we would design a jersey that incorporated the mascots of our releases. > The style of the Hardy Heron wallpaper was pretty popular and would probably > look good on jerseys. Here is a link to the wall paper I'm referring to: > http://images.google.com/images?q=hardy+heron+wallpaper > > The jersey could include the current supported releases or we could try to > incorporate them all. The jersey isn't limited to a predefined set of > colors, so we really have a lot of leeway in our design. > > Here is the list of mascots so you don't have to look them up: > > Lucid Lynx > Karmic Koala > Jaunty Jackalope > Intrepid Ibex > Hardy Heron > Dapper Drake > > Gutsy Gibbon > Feisty Fawn > Edgy Eft > Breezy Badger > Hoary Hedgehog > Warty Warthog > > I realize that there is a wiki page for Ubuntu Jerseys, but I feel that we > want to push the boundaries more than these designs. The jerseys appear to > be limited by the number of colors that they can contain due to manufacturing > limits. Plus, they appear to just reuse a lot of logos and I'm hoping for > something new and exciting. > > Here is a link to some designs that another cycling team in the Multiple > Sclerosis ride received when they placed a bid on the crowdspring.com design > site. http://www.crowdspring.com/project/1283223_cycling-jersey-logo-vin/ > > Check out the Ubuntu jerseys here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuCyclists > > I've picked out a company to print our jerseys. They require that the design > be in the SVG format. Here is a link to the templates that they recommend > using when designing. > > Jersey template: > http://champ-sys.com/media/SS%20Raglan%20Without%20Side%20Panel.pdf > > Shorts template: > http://champ-sys.com/media/FullWrap%20U%20Panel%20MBI040.pdf > > They have some notes about the black areas of the templates. The black area > can be one of seven pre-dyed colors. I recommend checking out the notes on > the page. > > http://champ-sys.com/custom/cycling/formsandtemplates > > The Diabetes ride is in June and the Multiple Sclerosis ride is in September. > The manufacturing process takes 6 to 8 weeks, so we have some time to > design. > > I look forward to hearing from the group. This is an exciting opportunity > for your artwork to be seen by thousands of participants in these events. > Please let me know if you have questions or need additional information. > > Sincerely, > Trey Ethridge > > > > > > -- > ubuntu-art mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
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