Dump the zero and get with the hero
I could let the last post go awhile, but the writing is kind of on the wall. The vast majority really, really want The Cow as close to his full glory as possible if given the choice. Considering several hundred of you are going to have the chance to be within arms reach in the not-too-distant-future, it's in my best interest to keep you happy...
Margins be damned.. Five-color-Cow.
We can only go with one color, so please tell me which you prefer (Black, Navy, or Chocolate) and whether you prefer the outline or no, and I'll aggregate it. Within a day or so we'll roll, as these have to be gotten out the door or it'll be another year while I'm buried with talks and other things.
Please note: The Navy and Chocolate colors aren't exactly the best representation, I more wanted to give you an idea. In reality, the Navy shirt is quite dark, and the Chocolate shirt is darker than it might appear in your browser -- more like a Hershey bar -- and has enough texture I'm not worried about it blending with the cowch too much.
And yeah, the outline is a little thicker in real life, but you'll get the idea, especially on the Chocolate shirt.
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*Again, please remember the actual Navy and Chocolate are a bit darker, and more like their respective namesakes.
I know, I could just hand down a design and say "This is it." and away we go, but I make a deal out of trying to have you involved in some way when it makes sense. While the exact color/style you crave may not be what we end up going with, hopefully giving input before hand and knowing it was a factor will ease the pain a bit.
Posted by drunkenbatmanSeptember 21, 2005, at 02:09 PM
Comments (86)
Posted by: at September 21, 2005 02:20 PM
Navy, no line.
Posted by: Ian at September 21, 2005 02:23 PM
With the outline! Don't care too much about the color though: They're all good in my book.
Posted by: Benjamin Morin at September 21, 2005 02:33 PM
Black with outline.
Posted by: Jay Contonio at September 21, 2005 02:36 PM
Brown with outline...
Posted by: Elliott Hughes at September 21, 2005 02:37 PM
navy, with. a v-neck would be preferable. all the 'roids have made my neck too thick for these puny round necks. (and i really hate the ones that seem to wish they were turtle necks, and crawl unnecessarily up your neck like some kind of cotton prepuce. ugh.)
Posted by: Malte at September 21, 2005 02:37 PM
Navy or Chocolate, I think both are good.
Everyone has got black t-shirts in their wardrobes , I think the Cow deserves something special! :-)
Posted by: Zetetic at September 21, 2005 02:39 PM
Black, w/.
Posted by: matonmacs at September 21, 2005 02:40 PM
I vote navy with outline. Why no lighter color choices (white or heather, etc.)? Why does it half to be limited to one color; why not do a cafepress kind of thing and let people choose what they want?
Posted by: Sunny at September 21, 2005 02:51 PM
Where do I sign up?
Posted by: Matt at September 21, 2005 02:55 PM
Brown, with outline.
P.S. No briefs on the couch now? What gives?
Posted by: Larry at September 21, 2005 02:57 PM
Navy w/o outline is my first choice. You do that and I'll being throwing my money at you.
The outline isn't such a big deal, but the color is. I agree with the above comment about the black, everybody has a black t-shirt, and besides, the brown couch goes better with the blue or dark brown.
Posted by: at September 21, 2005 03:04 PM
Chocolate, with outline. PLEASE make sure us Canadians are not left out. ~Tom
Posted by: at September 21, 2005 03:11 PM
Chocolate shirt, no outline...
Posted by: Pascale Soleil at September 21, 2005 03:14 PM
I'm with Larry.
(Not like THAT, but, you know.)
Posted by: MOOF at September 21, 2005 03:21 PM
No outline - any colour.
Posted by: j at September 21, 2005 03:21 PM
Chocolate, either with or without
Posted by: Ryutaro Murai at September 21, 2005 03:24 PM
Chocolate, Black, Blue, with outline.
Posted by: Jay at September 21, 2005 03:25 PM
Black, no outline.
Any chance of getting the White Russian logo on the couch?
Posted by: Ben at September 21, 2005 03:26 PM
Black, with outline
Posted by: lekun at September 21, 2005 03:34 PM
chocolate no outline
Posted by: Sean Graham at September 21, 2005 03:36 PM
Chocolate, no outline.
Posted by: Jason at September 21, 2005 03:41 PM
Chocolate, no outline. Black is okay in a pinch, but if it's navy, I'll just set it on fire by mistake or accidentally wash the car with it.
Navy is right there with the yellow used on the walls of mental institutions to keep the inmates subdued.
Posted by: Jesse at September 21, 2005 04:07 PM
Blue, no outline.
Posted by: Matt at September 21, 2005 04:11 PM
Navy with outline
Posted by: jayjo at September 21, 2005 04:15 PM
navy with no outline
Posted by: brian at September 21, 2005 04:17 PM
navy, no outline
Posted by: foresmac at September 21, 2005 04:19 PM
I'd go without the outline, that'll be easier to register on press and doesn't particularly add to the design.
I prefer Navy, though Chocolate would be my second choice.
I'd recommend using the navy, and dropping out the color there, so it looks like the Cow is also wearing a Navy shirt. screen (say, 30-35% halftone dot) the brown ink from the couch to make the lighter "tan" color, then you have black, white, brown, and gray inks, and the appearance of a six-color design. You could do something similar with the brown depending on how dark the chocolate shirts are. I think they are lighter than you think (if you're getting them from the Hort).
Posted by: tony melvin at September 21, 2005 04:21 PM
black black böack
Posted by: ethan at September 21, 2005 04:25 PM
black with outline - have fun in Chi town
Posted by: shoelzer at September 21, 2005 04:36 PM
navy, no outline
Posted by: jay at September 21, 2005 04:36 PM
These look great, db!! Glad to finally have the chance to get some cow swag. Now, how are those secret decoder rings coming along?
first choice - black without line
second choice - blue without line
Posted by: Izzy at September 21, 2005 04:49 PM
Out of those I'm digging the chocolate with the outline...looks sharp.
Posted by: sundoggy at September 21, 2005 04:54 PM
chocolate without the line. the line is cheesy. of course i love cheese, but not on my shirts. but wait, cheese comes from milk and milk comes from cows. oh now i can't decide.
Posted by: Gareth Potter at September 21, 2005 05:04 PM
Black w/o outline, because black goes with anything.
But black fades. How immortal are these things intended to be?
Otherwise brown w/o outline might be nice.
Posted by: Rory at September 21, 2005 05:04 PM
Another vote for chocolate with outline here
Posted by: J Osborne at September 21, 2005 05:09 PM
Black with outline.
If not black, no outline looks better on the other two.
Posted by: Ben Mitchell at September 21, 2005 05:14 PM
Navy, with outline.
Posted by: M Uhl at September 21, 2005 05:45 PM
Nice Vanilla Ice homage in the title!
Posted by: mennonot at September 21, 2005 05:56 PM
Navy no outline. Black is unwearable 3 months out of the year and all of the year down south.
Posted by: Shebanator at September 21, 2005 06:11 PM
brown, no outline
Posted by: lemnar at September 21, 2005 06:14 PM
navy w/ border
Posted by: Sam MacCutchan at September 21, 2005 06:39 PM
Definitely with the outline, it helps the image to stick out of the background. Then in order of preference: chocolate (I don't have enough chocolate clothes), navy, black.
Posted by: Squozen at September 21, 2005 06:40 PM
Chocolate, no outline.
Posted by: jason at September 21, 2005 07:00 PM
Black or Navy no outline
Posted by: Jacob Vance at September 21, 2005 07:32 PM
Black, Without Outline.
Posted by: the valrus at September 21, 2005 07:44 PM
Chocolate, no outline.
Posted by: Carson Christian at September 21, 2005 08:04 PM
Chocolate, With Outline. Oh yeah baby, The Cow would be proud.
Posted by: Ozzi at September 21, 2005 08:25 PM
Chocolate, no outline.
Posted by: newtonick at September 21, 2005 08:57 PM
Navy, No Outline.
Posted by: Dan at September 21, 2005 09:24 PM
Mmm, chocolate.
Posted by: Pat Allan at September 21, 2005 09:25 PM
Navy, with or without outline
Posted by: FZ at September 21, 2005 09:39 PM
Black, without outline.
Posted by: Chris at September 21, 2005 09:43 PM
Black without.
Posted by: Colin Barrett at September 21, 2005 10:11 PM
Chocolate no outline. But the navy (outline) isn't bad either. Black--;
Posted by: James at September 21, 2005 10:18 PM
chocolate, no outline
Posted by: todd at September 21, 2005 10:23 PM
Navy, without the outline.
You really need to implement some sort of polling software -- I truly doubt that comments (which are then e-mailed to you, filling up your inbox) really have the impact that a nice bar graph would.
Or even a pie chart.
Posted by: fudo at September 21, 2005 11:25 PM
Black. outline or not, macht nichts.
Everyone has a black shirt or ten in their wardrobe already, and can always use another... :)
Posted by: HeelToe at September 21, 2005 11:37 PM
Chocolate w/outline
Chocolate w/out outline
Navy w/outline
Navy w/out outline
Probably won't buy a black one.
Posted by: cabbey at September 21, 2005 11:43 PM
chocolate with out the outline.
Posted by: Evan Schoenberg at September 21, 2005 11:46 PM
Navy, no outline.
Posted by: bryan at September 21, 2005 11:49 PM
navy with the outline, please
Posted by: Kurt Moore at September 22, 2005 12:22 AM
Navy, I know these colors very well, the Navy is near black under certain lighting, its a nice compromise for those who do not like black shirts.
I would still toss in some of those wonderful athletic heather colored shirts, those are just the best color ever :-) You may want to even look at white, you would be surprised at how much difference in color there is in white ink and a white shirt, its a very cool effect.
Posted by: glenn at September 22, 2005 12:29 AM
blue or black, preferably with outline. NOT brown.
Posted by: Cap'n Hector at September 22, 2005 01:32 AM
Brown or navy.
The outline looks like bad anti-aliasing to me.
Posted by: John Röthlisberger at September 22, 2005 02:25 AM
Chocolate, with outline! Woot!
Posted by: LEGO Boy at September 22, 2005 07:07 AM
OooOooOh! Chocolate good. No outline. Second, navy, no outline. It appears that the design is smaller now. I likey.
Posted by: Gavin at September 22, 2005 07:25 AM
Navy, with. No more black t-shirts.
Posted by: Tobin at September 22, 2005 07:54 AM
I could do navy or brown. I like the outline.
Posted by: Andrew at September 22, 2005 08:02 AM
Navy! (or brown, but not black)
Posted by: hawaiiano at September 22, 2005 08:22 AM
Brown hawaiiano digs da brown, of course.
Posted by: Ajit at September 22, 2005 09:11 AM
Brown or chocalate. The outline is fine but is that two lines or one? one is better. two is weird.
Posted by: thewebgal at September 22, 2005 09:30 AM
Black, w/outline ...
50/50 blend fabric
Posted by: Davide Benini at September 22, 2005 10:39 AM
chocolate, no outline
Posted by: nessence at September 22, 2005 11:08 AM
Chocolate, as long as it's darker and has more texture than the image. If it's a bold chocolate like the image I wouldn't ever wear it.
I *think* no outline, but it's *really* hard to tell w/o a proof of what the shirt actually looks like. If the texture and color of the shirt is what I think it is, then the outline would look better. If the color is the same as the hershey's shirt you can get at the mall, then no outline is better.
Posted by: Benko at September 22, 2005 03:45 PM
chocolate, no outline
Posted by: Cale at September 22, 2005 05:01 PM
Navy, outline.
If you need to save some cost you should be able to get away with 4 colors by putting a 30-40% screen of the couch color over a white base on the hooves and face.
Posted by: half in the bag already at September 22, 2005 06:42 PM
chocolate, not outline.
black is my least favorite.
Posted by: RexBinary at September 22, 2005 08:22 PM
Black w/outline
Posted by: Jon R. at September 22, 2005 09:50 PM
Black, without outline
Posted by: hero at September 23, 2005 04:15 AM
black with outline!
Posted by: icedtrip at September 24, 2005 11:46 PM
Chocolate with outline.
Posted by: BonzoESC at September 25, 2005 12:25 AM
Navy Sans
'Nuff said.