Spook Needs You! The UFSA Veteran T-shirt Project 2011 (Take 2)

OK, I originally posted this in the other forum, but apparently no one saw it over there, so nam suggested that I try it again here. The original deadline was going to be today, but I'll let it run for another week to give people enough time to design an entry:

Greetings, Spooktacular fans!

It's that time of year again, and we're going to be doing another Spooktacular Veteran t-shirt project.

For those who don't remember, or weren't around at the time, here is the shirt we produced last year:

Front:


Back:


This year I want to try something a bit different. We're having a CONTEST to select the design that we will use on this year's shirt. And there will be prizes for the winner!

Here are the design contest rules:

• All designs must be submitted to me via email or cloud storage such as dropbox (PM me for my email address if needed). No submissions posted in this or any other forum thread will be eligible for the contest.
• All designs must incorporate the USFA logo, as attached to this post. It does not need to be large, and may be split into two parts (the jack-o-lantern and the lettering).
• All designs should include the word "Veteran" somewhere in the design.
• Designs may incorporate a design for the front of the shirt, back of the shirt, or both.
• Designs should work well on a black t-shirt (i.e., black lettering with no border would be invisible on a black shirt).
• No nudity or profanity allowed. Last year several people wanted to be able to wear their shirt in an office or classroom environment, and we want to encourage that again this year.
• No copyrighted materials may be used without the owner's permission. If you want to use any Sideshow graphics, you must contact Sideshow first and arrange their approval.
• If you have a fantastic idea for a design, but feel that you don't have the skill or tools to bring it to life, you can work with anyone else in the forum to create and submit it, and both members will be eligible for prizes.
• All submissions must be in PNG format, including a transparent background, and the resolution must be high enough to provide at least a 150dpi image on the shirt (there is a maximum area of about 10x13 inches for artwork on each side of the shirt).
• All submissions must be completed no later than Saturday, September 17, 10:59 p.m. PDT.
• Following the submission deadline, a voting thread will be created, and all eligible designs will be available to view and vote on. The voting thread will be open for one week.
• At the end of the vote, the winner will be announced, and a separate thread will be created to track the remainder of the project. Prices and full ordering information will be posted in that thread.
• The winner of the design contest will receive their 2011 UFSA t-shirt for free, and they will also receive a Sideshow Collectibles figure. (I will post the figures that the winner can choose from early next week).

So get creative! Spook needs you!



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An even higher resolution version of the logo is available if anyone needs it.

Looking forward to seeing the subs. Are the shirts going to be in black again this year?

Now that I have a job I'll actually get one this year.

The Josh said:

Looking forward to seeing the subs. Are the shirts going to be in black again this year?

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That's the current plan, unless someone comes up with a great design that works better on another color.

Bump because this is a cool idea!

I have a design in mind but no computer programs to make it so...anyone wanna team up?

can't wait to see what freaks come up with for this.

The Mike said:

I have a design in mind but no computer programs to make it so...anyone wanna team up?

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Someone help this man out! STAT!

This sounds pretty awesome. I'd love to submit a design, got just enough time before I head off for Uni. This is probably a dumb question but what actually is the Spooktacular?

I wanna try....

Here's my design so far....

See! That's just awesome. Nice start.

A little more done...the patch on his shoulder is a mock up, as is the hand, and sword-thing.

This is kinda what I hope it ends up looking like.

The logo by it'self would be on the back. But this is the front.




Opinions welcome!

Maybe a little too "Jack the Pumpkin Kingy?"

CelticP said:

A little more done...the patch on his shoulder is a mock up, as is the hand, and sword-thing.

This is kinda what I hope it ends up looking like.

The logo by it'self would be on the back. But this is the front.

Opinions welcome!

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Looking great! Maybe put a A military style outfit on him and the UFSA letters on the outfit with Batwings or Pumpkin Stems on the sides of the letters! Just my thoughts.

Nick

in place of the pumpkin in the background have that be pumpkin guts and seeds dripping! Same thing with his blade!

Again, Just my thoughts.

Nick

You guys are putting me in a difficult position. One of the rules I stated was that I didn't want any entries posted in this thread (WIP or completed). I didn't want to discourage anyone from creating an entry because they think theirs can't measure up, plus I didn't want people to be choosing a "favorite" before seeing whatever entries might be created.

Now I don't know what to do.

RoboDad said:

You guys are putting me in a difficult position. One of the rules I stated was that I didn't want any entries posted in this thread (WIP or completed). I didn't want to discourage anyone from creating an entry because they think theirs can't measure up, plus I didn't want people to be choosing a "favorite" before seeing whatever entries might be created.

Now I don't know what to do.

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Honestly, I wouldn't care if we just reused the same shirt from last year, but made the design much bigger on the back (like Monster did for the front of his last year), and, of course, swapped out the dates, etc. Maybe give the pumpkin "Ghost Rider" eyes and/or play with the coloring a bit more to make it newer.