With the up-coming Fall Hill Country ride now but a mere 15 weeks away, [roll] I was wondering if any of you excessively gifted artist sorts could possibly come up with an event-specific T-Shirt design and - hopefully - a kick-ass LSD logo (roll 'em both out at the same time... ;D ).
I have nothing specific in mind other than maybe working "What a long, strange trip its been" into the "official" Fall Hill Country commorative T-Shirt design somehow.
Any takers?
OK, you knew this was coming for my logo idea [thumbsup] :
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3068/2555040178_af5d929835.jpg?v=0)
That pic is scary as hell. Now I'm gonna have trouble going to sleep tonight because of that. Thanks! >:(
What is LSD (besides the Timothy Leary kind)?
Now that Jesus has offered to help with the HC video editing (thanks man! [thumbsup]), I'll have a clean slate for "special projects".
Are you thinking of getting these screen printed, or were you thinking lo-fi inkjet transfers? The inkjet transfers are cheap, but you get what you pay for. If we want better quality, we'll need to find out what's an acceptable price point.. The number of colors used might be a factor and it's helpful to know what sort of palette is available before going too far into the design.
LSD = Lone Star Ducatisti
Another thought just occurred to me (I know, 2 in one day... I'm on a freakin' roll!). The best part of Jason's pint glass swag was the surprise. Maybe whoever has design ideas or samples could keep it on the down-lo and save the unveiling for the event? Just a thought. Probably my last for the day.
Quote from: caffeinejunkee on July 09, 2008, 03:37:22 PM
OK, you knew this was coming for my logo idea [thumbsup] :
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3068/2555040178_af5d929835.jpg?v=0)
Maybe that should read "The Heinous"? [laugh]
George, that picture is hilarious! But somehow I don't think it's the image we want to convey (if he only had on some Sidis...) [laugh]
Quote from: dallas2r on July 09, 2008, 04:14:34 PM
Now that Jesus has offered to help with the HC video editing (thanks man! [thumbsup]), I'll have a clean slate for "special projects".
Are you thinking of getting these screen printed, or were you thinking lo-fi inkjet transfers? The inkjet transfers are cheap, but you get what you pay for. If we want better quality, we'll need to find out what's an acceptable price point.. The number of colors used might be a factor and it's helpful to know what sort of palette is available before going too far into the design.
LSD = Lone Star Ducatisti
Will, I'm thinking screen printed. I've got a good screen printer I've used in past years for several different projects. They are reasonably priced and do EXCELLENT work.
What would be kinda cool for the Hill Country trip T, is a tie-dyed shirt with maybe a one color design... whatever the new LSD Logo is gonna be printed small on the upper left, front. Then maybe a big full-scale version of the same thing with the date above this design and whatever text we might want to use below.
MurDuc had some clever ideas - the Lone Star beer label design was pretty cool.
Hell, I don't know - biut I'm willing to help [bang] [laugh] Just let me know ;D
P.S. Your idea about surprising folks with a design is great too... Decisions, decisions.
i like the idea of the surprise. we have some talented people and i think that would be cool if we made that a tradition just to surprise everyone with a t-shirt or beer mug.
george was that before you started working out got the haircut and intervention from dr.phil. very nice [thumbsup]
Quote from: Cher on July 09, 2008, 04:39:46 PM
P.S. Your idea about surprising folks with a design is great too... Decisions, decisions.
If a surpise, I'd think we'd need to select a small panel of judges - and inner circle of sorts - which would review any "designs", vote, and select the final design.
(dang, this is starting to sound like a "club". If someone breaks out the officer list and bylaws, I'm blocking access to this forum from all my computers.)
Quote from: BarneePhife on July 09, 2008, 08:51:18 PM
If a surpise, I'd think we'd need to select a small panel of judges - and inner circle of sorts - which would review any "designs", vote, and select the final design.
(dang, this is starting to sound like a "club". If someone breaks out the officer list and bylaws, I'm blocking access to this forum from all my computers.)
well you started it. [cheeky]
My sister-in-law has sublimation(?)printing business. Near photo quality images on shirts. I think I can swing a deal.
Quote from: dallas2r on July 09, 2008, 04:14:34 PM
The number of collars used might be a factor
Fixed it. WiWa, aren't you a 4-pop-collar guy?!?
Quote from: BarneePhife on July 09, 2008, 08:51:18 PM
If a surpise, I'd think we'd need to select a small panel of judges - and inner circle of sorts - which would review any "designs", vote, and select the final design.
With all due respect to the esteemed LSDer from the West, I make a motion that we form a committee to explore the possibility of a design committee, to be overseen by a judicial panel, comprised of no less than a quorum of the roll call, to be seated only after a long series of fair and impartial hearings, and a unanimous vote [roll]
"Hear hear"
there, i saved everyone the trouble from designing the sweet graphics...i did it myself this morning. [thumbsup] feel free to distribute as necessary...
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3044/2655837642_9190d7bced_o.jpg)
Quote from: McKraut on July 10, 2008, 06:27:00 AM
there, i saved everyone the trouble from designing the sweet graphics...i did it myself this morning. [thumbsup] feel free to distribute as necessary...
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3044/2655837642_9190d7bced_o.jpg)
Well, that's settled! Now we can all die happy ;D
Quote from: McKraut on July 10, 2008, 06:27:00 AM
there, i saved everyone the trouble from designing the sweet graphics...i did it myself this morning. [thumbsup] feel free to distribute as necessary...
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3044/2655837642_9190d7bced_o.jpg)
awesome!! [beer]
Quote from: McKraut on July 10, 2008, 06:27:00 AM
there, i saved everyone the trouble from designing the sweet graphics...i did it myself this morning. [thumbsup] feel free to distribute as necessary...
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3044/2655837642_9190d7bced_o.jpg)
Thats just plain SICK!! [thumbsup] ... hmm needs fire.
McKraut - you rock [thumbsup] Is that Hunter S. Thompson?!? I'm all for the design for that reason alone 8)
it helps if you read that title/tagline in a kind of deep and dramatic movie-trailer-guy-narrator voice.
Quote from: Cher on July 10, 2008, 07:34:48 AM...Is that Hunter S. Thompson?!? I'm all for the design for that reason alone 8)
That is HST himself.
Quote from: Cher on July 10, 2008, 07:34:48 AM
McKraut - you rock [thumbsup] Is that Hunter S. Thompson?!? I'm all for the design for that reason alone 8)
Yes, that's Mr. Thompson, AND the infamous Sausage Creature. [moto]
Quote from: McKraut on July 10, 2008, 06:27:00 AM
there, i saved everyone the trouble from designing the sweet graphics...i did it myself this morning. [thumbsup] feel free to distribute as necessary...
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3044/2655837642_9190d7bced_o.jpg)
Nice job! But you need to include a pic of a sidecar. [moto]
FTR, I've never been a HST fan, and I hate that he shot himself while talking to his wife (ex ?) on the phone.
But his "Song of the Sausage Creature" is one of my all time favorite pieces of writing. If anyone here hasn't read it I can only say two things:
1) Where have you BEEN?
2) PM me and I'll email a copy.
Quote from: Cher on July 10, 2008, 07:34:48 AM
McKraut - you rock [thumbsup] Is that Hunter S. Thompson?!? I'm all for the design for that reason alone 8)
HST and the dead sexy square headlight [thumbsup]
Quote from: bryant8 on July 10, 2008, 08:36:40 AM
HST and the dead sexy square headlight [thumbsup]
word. i wonder which # SP he rode...and how many away from mine it is.
Ah, the good Dr.
HST Is one of the main reasons I became a writer. I've always loved that photo. If you've not read "Hell's Angels" you should. In fact, I think I'll start re-reading it this week.
Oh, and here's the story you were looking for - "Song of the Sausage Creature"
http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html
And one of my favorite quotes from it:
"Some people will tell you that slow is good - and it may be, on some days - but I am here to tell you that fast is better. I've always believed this, in spite of the trouble it's caused me. Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba...." - HST
Quote from: McKraut on July 10, 2008, 06:27:00 AM
there, i saved everyone the trouble from designing the sweet graphics...i did it myself this morning. [thumbsup] feel free to distribute as necessary...
That's making-the-beast-with-two-backsing ribs, man.... [thumbsup] [moto] [drink]
It's all coming back now.... ;).
Quote from: Ideapimp on July 10, 2008, 09:27:56 AM
Ah, the good Dr.
HST Is one of the main reasons I became a writer. I've always loved that photo. If you've not read "Hell's Angels" you should. In fact, I think I'll start re-reading it this week.
Oh, and here's the story you were looking for - "Song of the Sausage Creature"
http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html
And one of my favorite quotes from it:
"Some people will tell you that slow is good - and it may be, on some days - but I am here to tell you that fast is better. I've always believed this, in spite of the trouble it's caused me. Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba...." - HST
So you're a writer? Where can we sample your work?
Quote from: Ideapimp on July 10, 2008, 09:27:56 AM
Oh, and here's the story you were looking for - "Song of the Sausage Creature"
http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html
I want to be HST when I grow up... ;D
Ryan, I've got a couple of those lines in my profile crap... see below. My friend and I had the pleasure of attending a "lecture" by the good Hunter S. Thompson at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at UT/Austin in the early 70s. The exact date is a little IZ_. I do remember him being late and lecturing from the podium with a towel drapped over his head the whole time. Not really sure what the topic was about... seemed a little disjointed and wandering for some reason. May have been because he was more stoned than the entire collective audience. At least that what I was told the next day when I woke up in someone's closet. Anyway, we all seemed to have survived the 70s. I'm sorry he didn't see fit to survive longer than he did. :P Teeth like baseballs and eyes like jellied fire!! Gonzo journalism at its best.
Quote from: fastwin on July 10, 2008, 05:25:50 PM
The exact date is a little IZ_.
i'm sure he was the *only* one a little stoned, right?
Quote from: Duc L'Smart on July 10, 2008, 02:33:59 PM
I want to be HST when I grow up... ;D
i'm kind of sorry to hear that, man. you know, all things considered...
About 20 years ago, a friend our's asked if I'd read Hunter S. Thompson's, "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," and I replied with something witty like, "Never heard of him..." Naturally, I was badgered into reading the book and it is, to this day, my favorite book ever.
His suicide was shocking but I never could, come to think of it, see him simply fading into that sweet good-night :'( RIP
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.