Gaijin Smash T's Ready!

[General_Admission]

UPDATE: New design, but may need tweaking! More to come later!

http://www.cafepress.com/zero_merch

[Helniev]

Wow, that was quick!!! Good job!

[AssButt.]

I totally deserve credit for the fist idea. It is the same image, after all.

[D-pad]

WOOHOO! I'm about to order one now!

[D-pad]

Sorry to double post but do these have outpost 9.com on the back?

[General_Admission]

Sorry to double post but do these have outpost 9.com on the back?

yes, it is written across the shoulders.

When you click the pictures you can click 'view larger' & you can zoom in and view the back and all that good stuff. The window also contains tabs for sizing and what not.

[MaverickHL]

Very nice :)

[Dead Sexy Vocab]

Dang. Are they ONLY for the girls? 'Cause they look like they're supposed to be worn by females only. :(

I'm in dire need of one.

[General_Admission]

Dang. Are they ONLY for the girls? 'Cause they look like they're supposed to be worn by females only. :(

I'm in dire need of one.

No.

about 1/2 the shirts are for girls & the other 1/2 is for guys.

[Kamikaze]

Those look pretty ugly.

The text one looks way too plain. In the fist one, the text is hard to read and still looks ugly. The hammer one is a bit better then the other 2 but no by much. If you make the text more smashy, and put together the english on one line and the Japanese on another one, it'll be good.

Just some constructive criticism there, I don't wish to flame.

[General_Admission]

Those look pretty ugly.

The text one looks way too plain. In the fist one, the text is hard to read and still looks ugly. The hammer one is a bit better then the other 2 but no by much. If you make the text more smashy, and put together the english on one line and the Japanese on another one, it'll be good.

Just some constructive criticism there, I don't wish to flame.

the printing press has a maximum DPI of 300. They recommend the DPI be 200 (they call it ideal). The image can be 10in x 10in MAX.

I made the image 300 DPI 10in x 10in. I made sure that it is the best quality.

Thus I had to push text to the next line or make it smaller. I thought it was better to just keep it big. There are shirts w/ the English on one line though.

I made the shirts according to what people wanted.

Also, for each one there is a version where the Japanese characters & Roman text is separate. Just check the links.

[General_Admission]

Also, what are you talking about the text not being good?

The Japanese characters are very clean & the 'gaijin smash' is supposed to look wavy areound the edges, but the edges are clean.

I printed it out the full 10in x 10in. & it looks fine. I created it from scratch at 300 DPI and 10 in x 10 in. There is no loss of quality due to it being resized. It is the best the printing machines can do.

[General_Admission]

In fact, your monitor prob displays at 100 DPI. The only way you can see the detail is if you view it at full size or print it out. Printers can print from 100 DPI to 1000+ DPI.

My monitor is a huge 1600x1200 flat panel display I use for gaming. The image is 3000x3000 (10in x 10in).

[Henjin]

I don't think he's talking about the DPI or any other quality settings. He doesn't like the style of it.

[Dead Sexy Vocab]

I'll buy it.

Chics dig Gaijins.

[Henjin]

I was bored and inspired... Put up my design in the other forum.

[Shinigami]

I do not believe those shirts do the story justice.
After reading Azrael's Gaijin story, I was in awe. The complete and utter genius that spread through his fingers and onto the screen was so powerful. Those do not hold the same GAIJIN POWER as the story.
EDIT: However, those are just my 5 cents, but I believe you could do better.

[General_Admission]

ok, I can add more designs and stuff. just e-mail me your designs and I'll put them up.

qualifications:

PNG
JPG - slightly "distorts" the image to compress the file size.
PSD
TIFF
BMP
EPS - note:Vector form is not acceptable.

10 in. x 10 in.
300 DPI

Be aware that any white in your image will show as the color of the fabric.

When creating graphics, try to reduce as much white space around the image as you can. Creating extra white space around the image will prevent the image to print its maximum size.

[Shinigami]

ok, I can add more designs and stuff. just e-mail me your designs and I'll put them up.

qualifications:

PNG
JPG - slightly "distorts" the image to compress the file size.
PSD
TIFF
BMP
EPS - note:Vector form is not acceptable.

10 in. x 10 in.
300 DPI

Be aware that any white in your image will show as the color of the fabric.

When creating graphics, try to reduce as much white space around the image as you can. Creating extra white space around the image will prevent the image to print its maximum size.


I very much wish Coffee Press offered black Tshirts :(

[.zero]

so, if i read right with cafepress...if i give u my design to put up under ur name, and any people buy it...you'd be making money off my design?...is it alright to just make a shop for ourself and compile each shop into a post?

[Shinigami]

so, if i read right with cafepress...if i give u my design to put up under ur name, and any people buy it...you'd be making money off my design?...is it alright to just make a shop for ourself and compile each shop into a post?
that is exactly what would happen.
Just make your own store and post it if you have a nice design.

[General_Admission]

whatever you want to do.

I'm not sure Az would like us making money off this. Money is supposed to go to the site.

What should we do?

Should the shirts be base price & then if people want to make a donation they can or should we raise it a .50 - 1.00 & automatically make them donate?

[.zero]

that could be a good idea, maybe we can get az to voice any kind of opinion on this...he's been quiet over this whole matter afaik...

[Shinigami]

whatever you want to do.

I'm not sure Az would like us making money off this. Money is supposed to go to the site.

What should we do?

Should the shirts be base price & then if people want to make a donation they can or should we raise it a .50 - 1.00 & automatically make them donate?

Well, if they do put the outpostnine.com address on the shirt, they should be paypaling atleast a percent of the money earned... Just as long as Azrael knows who is making shirts, and gets some money for the site from it once in awhile, I doubt he would care.

[General_Admission]

Azrael is sort of gone from this. I wish he would really get more involved.

How about for now we just set it at base price & if people want to make a donation they can.

[Shinigami]

If they use the outpostnine.com on the back, they should donate.

[.zero]

alright for now, ill have my shop set up tomorrow, too tired now
gaijin smash tshit collab, woot hehe...

[Iekleane]

You should use the money to buy Az a chastity belt to protect him from the kancho and dickgrabbing!

[General_Admission]

alright for now, ill have my shop set up tomorrow, too tired now
gaijin smash tshit collab, woot hehe...

cool. :cool:

pm or e-mail me the link so I can put it up on the first post with the others.

[Kass]

Azrael does indicate that he has a copyright on Outpost Nine. Using it without his permission, which by the other thread in the Japanese schoolteacher forum you don't have, is not such a good idea.

You should not be using any Outpost Nine text without his permission.

[Praetorian]

Don't you have any in black? And yes, it needs some better designs.

[Henjin]

I'd only submit my design if the profit went to Outpost 9... And only if we get approval.

And I think you should checkout http://www.zazzle.com/
Last I checked (few months back) they had better quality stuff than cafepress...

[General_Admission]

Azrael does indicate that he has a copyright on Outpost Nine. Using it without his permission, which by the other thread in the Japanese schoolteacher forum you don't have, is not such a good idea.

You should not be using any Outpost Nine text without his permission.

I got his permission first. Don't you remember me over the past few days?

Also, that's why I think we should

A: raise the price 0.50-1.00 & donate it.
B: Ask people who buy a shirt to donate if they want to. (guilt factor :D )

[Henjin]

Is there anyway we can have Az setup the account so the money goes directly to him? To avoid any trouble.

[General_Admission]

I'd only submit my design if the profit went to Outpost 9... And only if we get approval.

And I think you should checkout http://www.zazzle.com/
Last I checked (few months back) they had better quality stuff than cafepress...

ok, make a cool shirt their.

[Henjin]

Seems to me if no one wants to make a profit, and everyone just wants to donate to Outpost 9, it'd make more sense to only have one store. I was just posting that as another option. Check it out and see which you like better. Not like I own stock in the company. Heh.

[General_Admission]

Seems to me if no one wants to make a profit, and everyone just wants to donate to Outpost 9, it'd make more sense to only have one store. I was just posting that as another option. Check it out and see which you like better. Not like I own stock in the company. Heh.

Maybe.

I think we should scarp cafe press b/c tey don't offer black shirts.

I would love to spend time today finding a place, but I have to do hw that was meant for summer vacation today. School starts tomorrow... :D

[Azrael]

Actually, can we hold off on the shirt thing for another day or so? There's some stuff I gotta look into first.

[Henjin]

I don't think many places at all can do black T-shirts. Even Zazzle can't. But this is what they offer shirt-wise: http://www.zazzle.com/help/helpApparel.asp#apparel

[Kamikaze]

Well I think you guys should just give the T-Shirt designs to Azreal, so that he can make the shop. That way he'll get the money.

[.zero]

well when he gives us the ok and if he would like to set up his shop, my designs are his designs :)