Goku

Ok folks here it is the Official Mfg Logo Design Competition. Ace and I have been talking it over and we have decided to open and MFG merchandise shop on CafePress.com: Shop, create or sell what's on your mind with custom T-Shirts, unique gifts and more. So we need a logo to go on all the official merchandise.

• Anyone can enter even if you have very basic graphical knowledge. Engel, I or any members of the graphic team will clean up the entry if need be.
  Enter as many as you like as many variations as you like.
  The designs will conform to strict templates that follow.
  The winner will be chosen by a vote. Most likely a few select entries will be selected by Ace and then they put to a forum wide vote.

• The reason behind the logo design is to create brand awareness of MFG.
  The reason behind the shop is to get a bit of revenue to help pay for some of the costs of running MFG (which comes out of the founders pockets)

Here is all the information needed to create what we need.
Here are the image specs for the store (PNG images are usually preferred to help reduce ghosting at edges):

Hoodie (white or light gray cotton): 10 x 10 inches at 200 dpi -- image on front or back or both
Basic
T-shirt (light or dark): 10 x 10 inches at 200 dpi -- dark colors can
only have a front image (use transparency if you want the background
fabric color to show); light ones can have images on both sides
Baseball Jersey: 10 x 10 inches at 200 dpi -- image on front or back or both
Black cap: 4 x 2 inches oval at 200 dpi
Trucker cap: 5 x 2 inches at 200 dpi
Mouse pad: 9.5"W x 8"H at 200 dpi (will be trimmed to 9.13"W x 7.75"H)
Messenger bag: 10 x 10 inches at 200 dpi
Mug: 8.31"W x 3"H at 200 dpi -- the left side of the image will appear to the right of the handle
How to Set DPI...This is Mandatory

You can see pictures of the items at Gifts For Him : Create Custom T-Shirts and Gifts at CafePress.com
If you need them, design templates are available at CafePress.com : Sell Your Designs, Photos and Images on CafePress.com : Product Templates
For more details on making images for dark shirts, see CafePress.com : Creating Images for Dark Garments
What Ace and I want is some nice logo wear with no wild background or Anime characters (something you can wear at work) so keep it simple clean and sleek.
Save the images as PNG or Bitmap. Dont use Gif unless you know how to do it properly and try not to use jpeg. (PNG is preferred to reduce ghosting at the edges)
You are encouraged to use Postscript or TrueType fonts, and submit PSD or Illustrator files in addition to the rendered images?
Explanation of Postscript fonts PostScript fonts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Explanation of Truetype fonts TrueType - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Basically Truetype and Postscript fonts are default fonts that are pre installed in your graphic software.
The winner will receive a prize decided by Ace and I. I will Edit this page when we have figured that out.
The competition will be open till (9/26/07) when the judging process will beginGood Luck and I hope to see lots and lots of great entries.

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Vivi

I'm not sure where to place the text. But here's my idea.
For darker shirts:


Oh, and this is just my idea, I can obviously change the sizes and anything. It's at 200 btw.

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Teecee

Alright Vivi, now take that, and make it an MFG logo and you're sure to win!

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Vivi

*Creates simple yet sleek logo with no anime characters; no wild backgrounds*
Well.
*Points upwards*
As for text, read my first post...

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Teecee

I'm not seein' the MFG. >_>

Vivi

It's a Japanese chick with an excited look on her face. Where did manga originate? Japan. What is MFG based upon? Anime and manga. So let's plug it into a formula:
Japanese Chick=Japanese
Manga/Anime=Japanese
MFG=Anime/Manga
Therefore:
Japanese Chick= MFG.

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SS2 Vegeto

I'd prefer the lack of asian chick. It doesn't sit well, with the idea of a logo for us, imo, it would with something specifically in relation to the country, not from the country (used by countless other countries)...



I think we need a simple logo, as in, it contains no people, and stuff...like...just a logo.

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Superior

Instead of people complaining about Vivi's post, why don't you try to make one better? Don't want to sound like an ass, but if Ace likes it, he'll probably use it. If he doesn't, then he won't.

It is nice to see this idea finally start making ground. Ace and I talked about something like this in early 2005, and ever since then I figured he lost interest and didn't want to go forward with it seeing as we never really conversed much after that. This will definately help the Founders on the cost of the forum/site(s).

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Kei

Basically my side of an argument with Raitro on this.
>_>

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Goku

Just to reiterate what the past posts have said. This is not the judging thread so lets keep that kind of talk out of it. And only a handful of staff will be primary judges before the member vote.
You can post anything you like as long as it mates the above criteria.

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SS2 Vegeto

I don't intend to step on anyone's toes, but what's the point of accepting a logo if the members don't like it? It's improvement, based on the judgement of those who created it, and thought it was good..in addition to Ace? I'm probably pretty much throwing myself into this, but if you're not capable of producing one, it doesn't mean you lack artistic insight. So, delete it, if you will, but I'd remind you guys, positive/contructive critisism, is a part of the creative process.

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Goku

I am all for constructive criticism and everyone has their own idea of what they think fits. What I'm saying is that if Ace doesn't like it, it wont be picked most likely so don't get disheartened.
The logo isn't just for the clothing its also for the branding of MFG so other people other than the members will see it so I know Ace will want something that fits. If you understand ?

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Engel

Im drawing a blank on creativity here... will try and think something up.

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SS2 Vegeto

I understand. I only think that's more the reason that such should be a fair representation, to the members that make up this site.

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Teecee

I got my new computer a few days ago, and currently don't have photoshop. I'll definitely give this a shot when I get it back, though.