I just designed a T-Shirt for the Metal-& Gothic-Club "Endstation" in Switzerland. Would you wear one of these shirts? Cheers Oliver

Hell Yes.

Way cool work!

Yup I sure would. Sounds like the kinda club I'd like to frequent Great work on the design. :o)

excellent work, extremely well done. i can see ppl wearing it. :)

Be careful that it doesn't print too dark, or there'll be a lot indistinguishable. Leave the white and black levels as they are, but draw the midrange level (center triangle in Photoshop Image>Adjust>Levels if you don't know what I mean) up/left a tad (say, about 10%) for printing.

Chas, thanks for your advices! I will take care on this issues!

Oh yeah! My students would get almost as big a rush out of it as I would.

Hi Ratteler Thanks a lof for your effort. I will work on that issue. Thanks for your hints. I will post a photo of the shirt as soon as it is finished. Cheers Oliver

The kerning is off in Endstation. It isn't perfect in Seele, but will pass. The letters in Endstation are currently raggedy and you should go in between each of them and tweak (in PhotoShop, in the text palette look for AV window). You can approximate using the default settings or type a new value for an exact amount of kerning. Kerning is a pain, but you don't want to wince every time you see the name of the club. I agree with Ratteler... set it up for silkscreening (maybe talk to a couple of places to discover their requirements). Printed on Black or Red, this will be distinguished. On white? ;p Carolly

@Carolly: Good point thanks. The Endstation will be replaced with the original logo anyway. I just added it to show the guys how it could look. I will go over the "Seele" and fix it. Thanks for your hints. Cheers Oliver

The guys changed their mind and want a male vampire. What do you think about this pale fellow?

I just posted a sidelit image of a beak-nosed male a couple days ago in a thread. ;^) The widow's peak hairline is traditional for vampires of the noble sort. You may wish to adjust yours a bit... at least so that it is less mask-like at top. I would slightly mute the bottom left-most tooth or add another tooth on top there so that the mouth doesn't look crooked... and clean up whatever is under his chin (too distracting). The image itself is quite striking. (I like this better than your first one.) In SEELE, tighten the spacing between the L and final E. It was apparent before, and more so now with the shading. I presume that they serve bloody mary's here? (grin, duck, and run) Carolly

HI Carolly! Thanks again for your helpful comments. I will take care on the letters as soon as the image is approved. The white underneath is a priest-collar. But maby you are right, and it doesn't support the image at all. Cheers Oliver

@Ratteler: I like the girl much more. Now we are discussing the pov and I developed this image. The character will be changed again. The topic is only the pov.

Your first man is better. You probably want to be generic or iconic, not show someone who could be Uncle Fred at a football game. (He isn't as menacing.) Also, the second male image will not read as a face from any distance. The neck and dog collar are distracting because they confuse the edge of the silhouette. If your client feels the need for religious identification, what about subtly cross-shaped highlights in the eyes?

I get a catalog called "What on Earth" which has dozens of t-shirts from bars all over the world... most quite effective and graphic. They should be on the web, if you want to see what "reads" and what "sells"... and how your design would look relative to the competition. Carolly