Facebook survey

I conducted a survey on facebook a few months back and here are the questions I asked and the notes I gathered from everyones responses:

1.     Do you buy/own t-shirts?

2.     What are your favorite t-shirt brands?

3.     Do you look at t-shirts online? (If yes, why and where?)

4.     Have you ever purchased a t-shirt online? (If the answer is yes, what motivated you to do so)

5.     How much did you spend on the last t-shirt you purchased?

6.     What style of t-shirts do you like? (E.g. fitted tee, v-neck, long sleeve … etc)

7.     What kind of t-shirts do you own? Is there a theme? (E.g. Vintage/retro tees, band shirts, funny shirts, shirts with quotes)

8.     What occasions do you find yourself wearing t-shirts?   

Notes: 
-Not many people mention brands (branded stuff is over-rated?), not fussed about brands.

-People look at Blogs.  

-Girls like loose fitted and guys like fitted tees. Lots of people like low neck and v-neck. And everyone likes plain/minimal design.  

-People willing to pay more then $20 ($60-$100+) for good quality clothing or branded. Majority spends around $15-30 on a shirt.

-No particular themes (vintage is mentioned a lot) people like funny or anything that looks good.

-People shop online because? : They are lazy, presents for people, unique-can’t find anywhere else, availability + accessibility, can’t find what they want, easy to browse, massive variety, can’t find at regular clothing shops, could not find in Australia.

-Most popular theme is: vintage

-Lots of people look at online shops but don’t actually shop online. About ½ shop online (novelty).

-Why not online? : Prefer to look at whole outfit, bad experience with shopping online-wrong size.

-Could be a good idea to make some men designs available for both men and women. Unisex designs. (Girls complain that guy shirts are cooler).

 

Screen Printing- Messy day

Today I set up a little work space in my house to do the screen printing (basically a wooden table and newspaper). Cleaning the screens was a pain in the butt and messy but pretty fun otherwise. Made some mistakes here and there but the prints got better and better each time. Now I know what not to do and what to do. Here are some images I took with my i-phone to document the process. I ended up screen printing 8 shirts and might sell them to a few friends who are interested in buying. Will definitely make more if more people are interested.

Process:

Set up. Tape T-shirt nice and tight to flat surface

Place screen on T. 

Be generous with the ink! 

Final outcome

Inspiration for products

A brand that steals the cake for innovative product design has to be Propaganda (run by a group of advertising experts from Thailand) ! Surely you guys have seen these products everywhere:

priceless 

love this/want this

Screen Printing Time

Got my screens burned by a friend. Can't wait to start screen printing some shirts!

Mocking up product design ideas ...

Scull Mug

IDENTITY DESIGN FOR SLOKS

At the moment this is the identity for "SLOKS"-my lifestyle brand. I've decided the other logo was too busy and I didn't want my brand to just be about Scull and Gost. Scull and Gost are characters under the brand SLOKS. So here it is and I've written a caption about what sloks is. Feedback would be great!

Sloks is a lifestyle brand ready to knock your socks off with imaginative and playful character designs brought to life through products and fashion. Sloks is passionate about creating delicate characters for you to wear and enjoy. We are focused on providing you with the perfect balance of edgy, fun and quirky. Sloks is a lifestyle brand suited to anyone with a fine taste for fashion and an eye for design.

And here is the logo for "Scull + Gost line" ...

Character Bio: SCULL + GOST

So I've realized that I have not properly introduced my characters yet on this blog so I've decided to write a little bio for both my characters.

Gost

Name: Gost

Bio: Gost is a ghost! He enjoys going on adventures and traveling to interesting places with Scull. Gost is never seen without Scull. Gost carries Scull around because Scull has no legs! In return Scull talks on behalf of Gost because Gost is very shy and quiet around people. Gost can change into different shapes and often changes the colors of his sheets to match his mood. Gost is not your typical scary ghost. Instead of going around spooking people he enjoys listening to music and reading all kinds of books. 

Scull

Name: Scull 

Bio: Scull is a skull. He's missing his bones because the birds took them away (hence his hatred towards birds). Scull cannot walk so he relies on Gost to carry him around. In exchange Scull is Gost's translator. Scull enjoys talking a lot and that is what he does best. He is very charismatic and often gets out of sticky situations with his wit and charm. Scull enjoys going on adventures with Gost. He also enjoys telling jokes and annoying Gost. Scull owns a lot of hats because it is the only thing he can wear.  

Busy Busy Busy

Today I went to Brunswick St. to order 8 t-shirts from All Of The Above. I also got some of my screen printing tools today (2 screens, black and white Permaset Supercover Inks, and a squeegee). Once I figure out my designs I will get more screens.

Fashionable Scull!

Canvas Bag Idea

SCULL BAG

Another shirt idea

I'm coming up with a whole bunch of designs and hopefully printing about 4! Hope you guys like this one!

Skull + Gost

Edited gost design

So I've changed the "Gost" design. Something about it was a bit off. Is this better?

GOST T! 

t-shirt templates

Just placing my designs on the t-shirt templates to work out how big I want my designs to look on the shirts! Another thing I have to do is look at t-shirt brands. A friend of mine has suggest AS Color. I like their variety of plane shirts so I might stick with them (price is reasonable too). This is a link to their website: http://www.ascolour.com.au/

SCULL T

Scull Pattern

Over the weekend I did a few more shirt designs and ideas. I've decided to play with a bit of pattern! This is a Scull pattern! Only 2 more weeks before this major project is due! I've got to knock out some solid designs and get some screen prints done! ITS ON!

SCULL PATTERN

Diff Version

I think I like the grey one more!

unfinished ...

Scull Design 2

Generating more design ideas for Scull. I've pasted Scull's face on a real skull.

GOST SHIRT DESIGN

This is Gost, my ghost character! The image looks a lil funny on the black background ...

SCULL SHIRT DESIGN

Added to the design, and going to design a lot more! Gonna try drawing the ghost (gost) now! I've decided to call my characters (Scull + Gost)

T-shirt design I'm working on!

Google search

So I googled skulls and ghost t-shirts and here are some of the designs that I liked:

Products:

Just on top of my head the kinda things I'd like to apply my designs onto, besides the obvious t-shirts:

- eye mask, pillows, blankets, socks, body butter, wallets, watch, chocolate, books/notebooks, underwear, bottle opener, pens, eyeliner, towels, hats, canvas bags, sleeping mask ... (will add to the list soon)

*think about products that reflect the brand.

The logo

At the moment I am very happy with the way this logo looks. I've been trying to apply it to different surfaces. I like the idea of the tags being printed on brown paper and using black ribbon to attach them to the shirts.

Logo

Logo applied to a template

Next step ...

After showing the class some of the logo designs and ideas I've been working on, here are the next steps I will take ...

- Finalize the logo.

- Come up with some designs for shirts. 

- Think of other possible products (eg. pillows, blankets ..etc) 

Ksubi's Baddies

More logo design ...

So I've been playing around with the look and feel of the logo and I think I am getting closer to the way I want them to look. I'm pretty happy with the ghost and still think I can work on the skull. I think the skull looks too much like the brand "Skullcandy". Next step is to keep working on this and start coming up with stories and designs for the t-shirts etc. Also I need to get the classes feedback on the name of the brand.

Developing the Logo

I did a fast sketch of a logo the other day and tried to make it on illustrator today. It's the ghost and skull in a shape of a heart. And I've been thinking of names for the brand and like the word "sloks", cause it sounds like a cool made up word except for it's actually parts of my name strung together. The logo still looks a lil too cute, and i definitely have to work on the font choice. I want it to look more cool and edgy, instead of cute and quirky.

Random Inspiration

Some really awesome things I've come cross while surfing da internets.

halloween pillows

skull towel 

odd lamp 

http://hannakin.deviantart.com/

cute teeth things

ghosty stuff

Skull + Ghost Characters!

Did some really rough drawings of my characters (the skull + ghost). They still need a name. Any ideas? Will have a more finished version of the two characters soon and hopefully a logo and name for the brand!

Developing Characters

I'm currently developing the characters for my clothing brand. Been drawing heaps of ghost and skulls and starting to develop the overall identity of the brand. Trying to think of names for the two characters. So far I have cliche names like amigos and tomodachi. Will be drawing up logos and thinking of names for the characters and the brand! The project is getting exciting! Will introduce these characters to you guys soon.