We are Hiring an Artist to Design the IGS T-Shirt

[mgnade]

So we talked about this back in November, but it's time to get started on hiring an artist to design a T-Shirt/Poster for IndieGameStand. We are looking at creating a really cool shirt that we can not only wear to conventions, but also giveaway to the top contributor of every game sale. Needless to say, we will be ordering quite a few shirts once we finalize the design. We are looking to pay the designer for their work, but will be vetting potential artists here in our forum and via email once you throw your hat in the ring.

Our concept for the shirt:
The concept we've been talking about around the office is to have a sort of war propaganda type image/poster that would go on the back of the shirt that would say something like "Stand up for Indie Games" or "Make a Stand for Indie Games" and then have IndieGameStand wording at the bottom and our logo/web address on the front of the shirt. We are of course open to suggestions and ideas though.

Art Styles we like:





Don't miss the Vintage Posters:
http://laughingsquid.com/fake-vintage-ads-for-facebook-youtube-skype/

How to Apply:
We would love to have people submit concept sketches to the forum, but at the very least please tell us your interested and give us a link to your portfolio and website.

We look forward to getting submissions and feedback about this T-Shirt in this thread and hope that together with the IGS community we can come up with a killer desgin!

I'm interested.

Here's my portfolio: http://titom.carbonmade.com/
I will come with somethin asap, since I'm not at home now.

EDIT: Made something quick. Would like to know what you guys think about it.

HERE.

Example (I admit I took some inspiration from Army Men) below.

I'd Certainly be interested in this - do feel free to drop me an email,

Poster & Illustration work:

All Painted Traditionally in Gouache on Paper:








Cheers,

Chris

Hello there. My name is Simon, and I'm one of the partners at Studio Ace of Spade.

We're interested in apparel and poster design projects in general. So when you mix this with gaming and general nerdery, we're always happy.

Here are some things we've done that could be of interest to you:

The Cold Tone/Warm Tone poster diptych http://flic.kr/p/b7ubfa

The Lost and Taken poster http://flic.kr/p/aMPaHg

A gig poster for an awesome band called Kansas Bible Company http://flic.kr/p/ar97gZ

Project 52: a quote-based poster a week for a year (stopped short due to client work) http://www.flickr.com/photos/simonh4/sets/72157625795126586/detail/

Various drawings done with an iPad and Sketchbook Pro http://dribbble.com/simonh/projects/36928-iPad-sketches

A plethora of branding work http://dribbble.com/simonh/tags/branding

My Dribbble account http://dribbble.com/simonh

Don't hesitate to get in touch if you feel we fit the bill.

Hello,

My name is Gifny Richata, I'm a Concept Artist & Illustrator from Indonesia, and the lead artist of an artist guild called Oray Studios. We have more than 5 years of experience making graphics, illustrations, and artworks for video games, apps, websites, books, packaging, and other needs...with reasonable price. And we are very interested in the Clothing/Apparel Design job you're offering.

We put our latest and best works here:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set= ... 076&type=3

If you don't have a Facebook account, you can check them out here: http://oraystudios.deviantart.com/gallery/40944026

We hope you will find our skills could fit your needs. We're very flexible with the design/art styles as we have artists with different skills and talents.

We have worked on many projects remotely with clients all over the world, if you need any references from our clients please let us know. You can also read some of the testimonials from our past clients here on our website: www.oraystudios.com.

Thank you for your time, and I'm looking forward to hear from you.


cheers,
Gifny Richata
www.oraystudios.com

[PlayerReview]

It would be great if you could commission a couple of these talented art houses and have some different designs to see what is popular. Maybe pay on a royalty basis rather than buying it outright? I'm not a big t-shirt guy, but some of the portfolios indicate they could push something out that might change my mind.

I'll throw my hat in the ring.

I've made a few propaganda-like posters for Indie Darling Dwarf Fortress and a series for the boardgame pandemic.

Dwarf Fortress Posters






Maltese Falcon Cover


One of 4 Pandemic Posters


Threadless Shirt Designs




Check out my portfolio if you're interested. I'd love to do some work with you guys.

http://www.imaginarythomas.com

[canj]

Wow. Really love all of what you guys posted. Hopefully we can get to work with a bunch of different artists.

[mgnade]

PyroKorwin wrote:

I'm interested.
Here's my portfolio: http://titom.carbonmade.com/
I will come with somethin asap, since I'm not at home now.
Made something quick. Would like to know what you guys think about it.
HERE.

I really like this - email being sent.

I think all the work from these artists are incredible – I'm glad I don't have to choose an artist, they're all good, it'd be too difficult to choose one!
This T-shirt idea sounds like it's going to be awesome.

[mgnade]

Just contacted a handful of artists about shirts - hope to get 2-3 designs out of it...

[mgnade]

IGS T-shirt Concepts:





We're going with #4.

[mgnade]

got emailed the first version of one of our t-shirts/posters:

[mgnade]

Hey everybody, so we have 2 designs by 2 different artists, but there's one more in the mix. Here's their concepts:




Which one do you like the best? I like "Discover New Worlds" - keep in mind of the 2 designs we already have above.

[canj]

#1 , but only if she has tattoos.

I like the "Discover New Worlds" one best too- although tattooing the girl aint a bad idea either

I think "Discover New Worlds" will be a better t-shirt when finished, but I prefer the #1 sketch.

To be honest i would love to get the one with "We stand behind indie devs" but i prefer the sketch version

[mgnade]

We have our final shirt/poster design:

mgnade wrote:

We have our final shirt/poster design:

Looks good, but I think the typography still needs a little work.