EHW Merch?

[ENTERPRISE]

Hey all, 

 

So this thread moved on somewhat since my last look. Firstly, apologies for being delayed. The last couple of weeks have been very busy with work and some other personal projects, which also includes prep work for moving the forums to the forefront of ExtremeHW, but more on that elsewhere.

 

A huge thanks for all the input from everyone, whether it be artwork, comments and advice. This is really booming into something very exciting. 

 

Right now due to my time constraints, Mr @UltraMega has been kind enough to lend a hand on this, just so it does not get delayed. Big thanks to Ultra! 

 

Moving forward this will be the order of things: 

 

1. Collect ideas/artwork from the members 

2. Upload graphics and apply them to applicable merch on a single etailer site 

3. E to login to etailer and sift through the designs 

4. E to collect approved designs and set up a poll with a view to members selecting final products 

5. Order a set of merch from one etailer. If good, we stick with it. If poor we move one to the next etailer.

6. Make the products live for all.

 

Please note that we cant run before we walk. This process is to select a base set of products to start with. After we are happy with the base products, we can then add additional products. So fear not. 

 

All the best,

E

[UltraMega]

Thanks @ENTERPRISE,

 

Anyone who wants to submit artwork, please do so in clear background format when possible, with images that are at least 2000x2000 pixels.

 

Please also let me know if you have any ideas/suggestions or requests. Right now I am setting this up on Printify so anyone can take a look at their product catalog and if you see something you want to use, we can add it. We might switch to a different merch store before this whole thing is said and done, but first we need to collect a good enough set of high res images. Once we have enough usable imagery, the rest is pretty easy. 

 

Thanks in advance to any and all community members who want to contribute images or ideas to this project! 

 

Another thing you can do is submit high res pictures of your PC if you have a cool looking PC and I can use them or use parts of them to make some other part, or make them layers under other clear background images. Try to take pics without logos for other brands. Here is an example of one I was playing with that I took from a photo album here on EHW image from @Mr. Fox. I had to zoom in to avoid logos (still one on the heatsink I didn't notice earlier), and the end result is too low res to use, but something like this could potentially work:

 

 

 

And then this one I played with from @Avacado album. 

Edited January 17, 2023 by UltraMega

[Avacado]

45 minutes ago, UltraMega said:

Thanks @ENTERPRISE,

 

Anyone who wants to submit artwork, please do so in clear background format when possible, with images that are at least 2000x2000 pixels.

 

Please also let me know if you have any ideas/suggestions or requests. Right now I am setting this up on Printify so anyone can take a look at their product catalog and if you see something you want to use, we can add it. We might switch to a different merch store before this whole thing is said and done, but first we need to collect a good enough set of high res images. Once we have enough usable imagery, the rest is pretty easy. 

 

Thanks in advance to any and all community members who want to contribute images or ideas to this project! 

 

Another thing you can do is submit high res pictures of your PC if you have a cool looking PC and I can use them or use parts of them to make some other part, or make them layers under other clear background images. Try to take pics without logos for other brands. Here is an example of one I was playing with that I took from a photo album here on EHW image from @Mr. Fox. I had to zoom in to avoid logos (still one on the heatsink I didn't notice earlier), and the end result is too low res to use, but something like this could potentially work:

 

 

 

And then this one I played with from @Avacado album. 

I do so miss that Case Labs s8s. I should not have sold that one. 

[neurotix]

1 hour ago, ENTERPRISE said:

Hey all, 

 

So this thread moved on somewhat since my last look. Firstly, apologies for being delayed. The last couple of weeks have been very busy with work and some other personal projects, which also includes prep work for moving the forums to the forefront of ExtremeHW, but more on that elsewhere.

 

A huge thanks for all the input from everyone, whether it be artwork, comments and advice. This is really booming into something very exciting. 

 

Right now due to my time constraints, Mr @UltraMega has been kind enough to lend a hand on this, just so it does not get delayed. Big thanks to Ultra! 

 

Moving forward this will be the order of things: 

 

1. Collect ideas/artwork from the members 

2. Upload graphics and apply them to applicable merch on a single etailer site 

3. E to login to etailer and sift through the designs 

4. E to collect approved designs and set up a poll with a view to members selecting final products 

5. Order a set of merch from one etailer. If good, we stick with it. If poor we move one to the next etailer.

6. Make the products live for all.

 

Please note that we cant run before we walk. This process is to select a base set of products to start with. After we are happy with the base products, we can then add additional products. So fear not. 

 

All the best,

E

 

All of this is great, thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to post here, @ENTERPRISE

 

I agree with everything, except maybe the member vote on approved designs. I have two more t-shirt designs I am going to be working on. It's not that I disagree with voting for what to use, it's that I think a lot of variety is a good thing assuming it doesn't cost extra to have more designs available on an e-tailing site.

 

So in the next few days I will finish up my ideas I have left and post them, then send them to UltraMega. Him and I have been in pm's and I've been giving him the transparent images he needs. After that, unless anyone else has any art to post, we can get them all uploaded and have you login and look through everything as you stated.

 

I understand you want the utmost quality in our material, but if say every t-shirt design I did were available for purchase I'd probably buy one of each and pay from my savings. As well as a hat. I think @UltraMega should look into if this site does coasters or round stickers as I have not seen those yet, but made a white and a black circular design with the "EX" to be used on a sticker and coaster. In time, I suppose.

[UltraMega]

22 minutes ago, neurotix said:

 

All of this is great, thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to post here, @ENTERPRISE

 

I agree with everything, except maybe the member vote on approved designs. I have two more t-shirt designs I am going to be working on. It's not that I disagree with voting for what to use, it's that I think a lot of variety is a good thing assuming it doesn't cost extra to have more designs available on an e-tailing site.

 

So in the next few days I will finish up my ideas I have left and post them, then send them to UltraMega. Him and I have been in pm's and I've been giving him the transparent images he needs. After that, unless anyone else has any art to post, we can get them all uploaded and have you login and look through everything as you stated.

 

I understand you want the utmost quality in our material, but if say every t-shirt design I did were available for purchase I'd probably buy one of each and pay from my savings. As well as a hat. I think @UltraMega should look into if this site does coasters or round stickers as I have not seen those yet, but made a white and a black circular design with the "EX" to be used on a sticker and coaster. In time, I suppose.

There is no extra cost for adding more items. These sites don't print anything until it's ordered, so we can add as many designs as we want. If you have a design you want to have added so you can buy it, we can add it 

[neurotix]

Here's another one of my ideas, lol. Don't we all wish. It would look best on a green shirt so I used a green PCB color for the background. I will remove that and send you the transparent png, UltraMega.

 

[neurotix]

57 minutes ago, UltraMega said:

There is no extra cost for adding more items. These sites don't print anything until it's ordered, so we can add as many designs as we want. If you have a design you want to have added so you can buy it, we can add it 

 

Exactly what I was thinking. We should just put them all up and let people buy what they like best. But it's E's call, not mine.

[UltraMega]

 

 

Pixel art I heart EHW shirt template I made. Probably should have made it even lower res so the pixels would be more obvious. 

 

 

image file if anyone want's to play with it. 

 

 

Edited January 18, 2023 by UltraMega

[UltraMega]

 

 

Edited January 18, 2023 by UltraMega

[UltraMega]

Figured out how to do the embroidered hat, setup this one which can come in different colors:

 

 

I have some stuff ready for trying samples now, so onto the next step. 

Edited January 18, 2023 by UltraMega

[UltraMega]

Mug variants:

 

[Avacado]

2 hours ago, UltraMega said:

Mug variants:

 

2nd one. 100%

[neurotix]

These look great! Can you try doing an embroidered hat on black with the flattened (mostly 3 color no gradient) logo in the zip I sent you yesterday?

 

I personally wouldn't buy a hat with just EX on it because no one would have any clue what it means. But if it said ExtremeHW.net like in the image I sent I would. EDIT And it's gotta be a black hat for me

 

 

Edited January 18, 2023 by neurotix

[neurotix]

2 hours ago, Avacado said:

2nd one. 100%

 

QFT. With my circuit gradient it looks really dope. Nice idea Ultra.

[Avacado]

I still need to redo the EHW Toe Tags. "Pushed PAST the limit".

 

[neurotix]

Last design I got. It's supposed to be metal themed for any other heavy metal fans here. On a black shirt. Also @ENTERPRISE I took artistic liberty and used some Metal Gear Solid fonts to use for the logo since I know you are a huge fan of that game series.

 

 

Well that concludes my t-shirt designs I had in mind, so for the rest of the day I am going to be doing some watercolor paintings I have in mind and possibly some pencil portraiture.

[UltraMega]

7 hours ago, neurotix said:

These look great! Can you try doing an embroidered hat on black with the flattened (mostly 3 color no gradient) logo in the zip I sent you yesterday?

 

I personally wouldn't buy a hat with just EX on it because no one would have any clue what it means. But if it said ExtremeHW.net like in the image I sent I would. EDIT And it's gotta be a black hat for me

 

 

The embroidered hats are the only ones that come in different colors on Printify and they can only accept images that are high else resolution and within a certain aspect ratio. The short logo style images are the only ones I have that meet the requirements. It won't even let me try with the full logos, but I added the full logo to the white hat. The updates I've made are viewable in this thread because all the images are links so they update with the changes I make. I have added the full logo to in other places as well. 

 

I also did round stickers and square coasters. 

Edited January 18, 2023 by UltraMega

[neurotix]

19 minutes ago, UltraMega said:

The embroidered hats are the only ones that come in different colors on Printify and they can only accept images that are high else resolution and within a certain aspect ratio. The short logo style images are the only ones I have that meet the requirements. It won't even let me try with the full logos, but I added the full logo to the white hat. The updates I've made are viewable in this thread because all the images are links so they update with the changes I make. I have added the full logo to in other places as well. 

 

I also did round stickers and square coasters. 

 

Gotcha. Is there any way we can fix this if I take that flat logo I sent you, remove the .net and resize it horizontally? I really want a black flat bill hat with ExtremeHW on it.

 

Also what do you think of the last t shirt design, and can you post a link to the collection of stuff you have so far?

Edited January 18, 2023 by neurotix

[UltraMega]

6 minutes ago, neurotix said:

 

Gotcha. Is there any way we can fix this if I take that flat logo I sent you, remove the .net and resize it horizontally? I really want a black flat bill hat with ExtremeHW on it.

 

Also what do you think of the last t shirt design, and can you post a link to the collection of stuff you have so far?

A simple enough yet high enough res image should work. I think the small lettering of the "push it to the limit" part might be an issue for embroidery. 

[neurotix]

15 minutes ago, UltraMega said:

A simple enough yet high enough res image should work. I think the small lettering of the "push it to the limit" part might be an issue for embroidery. 

 

I should cut off the .net then? Yes or no.

 

I will remove pushing it to the limit.

[UltraMega]

55 minutes ago, neurotix said:

 

I should cut off the .net then? Yes or no.

 

I will remove pushing it to the limit.

I'm not exactly sure, the image requirements for the embroidered had aren't very clear. 

[ENTERPRISE]

@neurotix

 

Could you send myself and @UltraMegathe two below designs minus the foreign language ? 

 

 

 

Thanks,

E

[neurotix]

That one was designed by Fluxmaven, not me.

 

He didn't even save the original file, so it is very low resolution. He literally made it in 10 minutes and then exported it to a forum size png and was done.

 

@Fluxmaven

[ENTERPRISE]

4 minutes ago, neurotix said:

That one was designed by Fluxmaven, not me.

 

He didn't even save the original file, so it is very low resolution. He literally made it in 10 minutes and then exported it to a forum size png and was done.

 

@Fluxmaven

Ahh my bad. Ok will wait for Fluxmaven

[Fluxmaven]

I can recreate it in higher quality when I get done being lazy and hungover.