240Atlanta Cards

[flip]

Alright, here is what is being printed right now... We'll see how they turn out.

http://darkrume.com/modules/coppermine/albums/userpics10002/240banner.jpg

[bluuuurr]

that's hot!

[JTA021]

nice, thats a cheapo lookin fmic though. lol

[Decker]

looks alright. is that pic supposed to be centered?

[CodyW]

not sure if i'd use an RC car as the pic

[Decker]

not sure if i'd use an RC car as the pic

:lmfao:
good call

[~The_Duke~]

It looks good though...

lol RC car lol

[Decker]

i'm honestly not too crazy about it.

[PSINXS]

hawt

[MrBojangles]

not a fan honestly.

[flip]

not sure if i'd use an RC car as the pic

LOL, wondered how long it took someone to catch it :).

I've got a few other pics i'm workin with as well. Just kinda unsure about the legality of using some of these pics... Cody, you know if its ok to use pics you find without permission is you're not making money off of it?

I might just have to talk to brady or george and use one of their pics...

And no it's not supposed to be centered...

[Infinite]

hmm, since flip got raped i'll make somthing up :p

[flip]

hmm, since flip got raped i'll make somthing up :p

Do it :P.

I've got quite a few other pics so I'm gonna make up a few others as well... We can pick the best one after all are done...

[down_shift]

I vote for an ATL car. plus it'd be easy to get permission(s).

[flip]

I vote for an ATL car. plus it'd be easy to get permission(s).

Yeah, I just gotta find a good pic of one :). Any suggestions? I'm gonna look through Brady and George's pics shortly to see if they might have snapped a good one...

[down_shift]

theres a ton of really good pics that cody has posted on dM in the last couple years. Go to the pics and look for anything thread he started.

[flip]

theres a ton of really good pics that cody has posted on dM in the last couple years. Go to the pics and look for anything thread he started.

dM?

[flip]

I kinda like this pic but not sure who's photo/car it is...

[Decker]

why a solid pic? why not something more stylized? Mabye seom vector art? I'd do it, but I'm entirely too lazy.

[flip]

why a solid pic? why not something more stylized? Mabye seom vector art? I'd do it, but I'm entirely too lazy.

Do it :p.

I'm down for any suggestions... I've messed with a couple different things but the one idea i have now is to do a car drifting in from one side of the card and design similar to the one i posted...

[MrBojangles]

dM?

drift mechaniks

yeah i imagine vectored style image would be cheaper to mass produce.

[flip]

drift mechaniks

yeah i imagine vectored style image would be cheaper to mass produce.

Ah ok.

And I don't mind putting up the money to get full color glossy cards... Its only going to be around 100$ for 5k cards...

[Decker]

i'll try and whip something up tomorrow.

[flip]

i'll try and whip something up tomorrow.

Awesome, thanks!

[Infinite]

if someone will take a pic of my car like at atlantic station i'll vector it

[flip]

if someone will take a pic of my car like at atlantic station i'll vector it

lemie see when you're done.

[Infinite]

i know you took photos... where are they

[flip]

Don't think they turned out too great... I wasn't bothering to use my tripod at the time if i remember correctly... Lemie look.

[Infinite]

and? lol

[flip]

this is what i got... the lighting sucked...

[Infinite]

bah

[flip]

I really need to stop spending money on the 240 and spend some on my camera...

[Infinite]

no... just learn how to fucking use it :p
im going to bed... im sick and i feel like ass

[flip]

no... just learn how to fucking use it :p
im going to bed... im sick and i feel like ass

All i really need is a slightly better lense with a lower f stop and a shield thing so i don't get so much glare... I like night shots...

[ftl900]

I like it a lot, except for the 'no driver' part.

I didn't realize it was an RC car until I read further down.

[Infinite]

photos nukka, photos. lol
i have some pretty cool ones done

[flip]

photos nukka, photos. lol
i have some pretty cool ones done

Well post some up man.

Cody's gonna round up some options too.

[1800DialKyle]

this pic is hot
http://forums.livingwithstyle.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=120310&stc=1

[down_shift]

tis Nadine

[flip]

this pic is hot
http://forums.livingwithstyle.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=120310&stc=1

Yah, thats awesome. Who's picture is it tho? Can we get permission to use it?

[1800DialKyle]

Yah, thats awesome. Who's picture is it tho? Can we get permission to use it?

uh i got it off google


so that means we can right

[flip]

uh i got it off google


so that means we can right

Not unless we find out who made it...

[1800DialKyle]

awwww

[down_shift]

The original photo in that photoshop is an image of Nadine of drifting pretty, shot by J Tuned iirc. Dont think they are gonna let you use it. plus its going to look busy shrunk down.

[MrBojangles]

lol this is getting tough. why not just setup a meet for taking pics of cars and choose whatever turns out best?

[flip]

lol this is getting tough. why not just setup a meet for taking pics of cars and choose whatever turns out best?

Not a bad idea... I'd like to get some drifting shots too. I might could get some of those up at the shop.

[ftl900]

The original photo in that photoshop is an image of Nadine of drifting pretty, shot by J Tuned iirc. Dont think they are gonna let you use it. plus its going to look busy shrunk down.

What HE said. Besides, you'll lose so much detail by the time it fits on a card that it won't be recognizable.

I like the idea of vector, maybe an outline of a car. Something like that is gonna scale a lot easier without losing definition.
http://www.mr2mk1club.com/logo_files/01outline.jpg

http://www.mr2mk1club.com/logo.html
These guys had some terrible ideas, altho I do like the one third from the bottom. Obviously, not with an MR2.

http://www.mr2mk1club.com/logo_files/logofinal.jpg

[flip]

Those give me some ideas tho. I was thinking about doing the outline... I'll play with that. Got any better ones?

[MrBojangles]

erm if you didn't notice, that outline is of a mr2, not a s13 lol

[flip]

erm if you didn't notice, that outline is of a mr2, not a s13 lol

LOL yah, i just mean better quality... I was working on making one before but couldn't quite get it good enough.

[MrBojangles]

lol, ok ok wasn't quite sure what you meant by "ill play with that"

[flip]

lol, ok ok wasn't quite sure what you meant by "ill play with that"

:) I started one before in photoshop. Found a good car to outline, managed to get it selected but got stuck trying to figure out how to create a vector from it. It's been way too long lol.

[MrBojangles]

lol i've been thinking of trying to vector my car from the pic in my sig.

[flip]

lol i've been thinking of trying to vector my car from the pic in my sig.

That would be a good one to do it from...

Ugh, I really should go to sleep... Gotta be back up at 8 to get to work :gay:

[down_shift]

alright heres one I did awhile ago. I am willing to lend its use to the board.
http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/4281/paint240bq0.jpg

[MrBojangles]

heres mine from when i had my old wheels:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v351/A2ThaK/jangles5.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v351/A2ThaK/jangles4.jpg

[flip]

That looks pretty nice.

[flip]

If anyone wants to try to vector theirs check this out:
http://www.heathrowe.com/tuts/vector.asp

[MrBojangles]

Asked a friend on another forums for another few vectors of my car.... They don't have color but heres what he came up with.... would be pretty easy to put some color in if I had PS on my laptop ><. You can use these in anyway you see fit (if you do you may want to remove the auto art thing he threw on there lol)


Normal
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v351/A2ThaK/jangles1.jpg
Even lower
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v351/A2ThaK/jangles3.jpg
Normal
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v351/A2ThaK/jangles7.jpg
Even lower
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v351/A2ThaK/jangles8.jpg

[flip]

Sweet, thanks man.

[flip]

Check first post... New card posted...

[down_shift]

You chose a great shot. I voted for #2, it just needs some tweaking on the kearning. Some letters are too close and others are too far apart. Maybe size the .com down some too.

Have you design the back yet?

[babowc]

hm..
you should make a simple card.. instread of the first three thats been posted.
just a 240atlanta logo and a simple picture of a 240sx..

question:
do we have a 240atlanta logo?

[down_shift]

just a 240atlanta logo and a simple picture of a 240sx.

Thats exactly what he did.

[NinjaHobo]

Thats exactly what he did.


EL OH EL!!!

[babowc]

me = pwnt lol

[flip]

:-D

There is no back as of right now mostly since it costs more to print on the back...

[down_shift]

yeah depends where you get them printed. There are some good deals online to get stuff like this made.

[Dgardi]

I like it. :) #2 FTW

[flip]

yeah depends where you get them printed. There are some good deals online to get stuff like this made.

I plan on using vistaprint. They can print 5k of the cards, full color gloss for $100. The best prices I've found...

[babowc]

flip..
can i get my sub title changed to KDM madness? lol :D

[flip]

flip..
can i get my sub title changed to KDM madness? lol :D

Looks like you got it :).

[babowc]

yawp :D thanks for informing me about it :)

[Dgardi]

Where you going to get the cards done?

[down_shift]

I plan on using vistaprint. They can print 5k of the cards, full color gloss for $100. The best prices I've found...

Am I the only one reading here?

[JBS13]

I like where the third pictures font is because the other two seemed crowded b/c of the font placing. Try a different font in the same place as the third card. I think that would look ok.

[flip]

I like where the third pictures font is because the other two seemed crowded b/c of the font placing. Try a different font in the same place as the third card. I think that would look ok.

I might try messing with the kerning in that font to make it look a little better and clearer...

Do you have any suggestions for other fonts? I was looking at fonts until my eyes started to bleed the other night...

[Dgardi]

Am I the only one reading here?


Damnit. lol.

I must have skipped it :thinking:

[flip]

So I think i've got it this time... its the last one... I changed fonts and did a couple little things...

Keep in mind this isn't a hi-res render of the card so it will be much sharper on the actual card itself...

[1800DialKyle]

Yup i like it
that one it is.

[down_shift]

sorry but the 2nd one is still my favorite and most successful. The readability is worse now and the url at the bottom is redundant. you dont even need the www, people know what to do. I personally dont like the color change outside the line work, makes it a bit too busy.

nothing personal just trying to give an honest critique. I really like the 2nd one.

[flip]

sorry but the 2nd one is still my favorite and most successful. The readability is worse now and the url at the bottom is redundant. you dont even need the www, people know what to do. I personally dont like the color change outside the line work, makes it a bit too busy.

nothing personal just trying to give an honest critique. I really like the 2nd one.

Keep in mind that the readability is bad simply because of the low quality render. Its easy to read from the orig...

[down_shift]

What point is the text going to be on the card? Its just seems a bit hard to read with the text now being smaller and you choosing a font that is deffinatley hard to read.

[flip]

What point is the text going to be on the card? Its just seems a bit hard to read with the text now being smaller and you choosing a font that is deffinatley hard to read.

Again, its a VERY low res render of the card... All of the text will be clear. I can re-render it so it's more clear if it helps :).

[down_shift]

The res. doesn't matter. If that font size is too small it will be hard to read.

[flip]

The res. doesn't matter. If that font size is too small it will be hard to read.

Trust me, resolution has everything to do with it. It will be readable...

And on the redundancy thing, isn't that what 99% of advertising is about?

[down_shift]

I give up. I still vote #2.

[flip]

I made the fonts in the newer one larger. I'm running it by a few design peeps to see what they say and if it passes I'll print a small batch to see hwo they turn out...

[babowc]

hehe..
i voted none :)

i think you should go with something more subtle..
maybe make up a 240atlanta logo first?

[flip]

We do need a logo... We can always print more cards in the future to keep everyone happy :). I like the one I have so far so i'm going to get some of them printed and see how they look and go from there.

If anyone has any ideas, feel free to throw something together and post it up.

[~The_Duke~]

I mean in all seriousness the logo thing, all we really need for a 'logo' is the website URL spelled out on a sticker. I mean you can find a spiffy font or letter outline to go with the text, but simple is good so people can read it easy.

The cards is a good idea so that when we see a car on the street we can just stick the card on the window with a note on the back. That card looks good, I like the one of the far right the best, but it just depends on how that font looks when it gets printed.

That is my 2 cents...

[flip]

I mean in all seriousness the logo thing, all we really need for a 'logo' is the website URL spelled out on a sticker. I mean you can find a spiffy font or letter outline to go with the text, but simple is good so people can read it easy.

The cards is a good idea so that when we see a car on the street we can just stick the card on the window with a note on the back. That card looks good, I like the one of the far right the best, but it just depends on how that font looks when it gets printed.

That is my 2 cents...

Yeah, you're right. I made the fonts in the one on the far right larger so hopefully it will be very easily readable. This is why I'm going to have a first batch printed to see how they look. At the next meet I'll hand out stacks to everyone and then we can go from there.

As far as the logo, I have a site that I use for free fonts:

http://www.1001freefonts.com/

Feel free to browse the fonts and make suggestions for the stickers. I've only made it through the C's or so...

[flip]

1k Cards ordered. We'll see how these turn out and order more if all is well...

I'll let everyone know as soon as they come in. I'll be handing out stacks of cards to any members that want to help pass them out...

BIG thanks to to Wedge for his donation!!!!

[flip]

If you want to PM me your address I can mail them to you since you're out in lawrenceville...

[DeadDoc]

Yeah, you're right. I made the fonts in the one on the far right larger so hopefully it will be very easily readable. This is why I'm going to have a first batch printed to see how they look. At the next meet I'll hand out stacks to everyone and then we can go from there.

As far as the logo, I have a site that I use for free fonts:

http://www.1001freefonts.com/

Feel free to browse the fonts and make suggestions for the stickers. I've only made it through the C's or so...


Heh I have about a gig of fonts! :p Wish I could have helped ya print them.... but that shit costs too much compared to your shitty ass internet printing companies (not all but most).

[flip]

Can anyone get these done for an s13?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v351/A2ThaK/jangles8.jpg

[down_shift]

you dont have illustrator?

[flip]

you dont have illustrator?

I do. Why?

[down_shift]

thats how you do those. just trace a pic of a 13 on a new layer with the pen tool.

[flip]

thats how you do those. just trace a pic of a 13 on a new layer with the pen tool.

You wana do it? Thats the reason I was asking... I just won't have time for atleast 3 weeks and I wana get these shirts done sooner than that.

[down_shift]

sure post a pic, Ill try and do it sunday.

[DeadDoc]

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