So…t-shirts?
We’re looking into t-shirts and merch and the like… mainly ’cause, uh, we give everything else away for free. So anyway, i knocked up a couple logo-styley thing-a-ma-bobs, and thought I’d try to test ‘em out on the die-hards before going into production. Isn’t this a great opportunity to say something nasty? Let us know what ya think…I’ve been trying to figure out what our ‘look’ is – difficult since I still haven’t figured out what our ‘sound’ is, hence the aesthetic schizophrenia. I was inclined to just write ‘lions and tigers and bears oh my!” over and over and then somewhere interrupt it with ‘the mimetiks’ – but that’s just bananas, right? (which, unfortunately, was another idea…I have just realized I use way to many ellipses)
On a somewhat different note – look for our new flash player in the next week, it’ll keep you from having to actually click on anything to hear us, which might be nice. Also, if you happen to be in Maine on Oct 27th you can come check us out live at Colby College (more on this, I’m sure, when Akie posts…alas he is, recuperating and I have been left to my own devices…).
b-ha wrote:
i did the look of the first one and the third one, but don’t like the typeface on either one of them. dig the (.com) of the first one. dig the handdrawing thing, but find a better lookin’ animal!
how’s that for specific.
Posted on 09-Oct-06 at 1:34 pm | Permalink
b-ha wrote:
actaully, i really like the typeface from the cartoon of you two
Posted on 09-Oct-06 at 1:35 pm | Permalink
Q wrote:
Ha!
yea – the typography thing has been really bugging me since these went up. i started working on some new ideas which i’ll post once they are anywhere near appropriate – akie actually likes the second one (go figure). i think mainly cuase he’s been looking at lots of columbia jazz albums from the 50s and 60s.
so the next ones are gonna be in color, with a little less brooklyn spirit and more of an actual graphic designer emphasis (grids and whatnot).
Posted on 09-Oct-06 at 1:39 pm | Permalink
Q wrote:
well, how very LA of you.
Posted on 09-Oct-06 at 1:40 pm | Permalink
Akie wrote:
that’d actually be 50s and 60s BLUENOTE art. columbia – eh… art rarely did it for me. except Miles Davis “Sorcerer” and, of course, the “Bitches Brew”
-akie
Posted on 17-Oct-06 at 12:14 am | Permalink
Solkem wrote:
While I like the first one, I feel as though I’ve seen the design somewhere before. Don’t ask me where.
Some could read the second one as
“iThem Imeti Rs.com”… Maybe it’s just me. Or maybe that’s what you were going for.
The third one has a sort of John Lennon feel to it. I like the hand drawing aspect of it and the random bird. I’d wear that one. Just cuz of the bird. Remove the bird and it’s just another shirt.
Posted on 17-Oct-06 at 7:03 am | Permalink
eve wrote:
the first is a little CBGB (RIP, nevertheless). i like the toucan! i would wear it! what other animal is better looking?! God.
Posted on 18-Oct-06 at 12:47 pm | Permalink
julialauren wrote:
combination btwn one’s swirlies and three’s typface. i look forward to checking out round II of options.
Posted on 18-Oct-06 at 4:34 pm | Permalink