[sudo-discuss] Sudo Shirts: 2nd Edition

[rusty lindgren]

I'm down.

On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 3:28 PM, Matthew Senate <mattsenate at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hahah, where did those people come from??
>
> I like the idea of printing shirts sooner rather than later with the
> original logo before we change to a new one. Will be a great memento<http://t.qkme.me/47sh.jpg>.
>
>
> Very excited!
>
> // Matt
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 2:47 PM, Daniel Finlay <somniac at me.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Sudoers,
>>
>> I've received some inquiries about when we could do a second batch of
>> sudo shirts.  Herein I will lay the groundwork for such shirts to happen.
>>
>> First of all, today I was struck with a very simple sudo shirt design,
>> which combines a few ideals that I've developed from my time screen
>> printing:  Using a colored shirt, minimizing ink use through tactful shirt
>> color choice, creating focus from the graphical elements instead of the
>> text.  Also since this design would be a one-screen design, it would be
>> ideal for doing an in-house screen printing workshop using water based inks
>> (another environmentally superior decision), not to mention the possibility
>> of keeping the screen on location for impromptu sudo prints.
>>
>> This design is not actually the original sudo-button .svg that goes
>> around.  I modified this one (attached) to enhance the lines, fix a couple
>> corner-jag issues, and to tweak some of the sides to be more parallel.
>>
>> I'm pretty sure the edges are not all "perfectly parallel" here, and if
>> we have any illustrator gurus on the list, that might be a cool thing to
>> do.  That said, this is a more precise sudo logo than we've had before, let
>> me know if the subtle imperfections were cherished and I can revert this
>> design.  (Btw- What's the constellation depicted?  Any?)
>>
>> I and other sudo members have volunteered to donate the labor involved in
>> producing these shirts, which would bring the price down to "cost", which
>> will be $4.55 per shirt (American Apparel runs more expensive, but has some
>> good-labor practices, so unless there's another preferred manufacturer, it
>> seems the morally superior choice for now).
>>
>> I donated the previous batch of shirts, but I'm currently donating what I
>> can per month in dollars, so I'd like the Sudo Room's help to buy the blank
>> shirts.  If resold at $20 each, there would be a 339% profit on each shirt
>> sold, which is probably a good thing to ask, since it doesn't require
>> change, and it's a fundraising shirt anyway.
>>
>> So:  How's support for this design, and at $4.55/shirt, how many would we
>> like Sudo Room to stock up on?
>>
>> When the time to print comes around, I'll organize the volunteer effort,
>> thanks for all the offers I've received!
>>
>> -Dan Finlay
>>
>>
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Rusty Lindgren
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