Author Topic: BYOAC T-shirt now available! (Read 17708 times)

Frostillicus · « **on:** November 04, 2003, 11:24:30 pm »

With Saints approval, I have created a small gallery at Zazzle.com.

There is no minimum order, and prices range from around 20 bucks to 30 bucks depending on the type of clothing you want. Basically you select which color design and then place it on your choice of colored apparel (such as t-shirts, sweatshirts, henleys, etc).

So far there is the original (and my personal favorite) "multi" colored design, a yellow one, a red one, and a blue one. If someone wants a different color just let me know. You can match these to place on different apparel, such as sweatshirts, t-shirts, women's clothing (really), among others. Many different colors available for t-shirts, too.

Printing quality is superb. I am very pleased with the shirt. Very bright, colorful - and not puffy. Also, you can customize the design to add your name, msg board alias, whatever. Change the type color, font type, size, etc. If you want to customize you have to register with the site. Just an extra step but many different options are available once you do.

Check out these pictures (that's my coworker holding it up):
FRONT

BACK:

CLOSEUP OF FRONT:

CLOSEUP OF BACK:

BACK SPREAD OUT ON TABLE:

This T-shirt is the Basic Long Sleeve XL. The tag says Hanes Beefy-T.

Product description:
Show off your obsession with this colorful design made up of arcade controls! Customizable!

Arcadecontrols.com is the world's #1 website for do-it-yourself arcade machines. From the wealth of information in the FAQ and easy to follow tutorials to an amazingly friendly and knowledgeable message board, you won't believe how easy it is to construct your own arcade machine. Relive the classics, relive your childhood!

OF NOTE: If you click through the referral link, then Saint gets a contribution for every purchase made. I do, as well, so thank you in advance and we'd love to hear your feedback and suggestions!

Also available is the design in poster format. If anyone wants it in greeting cards just let me know and I'll add it

PS - Now if only there was another auction in my area again... I got the hat and now the T-shirt

SirPoonga · « **Reply #1 on:** November 05, 2003, 01:20:52 am »

very sweet. I will have to get a poster or two and make those my sideart.

tmasman · « **Reply #2 on:** November 05, 2003, 11:29:43 am »

Hey Frosty...
How much did shipping end up being for yours?
I'm just trying to see how much $$$ I've got to embezel from my account (without my wife knowing...) to get the polo shirt!!!

Frostillicus · « **Reply #3 on:** November 05, 2003, 12:04:14 pm »

IIRC, shipping was around 4.50. Total cost for me was 26 dollars. Not bad for a long sleeve t with front and back printing

Zapper · « **Reply #4 on:** November 05, 2003, 02:55:43 pm »

Nice job Frosty, I like the original multi design. The custom name label is great!

eightbit · « **Reply #5 on:** November 05, 2003, 03:21:29 pm »

Quote from: Zapper on November 05, 2003, 02:55:43 pm

Nice job Frosty, I like the original multi design. The custom name label is great!

Frosty how did you get your name on yours? I don't see that as an option.

Frostillicus · « **Reply #6 on:** November 05, 2003, 03:46:20 pm »

You have to click on "CUSTOMIZE" - a small link on the right above the options box. You do have to register, but what happens is that it takes that design you wanted to customize and copies it into your new private gallery. Then it prompts you to change whatever you want. You can change it, delete it, or keep it in your gallery for future reference.

It's not as easy as just 'add name here', but the trade off is you have lots of freedom of typeface, placement (front/back/both), font color, font size, whatever. You can truely personalize it. Let me know if it all doesn't make sense.

eightbit · « **Reply #7 on:** November 05, 2003, 03:49:58 pm »

Quote from: Frostillicus on November 05, 2003, 03:46:20 pm

You have to click on "CUSTOMIZE" - a small link on the right above the options box. You do have to register, but what happens is that it takes that design you wanted to customize and copies it into your new private gallery. Then it prompts you to change whatever you want. You can change it, delete it, or keep it in your gallery for future reference.

It's not as easy as just 'add name here', but the trade off is you have lots of freedom of typeface, placement (front/back/both), font color, font size, whatever. You can truely personalize it. Let me know if it all doesn't make sense.

I found it. Thats pretty cool, I ordered mine last night but I wouldn't have changed it anyway. The only thing I would change would be to put BYOAC in huge letters down one arm but that might be a little much. I think its going to look great just the way it is. I can't wait for it to get here now.

I'll never wear a different shirt again!

hyiu · « **Reply #8 on:** November 05, 2003, 04:25:53 pm »

THAT IS VERY VERY VERY COOL !!!!!!.....

I'm going to order at least 1 hooded sweater and 1 t-shirt...

quick question....

what is the difference between basic T- shirt and premium T...

Frostillicus · « **Reply #9 on:** November 05, 2003, 04:32:25 pm »

Cool - glad you got it figured out.

Here's the product descriptions from the website (just click on the little ? next to the type of apparel):

Quote

ZAZZLE BASIC T's
Pre-shrunk 100% cotton for great feel and comfort. Brilliant Colors produce photographic quality, and are imprinted by a new digital technology that chemically bonds the ink to the cotton molecules. The resulting image is vibrant and durable, without that "decal-like" feel typically imparted by other heat transfer and screenprint methods.

The images are soft and breathable, there is no overprint around the image area, and the images have a "wash fastness" equal to or better than other 100% cotton printing methods. Choose from a variety of styles and sizes.

Basic T-Shirt
Pre-shrunk, 100% cotton, 6.1 ounce heavyweight t-shirt. Double-needle stitched bottom and sleeve hems. Shoulder-to-shoulder taping. Available in 11 colors.

Youth XS - Adult XXXXXL

Quote

ZAZZLE PREMIUM T's
If you want the best, this product line is it

hyiu · « **Reply #10 on:** November 05, 2003, 04:38:33 pm »

ohhh.... thx.... sorry.... too busy clicking on the different styles.... didn't pay attention to the ?s.....

just want to say a BIG THANK YOU for all the efforts....

I like the logo a lot !!!..... will let everyone knows what I ordered after I've made my decision..... heee heee heee.....

***

*** tough choice.....
(too many choices.... too little $$$.... )

Homebrew · « **Reply #11 on:** November 05, 2003, 04:45:40 pm »

Just orderd myself a basic long sleeve in grey. Can't wait to get it. I'll probably order some other styles as well in the near future. Now i'll have a shirt and a hat. So which one of you is gonna put "Howard approved" somewhere on the shirt.

-Kevin

Howard_Casto · « **Reply #12 on:** November 05, 2003, 05:06:38 pm »

Quote from: Homebrew on November 05, 2003, 04:45:40 pm

Just orderd myself a basic long sleeve in grey. Can't wait to get it. I'll probably order some other styles as well in the near future. Now i'll have a shirt and a hat. So which one of you is gonna put "Howard approved" somewhere on the shirt.

-Kevin

He showed it to me prior to the announcment becaused he used the controls I had him make for the controls.dat to make the logo. so for therecord it is "Howard approved"

Homebrew · « **Reply #13 on:** November 05, 2003, 05:20:09 pm »

Hope you didn't take any offense to that HC, I was just being a smart-@$$. Just said that to see how many paid attention to that entry in the slogan poll.

-Kevin

RacerX · « **Reply #14 on:** November 05, 2003, 09:29:00 pm »

I ordered mine! Thanks, Frostillicus!

That looks great, and it will go very nicely with my BYOAC cap!

Sasquatch! · « **Reply #15 on:** November 05, 2003, 10:07:04 pm »

Cool deal! As soon as I decide on which color shirt I want, I'm in!

microwrx · « **Reply #16 on:** November 05, 2003, 11:21:46 pm »

Just ordered myself one of those Raglan 3/4 sleeve ones. Shipping to Australia was $8.98.

Homebrew · « **Reply #17 on:** November 06, 2003, 12:10:11 am »

oh yeah, forgot about that. If it helps anyone, it was $5.98 for shipping to Clinton, MD. Also the total for me for a basic longsleeve in Grey with my handle added under the front logo was 22.95. With the 5.98 shipping, my total(shipped) was $28.93. Thats just for everyone's reference. Obviously everyone's totals will vary.

-Kevin

Nannuu · « **Reply #18 on:** November 06, 2003, 03:28:45 am »

Alright! Got the white/red raglan! Now I'll have a shirt, a hat but still no mame cab. At least I'll be all dorked up for the next auction

Thanks Frosty!

PhoneGuy · « **Reply #19 on:** November 06, 2003, 04:07:30 pm »

Is there a BYOAC T-Shirt Competition?

HowardC :: BYOAC Shirts
http://www.zazzle.com/contributors/products/gallery/browse_results.asp?cid=238617392920021753

eightbit · « **Reply #20 on:** November 06, 2003, 04:10:23 pm »

Quote from: PhoneGuy on November 06, 2003, 04:07:30 pm

Is there a BYOAC T-Shirt Competition?

HowardC :: BYOAC Shirts
http://www.zazzle.com/contributors/products/gallery/browse_results.asp?cid=238617392920021753

Its odd the black design on that one isn't available on a black shirt?

Frostillicus · « **Reply #21 on:** November 06, 2003, 05:13:02 pm »

Quote from: Howard_Casto on November 05, 2003, 05:06:38 pm

Quote from: Homebrew on November 05, 2003, 04:45:40 pm
Just orderd myself a basic long sleeve in grey. Can't wait to get it. I'll probably order some other styles as well in the near future. Now i'll have a shirt and a hat. So which one of you is gonna put "Howard approved" somewhere on the shirt.

-Kevin

He showed it to me prior to the announcment becaused he used the controls I had him make for the controls.dat to make the logo. so for therecord it is "Howard approved"

Heh - for those that are curious about the process - I offered to make some of the controls for that project, and also incorporated them into a controls.dat logo, which wasn't popular... - I believe someone said it was too "fun".

The "Controls" part became the driving force in this t-shirt design - I am actually glad I didn't use it for the controls.dat project because it looks better on clothing. I made the controls at a very hi-resolution because I knew I might want to use them for something like this. Hey you never know there might be other uses for them in the future, too

soslo · « **Reply #22 on:** November 06, 2003, 08:10:01 pm »

Is there a way to customize the "ringer" style shirts? When I customize...the shirts just looks like a regular shirt.

JustMichael · « **Reply #23 on:** November 06, 2003, 11:59:29 pm »

PhoneGuy, you do realize that your images for your version of BYOAC t-shirts seem to contain exact copies of graphics from Happ Controls website?

Frostillicus · « **Reply #24 on:** November 07, 2003, 12:23:42 am »

Quote from: soslo on November 06, 2003, 08:10:01 pm

Is there a way to customize the "ringer" style shirts? When I customize...the shirts just looks like a regular shirt.

When you customize it, the actual customizing process just uses a basic white T for layout. Then when you go to buy it from your private gallery you can pick whatever shirt you'd like with that customized design.

Howard_Casto · « **Reply #25 on:** November 07, 2003, 12:30:57 am »

*edit*
(in response to jm)

Those are mine.... I put them up as a test, nothing more.... I just wanted to see how the alpha channel was gonna be handled through their service.

And yes those are happs installation diagrams. AFAICT They are public domain unless I use them to make pirated copies of their products.

The lack of black shirts is a limit of zazzle. Find a better distributor and I'll post em there. I put the black design up as a test to see how it'd look... I'm working on adding a border or something so that a darker desing would still work.

In closing, go buy frosty's shirt, mine isn't finished yet and his looks better anyway.

soslo · « **Reply #26 on:** November 07, 2003, 10:27:31 am »

Here is a pic of the shirt I just customized/ordered!

soslo · « **Reply #27 on:** November 07, 2003, 10:28:18 am »

and here is a close-up of the logo

Frostillicus · « **Reply #28 on:** November 07, 2003, 11:55:13 am »

soslo: cool! That blue design sure goes with the blue collar/cuffs. Nice one

Now you need the red one for player 1 side...

soslo · « **Reply #29 on:** November 07, 2003, 12:47:15 pm »

hah - definately ;]

hyiu · « **Reply #30 on:** November 07, 2003, 03:24:17 pm »

I ordered a Yellow T !!!

and I also ordered 1 for my girl friend....

now... let's see if we can wear it together and take a pic... haaa haa haa..... (with my BYOAC hat !!!....)

*** will need to finish cab *** so that wear that and take pic in front of the cab *** hee hee....

Zapper · « **Reply #31 on:** November 08, 2003, 01:07:17 am »

I finally placed an order for a custom named basic white shirt. Mac users might have problems with thier online checkout system, I sent them an email about it and I'm sure they have a team of highly trained professionals working on the problem as we speak.

cj1 · « **Reply #32 on:** November 08, 2003, 01:43:23 am »

Quote from: Zapper on November 08, 2003, 01:07:17 am

I finally placed an order for a custom named basic white shirt. Mac users might have problems with thier online checkout system, I sent them an email about it and I'm sure they have a team of highly trained professionals working on the problem as we speak.

Not just Mac users...

I ordered a couple of shirts a few days ago. Got the confirmation page with my order, etc. Never received a confirmation e-mail though, so I logged in tonight and went to "my orders" only to find that there's no record of it. I have an e-mail in to them as well.

Frostillicus,

Thanks for your efforts. Great design and nice layout on the shirt. (I *hate* shirts with huge graphics on the front. "Pocket" logos on the front are cool, though.)

/goes back to lurking

Frostillicus · « **Reply #33 on:** November 08, 2003, 09:34:04 am »

Hmm...sorry it wasn't working 100% for you guys. I had no trouble ordering, I'm using XP. All I can say is to try again I guess.

So some of you guys might have gotten them by now, mine only took 2 days (regular fedex option). What do you think of them?

cj1 · « **Reply #34 on:** November 08, 2003, 06:36:07 pm »

Quote from: Frostillicus on November 08, 2003, 09:34:04 am

Hmm...sorry it wasn't working 100% for you guys. I had no trouble ordering, I'm using XP. All I can say is to try again I guess.

So some of you guys might have gotten them by now, mine only took 2 days (regular fedex option). What do you think of them?

Actually, mine arrived today, so I guess my order was ok. (I was actually working on my cab when it came, which was kind of cool.) Still odd that it's not in my order history though.

I'm wearing one right now

and I'm really pleased with the results. I ordered the blue "flavor". The printing seems well done, colors are rich and vibrant and seems durable. Never heard of Zazzle before this, but seems like they're doing a pretty good job.

Once again, thanks Frostillicus.

eightbit · « **Reply #35 on:** November 09, 2003, 08:47:21 pm »

Shirt came yesterday, I really like it!

Homebrew · « **Reply #36 on:** November 10, 2003, 04:33:47 pm »

Mine came today and I love it. Something worth noting though is that mine doesn't look as vibrant as Frostillicus's does in the pics. I don't know if his camera brought out the colors more or what. I got mine done on a grey shirt which i suspect is why the brightness differs. Also i noticed in Eightbit's pic, the colors don't seem quite right. At first i thought it was his camera or something, but then i noticed the small bit of his jeans in the pic showed up fine. In eightbit's pic, his fadedness is worse than mine. It might just be his pic, i can't say for sure. This is all just for reference, i'm just inclined to believe at this point that getting it printed on a white shirt is your best option for great quality. Don't get me wrong, i'm quite happy with my shirt, but just want to give others a heads up on what they might expect.

Here's some closeup's of mine to see what i'm talking about.

eightbit · « **Reply #37 on:** November 10, 2003, 05:28:50 pm »

The white parts of the logo are clear so the color of the shirt shows through. Thats why on my shirt the colors are not as vibrant as Frost's. I still love it. I didn't want another white shirt.

Frostillicus · « **Reply #38 on:** November 10, 2003, 05:38:50 pm »

Homebrew - the printing will only be as bright as the brightest color available - in your case grey. That's pretty standard with any type of printing, and why I chose white. Those pics are a little blurry, though, so it's hard to tell exactly what the color is like.

Eightbit - I'm glad you like it - is that the camera or did you get an orange one?

eightbit · « **Reply #39 on:** November 10, 2003, 07:47:53 pm »

Its orange, the picture was taken indoors with a flash. I think the color is pretty close. I'll try to get a better picture in natural light.


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