New Blipshift Shirt - "Triple Crown"

"Chase" (ChaseCheston)
10/14/2014 at 12:40 • Filed to: Blipshift

by Salman Anjum

The pony in the pony wars.

The fox in foxbody.

The I in RS.

http://blipshift.com/products/tripl…

DISCUSSION (19)

Blondude > Chase
10/13/2014 at 22:11

I find your lack of Mustang II... disturbing.

The Magic Rev Matching 4Runner > Blondude
10/13/2014 at 22:20

We're ignoring that little fau paux. Both on Blipshift's part and FoMoCo's

Chase > Blondude
10/13/2014 at 22:21

Take it up with them, not me (I agree with you, although if we go for the Mustang II, i'm arguing for most of the other body styles)

Nibby > Chase
10/13/2014 at 22:23

Anjum is usually a woman's first name...

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Chase
10/13/2014 at 22:29

If they used Illustrator and a Wacom to make this, I guarantee you it took no longer than 10 minutes to make the design for this

Takuro Spirit > Chase
10/14/2014 at 12:46

Not one to usually bitch, but dude.... scroll down a bit.

T5Killer > Blondude
10/14/2014 at 12:48

I find the lack of SN95 More disturbing. It was a big hit and retro before retro was a thing.

Chase > Takuro Spirit
10/14/2014 at 13:19

Sorry, I scheduled this as a repost, after posting at 10pm last night. I normally try to post it a couple times so that people see it. This is the first time I've been on today

Takuro Spirit > Chase
10/14/2014 at 13:20

Okay, I forgive you. <3

Salmanorguk > Chase
10/15/2014 at 06:02

Thanks Chase for promoting my work - 5th one within 3 months! I may be able to buy a 60s Mustang fender or something now!

Salmanorguk > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
10/15/2014 at 06:04

Lol I used Photoshop and a Wacom.

I did however ensure the 3 have the correct measurements (and scaled correctly) plus did some refining of the edges - so it took me 11 minutes

Salmanorguk > Nibby
10/15/2014 at 06:04

And Salman is one letter away from a fish but I live with it!

Salmanorguk > Blondude
10/15/2014 at 06:07

I originally had all of them but it looked cluttered, so we went with The First, The Comeback, and The Latest

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Salmanorguk
10/15/2014 at 06:29

Im an art student, But even Im surprised I was that close on the completion time. Still a cool design. As My fundamentals of Design teacher says: "the simplest design is always the best design"

EDIT: Wait, You used photoshop and you didnt have pixillation in the screen print? How did you achieve that?

Salmanorguk > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
10/15/2014 at 06:56

Lol no I was joking!

Being serious it took 30min and that included downloading all the Mustangs (I previously used all 6 which we whittled down), going on wikipedia to get the length dimensions, and then using Excel to work out the scaling.

I worked on a document which was around 4000px wide and 3500px high. As Blipshift use roughly the same there wouldnt be that much (if any) scaling/pixellation issues.

Then used the pen tool (with the pressure sensitive brush option at 15px) to get the main stroke. Done the same thing again for the top/bottom edges but at 3px brush (this was seperate layers before I combined the 3 together).

The reason I done it this way is to get a bit more control with how the line dipped near the windscreen base and at the bumpers. I could have done it in illustrator but would have taken a bit more time.

PS - The Blipshift Crew sometimes edit the work as well - for instance I originally submitted on white background with the Mustang Aqua Blue as the stroke colour - but they inverted them.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Salmanorguk
10/15/2014 at 07:11

I like the white stroke, it emphasizes the cleanliness of your lines. you have to admit though, 30 minutes is not a lot of time compared to the money blipshift is making off of this. I've been thinking of doing something similar, but with a Maita and the front of the car. Going generationally. From NA-ND. I've been thinking of doing this for the past month or so, but have been too busy to pull the trigger on it

Salmanorguk > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
10/15/2014 at 07:17

Lol yeah its not a lot of time.

However the way their model works is you submit and compete against other submissions and they publish one. To increase my chances I submit in batches - some i spend more time than others - so i guess if you average it out it, its more reasonable.

Your idea sounds cool and I reckon theyll use it as they have a bunch of miata designs anyway and a good portion of their designs is inspired by other designs.

For example this one i submitted was a rehash of the Porsche one i did, which itself was inspired by the Kimi one someone else did.

PS - not sure how much money they make as they need to pay for printing, distribution, staff, etc but we get $1 per shirt sold which is reasonable

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Salmanorguk
10/15/2014 at 07:20

Any tips on how to submit to them? I've never done it and am completely clueless to the process

Salmanorguk > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
10/15/2014 at 07:50

I guess you can go two ways:

1. The official way is to submit here:

http://blipshift.com/pages/submit-a…

2. Or try contacting them, give a no-look handjob (maybe), and ask for a Blipshifters email. Thats what I did - I would give the email but not sure if im allowed/Blipshifter may get annoyed

PS - They have an ARTIST SUBMISSION KIT which is a PSD file. It has an image of the shirt colours and a boundary box where you fit in your design. You should use it to optimise the artwork/select shirt colour, increase your chances of winning, and lower the editing work they will have to do.