Well it's been a while since ive made a shirt and the past 3 have been great success and i couldn't have done it w/out you guys here on this forum! Thanks again! So here's to the 4th shirt here's the design shown below. It's only hand drawn and then colored in w/ PrismaColor markers. The idea is to have a shadow casted image of a 914 w/ a guy leaning on the front fender and a blazing setting sun in the background. The design for the front will be located on the front right pocket area and the image for the back is gonna he about shoulder blade width. At this moment off the top of my head if the design receives enough interest i can have this shirts for >$20 shipped/each. As for color throw out your suggestions and bring on the critique.

And here's the computer altered image to create better clarity of the image.

can i get one without the bowl cut

I think you need to get rid of the "mullet" on the guy leaning against the car, maybe a profile of a baseball cap? Just my .02 Euro.

good suggestions will change the haircut, lol

any shirt color OR print color suggestions? i was think orange shirt and black print.

lmfao... ahhh unexpected haircut comments.. that was great!

any chance of drawin up a "Chalon" 914.. cant find a shirt with one anywhere.. would be neat!

i could, but then chalons owners are rare.

Instead of a guy with a bowl cut....how about a chic in a short skirt with big boobs !!

I like the idea...And it may be just me...I would not dream of sitting on my 914.

And the "Bowl" cut has to go.

that can be arranged i'll throw in design w/ a chick to just see how it looks. right now im brewing up different versions on paper and then posting them up later today.

Can you make one that says:

"I wanted to get another 914 but I only have 4 jackstands"

Big BOOBS, Big BOOBS!!!

How's this for TIG O' BITTIES?

Besides, you'll end up on the ground trying to sit on a FG chalon front fender.

Here's one with a different sun in the background.

Here's the guy w/out the bowl cut and w/ a baseball cap.

i'll throw in the numbers 9-1-4 in the center of the sun later on, that's the easy part.

what do you think about putting, www.howardagency.com, on the top of the windshield to honor our good friend Howard?

I think its a good idea, but I would still knock the prick off my fender though.

yeah i doubt imma have the guy on the fender, he distracts the entire image and blocks the 914. So there no prick on the fender

correction: it's THEHOWARDAGENCY.COM

i was thinking last night and theme is going to be: "End of Summer". And i wanna throw in a palm tree into the image to bring in the California feel. And prolly put some more detail into the 914, white lines and such for the door seams, bumper, turn signal buckets, and maybe foglight grills.

Here's that palm tree:

imma take a break for lunch and such....so guys feel free to suggest shirt colors and print colors. Im open to ALL SUGGESTIONS. I've gotten great suggestions for the design, now i need some color suggestions. Bring'em on! Once we settle on everything i can then take pre-orders and send them out to my screenprinter. Guaranteed to have a quick turn around!

Toast (Melba) requested the chick and the palm tree:

Self portrait Toastie?

hehe could we get a pic of toast in that pose and then i'll use her side profile to create the lovely shadow? purdy purdeeeee pleeeeeeze?

I remember a photo ad for a porsche targa (911 or 914, dunno) that had a girl standing and/or sitting on the rollbar, that might be kinda cool.

Maybe design your own girl instead of the 'mudflap' girl, that just says bud-light and jacked up pickups to me, not really 914-esque.

And I'd like to see the sun smaller and a little higher, about where the top of it is now. more like the real size if you were looking at it.

will do, after lunch hehe im starving!

this ad:

good grief.

I have it on my puter, at home, 3000 miles away. Its an early euro ad, I think

SirAndy posted it about a year ago. It was, I think, two chicks in bikini's.

I'd be in for one without the dude or the chick...Orange is a great choice!
Lovin the Palm tree...

I like the palm tree/sun/914 combo. No person as all though. The sun in the original looked odd. It works with the palm tree though. Orange with black print would be rad. I don't think I have an orange shirt. Maybe A darker green and light gray?

I like this one, but a few additions might be even better:

1. have a pair of legs sticking out from underneath the car with a pile of tool beside them.

1a. add a puddle of oil somewhere

1b. add a female figure with one hand oh her hip and the other with fuinger in air as if waving it angrily

2. have guy leaned against tree

2a. have girl leaned against tree

3. have guy sitting with back against tree and head drooped

3a. have guy against tree with head drooped, wearing a sombrero, and holding a bottle

3b same as 3a but with girl leaving in car with another guy.

Also. I've been loving these shirts lately. Something near the Hip on the side or there abouts. MAybe like 914 or something.

I prefer the original sun.

And the original design. I looks like you bought it off of some crusty old car guy in the seventies.

But tits are nice. . .

well yea.. that way there's no douchebags sittin on your car lol

OT: but how much does it actually cost to get a shirt made??
like if i gave you a picture to use? just curious? cuz i dont foresee a line of chalonwear coming out soon lmao

You can always get them custom made on these online places like: www.cafepress.com for one off items, but when it comes to large amounts, you have to include the cost of making the screen print which ranges from $25-$40, the cost of the shirts, and then cost of labor to print the shirts. The thing with the online places is they charge you the price of a shirt bought at retail store price and there's no profits to be made from those. And i prefer doing everything myself and contracting someone to make the shirts for cheap and making some profit, hehe, a broke college student just making some cash on the side

I added some more detail to the 914, it looks better than the blob of black it was before.

And this is just for fun and the last one for today:

Dude I love the "Cars" eyes. I'd buy one.

Yeah, I didnt really have a specific 'girl on rollbar' picture in mind, it's all up to your artistic interpretation. Maybe a girl leaning over the car on the right (picture) side, who knows.

I like the last one with the palm tree and 914 details, though I assume that was a trial thing, you're going to smooth out those lines later?

I also just remembered I have a bunch of sillouette pictures of women (that I gathered for a different project: see below), maybe nothing you can use directly, but use to put the babe in, send me a PM with your email and i'll send you a zip file of them if you want them.

Daniel,
I like the lines better than the solid black.

IMO, I think maybe you could make your logo smaller and put it on the lower corner of the 4 on 914. Where its at now, it looks like a broken part hanging from the car.
Still think you should offer the shirts with and without the option of the lady sillouete.

I second the eyes and the orange. Something kinda like this would look RAD. I think the orange will add to the sunset/silhouette theme.

Sorry for butchering your image. All I've got at work is paint. and I'm not even that good at that.

Jen

How about a navy blue for the picture?

Does the previous sun i used in the background create a more of a retro look?

I softened and cleaned up most of the lines and took off the targa top for a fun in the sun image