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The Bzpower T-shirt Project


EmperorWhenua

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Phew, finally kicking this project into gear!


click > Contest entry is here < click


First things first: "What are you guys doing?"

You look in those pics of BrickFair or BrickFest and see those staffers in them snazzy BZPower staff shirts? Then you see the members wearing their rainbow of a wardrobe, looking all... yanno... normal? (Seriously, guys-- you're Lego fans from BZPower. You're not allowed to look normal.) And then you want to, if you ever go to one of these conventions, have some sort of uniformity to make y'all look all sharp and awesome? The aptly-named BZPower T-shirt Project is intended to address this and more!

Imagine walking down the halls of the Tyson's Corner hotels in your lovely BZPower member's t-shirt, getting admiring oohs and ahhs from passerby as they dig your sexy and snazzy member's shirt, catching whiff of your lovely perfume or cologne (perfume and cologne sold separately). You can walk with pride and without a care in the world in your custom-made BZPower member's t-shirt.


"Sounds epic. What do the shirts look like?"

See, that's the thing. We don't know. We don't even have a design or even know what colour the shirts will be. Why? Because you guys get to design the shirts. Yes, not only will you get to wear the shirts, you will also take pride in a sense of artistic ownership of the designs on the garment.

Imagine you walking down the hallway of the hotel again. "Oh, nice shirts!" a cute girl says in that carefree Southern accent. "Where'd ya get them?"
"I [helped]* make them," you respond.
"Oh, rad!" she says. She may even ask for your number.

* added because we trust you will have some degree of decency and humility and not take all the credit.


"So, how does this work?"

We'll have a few days of spreading the word around, and I encourage you to put on a Project banner (Nice assortment here! =D Thanks Lazzy!) and link to this entry from your blogs, if you have one. After this PR period, I will start a contest here in this blog, also posting rules and stuff when we decide on them.

Once the contest finishes, we will look at the entries and decide on the one we will use on the T-shirt. Then, voila! They will magically appear and be available at BrickFair this August.


"Just BrickFair?"

No! They'll also be available at BrickCon this fall, and BrickFest next spring, depending if we have enough interest. :)


"I'm staff. Can I have one too, pweese?"

Absolutely! You're all members, too. =D


"I don't have any plans to go to any of those conventions. How can I still get a shirt?"

Depending on your location and your desire to get a shirt, we may (or may not! haha!) be able to ship a shirt to you. =3


BZPower T-shirts Project steering committee:
- EmperorWhenua (The Boss)
- Bionicle Raptor (The T-shirt Printer)
- SK (Part-time graphic artist)
- You



Comments, questions, concerns, and such go here.

~EW~

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This makes me want one …

 

But I dunno if I'm going to any of those conventions as of yet.

You don't have to go to one to play a part in the shirtmaking process. Imagine the adoration people would have for you if you were the one who designed their shirts!

 

Sounds interesting. I may enter. :P Provided it can be done on the computer.

Any medium works. Computer image manipulation, MSPaint drawing, hand art, finger on a muddy windshield-- all works the same!

 

~EW~

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I'll add a link to the BPZower t-shirt project in the BrickFair Mosaic Project block in my blog as well.

 

-Nukaya

 

Oh, and BioRaptor has been nudging me to design something for this as well, so maybe I'll get something in, and I'll totally be willing to help clean up and refine the final design as well. =D

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I would love to help, but I don't think I'll be possess any of the skills needed to do it. I doubt my family will want to go to DC again for Brickfair anyway.

 

:c:

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I guess this will be addressed in the rules, but just out of pre-rules curiosity, can designs go on parts of the T-shirt other than the front?
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Everyone planning on designing a shirt realizes, of course, that there will have to be a color limit at one point or another... Right? You can only have so many different ink colors, or else cost of production per shirt skyrockets.
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Everyone planning on designing a shirt realizes, of course, that there will have to be a color limit at one point or another... Right? You can only have so many different ink colors, or else cost of production per shirt skyrockets.

 

Yes. I think I stressed that enough to EW. ;)

 

Please also mention that these shirts will be custom made..... in a graphics classroom.

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I personally think that your best bet is to solely limit it to black and white (or black ink and whatever colour the shirts end up being). That can still look really nice.

 

-Nukaya

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As requested, here are a few PR banners for the Project.

 

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[url=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?automodule=blog&blogid=398&showentry=82384][img=http://www.majhost.com/gallery/Blackchimaera/BZP/tshirtpr1.png][/url]

 

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[url=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?automodule=blog&blogid=398&showentry=82384][img=http://www.majhost.com/gallery/Blackchimaera/BZP/tshirtpr2.png][/url]

 

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[url=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?automodule=blog&blogid=398&showentry=82384][img=http://www.majhost.com/gallery/Blackchimaera/BZP/tshirtpr3.png][/url]

 

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[url=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?automodule=blog&blogid=398&showentry=82384][img=http://www.majhost.com/gallery/Blackchimaera/BZP/tshirtpr4.png][/url]

 

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[url=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?automodule=blog&blogid=398&showentry=82384][img=http://www.majhost.com/gallery/Blackchimaera/BZP/tshirtpr5.png][/url]

 

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[url=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?automodule=blog&blogid=398&showentry=82384][img=http://www.majhost.com/gallery/Blackchimaera/BZP/tshirtpr6.png][/url]

 

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[url=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?automodule=blog&blogid=398&showentry=82384][img=http://www.majhost.com/gallery/Blackchimaera/BZP/tshirtpr7.png][/url]

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I am offended by the implication that we northern Virginians have southern accents! We do not.

 

 

Central and southern Virginians, on the other hand... .__.

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Any girl who says 'rad' is automatically my type, no matter where she comes from.

 

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[url=http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?automodule=blog&blogid=398&showentry=82384][img=http://www.majhost.com/gallery/Blackchimaera/BZP/tshirtpr7.png][/url]

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I am offended by the implication that we northern Virginians have southern accents! We do not.

 

 

Central and southern Virginians, on the other hand... .__.

Please point out where I imply that the cute girl is a Virginian. =P

 

 

Also, thankees Lazzy! *Hugs*

 

~EW~

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:kaukau:I think I will be content with a regular tux.

 

What I'd be interested in is a pin that I could attach to lapel. Like, for example, a picture of Hapiro Tohu, the LEGO logo, or a a Kaukau.

 

Your Honor,

Emperor Kraggh

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Silly kids, the only Southerner at Brickfair is KIE.

 

(And those of us from Oklahoma are from cities. Big cities. We have no accents. Thank God.)

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If these were made, Hapori Tohu would have to appear on at least one design. It would be criminal not to.

 

:kaukau:True. That was the main thing that came to mind, and I'm surprised that nobody mentioned it, yet.

 

Of course, me, I'd be wearing a Hapori Tohu pin on my lapel.

 

Your Honor,

Emperor Kraggh

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BWorld... That's the one in Chicago, right? Yeah, sorry, I'm not planning to be there, though I can certainly get shirts there!

 

Please, anyone, feel free to help out with the project, by supplying designs, monetary support, graphic design, etc. If you just wanna help at all in the behind-the scenes stuff, too, feel free to ask me. I'm always looking for people to be a part of this operation.

 

~EW~

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