Ducati Monster Forum

so Red has contacted me re: making a few tee's w/my avatar logo of GLORY, so I figured we ought to arrange a few shirts for all the boys... if there's enough interest, I say we get it done.

I was gonna look into making some anyway, but like everything else, it takes some else to boot me into action.

hey, ho, let's go!

Hey, why not? 

Who's Red?

I'm in.  What are the options?

red (charlie) is a lurker in texas  [drink]

and like many others, who do not understand the lack of good road, pines for a tropical life  ;)

iirc adam, wade, and travis wanted one... not sure how many other mainlanders would/could be in on this



maybe we can make a babydoll tee for ash...  [cheeky]



oh, ummm... no options yet. we just started talking about this... I imagine it'd be the standard color/size type options, DT logo on chest. pretty simple, really

I'm down ;D

How about a small Tikki logo on the front, and a larger celebrating mermaid on the back?

mermaid?

I like hula girls...

+1 on the hula girls

Whatever! 

Hula girls wrapped in bacon.

DO IT!!

calm down, shooter... i've been busy...


I'll see what I can come up with

Hula girls wrapped in bacon?  That just makes me think of the bacon bra, that repulsive yet addicting image of glory/disgustingness. 

Count me in!  It would look nice in my closet next to my "High Desert Hooligans" shirt.

I couldn't find anything in Betty Crocker for "Hula Girls In Bacon" but I'm a pretty damn good cook so here's my recipe:

What you'll need:
2 hula girls
4-6 bottles red wine
24 lbs. bacon
12 pack of your favorite beer
1 secluded beach preheated to 90 degrees

Spread the bacon out in a thin layer on the sand in two mats and placed the hula girls on top.  Broil 2-3 hours under the hot Hawaiian sun being carefull to turn over at about :20 intervals.  Marinate them continuously in the red wine so they do not dry out.  Carefully strip away any hula girl wrapping that comes dislodged due to the marinade.

Be careful not to overcook.  They are only good if they're HOT & BROWN on the outside and PINK & JUICY on the inside!  (individual tastes may vary)

Serves 1.   [evil]

Oh yeah, +1 on the tees.  I'm in.

Tiger

Check the recipe above.  No - you don't get to eat the  [bacon] but if you get the hula girls prepped properly and you find yourself faced with a "pork shortage" gimme a call.  I'll jump the duc and be right over!  ;D

i'd like one of your tshirts :)  [thumbsup]

hey, 'tini! [beer]

didn't realise we had so many lurkers on our local  [laugh]

No kidding!  I should watch what I say.









nah.

yep, so stop badmouthin' all the mainlanders  :-*

but they all suck at everything!

not that i ever stereotype.

 [laugh] sheesh.... all i wanted was a tshirt  [laugh]

And what a welcome you got right?  ;)

a shirt, we can do for ya, babe... makin' jebus behave? that may be a tall order.


but I hear he's easily swayed by tequila

Yeah - lot's of Aloha here.  Tell you what 'tini when you come over to pick up your tee you can park your duc in my garage.

Tiger

Sooo......any progress on the shirts? I'm dying to get one! I only have one Duc shirt. I suck at life.

I haven't had the time to tinker w/the logo... I gotta get on that.

or just let red mess with it.  and like I said, to keep it simple, it's just gonna be the tiki head, centered on chest.


me too! well, I've always sucked at life, but my only duc shirt is the MOB shirt I bought from dan

Hello from the mainland RED checking in with a few design possibilities. Take a look and see if this might give you some ideas...


(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3641/3618941916_45ba1c92bc.jpg)
Girl goes on back

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3553/3618088639_3e04611f88.jpg)

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3624/3618888536_571c2d7777.jpg)
Tiki goes on front

Let me know what you think. Thanks, RED

it's okay, but where's the fat guy in the mu'u mu'u?

cute... but i thought the shirts were going to be teddy's avatar?

I would be glad to do Teddy's avatar. This is just ideas. If no one likes them they go away into cyber space. That's all.

Thanks for the comments!

I like the second girl with the DMF spelled out.  It'll save having to explain it to every dmf'r on the street.  Maybe Red can confirm but I think the colors will be much better on white tees.  'sides it's freakin hot here.

because my avatar RAWKS!

 ;D

and charlie- I'll pull the original *.jpg from my old compy this wkend and shoot it over to you... I've just been awful busy lately  :-\

my plethora of silly softwares is always available for your assistance as well, mr ted.  AND I have Tony's wacom tablet while he's desert-ing, which makes it that much more fun.

+1 substitute teddy's avatar

ummm.... no. lol

 ;D

tiki will not be overuled by new guys

You misunderstand me, your avatar with the superior tiki instead of the one originally proposed.  And as far as being the new guy [thumbsup] still glad to be here ;D

actually, when charlie first contacted me, it was about my avatar for a shirt.


tiki forgives you.

man, I love the ones with the girl.  It reminds me of those old "Fly to Hawaii" posters from the '50s.  The DMF logo is a bit too conspicous, though, for my tastes.  Is there a way to make it more subtle?  May be color match it and then make it a tat on the girl's ankle or something semi-subliminal like that.  Or how about just spelling out Ducati Monster Forum in the same font and using similar colors?

speakin' of software... you workin' tomorrow, jebus?

boooo white   [thumbsdown]

hooray black   [thumbsup]

What he said. I have an old Desmotropic tee in white, and it quickly became a gym shirt.

Though it should be said that I don't remember Red's images at all.  And I am pro-tiki  [bow_down]

Red would be good.  Brown might look nice as well. 

If either black or red, I vote red.  I think the graphics would show up better than if the shirt was black.  Brown would still look nice.  :D

 [thumbsdown]

Black indeed.  My delicate sensibilities and complexion do not adhere well to red   :-*

I like brown.   ;D

I thought Jebus was the only thailor here.  

Yeah, well, probably not for much longer.  No more Thai boys for this guy.

So you're leaving the Navy?  I've got a little over a year before I hit terminal leave.   ;D

Undecided, but possible.

Ok girls here's what I got short and sweet

Front in any color (I suggest black)
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5289/5254677981_fe3897a957.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/31443079@N03/5254677981/)
DesmoTropic T-shirt design front (http://www.flickr.com/photos/31443079@N03/5254677981/#) by Vintage Texas Speed Demon (http://www.flickr.com/people/31443079@N03/), on Flickr

Back
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5009/5254677949_be928e7eb9.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/31443079@N03/5254677949/)
DesmoTropic T-shirt design-back (http://www.flickr.com/photos/31443079@N03/5254677949/#) by Vintage Texas Speed Demon (http://www.flickr.com/people/31443079@N03/), on Flickr

Alternate back design.
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5043/5254706569_e637bb1a0d_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/31443079@N03/5254706569/)
DesmoTropic T-shirt design alt back2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/31443079@N03/5254706569/#) by Vintage Texas Speed Demon (http://www.flickr.com/people/31443079@N03/), on Flickr
Let's get this in the works whaddya say? I can put these on some really stone-colored shirts that make it look sort of vintage

I like the Tiki on the back.  I'd almost like to see a version with the girl on the front (upper left side of shirt), with "Desmotropic" in an arch above her, and dropping the Hawaii text.  But that's just me. 

I mostly agree - perhaps just the DMF logo on the front (i like logo w/out text personally), then the tiki w/ desmotropic text on the back, sans hawaii. 

I'd be happy to help with the mock-up.

Here are 3 other alternate backs. Personally I think the front w/Tiki-Desmotropic stays, and personally I like chicks in bikinis so I'd say keep the chick on back and you guys choose the design you like. Let me asap so I can get these in the mill. Mahalo

(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5165/5258230662_e316279d5f_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/31443079@N03/5258230662/)
DesmoTropic T-shirt design alt back 3 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/31443079@N03/5258230662/#) by Vintage Texas Speed Demon (http://www.flickr.com/people/31443079@N03/), on Flickr
Alt 3

(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5203/5257620531_b421ce7d2c_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/31443079@N03/5257620531/)
DesmoTropic T-shirt design alt 4 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/31443079@N03/5257620531/#) by Vintage Texas Speed Demon (http://www.flickr.com/people/31443079@N03/), on Flickr
Alt 4 (this is just a differnt font than alt 5)

(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5009/5257620557_bc61822049_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/31443079@N03/5257620557/)
DesmoTropic T-shirt design alt 5 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/31443079@N03/5257620557/#) by Vintage Texas Speed Demon (http://www.flickr.com/people/31443079@N03/), on Flickr
alt 5

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I'm probably just an annoying vocal minority, and that's fine by me, but I find more text to be off-putting.  The name "Desmotropic" and the graphics clearly denote Hawaii and, to anyone who knows Ducati, the, umm, Ducatiness. 

If the girlie graphic has to stay, is the DMF logo going to be set on a transparant background?  The square cutout looks silly... unless that's just a pre-production quick-idea graphic?

Word.  Errr...  Words.    [thumbsup]