Site Donations

[Bonafide]

Ok,

A few guys have asked about donating $$$ towards this forum. At first I was not down with the idea as I've never been good with people just giving me money. I dont want people to feel they need or have to pay to use this site. It's free to use. I didnt create this site with the idea I could make money from it, I created it because the {insert name} site had not only become an over moderated tight-fisted bunch of {insert profanity}, but now it had gone commerical and expected you to pay a membership to eliminate their annoying pop up ads. bleh.

Anyway ... if you want to donate to this site, here's the paypal email donate@newbonnevilleriders.com

Please do not feel you are obligated to do so. Again, this is a FREE site to use. I just ask that you dont abuse it so it will be around for a long time for others to enjoy.

The Dude

[AceT100]

I belong to a Hot Rod forum (http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/) which is free, and has almost 50,000 people aboard.

Its free too, but does offer a special extra membership which gets you discounts with a lot of specialist vendors (theres NO pop ups on the site tho) a lot of folk will run auctions to help raise money for the site tho, offer something up, set a finish date & when the $$$ are handed over, the item gets sent to the winner. Lots of artists etc on that site, so a good chance to get some cool stuff.

Maybe worth thinking about? I'd certainly offer something up :D

[BluBonnie]

I did it.






and thanks again jimbo!

[Bonafide]

I did it.






and thanks again jimbo!

Thanks, but you really didnt need to. Buying my dinner the other night was plenty. For a small remote Italian joint, it rocked.

[EDG1911]

I did it.






and thanks again jimbo!


just sent a double-sawbuck. This site ahs been worth it already and I've only been posting for a coupla days.

[Bonafide]

Thanks mang.

[Goin-Commando]

I don't know what a double-sawbuck is, but 20 bucks should get you a few more 16 ounce'rs.

[Bonafide]

gracias mucho, Commando!!

BTW, a sawbuck is a $10 bill - something about the roman numeral X looks like a sawbuck or sawhorse. Old skoool slang. ;)

[jamesbgood]

why don't you put a sticker pack together for something like $15?
I'd pay 15 bones for a "new Bonneville Rider's" sticker pack (I like stickers).
just a thought

[MattRat]

BONAFIED- I'll do some designs of the sticker if you like.
And I know a guy who can produce them for us too.

Good idea jamesbgood.

(Or, maybe make a design contest?? that's a good one- lots of creative folks here.)

Paging CTRockers!

[Bonafide]

works for me, but I was thinking about maybe getting some T-shirts done too.

Some design ideas would work.

[KingBear]

If you like my pinups I could work something up.

[Bonafide]

If you like my pinups I could work something up.

That's cool, but it would need to be simple in design. The more complicated and colorful - the more it cost to produce, the more investment I have to make, the higher the end cost of the shirt. One color, 1D designs are easiest to screen print. Thanks.

[jamesbgood]

Actually, with today's processing capabilities in screen print techniques it's not as bad as it used to be.
[in a past life I was in the business.]

Also, if allowed, I'll fund the thing to get it going.
I'd want to use my guy in FL to do the stickers, and another outfit there to do shirts (if that's what we end up wanting).

Just so the price they are sold at gets me to break even point in the end.
Full disclosure and accounting from my end of course.

Sound like a plan?

:D:D:D you da man Blu!! :D:D:D

[Bonafide]

Sound like a plan?

Thanks for the offer, but I have a company I like to use and would prefer to keep this a one man operation at this point.

[Ben Quick]

So hold off on contacting the "donation@" site? I respect what is being achieved here and it would be a pleasure to contribute.
Steve

[Bonafide]

So hold off on contacting the "donation@" site? I respect what is being achieved here and it would be a pleasure to contribute.
Steve

Not at all. If you want to donate to the site - the PayPal email is donate@newbonnevilleriders.com

Where this discussion has turned is this: when I have some free time, which doesnt come often in the summer, I was planning on having some T-shirts made, that I would sell for a profit. That would, in turn, help pay for the site itself.

[jamesbgood]

Not at all. If you want to donate to the site - the PayPal email is donate@newbonnevilleriders.com

Where this discussion has turned is this: when I have some free time, which doesnt come often in the summer, I was planning on having some T-shirts made, that I would sell for a profit. That would, in turn, help pay for the site itself.

no stickers?:(

[D9]

I know there's some serious graphic design talent out there among you... so I'm just throwin' out one rough concept to get some kind of creative ball rolling... let's see some more ideas...

http://www.newbonnevilleriders.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=39&pictureid=195

Cheers,

D9

[KingBear]

Well, you know me...
(I can't help tweaking it a bit)

[D9]

Nice!...

Can't quite put my finger on it, but somehow your figural subject seems
mysteriously better lookin' than mine - need to study your concept
for awhile and figure out why that is... :D

[jamesbgood]

KingBear- I got a 'what if' for you.

Can you overlap the right descender of the "R" (the swoopie bit that travels beneath almost the entire word) so it covers her right leg?
Just extend that little part over the top of the leg.
Kind of showing her intertwined with the word (in a somewhat suggestive way, I suppose), instead of just lying on top of it.

Just an idea.

She's a doll- and it's a fine piece of work.
I want it on a T-shirt (black long sleeve would be nice- dead center on the front).
It's a classic.

I don't think that would look good blu, if you look at the "I" the swoop falls behind the word so her whole right leg would need to be behind the word and that would'nt work with her crossin her feet the way she is.

[KingBear]

Hey, I'm totally open to ideas and suggestions. Let me play around with it some more and see what I can do.

I'd like to do more with these but I'm not very experienced with Photoshop and I'm working with a very basic program. I've got a BUNCH of pinups with the Triumph logo, and all the classic art is by the masters (Vargas, Driben, Elvgren, etc.) I'd like to print them onto T-shirts with a small Triumph logo on the left chest and the big pinup logo on the back. Short sleeve, long sleeve, and sleeveless.

The thing is I'd really, really want to do it right with a good quality shirt. I was at Nordstrom today and saw a nice Lucky Brand T-shirt with the Triumph logo for $44.00. WOOF! I don't pay $44.00 for T-shirts! But for me to know just how much I can invest in quality shirts I have to know what the price point needs to be. In by experience $20 is top dollar for a T-shirt. Anything more and sales decline quickly, and any less gets you a cheap shirt. Long sleeve is a premium.

What do you guys think?

[jamesbgood]

Gotcha.
NUMBER ONE- please do not be mad. I sketched it onto your work (see below). It's a fine piece of work you've done and I'm a meddling bastard for futzing with it.

That said, this is what I was talking about:



You could run the lines over her camisole - but it was easier for me (cheating as I was) to just make it look like they run under it.
Like I said before- it's pretty suggestive. er, somewhat suggestive anyway- depends upon point of view.

sorry, couple more suggestions Blu,
the swoop should fall over here dress not under and between the word and the outerline of the word you should see her skin and dress not the background colour other then that looks pretty good

[KingBear]

This doesn't work for me because the logo is visually two-dimensional, but the pinup is supposed to appear to have her legs directed away, so the intertwining just doesn't look right to me.

[NEPatriots9]

I still think the T-shirt idea is a good one Blu.

[Stagger Lee]

The stickers is good idea . I like all the ideas posted so far, and postage would not be a problem for us overseas :)

But I am happy to buy a t-shirt or two as well - it's all good.

[jamesbgood]

I like sticker's !
dar purdy lookin :pick:
Dude make sticker now :chair:

[nachog35]

Hey, I'm totally open to ideas and suggestions. Let me play around with it some more and see what I can do.

I'd like to do more with these but I'm not very experienced with Photoshop and I'm working with a very basic program. I've got a BUNCH of pinups with the Triumph logo, and all the classic art is by the masters (Vargas, Driben, Elvgren, etc.) I'd like to print them onto T-shirts with a small Triumph logo on the left chest and the big pinup logo on the back. Short sleeve, long sleeve, and sleeveless.

The thing is I'd really, really want to do it right with a good quality shirt. I was at Nordstrom today and saw a nice Lucky Brand T-shirt with the Triumph logo for $44.00. WOOF! I don't pay $44.00 for T-shirts! But for me to know just how much I can invest in quality shirts I have to know what the price point needs to be. In by experience $20 is top dollar for a T-shirt. Anything more and sales decline quickly, and any less gets you a cheap shirt. Long sleeve is a premium.

What do you guys think?

Did anything come of the T-shirts? I'd buy one.

[Nick Morey]

I know there's some serious graphic design talent out there among you... so I'm just throwin' out one rough concept to get some kind of creative ball rolling... let's see some more ideas...

http://www.newbonnevilleriders.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=39&pictureid=195

Cheers,

D9

Seth, this graphic is friggin' awesome. Maybe do the Triumph name with a red pinstripe like Scott's bike is painted... I wonder if bonniebrett could help out. If the T-shirt was sold in black only then you would only need to use 3 colors.

[CapitalT]

I did this before finding this thread.

this is two colour, but It could work one colour.

and rebrand it for newbonneriders.comhttp://www.newbonnevilleriders.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=188&pictureid=991