OT: my mustang club logo ( pics)

if you're going to use the 99-04 style, get a shot of your dads Saleen I like the one of your car the best so far, but a different angle would probably be better

I think you need 3 cars in there, a fox, a sn95, and a 99+ somehow integrate them all in there, that would be sick

OinkAodeOink said:

Last week we had like 10+ 93-up stands show up.. None being stock. Yours would fit right in

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But I bet theirs run pretty damn good though

I'll tell lockhart about it once you get a deffinate meet date and time.

I like the last one with the 3 cars.

Go with the 3/4 shot of the fox on cobra's. A similar shot of a sn95 with a good stance (wheels, tires, lowered) would look great too.
Our 94-95 (horozontal tail lights) cars probably would serve the best because they cross over 2 "generations" of stangs. The last of the efi 5.0 (mid-80's), the first of the newer-looking body styles (94-04). But of course, in a 94-95 forum, you are going to get a different response than in a fox forum, or a 4.6 forum.

Scott_95GT said:

But of course, in a 94-95 forum, you are going to get a different response than in a fox forum, or a 4.6 forum.

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yeah, i could imagine a lot of us are biased in here. if it were me, i take the photoshopped images and show them to the actual members, and hold a vote amongst the club.

if i were making one, id have something similar to the 3 car image, except have sonic in the center standing tough. that might not work in black and white 2D animation though.

Drunk5oh said:

yeah, i could imagine a lot of us are biased in here. if it were me, i take the photoshopped images and show them to the actual members, and hold a vote amongst the club.

if i were making one, id have something similar to the 3 car image, except have sonic in the center standing tough. that might not work in black and white 2D animation though.

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I agree

First off... remember where I'm coming from. I'm a print/web designer. Plus a club owner myself, so this is just my advice... take it or leave it, just trying to help from my experiences.

Don't use Sonic the Hedgehog. Your club is small now, but no one says you will be later on. I started with 3 members. Two years later we're up to 360+ and 65 that visit daily. I've sold 70+ shirts and probably that many more decals.

Changing a logo idea down the road sucks. You basically shaft all your members making them buy new t-shirts, decals, etc.

Oh and yes, they can and have copyrighted the hedgehog. It's not that he's a hedgehog it's the way he's drawn. There is a reason you think he's kewl and so does everyone else on here. He's famous.

Now to the picky stuff. The images you are posting will have to be screen printed on clear plastic. Unless you buy a lot, it'll be pretty expensive. Sure fire recipe for a club disaster. I highly recommend making a vector logo so you can vinyl decals cut. Much cheaper and you can have them made in any size and any color. Those picky stangers can match their car.

More recommendations... think of a cool URL and BUY IT immediately. That will be your best bet for getting more members and sponsors. Even if your website is just a one pager with phone number or email address. You need an easy to remember web URL to get people's attention. For example, do you think a person that sees a nice stang with one of those decals is going to hang out by the car til you come out of the mall to find out how to join? Highly unlikely. A website is the cheapest universal way to keep your contact info available and updated. I have business cards from 4 years ago. I've moved twice in those 4 years. But my cards are still good because they just have my name, my domain name, and my email address. None of which have changed. When I moved I updated my address on my website. ;-)

Okay, that's enough rambling. To answer your original question, the white fox is by far the best one so far. It has the right contrast, angle and is the "ideal" body style for "hey that's a mustang!"

good advice from paul

well, if you do listen to gcomfx, i might be able to find you a deal like i got... $10 for a year of webhosting 800mb and like 20gb transfer + domain name (offtopic.com -> hotdeals forum)

ps. is there a daytona beach mustang club? i think that's a cool name even

donjohn said:

well, if you do listen to gcomfx, i might be able to find you a deal like i got... $10 for a year of webhosting 800mb and like 20gb transfer + domain name (offtopic.com -> hotdeals forum)

ps. is there a daytona beach mustang club? i think that's a cool name even

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Not a bad way to test a club.... but when you start pulling 35+ gig of bandwidth a month like mine does, you learn the hard way that you get what you pay for. I've had to move my websites 4 times. The unlimited storage or bandwidth is a no no. They can't possibly control their users and will quickly become overloaded. Been there done that. Your forum will crawl and be down more than up. Moving a heavily modded forum is a pain in the arse. Combine that with a reseller account with 10 other websites and the joys of freelance become a nightmare of endless non-paying work.

Umm, am I the only one that would like to buy one? I don't care if it says Daytona, thats better than Tennessee...

When you find the right design I'd like to purchase one.

hey mike, I can do up one of thoes cartooned cars in illustrator if you're intrested. I think i have a pic of your car but done in photoshop you could show ray

OinkAodeOink said:

As far as a website, or forum goes.. Im not going to handle any of that.. I mean im willing to help with graphics and layout, but not hosting and webmaster or a site, or forum. Too much work, not enough time, you know the drill.

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Good plan.....