so I want to start a new company

defstarsteve - 7-28-2006 at 01:18 PM

A very good friend of mine and I are in talks to start our own line of clothes...

he is a graphics monkey, and freelance artist and does shit for NASCAR, his site http://www.petemcdonough.com/

and we all know what my part in this is...

but we don't know what to produce

obviously not $$$, (I mean XXX straight edge crud)
but we need an market

a very good customer is doing some simple ass zombie stuff
and he retails it thru diamond,
(every comic book shop in the country basically)
the first moth he sold 1400 shirts, and he will help us get our foot in the door with them...

so we have this chance to really get our skills out there and stop working for peanuts...

but we have no idea what to market

he was thinking of doing Star Wars related stuff but not so much as we would get our asses sued, and I was thinking horror inspired stuff...

but I need your guys help...
is there a market not so fucking polluted that we can make so quality stuff for, any ideas are appreciated, and those used will be well compensated, but I am at a loss here

Voodoobillyman - 7-28-2006 at 01:26 PM

Obviously the tattoo design stuff is still doing well, but the market is pretty saturated. Also the hot rod/biker shit, but that is quickly picking up as well. Horror is a good idea if you find a niche in it. There are alot of online gaming geeks who are forming what they call clans (groups who game together) I don;t know much about it, but it might be worth looking in to? I wish I could be of more help, but it almost seems like everything has been done or is being done, we tend to rehash alot in our society.

defstarsteve - 7-28-2006 at 01:31 PM

yeah that's jsut it we thing everything has been done...
but my customer made some simple ass shirts, and is selling them like mad
all single color jsut text pretty much
the say like zombie hunter
possessed
undead

it's almost too easy for his stuff

Discipline - 7-28-2006 at 02:19 PM

Do something geared to the psychobilly crowd. That hasn't been done to death yet. At least I don't think it has.

GabeTexasGAMC - 7-28-2006 at 04:31 PM

dude, a drawing of a bite on the shoulder, dripping and all that. Then maybe a small graveyard scene with some zombies.
but small. the bite is the main thing...
Then somewhere in text....
IV'E BEEN INFECTED!

Discipline - 7-28-2006 at 04:49 PM

Make BBQ shirts for all the Texas boys.

MyOwnWay - 7-28-2006 at 04:56 PM

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Make BBQ shirts

Wait. Time out.

Theres something to this. Make general public shirts geared towards the working man, Father of the house.

Shit that sums up life.

Weekday working man. Yard worker come the weekend. And the thanks I get is a kiss from the wife, a hug from the kids, and a beer while cooking on the grill.

So far so good.

...Its corney but fuck I'd wear it.

XHonusWagnerX - 7-28-2006 at 07:01 PM

How about a zombie related thing about cannibalism?

Like a zombie shirt that say "I ate your mother"

Zombies are the new "cool thing" that or pirates.

GabeTexasGAMC - 7-29-2006 at 09:56 AM

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Originally posted by GabeTexasGAMC
dude, a drawing of a bite on the shoulder, dripping and all that. Then maybe a small graveyard scene with some zombies.
but small. the bite is the main thing...
Then somewhere in text....
IV'E BEEN INFECTED!

Discipline - 7-29-2006 at 01:18 PM

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That sounds fucking cool. I'd buy one of those.

XnMeX - 7-29-2006 at 01:58 PM

How bout my Ed Gein shirt logo I sent ya

XnMeX - 7-29-2006 at 02:01 PM

How bout Parody logos of old school bands but ohrror related... Like Ramones, black flag, rolling stones, beatles, etc,etc,etc.... any classicly know band logo but change it to being horror related. Like the ramones logo with a bat instead and instead of The Ramones say "Nightwalker" or some shit like that.

defstarsteve - 7-29-2006 at 02:26 PM

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Originally posted by XnMeX
How bout Parody logos of old school bands but ohrror related... Like Ramones, black flag, rolling stones, beatles, etc,etc,etc.... any classicly know band logo but change it to being horror related. Like the ramones logo with a bat instead and instead of The Ramones say "Nightwalker" or some shit like that.

that's not a bad idea
you might get a someday check

defstarsteve - 7-29-2006 at 02:27 PM

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you know i love it but i am tryong to single color simple stuff
less over head

GabeTexasGAMC - 7-30-2006 at 12:32 AM

dude, im thinking ALL RED.
bite in all red, blood dripping...
hahaha, oh well.