Sunny Monkey Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Evening all! If there is anyone on here that is feeling a bit arty and knows their way around photoshop perhaps you might like to get involved in this project? One of the things that I have now is hardware for 25mm badge making. Proper button badges that you can wear! Aside from standard 'mika fan club' badges, I was wondering if anyone would like to have a go at designing some others? They don't have to be MIKA related, but that is certainly the main theme As the equipment and indeed the materials are not free I wont be able to just put an unlimited number together and give them out for free, but I will be happy to put them all online at a 'shop' so that all Mika Maniacs can buy as many as they like for gigs, showing off etc. I know that the first set last year were a success, but we were limited in what could be offered due to using a third party producer... now that I have the equipment right here it means lower costs and any design you want! You will obviously be handing over 'commercial' reproduction rights so that we can produce and sell them to fans of Mika, but obviously you can still do what you want with your designs, sell them yourself, etc etc I have attached the 25mm badge PSD template to this post for anyone that is interested. I have also attached a JPG of the template now. Just design within the circle and keep it at the size that is set (300dpi) as it will be shrunk down this end to fit on the 25mm badge with high resolution printing) I will also be putting some new designs online soon (along with a link to the mini shop) so that you can all have a look Perhaps we could also have a quick competition to vote for the best design(s) that could then be given to Mika one of the gigs? Open to all ideas, thoughts and suggestions. Really look forward to your designs! Sunny UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE EXCITING NEWS EVERYONE! I now have RSI in my left and right hands along with a bad neck after the number of clicks, copies, pastes, covers, formatting changes, then adding to forms, entering info etc etc etc. phew! But the great news is that the badges are now online in a funky new shop.... http://www.yumbadges.com/mika-fan-club.html IMPORTANT!! I think I have all of them in there now. Let me know if anything is missing that you want to see in there. IMPORTANT 2!! There is currently only shipping to the UK. If you want to get any and are not in the UK please get in touch via the YumBadges contact form on the site and let us know where you wish to ship to. We will get back to you with shipping costs and add that country to the system for you to proceed. IMPORTANT 3!! YumBadges is run by myself and the missus as a mini venture for her to get into more craft stuff... just so you know that its not going to any strange third party folks not associated with the MFC. IMPORTANT 4!! Until the end of January we are also going to offer 10% off all orders of any number of badges just to Mika Fan Club Members! When you head to the checkout enter the coupon code of MIKA MANIACS and apply it. You will then get 10% off your order! So, I hope they all look as good as you expected! We can start to add more soon too! Amazing work everyone! badge_template_v1.psd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mika4Life13 Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 This sounds cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunny Monkey Posted January 7, 2008 Author Share Posted January 7, 2008 That is the hope. Also, whoever 'wins' the best design will also get 4 badges with their design on sent to them for free! How about we allow a week for entries, then we can put up a poll to allow voting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAK1 Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Thanks Sunny, as soon as I get to my computer, I'll be doing some penguin related designs, about time I got creative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunny Monkey Posted January 7, 2008 Author Share Posted January 7, 2008 'Ping Wings' as I call them are my earthly creature of choice! Nothing beats them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mika4Life13 Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 I am very bad at making this sort of stuff but I guess Ill give it a try Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzy Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Wow! Sounds amazing! *Wish I had photoshop though* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diana Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Nice to see you back on the boards Sunny! What a lovely idea this is! I'm rubbish with photoshop myself but just looking at all the creations in the sigs/wall area makes me feel confident there will be some gorgeous designs submitted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunny Monkey Posted January 7, 2008 Author Share Posted January 7, 2008 You can get a free 30 day trial from adobe.com .... bit a learning curve if you have not used it before but lots of free tutorials online that may help. You can really use any program you like as long as the image can be made at 300 dpi... in fact, I will attached a standard JPG of the template to the first post in a few mins so people can use other proggies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunny Monkey Posted January 7, 2008 Author Share Posted January 7, 2008 Thanks. Got some of my posting time back now so am trying to jump in a little again hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I <3 MIKA!!! Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 where can u get the mika fan club badges? i want one! i have to many art projects going on though as much as i want to i cant:sneaky2: but when they are done can u place an order for me or reserve one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunny Monkey Posted January 7, 2008 Author Share Posted January 7, 2008 You will be able to choose from all the designs that are submitted. This will include the 'classic' design too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzy Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 You can get a free 30 day trial from adobe.com .... bit a learning curve if you have not used it before but lots of free tutorials online that may help. You can really use any program you like as long as the image can be made at 300 dpi... in fact, I will attached a standard JPG of the template to the first post in a few mins so people can use other proggies Will give it a try then...thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
violet_sky Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 ...hmmm lovely idea Maybe I can think of something.... if only my head was not so empty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauruslady Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 Good idea. :)But I have a badge maker at home too, and I never tried it. So I might practice before taking part in this. I will if I can... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Beauty Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 I have to try this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcdeb Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 How about we allow a week for entries, then we can put up a poll to allow voting? Hi Sunny! So good to see you again! This sounds like a great idea -- not that I'm artistic at all, but I know plenty here who are! Thanks. Got some of my posting time back now so am trying to jump in a little again hehe Lucky for us! dcdeb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finkster Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 This sounds great! I hope I'll be able to get some. I'll try designing one or two, but I'm sure it'll be rubbish. haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaurora Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 Sure, I will give it a go Do we post them here when they are made? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elanorelle Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 awesome idea! Sunny! great to see you back! woow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanessa Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 Wow this sounds awesome ! I try to do something ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunny Monkey Posted January 8, 2008 Author Share Posted January 8, 2008 Yeah post them in here Glad everyone is excited about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
femifrosk Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 Sounds fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainbow Sky Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 Yeaaaah I love badges!! I assume professional images of Mika are not allowed. Is this correct? Can personal photos be used? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starrats Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 Sounds cool i might give it a try (or 20 ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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