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Designing cool shirts is harder than you think.
Yeesh. What a week, folks.
This is normally where you might see our latest and greatest design, but the sad fact is that I ran out of time to get another new one done this week. Well, no — that's not entirely true.
I actually did have a really nice design completed and ready to go, but upon sending it to Meredith to add to the site, we realized it wasn't optimally designed for printing on a t-shirt.
You see, there's actually a lot of thought and planning that goes into our designs. Creating art for an article of clothing isn't the same as drawing or designing something for a rectangular sheet of paper. It has to be visually interesting to look at up close, but also eye-catching and compelling enough that it jumps out at the viewer, whether they're scrolling through an email, their social media feed, or see it across a crowded room. It has to work with the color of the shirt so it doesn't clash, and it has to take up enough real estate on the fabric that it makes sense and isn't comically large or so small that you need a magnifying glass to make out what it is. So you see, there are a lot of moving parts to keep in mind.
This doesn't mean we completely scrapped the concept; I'll be back at work on it today, and now that we know what needs to be tweaked we should be able to really hit it out of the park and have it up on the site this afternoon! We're no quitters, but we're also not about to put something out we wouldn't want to wear ourselves.
While you wait with bated breath, listen to this week's podcast episode!
We share THREE new customer reviews, as well as a few of our recent Question of the Day posts and corresponding user comments from Facebook and Instagram. We also talk a bit about upcoming episodes featuring interviews with other creative business owners and the rest of the Boredwalk team (among other things.) Enjoy!
And in case you missed it, we're co-hosting the Fun In The Sun giveaway right now with some other cool brands, with a prize pack valued over $650! If you haven't entered yet, click here to do so — it's easy!
We'll be back next week with more new designs, another new podcast episode, and possibly even a new team member (or two!) Until then...
Peace, love, and tacos,
Matt
Boredwalk Community: Beware Litterbugs
Welcome to our weekly Boredwalk Community series, where we ask Boredwalk fans fun questions! This week we're talking to David J. of Mounds View MN, who's looking sharp in a Take Me With You UFO Shirt.
1. What's your actual day job and what's your dream day job?
I currently have no job actually, but was doing various kinds of fabrication with steel and aluminum for the past few years. Now I'm staying home with my two boys and starting college full-time this semester for Machine Tool Technology. My dream job, though, is building themed furniture (Ocean, Rainforest, etc.) and donating a portion of the profit from those sales to conservancy projects. (Ed. note: that's awesome!)
2. What's your biggest pet peeve?
Easy; littering. Don't do it. There are plenty of corporations that do just fine wrecking our planet for us, you don't need to add to it. (Couldn't agree more!)
3. What's a life pro tip the Boredwalk community should know about?
We as a race are all family. Every person you meet carries the same kinds of trauma as everyone else; the only difference is the situation encountered that caused it. That in itself is enough reason to show love and compassion towards anyone you meet. Reality is crazy enough as is; be someone's respite from the madness.
4. What experience would you most like to cross off your bucket list?
To sail on an expedition that's part of an ocean cleanup effort. It's just something I've always felt strongly about.
Outdoorsy? Not us!
Meredith and I also made time to record a new podcast episode for your listening pleasure! This week we shared THREE customer reviews and read a TON of fan-submitted comments to our Question of the Day posts on Facebook & Instagram, dished on the details of our current Fun In The Sun Giveaway (which you and your friends should totally enter to win — just click here to do so), and lamented the dubious grammar skills of PhDs on trash TV gem Married At First Sight.
Things you won't hear on the podcast, but are free to imagine:
• Oliver the cat yakking on the dining room table mere inches from the very laptop I'm typing on.
• The very same Oliver the cat dousing Meredith's phone with a liberal coating of kitty snot. Thank goodness for the magic of editing, am I right? Enjoy!