Flats Class is a TV show, website and seminar series that is focused on helping inshore saltwater anglers catch more fish.
Industry
Sport
Top Three Things to Communicate
#1 - Wow - that's a cool tee shirt.
#2 - Fishing
#3 - Flats Class TV
Our Target Audience:
Hard-core anglers. Borderline fanatics. Age 25-55. Mostly male, but some female. Largely coastal US, but we have fans all over North America. They fish and work hard. They like fast boats, big fish, sunrise/sunset over the ocean and a cold beer every now and then.
Color Preferences
Single color. Black or gray on white/reversible. Shades of gray would be OK as well.
If you just HAVE to do something four-color, go for it. Our printer can do anything for a price. If we like the design enough we'll pay. Same with gradients.
Our Ideas and Additional Information:
THIS IS A TEE SHIRT DESIGN SPECIFICALLY. It should fit nice on the back of a tee shirt and have elements we can pull and use on the front, sleeves, etc.
Here's our website: www.flatsclass.com. You can see our logo all over it, but the shirt design need not use the actual logo. We know the logo is nothing special.
Likes: Von Dutch, flames, pin-striping, gothic, tattoos, Bettie Paige, Rat Fink, Heavy Metal (the movie and the music), Skeletons/Skulls, Linkin Park, Johnny Cash, Aerosmith.
Ramblings: Helicopter view of a flats boat turning the water to fire. Images of fish in the wake... An elegant full-back tattoo with lots of pin-striping illustrating a bouquet of fish species... Angry fish vs. angry angler... Pretty much anything cool will have a shot.
Fish examples to emulate if you see fit: Snook, redfsih, tarpon, permit, cobia, sea trout.
Please read the brief in full. Only inshore fish will work. No sharks. No billfish. You can find examples of inshore fish with a quick Google. Snook, redfish and tarpon are three good ones.
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We talked with these guys about a shirt design at some length, and may still have them do something for us. The skeleton/skull/bones or whatever concept fits the basic brief profile and unique takes on the idea of using a skeleton are fair game for everybody.
#5 and #6 are a start, but are a long way off from what I hope will be the final. I want a lot more energy, realism, raw power. The Helter Skeleton stuff looks mean and scary. We just want mean. Mean and beautiful? Does that make any sense?
Very few (two!) viable entries with less than two days to go. I have decided to extend the contest by 5 days, as I will not be available for a good part of the next 48 hours.
My wife just had a cool idea. How about a roadside billboard advertising "Flats Class" as a fictional tropical adventure destination? If you've ever driven to the Florida Keys, you know what I'm talking about. Full color would be fine.
hi forretfox i am going to withdraw all mi entries unless the 4th ... if you need it (about the possibility too offer some cash for other deigns) please contact me without problems.
