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Well, in the very first forum (this being the 4th) we had some lively discussion about potential ImpishIdea t-shirts. I’d be happy to offer them if people think they are interested. As always, I’d like to hear your suggestions as far as designs and slogans go. Pitch ideas that you would like wearing.
Oh my gosh, first podcasts and now this- where does the franchising end?
Heh. Perhaps not this slogan then: “If Twilight is a metaphor for sex, then I metaphorically hate sex.”
I don’t know. I personally wouldn’t buy it. injects opinion that others may dislike It seems sort of… tacky to wear a t-shirt that’s from a website, with the actual website name on it. Does that make sense? Don’t kill me.
Plus I don’t think the current colour scheme would suit me.
@ Sly- yeah, that one best stay in your head :)
Lol. My parents are a bit like that about the internet as well. I share your pain.
To be perfectly honest, I wouldn’t buy one either, but that’s because I never buy t-shirts. (I get far too many just from my activities.)
That said, I like the idea of mocking the little war Inheritance fans have gotten into with Twilight fans.
Dragons?
Vampires?
We’ve got characters.
Yeah, but it would be funny to those initiated into the realms of revision. I would probably actually buy a shirt that said that. That’s the same one that Nate posted on the II Podcast thread, isn’t it? I like that one.
EDIT: My memory is kerfuffled. It isn’t the same one at all. Whoops.
We’ve got:
Snark should never be far from bad writing… preferably twelve feet away with a flamethrower.
Snark should never be far from bad writing… preferably twelve feet away with a flamethrower
If you made that up, you are awesome.
I guess I’m resigned to being awesome then.
I’ve got a whole line of “every day item” slogans hidden away somewhere. Lemme go look.
I’d definitely buy it. :D I love funny tshirts.
Snark should never be far from bad writing… preferably twelve feet away with a flamethrower.
You stole my slogan, you bastard!
No he didn’t make that up, I did.
Ooh. Cheated. How snarky. Speaking of which, how about:
ImpishIdea Tracks Bad Writing Down: The Snark Goes Hunting
Which puts a different spin on Lewis Carroll…
But I don’t really want something to do with writing emblazoned all over whatever I buy. For one thing, I’ll feel like a twit. For another, it’s sort of like going, HEY EVERYONE! I’M A GREAT WRITER!
Which is a little boastful, IMO.
Plus, wouldn’t it be cool if people had ImpishIdea tops and stuff, but nothing about what it actually is on them? That way, a) II will have a feel of mystery, and b) we might actually attract some unsuspecting Twihards or Shurtugalii and convert them…
At least you know the homicidal psycho jungle cat has morals…
That’s what you think…
You’re right, Reginald. Come, let us go have cake.
Also if you know what’s good for you you’ll believe the homicidal jungle cat.
Professor Oak did.
White t-shirts are a pain in the arse when your white bras are in the wash, and you only have black ones.
Well I for one would like a t-shirt with a ribbon representing thesaurus abuse awareness (see our D:LT sporkings)
Slogans:
“I read Dragons: Lexicon Triumvate and now can only express myself by tshirt.”
“My hobbit can beat up your dragon.”
“Our protagonists have more than 2 expressions.”
“ImpishIdea – Because bad writing shouldn’t happen to anyone.”
“I owe my fame to SlyShy.”
Edit: More I came up with.
“Buy ImpishIdea. Don’t support the Paolini-Meyer industrial complex.”
(front: caricatures of the staff, back: “Words of wisdom:” followed by quotes from everyone)
“Stop expressing your ideas via tshirts and write!”
“Our wizard could avada kadavra your vampire.”
MY IMMORTAL!!!1!!
But I don’t want a black zipup hoodie. I want a black pull on one that is actually WARM! I can’t find one, so Sly, if you could save me the trouble…You notice that I’ve completely changed my opinions. But on reflection, ImpishIdea is cool.
That it is.
A pull on one like the Order of the Stick sweaters, but with a hood, would be nice.
Pull on ones without a hood = eternal suck.
I want some OOTS merch. ;_;
I want a plushie Xykon, but we all can’t get what we want :D
SlyShy: I loved your first slogan. May I quote it wildly out of context?
Lol the first one is good. He did a background with it, too, and now I can’t find the link. He stuck it in a forum somewhere…
EDIT: The topic was “The Death Of The American Short Story”. The background actually reads, ‘sometimes your story just needs an edit. with a chainsaw‘. The flamethrower thing was on a little banner also posted in that thread.
More detail that most of the people who read this won’t care about.
“Sometimes your story just needs an edit. With a chainsaw.”
“Even the power of duct tape can’t fix plot holes.”
Also, now that I think of it, Kitty probably did come up with the flamethrower thing. I can’t remember exactly, but we were brainstorming these together, so it makes sense if she did.
But are flamethrowers better than chainsaws? They’re both standard issue for surviving a zombie apocalypse.
Let me give your characters some flaws. With an axe.
Oh that took me a while to get, but it’s funny!
Let me give your characters some flaws. With an axe.
Hahaha, yes.
Anyone else thinking that these slogans are all so aggressive, and the name ‘impishidea’ just seems so… not? lol.
Oh, and by the way, it’s better marketing if you only have one slogan. That way people remember it better. Although comedic value is such that I bet everyone would forgive you.
Here’s a less aggressive one. :P
A writing site for refined tastes.
See, that just sounds stuck up. :P Maybe something less snobbish.
Writing need not be a solitary suffering.
Nah. I like the contrast between aggro slogan and cutesy name.
Or even less refined;
Writing: Ur doin it rong
ImpishIdea conjures images of “subversive” ideas in my mind, so I think the aggressive slogans are appropriate.
Lol @ Dan.
Eat your words.
Eat your words. On a spork.
WIN!
But ‘spork’ is also a spoon/fork thing, so I don’t…
Wait. That’s so clever!
OM NOM NOM WORDS R TASTY
With gravy and roast potatoes.
No taters. Nasty Hobbitses…
Mhmhm.
I definitely prefer black to white as far as shirts and sweaters go. The difficulty is that the ImpishIdea logo uses black so heavily, so it’s a bit hard to use on a black shirt. I’ll have to find some creative solution, I suppose.
Maybe do a negative reverse of the logo sly? (use white where it’s black, etc)
There are some problems with this mockup, but since this isn’t the finalized design I won’t worry about it. This is approximately what that would look like.
Oooo, that looks nice.
I’m going to guess “no”.
I had another idea concerning the black hoodies and such.
That looks cool but…
What does a bird have to do with imps?
There was a long period of time where I contemplated making II’s mascot crows with horns. xP I just really like crows and ravens.
Nothing wrong with that, what if the mascot was an imp riding a crow/raven?
Heh, that’s an interesting idea. Mostly I need someone more talented than myself to make some appropriate art. The list of my inadequacies is long.
(Kitty can draw)
If II makes a shirt that it’s safe for me to wear around my family, I’ll definitely buy it. XD
ImpishIdea: Name your favorite book. We’ll name 5 things wrong with it.
I’m not good with slogans.
Heh, I like it.
She draws great! Just don’t look them in the eyes O.o
They are also among the most intelligent of the common birds. :P Crows are great tool makers.
@RT3: Good to know!
...I have nothing left to add! Have a nice night :D
You could just have a white rectangle on the back of the hoodie with the logo inside.
Doesn’t end up looking too good.
What if you connected the white so that it whent over the shoulders and under the arms to connect the square on the back with the one on the front?*
I’m guessing it would look like you wore a croptop over a hoodie. Odd to say the least… And also that Fashyslyonista would veto it immediately.
Fashyslyonista? If you say that name backwards, does it send shim back to the 5th dimension from which it came?
I think Sly is a guy, not a shim. The name’s a bit of a giveaway for one… And no. Sixth.
Sly came out with his own form of liquor. He calls it Shim Ale!
I looked through those, but I haven’t been terribly impressed with my own wittiness. These are all of them
You could always use one of our convos, sly.
Right. I really want a shirt that would be banned in 47 states.
I really think just the logo (with the crow, that was kewl) without any slogan would be good for starters.
Mm, yes. I suppose if Kitty permitted it, some of her cartoons would make most excellent shirts.