Bobcat Jacket

Back of the Jacket

 

The mascot for my sonority-like-university-organization is bobcat, as you might have guessed. Currently, I am their designing officer. This semester’s project is track jackets.

I don’t know how much time I have spent on this. Although it is a great time killer, I have learned important lessons through the project.

 

First lesson: I can't always strive for the ideal.

As an artist, I strive to pull out the ideal from any work that I do. However, with an impending deadline that affects about fifty other bodies, I have to learn when to stop appropriately.

Second lesson: I can't please everyone.

Not everyone is going to buy the track jacket. Some won't, simply because they don't like my design.

Third lesson: Screen printing is common for 

customizing apparels. and adding color& location 

of prints cost money. Less is more.

-Design Process-

1) I sketched a rough idea on paper.

2) I used a tablet to copy the idea on adobe illustrator.

Idea #1

Idea #2

3) Then I edited them QUITE A BIT, spending hours and hours.

Edited #1

Edited #2

4) Voting process with the other officers.. and then more editing..yay...

Finally...heww..

Personally, I like the second design. It has more stories and meanings to it. Some people have said it would be more fitting for t-shirt not track jacket. 

The second was harder to edit, because it had more details and lines. Plus, simply because my file didn't get saved twice, after several hours of work.  

Almost always, seeing through LCD screen and on the real apparel are quite different. I can't wait to see how it is going to turn out. When it comes, I will post the real product ASAP!