🏹👚 Club Shirt

What did I learn from this project?

  • This project required me to learn how to approach a new medium of design, a physical shirt.
  • Interviewing members of the club, as well as members of other clubs.

Introduction and Considerations

BHCA’s (Box Hill City Archers) club shirt needed an update as there have been updates to the logo and values of the club. So, I set out to try to design a shirt that met the requirements of both the club and the club members.

What the club wanted out of the shirt was:

  • Contains the logo
  • Is a polo-style shirt
  • Shows individuality and community of the club

Some requirements from the members included:

  • Hides sweat
  • No light colours over chest areas for consideration of breasts and/or bras
  • Visible club logo while shooting, with or without chest guard (covers one side of the chest)

Designs

Initial Design

Focusing on the layout and requirements of the shirt, I started the design in black and white. Ideas were presented by another member, from which I took inspiration from.

Shirt Design in Grayscale

Additional Requirement Consideration

Seeing that the right-hand side armpit/chest area still lacked a dark tone to hide sweat/bras, I looked upon what textures I could add.

Shirt with Line Accents

Alternate Styles

In search of different styles, a few more designs were made to contrast the previous ones, even if they were not ideal. These designs were either not approved, or rejected by most people they were presented to.

Shirt Design with an Alternate Name Style

Added Accents

Finally, feedback was received that at first glance, the shirt was an equestrian club. In response, arrows from the logo were placed on the back of the shirt to emphasise the archery aspect of the shirt.

Shirt Design with Added Line and Arrow Accents

Conclusion

While this project isn’t yet complete, working with considerations and the look into the locality of BHCA for the designs was an enjoyable experience.