To be fair, while the "free the code" design may not be everyone's preference for a t-shirt design, the artist (whomever s/he is) deserves to be complimented for an original and interesting design.

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On Mar 24, 2011, at 10:54 AM, Richard Carter < rwcarter@ncsu.[redacted] > wrote:

Now that I just took the time to look up the three winning shirts, I totally agree with Ed as well. The letters penguin reminds me of graffiti and is hard to read, and the penguin looks angry or something. And does "free the code" have anything to do with the LUG? Is it our motto or something, or just there cause it sounds cool?

I like the LUG nut design most. Even though it doesn't explicitly say "Linux Users Group", the logos would be recognizable to anyone who knows about Linux, and anyone who doesn't recognize them probably isn't going to care about us anyway. And it has the URL on it, which is great. The buttons design is okay too though.

-Ricket

On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 9:55 AM, Alok Baikadi < abaikad@ncsu.[redacted] > wrote:

I'm actually with Ed on this one, I really don't like hte penguin. I'm mostly ambivalent between the two. My issue with the penguin is that it's obvious that it's supposed to say something, but it took me way too long to actually figure out what it says. The design is clever, but I don't think it's successful as a t-shirt design. I prefer the lug nut to the buttons, but I don't have as strong an opinion on it.

-Alok (magius_pendragon)

On Mar 24, 2011, at 9:43 AM, Edward Anderson wrote:

My opinion should probably count least since I'm graduating next semester, but I want to put in my two cents.

I'm probably offending everyone here since it got the most votes, but I think that penguin design is pretty ugly. Not really a shirt I would want to wear around just because I think it's an awesome shirt. It looks like it could have been done with stencil and spray paint. The design doesn't have any depth like the other two do, and quite frankly that penguin looks a little creepy - especially (but not only) the one with a legible C that looks like a scowl.

As for the other two I'd actually be proud to wear either of them on a regular basis. Both of them look great. They have depth and are interesting. The buttons shirt actually says that we are a Linux Users Group, which is nice since even plenty of Linux users on campus don't know what a LUG is and won't get it. The LUG nut is a great pun, and who doesn't appreciate that? Jasmine Adams was thrilled when she saw we had a lug nut design, since that's what she always calls us.

But it doesn't matter what Jasmine likes, because we're trying to get shirts that we want to wear. If I'm the only one that thinks how I do about that penguin, by all means we'll get it. I just don't think it's a design worth the $245 we're paying for it.

Edward

On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 8:54 AM, Benjamin Berry < bsberry@ncsu.[redacted] > wrote:

We're looking less for raw votes and more for justifications, like particular aspects being bad or good.

I'll write up my thoughts when I get a bit more time.

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On Mar 24, 2011 7:58 AM, "Morgan Bounds" < mdbounds@ncsu.[redacted] > wrote:
> My vote is for the penguin.
>
> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 12:30 AM, Edward Anderson < nilbus@nilbus.[redacted] > wrote:
>
>> The T-shirt votes came in; it's a very close race, and we can't decide. We
>> need to make a decision in 18 hours. Since you could vote for three, three
>> points also went to designs that you didn't want as much as your first
>> choice. We want to make sure that we don't pick one that was everyone's
>> second choice.
>>
>> This is your last chance to make your case for any of these three
>> finalists. Let's hear what you think should be our shirt and why.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Votes for the words penguin were most numerous, split between the two
>> beaks. We'd use colors more like this than the blue submitted.
>>
>> The LUG nut (pun intended) came in 1st place the poll.
>> [image: lugnut.jpg][image: lugnut.jpg]
>>
>> The buttons shirt came in third.
>> [image: T-Shirt Design by J K]
>>
>>