Capitalizing on Cliches

The whole thing about a Labor Day Party is its the last weekend of summer, the last chance to make whatever you wanted to have happened that summer, happen. Last chance dance, last chance for romance. People are excited about the band, but the real attraction is to the opposite sex. Or same sex, whatever. Hot guys, cool guys, fun guys, cool girls, fun girls, sexy girls. Buzz words: hot, cool, fun, summer, love, guys, girls.

I want to use color blocking, for the girls hot pink hot orange, for the guys mint green and an icy blue. So the first three lines would have blue background big green type, next two lines (band name) would then switch to have big blue type over green background. Screen-printed look. Just giant type. Help me pick my phrases.

COOL

KIDS

WANT

RUBIX

CUBE

HOT

GIRLS

WANT

RUBIX

CUBE

(or)

SEXY

GIRLS

WANT

RUBIX

CUBE

(... sexy has 4 letters..)

COOL

GUYS

LOVE

RUBIX

CUBE

GET SOME FUN

SUMMER LOVES

RUBIX CUBE

LAST CHANCE

FOR SUMMER

FUN! LOVE,

RUBIX CUBE

Bright Ideas

My brother told me tie-dye made him think of dirty hippies, not 80's cover bands. I'm into both, but he told me to look at Miami Vice, and think quintessential 80s. I'm really into the color blocking, the sunset colored solid t-shirts... almost a faded neon.

He also told me I was "crazy" for not capitalizing on the whole rubix cube image, since that is also the bands name (apparently spelled Rubix Kube). Either way I'm going to save this and the martini glasses he suggested as my backup plan.

I can't figure out how to go back in Illustrator and adjust my mask.

Its a little too Jamaican bobsled team...

I need to take out some yellow, maybe rethink all the colors.

Some cool blues or sunset colors could look cool,

especially is they are done with a paint brush vs. straight line.

Also, the beach image is almost unnecessary.

Wish I could track and kern these letters once masked, is it possible to do so?

Here's to no graphics, sorry