Lets do something in honor of Ethioknight

[Old Lemon]

any updates on the sticker?

[akima]

Originally Posted by Kevin2109

played with yours a bit


I'm going to talk to someone about printing #1, I think that one is the most fitting out of all of them, and personally my favorite because it can be printed on vinyl

Fantastic A bold design. I'd like to think that Ethio would love it. That guy had one sexy ninjette! He had good taste.

I recently bought myself a nice new mountain bike. I've named him Ethio

[lgk]

i'm waiting to see what jiggles brother can come up with.

then we can vote.

[nycsteve]

I'm in for at least 3, but I'll wait for the final design to pull the trigger. Although I'm a designer, things like this upset me and makes it hard to complete. Wish I could submit something...

[flynjay]

Originally Posted by akima

Fantastic A bold design. I'd like to think that Ethio would love it. That guy had one sexy ninjette! He had good taste.

I recently bought myself a nice new mountain bike. I've named him Ethio

I like this. If the black can be printed another color so it will show up on a black background.

[nycsteve]

Originally Posted by CZroe

I propose we make a combined sticker for Alex (@EthioKnight) and Jon (@Broom). Jon may still be alive, but his tragic injuries are still a huge loss for us all.

I hate to distract from this thread, but what happened with/to Jon?

[lgk]

Originally Posted by nycsteve

I'm in for at least 3, but I'll wait for the final design to pull the trigger. Although I'm a designer, things like this upset me and makes it hard to complete. Wish I could submit something...

i know its hard, but i would be interested to see what you could come up with.

[CZroe]

Originally Posted by nycsteve

I hate to distract from this thread, but what happened with/to Jon?

Ended up completely paralyzed after a track accident (practice round, IIRC). Last I heard, he was finally able to make some words:
http://www.ninjette.org/forums/showthread.php?t=28718


My suggestion was something expandable which we could do for Alex, Jon, and any other forumer caught in a similar tragedy (God-willing, no more than them).

I just wanted to pay respects to Alex in the best way possible. RIP, Alex.

[lgk]

i think we should go through with alex's fundraiser first.
the family is kind of in a tough spot.

then do one for jon.

[Trailerboy531]

This thread is about Alex; not others who have been injured. While I fully support talk of raising awareness and support for other injured riders this thread needs to be about Alex (EhtioKnight) and only him. Let's get these stickers going I still want one of #32!!!

[7oxSin]

i think one of him knee dragging a chair would be the best bet. it screams ethioknight the Mohawk helmet is not as iconic imho

[lgk]

Originally Posted by 7oxSin

i think one of him knee dragging a chair would be the best bet. it screams ethioknight the Mohawk helmet is not as iconic imho

i agree, thats exactly what i think of when i picture him

i have been trying to cut out the background and making it b/w, with no success.

that why i trying to hold off on this until jiggles brother puts in a sample.

[toua70]

Originally Posted by Trailerboy531

This thread is about Alex; not others who have been injured. While I fully support talk of raising awareness and support for other injured riders this thread needs to be about Alex (EhtioKnight) and only him. Let's get these stickers going I still want one of #32!!!

Agree! +1

[Countersteer]

This is a complicated issue. We are talking about how to add value to the life of a man who's life has ended, or in the case of Jon, who's life will probably never be the same. (I knew neither of these men personally, however I did have a couple positive exchanges with Alex on this forum.)

We are all a heartbeat away from being in a similar situation.

I don't think I would want people spending their time making decisions about sticker designs if it was me that had passed away. I am not trying to be disrespectful to anyone here.

My question to everyone is this:
What would these men have wanted us to do?

Does anybody know these men well enough to know what was really important to them and how we might impact their wishes when they cannot. Surviving family seems like a logical place to start. Charities perhaps.

Thoughts, criticisms?

[Jiggles]

Originally Posted by lgk

that why i trying to hold off on this until jiggles brother puts in a sample.

Just talked to my brother, he said since he's been on vacation he has a lot of work that's piled up and wouldn't be able to finish the pic for a week so up to you guys.

I'd prefer a sticker of him dragging knee on the chair. imo just the helmet is kinda lame

[CZroe]

Originally Posted by Trailerboy531

This thread is about Alex; not others who have been injured. While I fully support talk of raising awareness and support for other injured riders this thread needs to be about Alex (EhtioKnight) and only him. Let's get these stickers going I still want one of #32!!!

No, there is a different thread for that. This thread is about doing something FOR Alex.
Thread title:
"Lets do something in honor of Ethioknight"
What I suggested:
Something in honor of Ethioknight.

This thread was created to discuss the sticker idea and that is exactly what I am doing. Creating another thread and another project is silly, dilutes the response, and that would detract from what we are trying to do for Alex. Even if the sticker mentions others, it was started FOR Alex. People inspire more broad responses often, like when everyone honored their fire departments and donated blood after 9-11. This would directly honor Alex. Now is the time to discuss it. THIS is the place to do it. Alex's legacy would live on with any others that the design incorporates rather than being largely forgotten when the forum has exponentially more new members (need an example?!).

Originally Posted by Jiggles

Just talked to my brother, he said since he's been on vacation he has a lot of work that's piled up and wouldn't be able to finish the pic for a week so up to you guys.

I'd prefer a sticker of him dragging knee on the chair. imo just the helmet is kinda lame

Same here. I consider the image of him on a chair to be a part of his character and it says a lot more about who he is (not too serious and not only concerned about looking "cool"). There are probably many of the same helmet designs fitted with mohawks because they sell them at every dealer. Granted, he's not the first to drag knee in a chair either, but no one is going to mistake it for a random "cool" sticker that came with a motorsports product.

If we do use it, let me say one more time that we use a design without "KBC" visible in it. It makes it look like an advertisement and like it's not about Alex.

[Trailerboy531]

I think a sticker with him dragging on a chair would have to be a pretty decent size to get the details in. Personally I don't care about what others think of the sticker, even if they think I bought it at a store. I know what it's about and that's what matters to me.

As far as taking the KBC out and maybe putting Alex in, I'm totally fine with that as long as it doesn't look tacky. I just want to get this show on the road people and stop lagging it. Sorry jiggles but waiting for your brother seems like taking too much time.

[CZroe]

Originally Posted by Trailerboy531

I think a sticker with him dragging on a chair would have to be a pretty decent size to get the details in. Personally I don't care about what others think of the sticker, even if they think I bought it at a store. I know what it's about and that's what matters to me.

As far as taking the KBC out and maybe putting Alex in, I'm totally fine with that as long as it doesn't look tacky. I just want to get this show on the road people and stop lagging it. Sorry jiggles but waiting for your brother seems like taking too much time.

I can imagine it, but I can't create it. Think of all those MLB-like silhouette logos for various things. They can show quite a lot with a simplistic design.

Edit: I noticed when searching for line-art helmets with mohawks on google that many gladiator-style helmets with mohawks look like an armored knight's helmet. Considering his username, might a similar design be appropriate?

https://www.google.com/search?as_st=...w=1366&bih=637

Edit 2: Perhaps a REALLY abstract one, like this:
http://vectorjunky.com/black-medieva.../23173438.html

[soundsfasterthanitis]

put me down for 2 as well

[Jiggles]

As far as the sticker thing I'm going to wait for my brother to finish his design. No reason we can have 2 sets of stickers Plus I'm really not down for the helmet design. It just doesn't embody my vision of him as well.

[lgk]

can anyone vectorize this.
i can't seem to get it right with two colors.

was thinking do a three color version then make the chair red, and the mohawk red.

[nycsteve]

Spent 1 min on this. It's vector now, but posting only jpg.

[Old Lemon]

Originally Posted by nycsteve

Spent 1 min on this. It's vector now, but posting only jpg.

This is great

[7oxSin]

that looks good! was there ever any more details on how it happened? is there anything we can learn from this? or was it just the cagers stupidity? sorry if its been posted, like others have said, i just wont want this to happen to other riders.

[lgk]

Originally Posted by nycsteve

Spent 1 min on this. It's vector now, but posting only jpg.

might run with this unless you can make a red chair and mohawk version.

[lgk]

should we put a message on it?

[nycsteve]

The extra space on the bottom right is for text. I can add some fill to the chair and mohawk, but can't play with it until tomorrow most likely. Give me some quick text to add to it, if not, tomorrow we can finish this up (preferred).

[userjh160]

Here is my 2 cents . . . I think we ought to start a new thread and only post how many stickers you want, then we can have a definite number count. It will be too confusing to go back over all the posts on this thread to get names and amounts, with a designated thread it should be easier. What do you think????

[lgk]

Originally Posted by userjh160

Here is my 2 cents . . . I think we ought to start a new thread and only post how many stickers you want, then we can have a definite number count. It will be too confusing to go back over all the posts on this thread to get names and amounts, with a designated thread it should be easier. What do you think????

have been running a tally against 4 threads and i have close to 80 stickers.

i was going to start a new thread once we get some good designs.
will definitely do it tomorrow.

[Jiggles]

Make a thread with a poll, how many stickers you want????

[userjh160]

Has anyone met with his family? If we can get someone to open a bank account they can create a Pay Pal account and then we can start donating money. If there is no insurance they are going to need money for funeral expenses and we can start contributing to help out. With my parents funerals the funeral homes wanted money up front or their life insurance information before any arrangements were discussed, this alone could tap them out.

[Old Lemon]

Originally Posted by userjh160

Has anyone met with his family? If we can get someone to open a bank account they can create a Pay Pal account and then we can start donating money. If there is no insurance they are going to need money for funeral expenses and we can start contributing to help out. With my parents funerals the funeral homes wanted money up front or their life insurance information before any arrangements were discussed, this alone could tap them out.

https://www.wepay.com/donations/alem...-to-08-10-2012

[userjh160]

Thanks, I guess I missed the post

[Robinhood]

Originally Posted by akima

Fantastic A bold design. I'd like to think that Ethio would love it. That guy had one sexy ninjette! He had good taste.

I recently bought myself a nice new mountain bike. I've named him Ethio

+1 This will be probably work out great for vinyl cut decals.

[lgk]

here is the link for the sticker orders.

http://www.ninjette.org/forums/showthread.php?p=546903

[Robinhood]

Well, I messed around with the ones @Kevin2109 posted....changed KBC to EK. I gotta clean it up a bit, but here's the idea of what I want to get cut out:

[ai4px]

Not to muddy the water any, has anyone thought of an embroidered patch?

[joshuajcrouch]

Not to throw a monkey wrench on the design, but what if the sticker was simply his mohawk helmet sitting on an empty chair?

That's what comes to mind when thinking about him not being here. Kind of like a fallen solder. No more Ethioknight in person, just an empty chair and mohawk helmet.

Sorry if its corny, but I think its a little more personal than just the mohawk helmet by itself.

[lgk]

Originally Posted by ai4px

Not to muddy the water any, has anyone thought of an embroidered patch?

i thought about it, but we need another design that suits it.

a major league knee dragger, perhaps?

[iplante]

Originally Posted by Robinhood

Well, I messed around with the ones @Kevin2109 posted....changed KBC to EK. I gotta clean it up a bit, but here's the idea of what I want to get cut out:

Best!!