Thinking About Offering a 2005 6GC.net Calendar, What do you guys think? Options

[Coomer]

Forkee brought up the idea of maybe having a 2005 6GC.net calendar, and I'm thinking of having one made with some awesome photos of peoples' cars from the site.

I'd have to look into costs of getting them produced professionally here, but what do you guys think about it?

[thedevilmaycrie]

im down .... as long as mine isnt in it unpainted lol

[chucho]

around $20, i'd be in

[C3L1CA]

That would be a cool calendar. I would buy one

[Jen]

I would definitely buy one.

[yellowxboy]

i'd buy one. under $25 hopefully

[Benevolence]

I'd be down

[shid]

My housemate just put one together for 3si.org- he's using cafepress and it turns out to be about 17 dollars (I think) they're not that hard to make; max dpi is 300; it's just getting the high quality images.

It'd probably be best to hold a contest- submit images to someone that are high quality; and then have run offs; etc

[DamDirtyApes]

i would buy one. it would be neat to have everyones pictures in it somehow. maybe a picture of everyones cars in a black and white shadow under the box for the day? iv seen calenders that the area where someone would write in stuff for the day they have had designs in black and white. this is just a thought. the picture would be light enough to write over but just enough to see the picture.

this would also be a great fundraiser for the site... maybe if each calender cost 17 dollars to make, charge 20 each plus s&h. then the extra money goes to the site.

[946thGenGT]

I'm guessing if you did the car on each date thing it would be more than $17, but I like the calendar idea... I'd be down.

[RedSunCelica]

I'm guessing if you did the car on each date thing it would be more than $17, but I like the calendar idea...  I'd be down.
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im in.

[FallenHero]

it would be great to raise money for the site. We need 6GC decals also.

[Supersprynt]

depends on when you guys decide to do this, i'm in if i can get my car done by the time pics are needed.

[Coomer]

Well, I'd want to ship calendars by the 15th of December at the latest. And I think a car for each of the 365 days would be waaaaaay too much work. I was thinking of one high-quality, scenic, magazine-quality photo of a different sixth. gen. for each month of the year.

[C3L1CA]

Yeah i think that is a good idea. What cars do you have in mind

[Supersprynt]

oh well maybe next years calendar then.

[Coomer]

Yeah i think that is a good idea. What cars do you have in mind
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In no particular order, Tufy, Frotou, Romas, Pete...there are tons more cars that could potentially be in it. Basically, really good photos of really hot sixth gens.

[boosted_K2]

we could use the 10 featured rides + 2 more

what would be REALLY cool is if we were able to keep ontop of the featured ride thing and the following year, feature those rides in the next calandar.

[Akimbo]

Eh. I've done decals once I'm sure I can do it again to benefit something.

[BlackCelicaGT94]

Ok coomer get ur butt over here so we can take some pics - j/k i would not expect my car in it


but its funny u mention that cuz i was thinking the same thing - maybe we can both make one :-P j/k i wont steal ur thunder but im gonna make my own too!

[DamDirtyApes]

yeah the featured rides should be in it. then for the last 2 i say one should be coomer and the other should be lagos

[SlowCelica94]

I'm be interested in it. But the problem with that is every's taste differs. For example, our current cover car makes me throw up in my mouth. And that's what most people enjoy. Now something more along the line of mike dotson's car would be best

[BLINKYxMUNKEY]

id be up for a calender. the idea of the featured cars and 2 more would be great.

[forkee]

plus we can put dates like HIN, or scheduled 6gc meets, etc.

[shid]

I'm going to go against the grain here and say the featured rides should not automatically be in the calandar- they've already been featured after all- but what we need are EXTREMELY high res photos; and some of those members aren't really around anymore.

We need them to be
1) Hi res (higher than the hi res upload option on this site- STRAIGHT from the camera so Coom, me, or someone proficient can color correct these things)
2) Scenic
3) Of a variety of years; bodel styles, and colors.

Whats wrong with using the featured rides?

Frotou's: Has two scenic picts; and his paint doesn't really photograph well. That, and you'd have to consider a construction site with uprooted trees scenic- It's also just a celica without any of the electronic or engine stuff shown (which should not be on a calandar) and that was primarily the reason this car was picked (I think)

Tufy's: There's nop reason why this car shouldn't be featured; it's a GT4 (which the entire calandar SHOULD NOT BE) but it looks beautiful; also he's taken a TON of scenic photos with it

Turbotone: Obviously could be featured as well; it's also a GT4 (we don't want every picture to be) but it's a different color, diff bodykit; we just need to get hi res picts from him that are scenic (and not taken next to rotting boats)

Everyone agree that we should try and keep models off the cars for this calandar? Lets have it just be cars.

Bkolher: not my style; but it does look good. However, the pictures taken here just aren't scenic enough to make a final cut imho. The car looks good; but it needs to be in a good PLACE.

Soundslut: Beautiful car; needs more scenic photos not taken in a street; which could be a problem; since the car is no longer in this shape? Also, it's an ST (which is good for variety)

ka2: Not very scenic at all - it's an SSIII tho, so variety!

DG: no scenic pictures at all. Well, one in front of his house on crab grass DG, grab a camera and get clicking

ST205: Great, ANOTHER GT4? He's in HK; there should be a ton of scenic spots, but we don't have much to choose from here.

Doggy: ... uhh yeah. no problems here

AUM CELICA: No scenic picts hi res picts- and since he's not active anymore at all.. good luck getting them

mikedodson: Some scenic picts; but they're all cropped- is he active? can we get hi res?



The point is; very few of these are car calandar pictures. All of the cars are excellent; but they have yet to be photographed in the best spots (some of them excluded)

My point? Don't get hung up on the featured rides suggestion; We'd probably get a better calandar is we opened it up to submissions of the best high quality picts a person can take; you'd be surprised how good a 94 ST can look when photographed in the mountains with a view;

get my drift?

[BLINKYxMUNKEY]

or just have everyone start taking pictures and vote for the top 12.

[shid]

Thats what I meant?

[Redline_Racer]

I am in for it, and letting people vote on the top 12 would be awesome. I've allready got plans for the picture I want to take.

-Brandon

[FoREpLayAX]

im with shid on not just using the "featured rides", but if i were to purchase one of these i would kind of like to know which cars are going to be used. Lets say we voted and the top 12 go into the calendar, i would just like to know what the top 12 are before i place an order so that i wont be disapointed with the quality of cars used.

[DamDirtyApes]

yeah, we should start a thread thats for possible calender pictures. i would start it but i dont know if anyone else wannts it... so u guys can start it

[ghostdog]

I'd love to see coomer's car in the calender. one last hurrah for the yellow celi

[CelicaBuddy]

Woo! Id totally buy one! thats a great idea! put my celica in it!
j/k my celica isnt much right now lol

[BlackCelicaGT94]

i like the idea of voting - or com eout with two calanders - one with featured rides plus the two up coming featured rides ;-) those two could be a suprise

and another one that everyone votes on

Natalie

[dstrbcelica]

i say we vote on it. and i'm down for one too.

-dstrb

[rjbibeau]

there's gott be some pics with some models... i mean it's a car calender it's like peanut butter n jelly.

[Sev408]

I'm be interested in it. But the problem with that is every's taste differs. For example, our current cover car makes me throw up in my mouth. And that's what most people enjoy. Now something more along the line of mike dotson's car would be best
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Slow the only problem is when you buy a swimsuit calander or a playboy for that matter there are always 1 or 2 chicks that you dont think are hot. So we really cant complain on this one.

This post has been edited by Sev408: Nov 16, 2004 - 12:28 AM

[crazycel18]

that sounds like a great idea

[FallenHero]

we could use the 10 featured rides + 2 more

what would be REALLY cool is if we were able to keep ontop of the featured ride thing and the following year, feature those rides in the next calandar.
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Sounds like a plan

[importceli]

i really think shid's idea was the best b/c featured ridez already got featured...i mean sure some should b in there because they're amazing but we need variety got to mix it up so we dont got like 12 gt-4's get some variety, i think a vote would mix it up pritty good.

[BlackCelicaGT94]

there's gott be some pics with some models... i mean it's a car calender it's like peanut butter n jelly.
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yeah some hot sexy men!!!! :-) j/k!

i knwo some guys are gonna agree wit me on this - sometimes ud rather see the whole car then the girl they put in front of it - plus i think with this calendar it would be too hard - what if the car is hot and the girl isnt so much? i dont care eiter way im putting my order in! whether girls are in it or not! ill submit a pic of my car with a girl on mine - get my room mate on my car or something


Natalie

[shid]

No models please, lets keep it cars

[doGGy]

Commer I think you dont remember me talking about this... I asked for you help, and started to work on this... but... anyway

This post has been edited by doGGy: Nov 16, 2004 - 3:07 AM

[BlackCelicaGT94]

doggy it would be kinda pricey to order it from outside the US! wouldnt it? why dont u do one also

i dont see why we cant have more than 1 celica calander

one official 6gc calander and then some others

i wouldnt mind having a full GT4 calander :-) ooh so hot!

This post has been edited by BlackCelicaGT94: Nov 16, 2004 - 1:10 PM

[amysmojo]

I think for one of the months there should be a collage of a bunch of our celicas on it & have it say something like The 6GC Crew or somethin like that YA YA???? Or it could say "Got Coomer?...6gc.net" Come on! LOL you know ya wanna

ahh i am crazy today sorry

[Dtown_GT]

i dont care how you do it... our generation celica hardly ever gets recognition, let alone publication in anything... i would be into getting this calander compleatly no matter what... mark me down for two copy's, its a great idea!

[shid]

I think for one of the months there should be a collage of a bunch of our celicas on it & have it say something like The 6GC Crew or somethin like that YA YA???? Or it could say "Got Coomer?...6gc.net" Come on!  LOL you know ya wanna

ahh i am crazy today sorry
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Thats what the cover is for

[amysmojo]

Thats what the cover is for
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well thats no fun lol.....I want to see it for one of the months sucka!! The cover will only be seen twice.....once when you buy it & once when the year is over & you take it down lol

[Pali_playa]

i knwo some guys are gonna agree wit me on this - sometimes ud rather see the whole car then the girl they put in front of it -


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nope

[Coomer]

Commer I think you dont remember me talking about this... I asked for you help, and started to work on this... but... anyway
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Oh yeah! I completely forgot! I think we should let Romas work his graphic magic and produce a calendar for us.

[amysmojo]

No models please, lets keep it cars
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Ya lets just have the cars! No models! I want to be able to hang the calendar @ work

[RedSunCelica]

ill try to round up the san diego/longbeach/northern california guys for a group pic in the mts or something. or take a few sample shots to get the idea of what the scenic pics should look like,

[x_itchy_b_x]

i like calenders

[Anub1s]

I would buy into a calendar for sure.I do think that there should be some kind of model at least on the cover but not in every picture. The cars are too dang hot to cover up with a hot model.....wait let me think about that one....hmmm...tough decision. Anyways I would buy at least one or two maybe.

[droptopGT]

i'd buy one, it'd be nice to have a celica hanging on my wall

[Timeless6gcelica]

Whats up fellow 6g pimps and pimpets. Coomer you got a good idea going, if its done right it would be phat. I may be one of the newest members but I'd be down. Just tell me what to do to get one.

[SoundSlut_dotcom]

if u do make it , make it hi res and good. the last one wasnt so great (no offense) plus someone stole mine at a show lol lemme kno ill buy one... if u wanna use my car lemme kno coomer ill send u some nice recent pix

[SoundSlut_dotcom]

itchyb... u run ur car yet w/ the turbo?

pm me back

im turboinbg this winter t25bb

[Jdog1385]

im in, as long as my car is August.

[Slowrider]

in the german toyota forum, we have a calendar
but not only 6th gen, pics from all toyotas.

look at this GERMAN CALENDAR
the chef of the calendar project makes 5 diffrent versions

[Watanbe88]

I think it would be really cool, if you need some gt4 pics I am near the white mountains and have pics of her on top of Mt Washington and all.

[Crzybakerdog]

i suppose this project wont be done before christmas because i would buy a few and send them to family and friends. If not i will still buy one for myself.

[thedevilmaycrie]

ill try to round up the san diego/longbeach/northern california guys for a group pic in the mts or something.  or take a few sample shots to get the idea of what the scenic pics should look like,
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hey eddy i know a GREAT place Ortega Hwys Mountain ridge ....... plus its fun getting there lol

[DamDirtyApes]

is this still gettin done?

[shid]

I don't know.. I talked to Coomer about offering to organize; but he said he thought doggy was working on it; getting hi quality picts of nice celicas together already.

The only thing is is that I don't think Doggy was planning for submissions, nor do I know if he's still working on it..

I'd rather do it the submission way.. but oh well :/

[doGGy]

well guys, i talked with Coomer before like 2 or 3 weeks, i offered him to make 6gc calendar... After that i started collecting photos.. made few of them to look quit good.. but that's it. Basicly, i dont want to grab someones idea or nothing, if Coomer desides to make it, i wont stand against this.

Now only thing is needed, a one single word from Coomer, if he says that he thinks that i need to conitune on calendar i will continue, if not, its not a problem for me.. Basicly what i offered, is to make the pics for calendar, and send the JPG or TIFF formats in CD to someone who got some connections in US to print the calendar there.

Well, let me know guys what you thing, let me know Coomer what you think. And i think we will make some suggestions anyway

[tufy]

i liked the idea of calender. i will definetly need one next year to count days inside army .
Guys, i ll be in army of Cyprus in all 2005 , i ll miss you all

This post has been edited by tufy: Nov 21, 2004 - 2:55 AM

[shadycrew31]

maybe another idea is to get the pics of the 12 different cars. then have 2 smaller ones in the picture that month of the interior and under the hood. but id def chip in. theres no way i can be in it but still ya know.

This post has been edited by shadycrew31: Nov 21, 2004 - 2:24 PM

[mr_dude]

Posted this elsewhere, but Point Loma in San Diego is a lot like Mt. Tamalpias in Marin where a lot of car commercials are shot.

If there is some photography I have an N80 and lots of slide film. Also an FE for IR shots if those appeal.

Also, the solution to the hot babes conundrum... have 11 months of just cars and one month of 12 scantily clad womenfolk gang banging a Celica.

[Tressa95]

Hey guys...Just wanted to let you know I own my own print shop and I could do a 12 month calendar with 13 pics and get it done for 15 plus shipping. If your are interested Coomer let me know

Thanks
Tressa

[mr_dude]

I'd pay 15 for a calendar.

Coomer, I know you're buried in physics, but why not set it up so we can vote on the calendar photos? A quick php database with thumbnails and vote counters that everyone can submit a few shots to.

I have a feeling most of the votes will go to our fearless leader's photos, but we'd have good representation of people/areas/cars from everywhere.

The nominees send the printer a cd/dvd with good, quality non-jpegs for printing.

Oh and the calendar should have a 13th month, Smarch.

[shid]

I think Doggy is collecting photos from choice cars, I dont think they're holding a public submission/runoff.. which kinda sucks, cus I'd really want to do that.

and dude, email is good enough for sending the high quality picts- almost every digi cam takes them in jpeg anyway.

[mr_dude]

email is good enough for sending the high quality picts- almost every digi cam takes them in jpeg anyway.

Call me old-fashioned, but I prefer the sharpness, color fidelity, and characteristic curve of film. Digital SLRs are acceptable. Point and shoot digitals recording JPEGS? Come on!

[shid]

No, I agree with you. I love my non digital SLR camera- and I'm dying for a digital SLR right now.

But 90% of the picts submitted would be from consumer level cameras

[shid]

New post here:

http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showto...56&#entry212556

Please post there from now on

AND SUBMIT

[initialdrift55]

sweet idea hopefully i get my stuff done so my car can be fit for the calendar lol

[sqnc]

Any image should be fine as long as its 300 dpi at the calendar size plus bleed. If the calendar is going to be 11x17 with a top half image in an 8.5x11 area it would need to be 3300x2550 plus some if you wanted it to bleed over the edge. You can also have them made inexpensively at cafepress.com, people could order them independently of the 6GC site and the profit would go directly to the shop administrator. Let me know if you guys need any prepress help.

The only thing I would caution is scanning in an image that was previously printed, a photo is fine, but if it was a printed image the scanner pattern and the printer pattern will cause a moire effect on the image, like if you put two window screens together and rotated the front one.

[shid]

Any image should be fine as long as its 300 dpi at the calendar size plus bleed. If the calendar is going to be 11x17 with a top half image in an 8.5x11 area it would need to be 3300x2550 plus some if you wanted it to bleed over the edge. You can also have them made inexpensively at cafepress.com, people could order them independently of the 6GC site and the profit would go directly to the shop administrator. Let me know if you guys need any prepress help.

The only thing I would caution is scanning in an image that was previously printed, a photo is fine, but if it was a printed image the scanner pattern and the printer pattern will cause a moire effect on the image, like if you put two window screens together and rotated the front one.
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Dude man, you're way behind on the times.

Submissions for the calendar are already over, and voting has begun

http://www.6gc.net/index.php?action=vote&itu=