Official 2009 6gc.net Wall Calendars, They have arrived! Options

[GriffGirl]

UPDATE 11.24.08 For quick and easy reference, here are pictures of the front and back covers so they're not buried in the middle of this thread

-Griff




UPDATE 11.14.08: Thanks everyone for all your effort and contributions to the calendar. I think that despite a few little hiccups in round-1 polling, we pulled it off really great and it's going to be a huge success. Please see page 6 for pricing/ordering info if you would like a calendar! In a nutshell, prices are $18 shipped anywhere in the US; $20 shipped internationally. Payment can be sent to mjgriff1 (at) gmail.com I will combine shipping for multiple quantities over 5; PM me for info.

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I've been thinking about this all day now. I'm just not sure what to say given the drama that ensued in the other thread. It was never my intention for it to go down that way and I feel kinda crummy about it. So I apologize for any way that I may have contributed to the little drama that ensued. Please address any comments about the thread via PM so we can keep this one clean and well, without any awkwardness or drama. That being said, I'm just gonna move past it and move forward with the project.

I'm going to make a minor change with the submission requirements. I'd like anyone who already submitted and all future submissions to please fill out a very quick photo release form that basically says you have permission to use the image, the car(s) in the image, and that you're not going to get all freaky against me or 6gc if you some day decide you should've gotten famous or something off this. I've made it as a quick and easy email form that you can find here. (My site is down, so currently the form is not available)

I know a lot of you had wished for a later submission deadline, so I'm throwing October 31st out there, and I'll put up a poll on November 4th because I won't be around on the 3rd, and November 4th is election day here in the US and I thought it'd be funny, and likely the best thing to vote for that day given the choices.

Submissions can be sent to 94CelicaGirl (at) gmail.com. You MUST put 6gc in the subject line!!!! (to avoid SPAM traps)

Here's some of the criteria, copied from the "other" thread:
I've found a way to have these made on an as-ordered basis so no one actually had to go directly through me; once the calendar is available for sale, they will be shipped within 24 hours of placing the order. They will be full color, full bleed spiral bound 11" x 17" and will cost $24.95 plus shipping (about five bucks for shipping in the US, a little more for Int'l.) If you order them in multiples (say the whole Houston crew wants to go in and have them all shipped to one presumably not floated away location) there are quantity discounts that increase in percentage with the qty. ordered. 2-11=5% off, 12-49=10%, etc.

I feel very strongly that images that will appear in the calendar shall be chosen by poll, but I will dictate which images will go into that poll, to be determined solely by using my professional judgment as to whether or not the image is viable for print or not. Having almost 15 years of experience as a graphic designer, I feel that more than qualifies me to make this assessment. If I feel there is an image that is not suitable for print, I will contact the person who submitted it and request a higher resolution image. If one cannot be provided, it will not be considered for publication. Once that assessment is made, my decisions will be final and not open for discussion. I'm not going to produce crap so someone's feelings don't get hurt. I'm nice, but I'm hard core when it comes to putting my name behind something. If you don't like it, don't buy a calendar.

Here are a few screen shots with EXAMPLES of how it might look. I chose these images to use for demo purposes only; they are in no way to imply that ANY decision or selection process has occurred at this juncture in time. It is not a final design BY ANY STRETCH (particularly the cover!). It's just something to look at for now.








This post has been edited by GriffGirl: Dec 3, 2008 - 5:13 PM

[Akirad1]

looks good so far griff keep up the good work

[96bluevert]

So do you have all of the submissions from the other site or should be resubmit them?

[goferris]

You should still have my submission right griff? I don't care whick one you use or if you even use one. I just thought I would submit one anyways.

Edit: release form submitted

This post has been edited by goferris: Sep 15, 2008 - 10:38 PM

[presure2]

perfect.
thanks for doing this griff, i appreciate it.

[GriffGirl]

I'm happy to do it - thanks for the support. I love what I do for a living; I think it's amazing that people pay me money to do graphic design because I'd probably be doing it anyway. This is a great opportunity for me to combine the two things I love most - graphic design and cars. It doesn't get much better than that!

I still have the submissions that were either emailed to me (goferris, shannon, etc.) or posted up on deviantart.com. It's SUPER busy at work right now, but if I get time later I'll put together a gallery that you guys can view to see the submissions thus far. Please don't vote on anything yet though, I don't want the voting to be influenced unfairly, I think everyone deserves an equal shot.

[Dr_Tweak]

I'll buy some calenders for sure.

-Doc

[808celica]

im on February just kidding

hey griff what do we actually put in the photo file names box??? do we put the direct link to the image or the name the pic owner wants for the pic?? like for my pic i would put "A day in Paradise" in the photo file name(s) box???

This post has been edited by 808celica: Sep 16, 2008 - 1:13 PM

[GriffGirl]

Nah, just whatever the actual file name is, so that way if I get DSC1004256874456.jpg I know it's yours. If you name the photo, say, Bob or Harold, just keep that one to yourself. LOL

[808celica]

k cool. i get to use my new toys now

[Tigawoods]

sounds like a plan griff.

i will either re-submit mine or take new shots

[tfrock]

Hi,
Looks good to me. Any chance of putting some info on the page with the car (ie., user name, mods, etc)? That would be nice so that those of us whose celis aren't quite there yet can get ideas from the pics of mods they'd like for their cars, (particularly exterior mods). Thanks and keep up the good work.

[808celica]

Hi,
Looks good to me. Any chance of putting some info on the page with the car (ie., user name, mods, etc)? That would be nice so that those of us whose celis aren't quite there yet can get ideas from the pics of mods they'd like for their cars, (particularly exterior mods). Thanks and keep up the good work.

that's what our profiles are there for

[malpaso]

Is there any chance having some feedback submitting is successful? I mean I do not have any confirmation my e-mail has arrived...

[808celica]

i might send the one up there^^^ again but im not too happy with that one i might go do another session there again at my working place or go find some other place to have a small session. plus deadline is october

[Jeunesse]

Is there any chance having some feedback submitting is successful? I mean I do not have any confirmation my e-mail has arrived...

just send an email to Griff if she received it or not... well at least that what I did.

[96bluevert]

I'm thinking of going for another shoot tomorrow and seeing if I can't get a better picture to submit

[DEATH]

Sounds good. Griffy - you have PM.

[D-Man]

SUPER-FAN-TAS-TA-FCUKING-RIFFIC!!!!!

sign me up please

[97lestyousay]

I forgot to ask about file type in the other thread I didn't see where RAW was an
option. Can we send RAW?

[ComaDave]

Hell, I don't care if mine gets in the calendar or not, just having Griff use it on the calendar mock up made my day.

[GriffGirl]

I forgot to ask about file type in the other thread I didn't see where RAW was an
option. Can we send RAW?

DEFINITELY. It's definitely the best way to ensure print quality images! Don't worry about image quality when I post anything sent in as RAW for the voting though; images will be optimized for web, not for print, when they're posted up for voting. I know my stuff and I won't screw up anyone's images that are chosen for print.

Hell, I don't care if mine gets in the calendar or not, just having Griff use it on the calendar mock up made my day.

I really like that shot, personally... we see so many images on here of our cars in the summer (for obvious reasons), it's a nice change of pace to see some nice snow shots!

reminder bump - get your images to me, kiddies! See 1st post for details and contact info. And thanks to everyone who's sent in images so far and filled out my little release form. I know it's probably not necessary, but it's a formality I'd just as soon not skip.

[GriffGirl]

ttt

[808celica]

bumpo im just got new rims.......never had a photo session. i might do it at the same place as the previous........or i might see if any swells pick up and try to get that "surfing in hawaii" theme. that's if them tourists dont take the good spots

so griff how many submissions you got so far??? i still have to fill out that form i'll get to that

[elvasoshexai]

just wanna make sure you have my 2 submissions

and just had a question.. how would special dates work? would it only show US ones? or it would show special dates for whatever country you are from?

This post has been edited by elvasoshexai: Sep 30, 2008 - 4:54 PM

[GriffGirl]

I've got quite a few actually, it's great! Keep 'em coming!

I was asked if more than 2 (or whatever it originally was) submissions can be made. My answer to that is yes - but with a caveat. For the "6gc election day" I don't want to post a million pictures of the same person's car, so I plan on basically exercising my judgment and selecting the best 3 (at most) images for the actual election. My criteria will be based on a few things: print quality in terms of resolution and layout/positioning for the calendar itself, composition (interesting locations, background) and actual car placement/angle. I would like to have a really strong variety of angles and backgrounds to create some nice variety for the calendar. I'm also going to choose the most professional looking shots among the groupings; so if someone sends me 15 pictures that look like cell phone snap shots, and two that look really good and look more professional, I'm gonna post up those two and bag the other 13.

[808celica]

gotcha now im just waiting for the crappy weather to start. its hurricane season......so that means big waves........but not much sun

[Jeunesse]

try and get some pics with big waves... that would be awesome

[GriffGirl]

bumpity - get some pix! Fall colors? Got snow? DO IT!

[RickJamesBish]

Where's my sexy on that calendar? I'd prefer September.

[808celica]

try and get some pics with big waves... that would be awesome

im trying and waiting, but winter sucks here

[GriffGirl]

bump me love you long time now send me your pic-chers biznatches!


Free bump for Corporate Bailout Day - goodbye, cruel stock market!

[GriffGirl]

The 31st is just around the corner and submissions have seriously waned. Don't miss your opportunity to show your car off in print! Bump!

[Shink]

The 31st is just around the corner and submissions have seriously waned. Don't miss your opportunity to show your car off in print! Bump!

Just sent mine to you. But the photo release form link is broken

Thanks for doing this griffGirl. Looking forward to the voting round

[GriffGirl]

My site is down - my host broke up w/me. LOL

No release form until I get a new host for my site. Hopefully next week, or at least by the end of the week for someplace to park the release form so it's accessible again.

PS: Shink, I tried replying to your email, but it bounced saying your mailbox is full. But I got your submission, thank you!

This post has been edited by GriffGirl: Oct 14, 2008 - 7:20 PM

[Tigawoods]

o damn. i got bored and was about to fill out the form

[malpaso]

would be nice having some list who already posted something to avoid problems like: "I have send you pictures a month ago! Why I'm not in vote list?"

[parriehunter]

would be nice having some list who already posted something to avoid problems like: "I have send you pictures a month ago! Why I'm not in vote list?"

x2 on this.

[GriffGirl]

That's a great idea; if it's not too slammed at work today, it's something I'll work on this afternoon actually. I will make a list of who's sent in submissions, and I'll also set up a photobucket or Flickr account so people can see the photos. I really want to ensure this isn't any kind of "popularity" contest or anything though, so I'm not going to associate names with the images when I set up the gallery. Also remember, I'm going to pick the best 2 or 3 of images sent by each person for the actual voting, so if you see ten of your pix in the gallery, it does not mean all 10 will be in the actual poll once it's posted. Of course I remain open to suggestions though - this calendar is for the 6gc community, not for myself alone, so if people object or have other ideas, I'm TOTALLY open

[parriehunter]

Sounds good GriffGirl. your a legend .

[DEATH]

A PHOTOBUCKET OF THE ENTRIES SO FAR PLEASE

[GriffGirl]

good god man I'm busy as hell at work!

It's coming, I promise!!!!

[DEATH]

Don't even pretend you don't know I'm fcukin with and you LOVE it!

[GriffGirl]

stomp my nuts with your heels

[DEATH]

You know you need me to...Who's yo heteroDaddy?

This post has been edited by DEATH: Oct 17, 2008 - 2:21 PM

[GriffGirl]

You're my ballin daddy, you're my ballin daddy LOL!!!

Hey, so here's a preview of the submissions in no particular order:
Picassa Web Album

This post has been edited by GriffGirl: Oct 28, 2008 - 12:30 PM

[Batman722]

are those 34 pics all that were submitted ?

[malpaso]

are those 34 pics all that were submitted ?

Seems like that to me cuz there are 5 celicas more than once...

[808celica]

are those 34 pics all that were submitted ?

Seems like that to me cuz there are 5 celicas more than once...

HAHahah should that be good or bad??? well my old pic is in there and it looks like i wont be getting anymore in i'll still try though

[Fastbird]

I'll have some pics coming later today. Your release form isn't working BTW.

[GriffGirl]

There's still more pix to post; I didn't finish

And I know the release isn't working - I posted about that a few posts back in this thread. My site is down.

This post has been edited by GriffGirl: Oct 18, 2008 - 12:10 PM

[joehernandez]

griffgirl
tell me if my car could make it to the calendar,,
this is my progress thread here!!!!!!!!!!!!
there are pics on page 1 and 3,,
none of them in high resolution,,,
but i will try if you give me the thumbs up!

[DEATH]

Dude you know damn good and well you have a beautiful Celica Now get some good pics and get them submitted.

[joehernandez]

Dude you know damn good and well you have a beautiful Celica Now get some good pics and get them submitted.

thanks man
but the car is not like that anymore hehehe
the front bumper got hit 3 times since that,,
there are some places on the front bumper that the paint is coming off and is really noticeable,,
ii might try to take a front-side pic of the car to see if that can hide the messed up paint

[Tigawoods]

i tried to take some shots today but failed. will try again this weekend...deadline is getting close. maybe take some night shots. there arent too many of those on the list

[GriffGirl]

Time is indeed running short!

I've got 74 images posted up so far; I will go through and organize all my files to make sure I've put everyone's up that sent me images. Check the link to the album periodically for updates.

http://picasaweb.google.com/mjgriff1/NewAl...708432PM?pli=1#

[Random_Stranger]

Ok so it is deadline right? I doubt I can get a good camera and stuff in time.

[Fastbird]

submissions sent!

[joehernandez]

i have monday and tuesday off!!! i will try to take some by then!!!!

[GriffGirl]

Cool, be sure to send them to me at the address in the OP

[DEATH]

The link doesn't work anymore BTW.

[Tigawoods]

damn i keep forgetting to submit mine

[GriffGirl]

What link?

Edit: Aw hell! WTF!? I'm on it...


Picassa Web Album

This post has been edited by GriffGirl: Oct 28, 2008 - 12:29 PM

[BLINKYxMUNKEY]

Hmm.. I have the same shot entered twice. Ha.

[GriffGirl]

I must've missed that... oops.

Bump - two days left guys!!!

[parriehunter]

Hey,

When are you going to put up the voting threads? I am thinking that if you put up the photos that are going to be voted for on the 4th its not very long to view and decide it could be nice to spend a day or two before the voting opens to view the final photos. Also it might out a lot of strain on the server.

I realise that there is a site with all the submitted ones up but i am guessing you are going to trim these down a bit.

How is the voting going to be done? everyone votes for their favorite and the top 12 or so get selected or are there going to be x number of photos in one month lots and the top from each month gets selected?

[malpaso]

...

How is the voting going to be done? everyone votes for their favorite and the top 12 or so get selected or are there going to be x number of photos in one month lots and the top from each month gets selected?

Just my opinion about this

- voting at groups is not good idea UNLESS those groups are "balanced" (I mean... if voting groups are made like "stunning group", "good group", "moderate group", "the rest..." only result would be 3 stunning pics, 3 good, 3 moderate and 3 from rest... not 12 amazing pic!)

- selection of "only one from group" is not good as well... (that means 12 vote rounds... 12 winners)

- selection of 12 from one big group is so hard if you have more that 40 pictures...

so... Michelle has really hard task with that

I would combine two ways like:

a) do we have 60-70 pictures? ok... let's make two "semi-final" rounds to select 24 pics with highest score... (pick-12-you-like system)
b) make "final round" with those 24 pics to select the best of the best... (pick-12-you-like system again)... or decide to have two versions of calendar

This post has been edited by malpaso: Oct 31, 2008 - 3:17 AM

[Tigawoods]

mine where submitted. did u receive?

[96bluevert]

Do we have until the end of tomorrow to submit? I have a picture I want to submit, but I have to do some photoshop to it first...

[Terracar]

Just wanted to add

A big kudos for those of you making the calendar - it is not easy. No I am not submitting a photo since I don't have a 6th Gen.

Good luck to all

-Terracar

[GriffGirl]

^ thank you

As for when the photos need to be in by: I set October 31st to get you guys to move it along. Basically if the photos aren't in my in-box by Tuesday the 4th when I get to work, I'm not including it in the voting. So yes, you last minute stragglers are fine if you send me your stuff this weekend. I won't be on line this weekend though, so don't freak out when I don't reply to your PMs or posts about if I got your stuff or not. I will reply to them Tuesday morning, as it's likely I won't be on line Monday either because I think I'm taking that day off.

As for how the voting is going to go down - Malpaso basically has hit it on the had as to how I want to do it. Two rounds - top 24 votes go into round 2. Again - the same car will NOT appear twice by the end of round 2. Round 2 will be the top 12; if one car gets picked twice, I'll move on to the next top vote that's not the same car. As for what month the images appear in, honestly, I'll probably employ my 15 years of graphic design experience to decide that myself.

I'm working on getting a quote to have the calendars printed with a printer rather than on-line, so I can feel like I have some quality control over it. I want this to be a quality calendar that we're all happy with! Depending on the cost of printing though, I might need to get "pre-orders" to cover it since I'm poor and can't pony up the cash up front to cover the printing cost. Naturally if I go this route I'll know how much the calendars are gonna be. Is this something some of you would be willing to do, place pre-orders, if it means keeping the cost down by having them printed locally to me? If not, that's cool. I just need to know my options.

[D-Man]

I want this to be a quality calendar that we're all happy with!

This will not happen without a picture of my razor-wing

Seriously though, I'll pre-order. I'll send you some PM.

[DEATH]

I'm down for preordering.

[parriehunter]

Cool, I was just wondering what the plan was. To be honest I didn't know how it would be done. I do agree that the way you have decided will be best.

Thanks for all your time and effort that has been put into this so far.

[GriffGirl]

Bump! All you stragglers, get your pix to me this weekend or you're OUT!

Note to everyone regarding the election:
For everyone (particularly those of you not in PST): I will post the poll up when I get to work on Tuesday morning!!! For many of you, this will be well after NOON your time. Please don't PM me wondering where it is. It will go up.

I have approximately 84 submissions, so it's gonna take a little time to build the poll!!! But it WILL go up on Tuesday the 4th. I'll leave it up until Wednesday night PST/Thursday morning PST. Any votes after that won't be counted, because I can't keep track of stragglers, and we've got to keep this moving on to Round 2, which will be posted Thursday morning the 6th PST. Round 2 will end Friday night at approximately 5 pm PST. I'll put up a post in each poll to indicate that it's ended though.

This post has been edited by GriffGirl: Oct 31, 2008 - 6:50 PM

[Fastbird]

Katie (my wife) and I Just sat down and went through all the pics.....definitely some great photography going on, some really stiff competition.

[BLINKYxMUNKEY]

Woo election day aka my birthday.

[808celica]

well sent one last one for the fun

well sent one last one for the fun

[NGHTKD]

all the entries are outstanding, going to be an awesome calender!!!:)

[presure2]

wow, looks like some great entries this year!
looking forward to the finished product, im in for a pre-order, just lemme know where to send the $.

[manphibian]

hmmm, should have been a tighter limit on entries per person. The original thread was 1 per person. People submitting 10 almost identical pictures is not a great idea imo.

It's just gonna spread the votes they would have got more thinly reducing their chances of getting in surely.

[96bluevert]

If you wind up needing preorders, just let me know.

[Tigawoods]

hmmm, should have been a tighter limit on entries per person. The original thread was 1 per person. People submitting 10 almost identical pictures is not a great idea imo.

It's just gonna spread the votes they would have got more thinly reducing their chances of getting in surely.

i assume she will eliminate a bunch from the however many entries each person submitted. i know i want the first one i submitted gone

[malpaso]

...
People submitting 10 almost identical pictures is not a great idea imo.
...

x2... however I believe in Griff. She will handle that

[96bluevert]

Sent another picture

[NGHTKD]

cant wait to begin the poll-ing (sounds kinda kinky)

[GriffGirl]

I got this suggestion for the calendar, what do you guys think:

you know what also would be great,,,
that the calendar had an extra page witht he specs of each car featured
or also if it displays the birthday of the owners of the car that would also be great, dont you think?

My response was:

If it's possible, I'd totally include a page with the specs of each car. However that will increase the price of the calendar, so first I need to see what the printing quote comes back as. I can't just "add one page", printing doesn't work like that unfortunately. I'll post your suggestions up in the official calendar thread and see what kind of feedback the community has to offer. I thought about the birthday thing too but had ruled it out in my head. We'll see!

Looking for feedback.

[Fastbird]

+1 vote for the idea. I like it because people can see what went into these cars if they want to do one of the mods themselves, and that would make it VERY easy to know what was done. I'd be willing to pay extra for that feature.

[808celica]

+1 for the idea. but some *ehem* my car has only simple mods i dont wanna boast

[GriffGirl]

It's not about showing off the mods - it's just about stating the specs. Some cars that might not have a lot of mods but make it into the calendar are GREAT examples of how elegant our cars are stock, too. I've seen some really fine examples of stock cars on this site. There's kind of a gracefulness in that kind of purity.

Don't get me wrong. I've got all kinds of stuff I'd like to do to my car - I'm not just saying that because mine is mostly stock. Mine may be mostly stock, but mine is also scraping the bottom of the Round 2 Poll

[GriffGirl]

Here's the top 12 voted on pix! (not necessarily in order of how they'll appear in the calendar)

























I want to tell everyone who participated, you guys did an awesome job. There were SO many pictures submitted and they were all really excellent! Having so many great pix for everyone to choose from makes it possible to have a great calendar, too. Thanks to everyone who voted in the polls and took part of this, too. This calendar is for YOU and it was great to see such an awesome turn out of everyone contributing!

So to everyone who helped out!

[DEATH]

Thanks so much for running a great set of polls [The time and effort is greatly appreciated]

[RickJamesBish]

Looks like it will be an amazing calender. I hope to have a car worthy of entering one day.

[GriffGirl]

Looks like it will be an amazing calender. I hope to have a car worthy of entering one day.

Yeah, I know how you feel

[RickJamesBish]

You're a lot closer than me though. Technically, I could've entered some pics if Tiga did.

[NGHTKD]

well done GriffGirl and thanks for putting this opportunity forward to the 6gc community.

all entries were of the greatest quality and imagine next year... i know my car will be improved so imagine others
thanks to everyone for voting aswell!

well done to everyone!!!
Cal.

This post has been edited by NGHTKD: Nov 10, 2008 - 7:30 PM

[njccmd2002]

how come no verts are shown, did anybody submit any? next year we should have 11 hatchs and 1 vert. oh, maybe a coupe.

Im happy with the pics, i think i voted for a couple

[RickJamesBish]

Hatchback > vert > coupe

[808celica]

WOOOOT!!!! now time to order

[96bluevert]

how come no verts are shown, did anybody submit any?

I did, but apparently no one thought my picture was calendar material

Next year...For sure!

Still looks like some good choices this year though.