The Clink Room http://www.theclinkroom.com The Clink Room provides a behind the scenes look at designing the official logos for Major and Minor League Baseball. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:30:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Clink Kong Vote http://www.theclinkroom.com/collaboration/clink-kong-vote/ http://www.theclinkroom.com/collaboration/clink-kong-vote/#comments Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:30:25 +0000 casey http://www.theclinkroom.com/?p=1571742

Here’s how it works. Pick your top 3 entries, in no particular order. Should look something like this… 87, 95, 53

If clicking the icon above doesn’t work for you, submit your vote to TheClinkRoom@PlanBBranding.com put CLINK KONG VOTE in the subject line. Vote ends on Thursday, September 9th – the winner will be announced on Friday the 10th. Good luck everyone!

]]> http://www.theclinkroom.com/collaboration/clink-kong-vote/feed/ 4 Brilliant Sweetheart Video http://www.theclinkroom.com/inspiration/brilliant-sweetheart-video/ http://www.theclinkroom.com/inspiration/brilliant-sweetheart-video/#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:35:57 +0000 casey http://www.theclinkroom.com/?p=1571662 Simple, fun, brilliant concepts. Executed in simple, fun, and brilliant ways. (Fist pump) Yes!

The Wave Pictures – Sweetheart from Ben Reed on Vimeo.

Kick this weekend’s ass everyone!

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Brendan! This is a brilliant character rendering. Fun, retro, full of personality. One-n-done. Great work!

Jeffe! A very good revision. That little foam-finger cracks me up. Done!

Ryan! A fastball down the pipe. Done!

]]> http://www.theclinkroom.com/collaboration/clink-kong-rd-23/feed/ 4 The Clink Room’s New Mobile Site http://www.theclinkroom.com/news/the-clink-rooms-new-mobile-site/ http://www.theclinkroom.com/news/the-clink-rooms-new-mobile-site/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:35:07 +0000 casey http://www.theclinkroom.com/?p=1571706 We’ve been polishing the newest version of Clink’s mobile site for the last month or so. Got it in tip-top for all you suckas on the go. Check it out when you get a chance.

]]> http://www.theclinkroom.com/news/the-clink-rooms-new-mobile-site/feed/ 2 Clink Kong Rd. 22 http://www.theclinkroom.com/collaboration/clink-kong-rd-22/ http://www.theclinkroom.com/collaboration/clink-kong-rd-22/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:30:52 +0000 casey http://www.theclinkroom.com/?p=1571690 Bryan! Two brilliant options from Bryan. i’m very impressed by the small vareity of options that you’ve come up with for this guy. This is not just a small rethinking of some of the parts but each element has been reconsidered. Very cool. Which do you guys prefer? I think A is my front runner.

Quincy! This guy is awesome. Even better than the last time round. Brilliant! Print!

]]> http://www.theclinkroom.com/collaboration/clink-kong-rd-22/feed/ 6 B.T.S. – Toledo Bullfrogs Sketches http://www.theclinkroom.com/behind-the-scenes/b-t-s-toledo-bullfrogs-sketches/ http://www.theclinkroom.com/behind-the-scenes/b-t-s-toledo-bullfrogs-sketches/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:35:50 +0000 casey http://www.theclinkroom.com/?p=1571711 Check these sketches that we did for the Toledo Bullfrogs Arena Football team. Designing for a football team has an extra challenge to it. It needs to fit and look great on a helmet as well as hats and tees. Into that target/dragonfly/”T”.

]]> http://www.theclinkroom.com/behind-the-scenes/b-t-s-toledo-bullfrogs-sketches/feed/ 6 Clink Kong Rd. 21 http://www.theclinkroom.com/collaboration/clink-kong-rd-21/ http://www.theclinkroom.com/collaboration/clink-kong-rd-21/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:30:54 +0000 casey http://www.theclinkroom.com/?p=1571684 Eric! Our first rare and majestic albino Kong. The lesser known of the Clink species. While the white certainly has you standing out from the pack, lets try him in the traditional black and grey color scheme. The rendering is memorable and folksy, I like that. His face reminds me of the monsters from old Japanese movies. Ugly in a beautiful way, know what I mean?

Stewart! I like the cut of that pencil’s gib. Charcoal colored eraser with a yellow body, beautiful. Those hands are beautifully done as well. Very expressive, almost painterly. I think I prefer the old one but I’m not sure. What do you guys think?

]]> http://www.theclinkroom.com/collaboration/clink-kong-rd-21/feed/ 1 Introducing the Doorbell Drop http://www.theclinkroom.com/on-location/introducing-the-doorbell-drop/ http://www.theclinkroom.com/on-location/introducing-the-doorbell-drop/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:36:24 +0000 casey http://www.theclinkroom.com/?p=1571652 Jason and I travel for Plan B., a lot. We call it going on-location. Last week as we were getting ready for a trip and we got to thinking. It would be cool to do something for Clinkers on these trips. After all, we’ve shipped hats and tees to most corners of the globe. We’re bound to be in the neighborhood of one of you guys when we go on-location.

So as a new way to say thanks, one lucky Clinker who’s picked up something from us in the store will receive a “thank you” package hand delivered by us. Our first victim is Troy. Troy picked up a Pollos Terrible tee a month back. Now he’s got Clink tees growing on trees. Stay tuned for our next Doorbell Drop! Maybe your doorbell will be the one to get rung.

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Kyler! This is a great design. Solid character, full of expression. Colors are great, that pencil is great. Great, great, and more great. On-n-done. Jump on it.

Nicholas! The composition and concept is all solid. I think his proportions need some tweaking. He looks like a dude in a gorilla suit rather than a gorilla. It’s a difficult distinction to render. Also, make the arm all black. The grey in there makes him look like he’s got a bald spot. I really think this could be solid if you tweak those things. Great start!

]]> http://www.theclinkroom.com/collaboration/clink-kong-rd-20/feed/ 2 Shinya Kimura http://www.theclinkroom.com/inspiration/shinya-kimura/ http://www.theclinkroom.com/inspiration/shinya-kimura/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:35:29 +0000 casey http://www.theclinkroom.com/?p=1571647 Another inspiring video, about an inspiring guy, making inspiring things.

shinya kimura @ chabott engineering from Henrik Hansen on Vimeo.

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