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Merch Behind the Scenes - Arcade 2
🕑 Added 2022-03-14 18:00:04 +0000 UTCHello, Lovelies!
Eric here again! For those who don’t know who I am, I’m the head of merch at Game Grumps, and I’m here with another behind-the-scenes look at another one of our favorite designs - Arcade Round 2!
Step One: Concept
The first Arcade design by Crysalis was such a hit that we wanted to come up with something that had the same vibe with a new artist! I keep a list of artists that we would like to work with, and wait for the right opportunity to come along before I approach to ask if they would like to work with us as well. Sometimes, I have something very specific in mind, but most of the time, I like to feel it out along with the artist so that it feels less like a contract job, and more like a collaboration that we can all feel excited about!
Step Two: Reference/Reach out to Artist
After deciding that we wanted to take another crack at the “cute girls go to the arcade” vibe, I suggested Nemu, who I had been following on twitter for a few months at that point (@NemupanArt on Twitter and @Nemupan on Instagram and Patreon! Go follow her!!). Luckily, Nemu was just as excited about the idea as we were!
After a short conversation about how exactly to “follow up” Crysalis’ design, we landed on the idea of the girls hanging out outside the arcade with a pink/orange sunset color scheme. Here’s some reference I sent over, mostly for vibes:
Step 3~?: Art, notes, art, notes
With everybody in agreement for the concept and vibes, it’s time to kick off the project with some sketches!! Nemu sent a bunch of rough sketches for the concept/layout, but this was the winner:
Humble beginnings, but definitely enough to get us on board! A little while later, Nemu sent this over, asking what the signs should be filled with beyond the Burgie’s Burgers and Starbomb signs.
So, I dug in with some fun references! At this time, I had just finished designing the Manga 3 shirt, and Fickle Wish had just gone out of business in Little Tokyo so I made sure to include those two as references along with some quick sketches to suggest how to fill out the background:
Nemu’s version is, of course, way better than mine.
Apply the colors with the vibes from the reference photos earlier on, and surprise!! It looks gorgeous!!
But it doesn’t stop there, we needed art for the sleeves as well! It’s a Long Sleeve shirt after all.
We had a few different options, and we landed on a combination of a few of the ideas, for obvious reasons:
The art was finished in November of 2020, and it took us until April 2021 to finalize and approve a test print. We even released the White version because the black tee was still going through a few additional test prints before we could approve it for a full order. This one was tricky because of all the color involved, but we are super happy with the finished product! And on top of that, we got to do such a fun photoshoot at Barcade in Highland Park with Ethan Nestor, Suzy Berhow, and our own Nutboy, Allie Jean! So cool!!
Once again, it’s been such a pleasure to show y’all some of the design process.
What do you think? Does seeing the process help you appreciate it a little more? If you already had the shirt, do you love it even more now?? Drop a comment below! ‘Til next time!
-Eric
Comments
kayla holten
I do have this shirt! And I DO love it even more now!! It's one of my closet staples, and I love how it was a labor of love with so much work and talent involved <33 gg merch is on another level!
Elsie Bartlett
Still my favorite shirt, so comfortable and the color has stayed true through multiple washes (usually turn inside out first). Thank you for all your hard work and for sharing some of the behind the scenes to the process!
EKW
Thanks so much for sharing these extensive process posts!
KLANG
Love seeing the process on this- incredible art all around!
Hentai Jesus
Now how do i get my hands on some more stuff like that?
Wolico
absolutely love to see this design process it’s too cool!!
Kurimallow
THIS IS SO COOL OMG!!! The arcade girls 1 shirt was an insta favorite, and then to see another one come out just as cute !?! Again, insta favorite and I cherish them both. Seeing all the sketched and process is super awesome and inspiring!
Mista Spoons
I love learning the process of how the shirt was made! Great stuff GG team!
Dorian
ooo I love this! such a cute design and love the art!
Coffee Chrissy
Hi Eric, thanks for this upload! I love to see these behind the scenes posts. Do you think there's a chance the grumps would consider making another ASMR video in the future? I feel like there are so many fun avenues of noise they could explore!
StressedVulture
It's so fun to see how these are made and the inspiration behind them!
Jdot Creeper
I love seeing the process on how merch is made, I like watching asmr packaging maybe that can be shown on your patreon??
Finchfish
That little grem Arin is an absolute joy to see. Thanks again for giving us these sneak peeks and process. Love to see it! <3
T-vis
So great seeing it come together! It's a very nice addition to the Patreon as well. More stuff like this would be great!
Samantha
This is so cool. Now I can appreciate my favourite shirt even more! 💜
Keilah
Love this! So cool and fun to see all the work put into the merch!
CSDX
I've barely ever even been to any and yet I miss going to arcades.
Molly Hanson
This was really rad to see! It makes me want to get one of the Arcade 2 shirts, but I guess I'll have to wait for a restock haha 💜
Bri W
LOVE these process posts so much! Y'all work with some amazing people for the designs and artwork and it just makes me want to get All the Things. xD Seeing the build for this one and the inspiration is super fun!
Daniel Easley
Gremlin arin getting that yoinky sploinky
Cuddlesquad
Live seeing the process! Great work!
Melissa Di Varano
This was really cool to see! 😁
Jules Blair
I love seeing how the process starts! It's so fascinating and definitely does make me appreciate the love and effort that went into a single piece of merch. I love every piece of GG merch I own! The quality and care put into it is so stellar and it's plain to see 😄
Akemiarts
As an illustrator and newer patron, I really love seeing the process and inspirations!! The colors are so pretty 🥰 and I love it on the black long sleeve! I hope I’ll be able to work with you guys one day!💕
Sofia Vazquez-Duran
It's so cool to see how it all comes together, I love all the references and the art is so cute!!!!!
Michael Galluzzo
Ayyy... that's pretty good
