Man On A Street

Two years ago I came up with a logo for Queen City Cebu , featuring the Magellan's Cross landmark. But it was pretty staid, I should say. Now we have this: Coupled with occasional cosmetic treatments, it's more fun and lively, more appropriate for a fun oriented page. The funny thing is that I originally made this as a placeholder for a photo-post mockup in 2019 (the original brief was for something precolonial but nothing came of it), using the old technique of making shapes from letterforms (in this case, turning 'QCC' into a crown resembling that of the Sto. Niño's (minus the surmounting cross). Now no one remembers the old logo. 😉 I also employed making shapes from letterforms in the " Ayy, Ang Cute! " (another Facebook page) profile pic:

As an avid Inkscape user, I've always wanted SVG t-shirt mockup templates. But, most often, the commonly available ones for download are for Photoshop (PSD) or Illustrator (AI). I currently can't afford an Adobe subscription so I'm sticking with open source apps (Inkscape, Gimp or Krita). So, back in July, I decided to make an SVG t-shirt mockup template, based on a tutorial (for GIMP) by Irfan Prastiyanto . Making one is just getting an image of a white t-shirt (one with slight shadows to show contours is good) and then, through the use of clipping paths, layers, and blending modes, be able to change the color to the one you want. Here's how it looks: To change the t-shirt color, just select the group on the 'color' layer and change its fill. To change the design, just make your own in the 'design' layer or import an SVG, PDF, or a PNG file (with transparent background) into the 'design' layer. There's also a 'heather texture' effec...