I think it would be a cool idea to get a new Project off the ground for 2008… a Ghostbusters Fans Calendar.
This would not be like the previous Calendar that was on GBFans, in that this will be a Physically REAL Calendar that you would be able to hang on your wall. It would also be different in the respect that it would have pictures of Fans, Props, Art, and pics of the Ghostbusters.
What does everyone think about this?
In order to get it for 2008, we need to get it off the ground in the next two weeks.
Any special themes for each month? Perhaps one month could have a bunch of Proton Pack Pics.. another Ecto-1 Pics.. another Fan Costumes… etc. Lets figure that out.
Monthly Themes
January:
February:
March:
April:
May:
June:
July:
August:
September:
October:
November:
December:
I would think that each month would have a scene from Ghostbusters (or a publicity photo) as the background.. with the pictures spread out around it.
I would like to see someone do some kind of customized design for the cover.. with the Ghostbusters Fans logo.. etc.
I really like this idea of a calendar and I would order a couple no matter what the outcome is. How about if the calendar had a different part of the world on each month? Since the community has a section “regional” and there are people from all over the world chatting and posting daily, I was thinking that what if each page had a ghostbuster fan in costume posing in some famous spot in the world…a montage of pics of props and various things from that part of the world could be circling it…I dont know, it was just a thought.
If doing a fan costume or prop theme page it should just be a collage. Focus on one person, group, or someone’s prop might spark elitism accusations. Overall a good idea for a community project. I’d love to see it done with really rare photos from the movies.
HAAAAAAAHAhHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA I like it!!! That or Pics of AJ, Irri’s, Exorays and ect faces when the newbs send them an e-mail wanting to buy or rent a pack leading up to halloween
I think it would be really sweet to have some artistically inclined fans use their skills to recreate their favorite scene from the movies/toons/comics/etc. or make up a scene, but do it in their own repsective style. Then you pick the 12 best ones and use those for the 12 months of the year and use the next best runners up for the inside covers or like where some calendars have a page that has extra months or other things. I have a few spider-man calendars that even have a page at the beginning that has stats and pics of all the main spider-man characters. They also have small turn-around views of a different character on the unused day spaces in every month. Maybe for the art featured that month, the artist could also do a single character profile type thing for the boarder around the days.
If you check out any of the comicbook style spiderman calendars from the last few years, those, I think, are good examples of how I would picture it.
I don’t know, I would just rather see something a little different. I’m sure we’ve all saved or printed out more rare GB pics than you can shake a stick at thanks to this site. I would like to see more fan generated material, whether it’s the actual fans (various teams, people, etc.) or stuff made by fans (art, props, etc.). I love seeing other people’s takes on the GB world artistically too, so that’s why I’m kind of hoping for that sort of thing.
It’d be cool to have any sort of GB calendar at all though, I guess.
Right on Jack Ivy–this is kinda what I was saying in another thread,the art idea gives the calendar continuity, and isn’t the re-hashed, seen it all before photos we all know of . Of course all the art would have to be donated. That problem would be solved by the fact that any gb fan artist would jump at the chance to get their work published. Feature different art styles for variety (comic, computer rendered, realist,etc) I have great idea for a pastel, but not enough time to complete enough for the time frame discussed. It’s an exciting project-this calendar. Perhaps someday.
If I did a pastel, I’d have to email it to you in a jpeg or png format. To mail a pastel would require fixatives, and I don’t use them because it ruins the color. It’s a rush job, but the opportunity would be too cool to pass up. Would you accept entries in digital format?
alright, I’ll get started tomorrow, and I’ll start a wip thread, and if it doesn’t get picked, at least I’ll have something to put in my fan art section on my profile here.
question: Considering my picture is rectangular, would a horizontal, or vertical format fit within the calendar better?
or would it be square? Or do you know yet? It will help compose the picture.
