If it doesn't look right, it doesn't look right and can be cut fairly easily. Also, I think I'd rather have the klaxon number be its own shirt and to just do the smaller geekhack logo up high across the back on both.
Thanks again for the time you've put in, krog, I really appreciate it.
But I do like the font of the klaxon number side, I just think it might serve to be a bit bigger to fill more of the shirt.
I'm working on the revisions. Some more questions.
1. If you want to do the full Klax-creature (shading and everything), would you want it on a white background, or a red? I figure on white the red in Klaxie (that's her name now) would stand out. Would that work for you, designwise? Either way I will bring the Klaxie up to the (rough) actual size on a shirt and see if she degrades (and by how much). If she degrades too much, may moonprismprincess can remake her? We can lay it out first anyway to see how she looks.
2. When you say you would like the number on the 'This shirt...' design to be larger, how much larger are we talking? Like, the size on a numbered athletic jersey? That kind of size? 50% larger than it is now? Give me a rough idea. Also, what did you think about the placement of the text? It's not as 'stacked' as in your original version, and there's a colon with 'is' -- does that still capture the spirit of Klax? When I envision this attitude, I picture 'Animal House' food fight, whilst someone announces (blithely) over a PA system, "This food fight's klaxon number is: (dramatic pause) '1'"
Also, the numeral '1' on the shirt is I think Times New Roman -- the font for the text (same as in the Retro GH logo) the numeral '1' looks more like a vertical pipe, so I changed it.
3. The GH logo on top -- I'm going to do two versions -- one with the keycaps behind the logo, and one without. Again, because it would impact the price. Without the keycaps you will get a much lower price.