critique please

[flutterby nut]

hi all!...this is my first post to a forum, so if i mess up, please let me know...

i have this design that i would like to market on baby onsies and toddler t-shirts...i've never done this before, and i don't know how it will translate as a printed design on a t-shirt...i've been regularly reading posts on this site, and i know some of you are experts at print, so i'd particularly like to hear from you...as well and from anyone who can offer suggestions on the overall design...

i designed this in illustrator, so it's vector...i've read a post from someone who stated that stroked text is a preferred no-no where vinyl is concerned...does this also go for strokes around images/parts of images?...and does this also apply to t-shirt production...i don't know about that process, and i'd like to adapt my design to make the transition as smooth as possible...can you help?

thanks so much!

[danedawg99]

actually, when i do vinyl, I drop the fill on everything, and convert all of the strokes to one spot color that my machine recognizes as the 'cutting path'. for t-shirts, if you're getting them screen-printed, you'd wanna convert strokes to paths. because it makes it easier to make spot colors/seps to print for the screens.

[Godders]

I like the concept with the "Flutterby"!! I'm not sure about the colours though, they don't make it look beautiful. Pinks or blues may work better. The font used for "THE NEW MONARCH" doesn't work for me. It looks lost. I'd move "MONARCH" up and make the whole text smaller. I would probably look at using a script font as well. Keep working on it though!!

[PrintPharmacist]

You also would have scale problems whenever you keep strokes also, it is best that once you are pleased with you designs, that you turn ALL strokes to outlines.