Hi Mike, I think that's a great plan.
If you have a strong readership of your blog, adding t-shirts of your characters would be a perfect extension.
Why limit yourself to just one robot though. With all the sketches you have and the flexibility of cafepress, you can easily (well it would take time) have every sketch on a t-shirt, that way your visitirs could have their choice of robot on whichever garment/mug/mousepad they want.
People will continue to come to your site to see the new robots and see what's new on your blog, and that could get them interested in your t-shirts.
I think if you plan on buying the shirts in bulk to hand out at events, I would suggest going to a screen printer to get them done, as the price will be much better. Especially since they are mostly 1 color sketches (Which will keep the cost down).
If you aren't into investing in the equipment to do it yourself, I think your plan sounds great.
I would put the link to buy the t-shirt in many prominent places in your blog (After each post next to the comments/permanlink, at the top, at the bottom, in the sidebar
) All the "hotspots" where people look.
I think it's a neat idea for expanding your great sketches.
If you have a strong readership of your blog, adding t-shirts of your characters would be a perfect extension.
Why limit yourself to just one robot though. With all the sketches you have and the flexibility of cafepress, you can easily (well it would take time) have every sketch on a t-shirt, that way your visitirs could have their choice of robot on whichever garment/mug/mousepad they want.
People will continue to come to your site to see the new robots and see what's new on your blog, and that could get them interested in your t-shirts.
I think if you plan on buying the shirts in bulk to hand out at events, I would suggest going to a screen printer to get them done, as the price will be much better. Especially since they are mostly 1 color sketches (Which will keep the cost down).
If you aren't into investing in the equipment to do it yourself, I think your plan sounds great.
I would put the link to buy the t-shirt in many prominent places in your blog (After each post next to the comments/permanlink, at the top, at the bottom, in the sidebar
I think it's a neat idea for expanding your great sketches.