So, the Bullet Club is by far the most over stable in professional wrestling. (Translation: The Bullet Club is by far the most popular group/alliance of wrestlers in professional wrestling) Because of that, there are tons of derivative logos that are official merchandise. BUT! Fans do the same thing. Like this one.
This is the original. Designed by an artist commissioned by Prince Devitt aka Fergal Devitt (the founder of Bullet Club). The origin of the name comes from pro-wrestling terms. You're either a worker (work the crowd/stay on script/follow the pre-determination of the match when wrestling) or a shooter (go off script/do whatever you want/intentionally hurt your opponent/win the match that's not supposed to happen). Devitt proclaimed himself as a "shooter." So the idea of the logo features guns and bullets to represent that. It also looks tough and badass. Stylized skull, crossed AK-47s, and bullets.
For the Doctor Who shirt, I kept the skull and chevrons but replaced the AKs with crossed Dalek guns. You know, the things that look like whisks. For the bullets, I decided on replacing those with the infamous sucker arm. The toilet plunger things. To accomplish this, I did it all in Flash by *cough cough* tracing *cough cough* over the skull to keep that shape. I found a typeface similar to the one used in the original to say "Dalek Club." The gun arms and suckers were created from shapes an converted to symbols for easier placement. Seen here:
I submitted this to a t-shirt screen printing company hoping they had no idea this was a Bullet Club parody shirt. However, the ONLY problem was the use of the word "Dalek." HA! So, after some adjustments, I had to add a location. Since this shirt was done for a Doctor Who con for my buddy and I to wear there, I just added the con's location: Atlanta, GA.
Turns out, that's all I needed. And below is what it looks like worn in the design proof image:
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