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I like the concept and I was hoping at least a few people would go the gothic cathedral avenue when I read the derby theme. : ) The only minor qualm I may have with the design is that the clouds/smoke look rather opaque. Lately I've seen some neat halftone effects that help portray translucency slightly better, but if you weren't going for that look then disregard my thoughts on that! :p

Nice work and good luck!

binkdrop wrote:I like the concept and I was hoping at least a few people would go the gothic cathedral avenue when I read the derby theme. : ) The only minor qualm I may have with the design is that the clouds/smoke look rather opaque. Lately I've seen some neat halftone effects that help portray translucency slightly better, but if you weren't going for that look then disregard my thoughts on that! :p

Nice work and good luck!

Those don't look like clouds to me...it looks more like smoke...seekrit magic smoke.

binkdrop wrote:I like the concept and I was hoping at least a few people would go the gothic cathedral avenue when I read the derby theme. : ) The only minor qualm I may have with the design is that the clouds/smoke look rather opaque. Lately I've seen some neat halftone effects that help portray translucency slightly better, but if you weren't going for that look then disregard my thoughts on that! :p

Nice work and good luck!

I agree on the cloud comment. I feel as if the opaqueness draws too much attention to them and away from the towers. I love this design but I feel that the clouds should be more subtle.

JCPenelope87 wrote:I agree on the cloud comment. I feel as if the opaqueness draws too much attention to them and away from the towers. I love this design but I feel that the clouds should be more subtle.

Okay, maybe it's just me staying up too late, but it looks like smoke that's starting to coalesce into a more solid form. Just like the gargoyle is coming to life.

Really, am I the only one seeing a form in the smoke?

Or is it those danged cloud people from "air"?

Anyway GMV and I hope it prints.

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I like the clouds, actually. I think the title of the piece lends them a mysterious, supernatural quality that is enhanced by their opaqueness.

Anyways, great work as always, infinityloop.

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I love the feel of this one. Really nice illustration.

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Voted, this derby needs more gothy cathedrals and less lego buildings IMO.

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I love this one! The more I look at it, the more I pick up. I didn't notice the gargoyles when I 1st looked at it, and then when I look at the smoke, it almost looks like a dragon shape wrapping around the tower. Is the shirt black or a blue/gray?

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The cloud/smoke is a bit too chunky for my liking - looks funny on the shirt.

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this is a great design. personally if it makes the cut i'm ordering 2. thanks for creating it.

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I like the way the awakened gargoyle is holding out his hand (paw?) towards the bright star. He almost looks surprised. Or happy? In awe?

It's like things are just beginning to happen, and you know that pretty soon the other gargoyles are going to start moving, and the fog is going to get more solid, and interesting things are going to happen. And fifteen minutes from now, there will be no gargoyles or fog-creatures or anything else carved into the structure, because they will all have scampered away.

If I had to choose between this and The Candy's Not Worth It, I'd have to go with this one because it's not as seasonal. The other one I can imagine wearing around halloween, which would certainly be cool, but this one would get a lot more wear-time.

If I could have both, heh, that would be okay, too.

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Love the building and the gargoyle, but I think the smoke overpowers it. I'd love to see more of the building instead.

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Stunning design!

binkdrop wrote:I like the concept and I was hoping at least a few people would go the gothic cathedral avenue when I read the derby theme. : ) The only minor qualm I may have with the design is that the clouds/smoke look rather opaque. Lately I've seen some neat halftone effects that help portray translucency slightly better, but if you weren't going for that look then disregard my thoughts on that! :p

Nice work and good luck!

I actually prefer it without the halftones. the clouds/smoke look heavy in the air, twisting and nearly strangling the cathedral... as if something ominous was about to happen.

HalfWheat wrote:I like the way the awakened gargoyle is holding out his hand (paw?) towards the bright star. He almost looks surprised. Or happy? In awe?

It's like things are just beginning to happen, and you know that pretty soon the other gargoyles are going to start moving, and the fog is going to get more solid, and interesting things are going to happen. And fifteen minutes from now, there will be no gargoyles or fog-creatures or anything else carved into the structure, because they will all have scampered away.

JadenKale wrote:I actually prefer it without the halftones. the clouds/smoke look heavy in the air, twisting and nearly strangling the cathedral... as if something ominous was about to happen.

theinfinityloop wrote:I love that both of you see the things you mention here. Thanks for these great comments!

I also appreciate the comments about not quite liking the smoke/mist/cloud (I think I'm going to call it mist.) To be honest, I think it's a bit overpowering as well. It's just that halftones have a bad habit of annoying me. I think if I had more time to tweak this, I would add just some subtle halftones on the edge of the mist near the building to show some depth, and I might accentuate the dragonish shape of it. I have to admit though it might be fun to leave it subtle to make people give it a double take.

Anyway, thanks for all the votes and comments!

I like things like this that are open to interpretation. I can make up my own "story" for it as I please.

I'm not overly fond of the things that you only understand completely if you know the backstory on it. If it's something well known, that's fine, but I don't want to have to study sixth century poetry in the original language to understand what's printed on a tee shirt.

On the other hand, I'm unlikely to buy a shirt with a picture that needs no interpretation, unless there's some personal meaning for me. So I might wear a shirt with a Micky Mouse logo if I just came back from Disneyland, but I wouldn't go buy one in Detroit.

This one is understandable on a quick glance -- it's gothic, there's a gargoyle -- but if you keep looking, it's not just a rendering of some existing building, it's a story that's about to unfold.

I really like the mist the way it is. It's not just mist, and it's not a big honkin' dragon that would become the focus of the piece. It could just be a random mist, or five minutes ago, it might have been a dragon that is now turning into mist so it can go elsewhere. Or it could be mist gathering to become a dragon. Or maybe it's just a very strange rain cloud.

The whole thing is an event in progress, instead of just being a static snapshot of something that has no life. And that's what makes it interesting.

And since it doesn't reference anything in particular, there's no wrong interpretation. So if I see a dragon and a happy gargoyle and the next person sees smoke and a gargoyle about to burst into flames, neither of us is wrong.

Too many words for a mere tee shirt? Maybe. But this one does tell a story.

HalfWheat wrote:Too many words for a mere tee shirt? Maybe. But this one does tell a story.

Too many words are rarely a negative for me. And I'm glad you appreciate the design!

theinfinityloop wrote:Too many words are rarely a negative for me. And I'm glad you appreciate the design!

Oooh, I've got negative words, too!

It's NOT too childish
It's NOT too scary
It's NOT too cute
It's NOT too ugly
It's NOT too trendy
It's NOT too splashy
It's NOT too dull
It's NOT too generic
It's NOT too obscure
It's NOT too ...much.

Heh! Them's a lot of negatives!

Yeah, okay, I'll admit it. I really like this shirt. I'd probably buy one in a women's shirt (it would look great with jeans...) and then one in a men's size for sleeping in.

HalfWheat wrote:Yeah, okay, I'll admit it. I really like this shirt. I'd probably buy one in a women's shirt (it would look great with jeans...) and then one in a men's size for sleeping in.

Unfortunately it's NOT in the fog though, lol. Well, here's to hoping you get that chance anyways!

theinfinityloop wrote:Unfortunately it's NOT in the fog though, lol. Well, here's to hoping you get that chance anyways!

I'm hoping...It's not too far that it can't get there.

Seems to me that it's either got to get up to the fog, soon, or stay about where it is for an EC or HM since 4th place never seems to get its second chance.

Maybe if I quit watching and do something useful it will climb a little higher...

HalfWheat wrote:I'm hoping...It's not too far that it can't get there.

Seems to me that it's either got to get up to the fog, soon, or stay about where it is for an EC or HM since 4th place never seems to get its second chance.

Maybe if I quit watching and do something useful it will climb a little higher...

fourth rarely gets a second chance because the fog is normally awful.

Steamworks, which EC'd last week, was fourth in its derby, though. Bluefooted Booby got fourth in the do over and in its own derby. Some BBQ printed from fourth in its original showing. And there were a number of other 4th placers in the last do-over. But there were also a number of them that simply weren't honorable enough to mention. It stands to reason that a site that gets 1-3 wrong most weeks won't do that much better with 4th

AdderXYU wrote:fourth rarely gets a second chance because the fog is normally awful.

Steamworks, which EC'd last week, was fourth in its derby, though. Bluefooted Booby got fourth in the do over and in its own derby. Some BBQ printed from fourth in its original showing. And there were a number of other 4th placers in the last do-over. But there were also a number of them that simply weren't honorable enough to mention. It stands to reason that a site that gets 1-3 wrong most weeks won't do that much better with 4th

The ones that I'm geared up to buy immediately don't seem to find their way to the fog, anyway, so I stop paying as much attention. But the few that came in 4th that I might have been interested in were bypassed by the HMs...selective memory, I guess. I remember the ones that I wanted that didn't make it, instead of the ones I didn't care so much about that did make it.

The ones you mentioned were good choices, but just not something I'd buy and wear.

I ogle a lot more than I buy. Which is probably good, because I don't need to buy a new tee shirt every week.