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Re: The Strange Musician / Five Weeks in a Balloon

love the color on this one, and the out-of-the-way mashup!

Re: THE CALL OF CTHULHU / MOBY DICK

Just loving this design. I'm a sucker for tentacles. Good three-tone color scheme.

Re: Tom Sawyer/Moby Dick

This is clever, like it!

tjost wrote:I love the droplet pattern on her dress. The black lines on the foreground characters look a little thick compared to the rest of the piece, I'm assuming it was to define the foreground? Great job, just a bit girly for my taste

Hi Tjost! Yes, it is girly to the max! It was let out the girly or not submit this week. I tried to simplify more from what I have been doing lately I thought of you as I tried to simplify.

Always LOVE advice from you, I wish it was easier for my art to appeal to the men , I am always aware of that factor. This time though, so many things were going on I went with somthing that made me happy...just like to participate, it's such a great place to grow as an artist...look at who critiques me? YOU!!! Thanks...

Re: Moby D/Twenty Thousand Leagues

The cracking on the tail bothers me because it's a mix of material, but other than that cool and fun!

tjost wrote:The colors so bright... my eyes Great job on this, my only complaint was mentioned earlier with the fact that the rainbow didn't happen untill after the flood but I'm a stickler on things like that

You are right. But I had to represent the entire story and its most important iconography in one image. If I made a story book and had multiple illustrations I would separate them out.

Or you could just pretend the waters are receding but the land happens to be outside of the picture frame?

I am a stickler for accuracy in retelling stories, too. Which is why I hesitate to watch the new Clash of the Titans. I think I will be annoyed by all the changes they made to the classical literature.

Re: alice's adventures in wonderland/Land of Oz

great 70's feel to this one.

Re: Charlotte's Web/The Lord of the Flies

pretty disturbing facial expression on the pig, love it

Re: Noah's Ark/20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

like a bag of pork rinds vomited. but in a good way ;)

Re: Resub - MobyDick/The Owl and the Pussycat

The cat's sad face cracks me up!

tjost wrote:Left to right, top to bottom
Wizard of Oz (Toto), Alice in Wonderland (Cheshire Cat), Sherlock Holmes, 20,000 Leagues (the squid), MobyDick (Ahab), Adam & Eve (the Bible), Tom Sawyer, Pride and Prejudice (Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy) Tarzan, Aesops Fables (Tortoise and the Hare), Iliad (Jason), Robin Hood.

Got this done WAAYYYY late but I liked it too much to not finish it

Definitely glad you finished it!

Re: D.QUIXOTE X FRANKENSTEIN

very dynamic! I don't think that the halftone was really necessary though...

Re: We're not in Kansas anymore...

hahah cool, i like the character styling

Re: The LIttle Mermaid/Moby Dick

nice sense of depth!

Re: 80 Days/20000 Leagues

pretty cool, I just wish there was more of an underwater vibe, maybe some bubbles?

Re: Treasure Island/ The Sign of the Spider

ok, this is pretty cool, I like the sense that the light is coming from below.

Re: Noah's Ark/20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

The colors, THE COLORS..! I love them!

Plus the drawing itself is really neat.
Nice work! clapclapclap

Re: Gulliver's Travels - Plato's Timaeus

If this was on the cover of a book, I'd have bought it! GMV!

Re: The Case Of The Porridge Eater!

haha cool....is that an asian Sherlcok?

Re: THE TELL-TALE HEART OF DARKNESS

I like that it's positioned juuust to the left... nice!

Re: 20,000 Leagues / Moby Dick Mashup

I honestly really like this one, although the eyes are a bit cartoony on the squid.

Re: Romeo and Juliet/Humpty Dumpty

Hi SnowQueen! This is just so beautiful. I love the details in her dress and the colors are so rich. I would definitely wear this!

gre9del wrote:I like that it's positioned juuust to the left... nice!

Thanks! That was an issue while designing it. I looked at some anatomy diagrams, and it seemed to me that the human heart is a lot more centered than I would have thought. But most people, including myself, believe it is off to the left. I tried to compromise and put it somewhere in the middle of what is medically accurate and what I feel is more popularly believed.

SnowQueenVT wrote:This looks nice and clean Fishbiscuits! The Dracula character has alot of appeal! I am glad he is lost, I wouldn't want to be stuck on an island with him!! Very nice and also a funny interpretation!

Thank you, SnowQueen! Hopefully Dracula will find the treasure and mean old Long John Silver can't have it.

Re: Baba Yaga - Wizard of Oz

I am a little confused about the choice to make the legs two different colors - is it related to one of the stories in some way?

Re: Noah's Ark/20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

I keep coming back to admire your use of color!

Re: 20000 Leagues/War of the Worlds

I love this interpretation so much! Want, want, want it!

Re: A Princess, A Frog, and a Pea.

I really, really, really wanted to use the velveteen rabbit in this derby. But alas... no bunnies

Re: Scheherazade's Other Tales

As an English teacher, I would definitely wear this while teaching some of the stories you have included in your fabulous design.

Really great upgrade from version one. The gravy and the peas have a great gloss to them. The shading on the potatoes is great - it gives them a great lumpy feel.

Re: [url=http://shirt.woot.com/Derby/Entry.aspx?id=41324]A Tale of 2 Cities of War

I'm really enjoying the way you colored this design. Beautiful!

Re: THE CALL OF CTHULHU / MOBY DICK

This is just too incredible for words. So much talent! I just downloaded The Call of Cthulhu for my iPhone. Can't wait to read it and get a feel for the true epicness of this shirt.

Re: Tom Sawyer/Moby Dick

The subdued colors make me think of summer. Love it! And can't wait for summer to get here now.

Spiritgreen wrote:It's a nice idea, and one where the mashup is really inviting itself rather than feeling forced - but unfortunately you're not the first person to make the connection. :-( There are similar shirts out there.

Don't take it too hard if this gets rejected. Always google your idea first to make sure it's original!

My favorite version of this shirt (that I've seen) has the verse:
I would not, could not kill a king
I would not poison anything!

Re: A Novel Idea

Wow.... superb job!

Jeanerz13 and Xazothia

Thanks for pointing that out. I made an error during my color separations. I'll get that fixed ASAP!

Thanks!

SnowQueenVT wrote:Hey, you are back!! This is a wonderful bookcase! Full of the greats and just as greatly done...love it!

(Recieved our crazy pill shirt 2 days ago , it looks awesome, I love having another example of your artwork to study just to enjoy!

Yeah I got back on Tuesday night after almost 2 weeks on the east coast with no technology My little brother called me that I won and then he wore the Crazy Pills shirt to Wondercon Comic Convention in San Fran last week and got lots of nods with it Thanks again for all those that supported that shirt! Sorry I couldn't thank you when it happened.

Jejeymccheese wrote:Just thought that I'd mention that I work in theatre (I paint scenery). And poking fun at anything shakespeare is very popular with most of us technicians. We're all so darned sick of it. Many of us are also huge Woot fans so I can prettymuch guarantee quite a few buyers if this prints!

I also work in theater(carpenter/stagehand) and have a four year old and a hubby who loves Seuss- I will totally buy 3 of these if allowed...

Re: Huck Finn / The Wizard of OZ

Wow! Thanks guys for all the votes and awesome comments!

mjc613 wrote:Bulfinch's Mythology is the classic resource for Greek myths translated into English. I am sure that there is something similar for the Norse myths. Therefore, this should be on topic.

Love the texture in the clouds.

Thanks I didn't know where to look for the title on these, I will have to take a look at that one.