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kevlar51 wrote:

Here's what I'm working with. Critiques requested.

Thanks!

I really like the roughness of it and the use of only a few colors. I'd like to see the design be a little smaller on the shirt. I think that'd be more wearable. Maybe add a few more tinier stars to fill it out some more too.
(I know most people around here seem to like having the design cover the entire shirt but this causes wraparound problems on some of us chicks.)

thanks for the comments, here's what i did last night (pre-feedback):

zosai wrote:Finished! Thanks for the suggestions everyone.

Wow, it's impressive how much better that looks with the moon. nicely done.

midgerock wrote:here's where I am at...
feedback very welcomed.

I also am a little confused by the middle guy. Actually, I have a hard time connecting all of them to the pilot look he's sporting. I'd almost like one of them to be in a futuristic plane or something. But I do like the design overall and like how you colored it.

LunarKreskents wrote:I've never submitted anything before and feel like I barely know what I'm doing, haha, but this is my work in progress. Thoughts?

I'm mildly intrigued, but mostly confused. Is the woman giving birth to the stars?

odysseyroc wrote:Funny thing, my first idea was hot air balloons in space. I started to sketch it out, then ended up scrapping it.

Ooooo... I don't think that should have been scrapped. It's quite lovely.

artulo wrote:giant galaxy

not sure this is any good?

thanks

I like this quite a bit, actually a lot more than I would think if someone would describe it verbally. I would definitely keep the earth, but maybe as someone else suggested muting it down would decrease the tremendous contrast.

anjulka wrote:Ooooo... I don't think that should have been scrapped. It's quite lovely.

maybe I'll finish that one too then.

kevlar51 wrote:thanks for the comments, here's what i did last night (pre-feedback):

oh! I didn't realize he was catching the stars. Maybe make the bag hanging off the balloon glow a little from the inside like there are already stars in there? I think I might move the balloon a little closer to the center so it's not quite on the edge but still off-center

suzer22 wrote:STUNNING! Excellent changes.

anjulka wrote:Wow, it's impressive how much better that looks with the moon. nicely done.

Thanks!

odysseyroc wrote:maybe I'll finish that one too then.

yeah, that would be awesome!

anjulka wrote:I'm mildly intrigued, but mostly confused. Is the woman giving birth to the stars?

Haha no, it is supposed to be a dress. I think it will be more evident with color and maybe when the lines are more finished, although the unfinished lines don't involve that part. hmmm..

DianaSprinkle wrote:Ha ha! I actually finished my shirt design early. I decided to do a design with Sirius, the dog star, playing fetch with the earth.

Let me know what you guys think.



I have another design I want to do that's more um... Star Trek inspired. Not sure if I'll get time to do it or not.

LOVE! If this prints, I'm definitely getting one for my aunt too. I'm looking forward to seeing the leg changes. Hopefully you did change the tail as well? It keeps making me think wolf. Maybe tone down the smile just a smidgeon as well? I know that dogs smile, but maybe just the tiniest hint less.

Guys, What do you think? I not sure about it

Good luck everyone!

kevlar51 wrote:There's some sort of random scribbling in the upper right hand corner

Looks like an unfinished star.

odysseyroc wrote:Funny thing, my first idea was hot air balloons in space. I started to sketch it out, then ended up scrapping it.

I actually like this more - just as it is - than either of the other two that you've posted in this thread. The colors are excellent! And I like the sketchiness.

megsck wrote:really nice, the stars look great, and i love his shoes, i put cons on everything haha

EDIT: now that im looking at it more i dont really know what the middle one is, is it a snow boarder? or a surfer? i think its the helmet throwing me off, or its just something im not familar with which is very possible =)

I was kind of trying to reference silver surfer but w/o the copyright mumbo jumbo. and that's a helmet because I imagine surfing through asteroid belts can cause head trauma.

walmazan wrote:Guys, What do you think? I not sure about it

Good luck everyone!

Looks great but I would maybe broaden the space between star and jump point. I like the face on the star more. Gives it your stamp!

I rarely have anything done early enough to post in here! What do we think about this...

midgerock wrote:Looks great but I would maybe broaden the space between star and jump point. I like the face on the star more. Gives it your stamp!

Thanks midgerock! you are so nice!

kevlar51 wrote:

Same here, I thought the balloon was an alien head. Maybe the balloon needs to be a little bigger compared to the basket? Or the lines positioned a little differently? right now the lines sort of give the impression of eyes.

Thanks for the input so far! Here's where i am:

shan24 wrote:Same here, I thought the balloon was an alien head. Maybe the balloon needs to be a little bigger compared to the basket? Or the lines positioned a little differently? right now the lines sort of give the impression of eyes.

ohhhhhhh now I see the alien head.

hmmm. I'll think of something.

walmazan wrote:Guys, What do you think? I not sure about it

Good luck everyone!

Awesome, Walmazan! I like both versions a lot. You might actually try both and see which one people respond to more.

Your characters are always my favorite, W!

bassanimation wrote:Awesome, Walmazan! I like both versions a lot. You might actually try both and see which one people respond to more.

Your characters are always my favorite, W!

Thanks bassa!

OK, here's some new edits. Bigger balloon and more ropes in an attempt to make it more balloon like:

kevlar51 wrote:OK, here's some new edits. Bigger balloon and more ropes in an attempt to make it more balloon like:

I'd get rid of the large star. It takes focus away from your main subject: the star poacher. I'd then add more smaller stars and more variation between their sizes.

thanks for the comments and critique. I've toned the earth down a bit. Hope I didn't overwork this.

walmazan wrote:Guys, What do you think? I not sure about it

Good luck everyone!

I like the one with the face more, but I will buy either. :D

kevlar51 wrote:OK, here's some new edits. Bigger balloon and more ropes in an attempt to make it more balloon like:

rhochstrasser wrote:I'd get rid of the large star. It takes focus away from your main subject: the star poacher. I'd then add more smaller stars and more variation between their sizes.

here's a variation of this idea instead of having the big star off in the distance shining why not have the balloon brought more to the middle of the shirt or to the left or right, bigger, and have it over lap the shining star using negative space to outline and I would also add some more star with variant sizes as rhochstrasser offered.

noblehappenstance wrote:Here is what I worked up for this week, the science behind shooting stars now brought to light!

facial expressions are perfect!!!

Maybe someone can make a shirt making fun of the new horoscope sign (Ophiuchus) that has put all other 12 off kilter?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiuchus_(astrology)

Ok due to low (read: no) response LOL and the fact that I looked again at my design in a different light, I removed the stars from the eyes and made the skull a little more defined around the edges. Any better?

bassanimation wrote:Its funny but Im afraid Woot would reject it ^^;. That whole 'keep it classy, internet' thing is a hard one to wiggle around.

It might not get rejected, I did one for Derby #99: the Sun it was called Sol the gassy yellow dwarf. I got 6 votes and placed 214th place. Most of my comments were fart joke don't go over big on Woot.


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midgerock wrote:I'm not sure about this design. I have seen it reposted for feedback but I keep seing an alien head from behind. The people look antenae I wonder if you change their color if that would help of maybe add some detail to them and world or possible make them the shirt color with the surrounding color the ink... just some thoughts.

Hmmm. Well honestly I don't really mind if that's what it looks like at first (kind of like a new way to see it!), but anyway does this help? (changing the color of the people). I didn't want to add too much detail to them or the world, thought it might take away from the mood and style.... though I'll experiment a little.

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how about a scared look on the star?

shan24 wrote:
I rarely have anything done early enough to post in here! What do we think about this...

ominous!

zosai wrote:here's what I started working on. what do you think? too cheesy? too potentially gender specific? too plain?

the compositional plan is to make it appear that you are looking straight up through a clearing in the forest to the sky with these folks in the middle.

WOW. Love it just as is.

rhochstrasser wrote:I'd get rid of the large star. It takes focus away from your main subject: the star poacher. I'd then add more smaller stars and more variation between their sizes.

I opted to leave it in--that's the destination

thatrobert wrote:As long as they are giant balls of fiery gas.

sweet, so that would include most hollywood then