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Re: Forgotten Grotto

A representation of Indian meditation and spiritual practices influence on the world

Detail-

Re: India Designia

really lovely!

Re: Mandala Season

Re: Mandala Season

Glad you guys love this, and thanks all for the votes

Re: Karni Rata

This big guy isn't skeered of the rodents .

Based on the rats of the Karni Mata temple. You can read about the legend here. Worshipers often bring milk and treats to the rats that roam freely in the temple.

This is probably a bit cutesy, but as a rodent lover I couldn't help myself ^^;. Ratties are the most amazing little creatures. I would love to visit the Karni Mata temple someday and roll around in the rats! <3

Enjoy!

Re: Red Panda Loves Tea

Great design Lagbert! ^__^

Red pandas are 10 x more awesome than regular pandas.

Re: Karni Rata

Wub! +1

It's simpler than your usual cartoon style but still has bags of charm. Great control of layout and colors too.

::jealous::

Spiritgreen wrote:Wub! +1

It's simpler than your usual cartoon style but still has bags of charm. Great control of layout and colors too.

::jealous::

You have no idea how much trouble the colors gave me >_<;;. I had a billion swatches and different backgrounds, etc. I have trouble with the darker colored shirts, and I have a special hate for cranberry. It seemed fitting in this case though, so I slide my hatred under the rug...for now... ^^

Thanks, SG! It must be wake time over in your area right now! Dam it's 5:30 am here...I will be zombie..

Re: Delhi Doily

Lovely patterns!

kylemittskus wrote:Paisley =/= Indian, I don't think.

Paisley comes from Indian and Persian origins. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paisley_(design).

Very pretty design, Ressa. I love the way this design represents the colorfulness displayed during Holi.

Re: Karni Rata

Love so much the style and the colors are terrific, looks so nice on the tee!

Way to go! +1

Re: Tiger's Stare

Wow, your two colors are so close to each other, I'm pretty sure that it would just look like a big red blob.

Re: Karni Rata

Awesome! Great to see the Karni rats in the derby!

Lagbert wrote:Clever concept! This is simple and attractive. One minor complaint - her arm looks broken and/or severed. I don't think her hand could get where it is considering where the upper arm and shoulder are.

Thanks for your advice! I think I will change it and do a resub. =D

Jestik wrote:so very pretty!


(just like me.)

Finally, a man with some confidence in his beauty. ;)

mixer23 wrote:Just wanted to stop by and say, although I do love your "usual" work, I always enjoy seeing something you do a bit more different and out of your comfort zone. A job well done, for sure.

My comfort zone is actually pretty wide. I once bought crack in an alley before attending a black tie affair (ok, not really, not really). Thanks, Mix!

Re: Fire Lotus

Had another idea, though it's not turning out the way I wanted. Couldn't get the flame-petals to actually look flame-like. Oh well. Would definitely love feedback on this one!

paigeg wrote:Respects on the illo.
Henna is brown.

You have shamed me. I am so dumb.

fishbiscuit5 wrote:In Urdu and Hindi the word Henna is interchangeable with the word Mehndi. Henna is the plant, not the color. It's actually a very deep orange color in it's purest form. If you apply lemon juice to the henna while it is drying on your hands, it will turn bright orange and the color will not fade for weeks. Personally, I can't stand having Henna on my hands because it is so bright and doesn't wash off. I really like the colorful artistic takes on Henna in this derby. I would rather wear it on a shirt than on my hands! :D

Yeah! That's RIGHT! ...I totally knew that all along. ;)

BootsBoots wrote:Yeah! That's RIGHT! ...I totally knew that all along. ;)

LOL, don't you hate a know-it-all like me? ;) I can't help it. Too much useless knowledge stuck in my brain!

fishbiscuit5 wrote:If you apply lemon juice to the henna while it is drying on your hands, it will turn bright orange and the color will not fade for weeks.

I wish I knew that! I once got an awesome henna tattoo that faded after a few days. Curse you, lack of lemon juice!

Re: Break Free

Wow. Beautiful. The colors, the mane, the everything is just lovely.

Re: Fire Lotus

Can't say I'm a fan of the red dots on the white outline of the petals. Maybe you should go with a solid white outline instead?

SkekTek wrote:Oh my, thanks bass! I can't tell you how hard this was to do since I've never tried to do rat silhouettes.

The silhouettes came out great. I like them even more than the white rat. They're kind of cute and creepy at the same time. Nice, very nice.

fishbiscuit5 wrote:LOL, don't you hate a know-it-all like me? ;) I can't help it. Too much useless knowledge stuck in my brain!

Not when they're backing me up. Then they're the BEST. ;)

Re: Break Free

This is a stunning design. I'm a little surprised it's not in the fog. Best of luck!

Re: Charming!

Some detail

megadog wrote:well jean-cluade you obviously dont understand spiritgreen's style of creating- there is a great sense of expression in his 'characters' and humour - something you obviously lack

erm and where are your great works of art then?

His great works of art existing or not existing doesn't change that this is:

a) not a great work of art even if it were agreed it was a well-done shirt. It's a generic and easy joke in a not-that-distinctive cartoon style

b) weakly on theme. Expression and humor are not the charge of the week. Designs inspired by India are. A peacock alone is as lazy a choice as an elephant alone, if not moreso since hardly anyone thinks "peacock" when thinking India. Does anyone really know any national birds other than POSSIBLY their own and America's bald eagle, which we shove down everyone else's throat because we're America and that's what we do? How many of us in the states know our own STATE bird? It's incredibly unimportant compared to any number of other things representative of where we are from. The entries in the fog are ludicrously over-elephanted, and there is more to Indian art than just henna, but this really is equivalent to throwing a couple veggies on the shirt and saying "this represents the many vegetarians and vegans who live on the Indian subcontinent." It may be true and it may not get rejected, but it's an incredibly weak connection compared to all the actual artistic directions one could take.

Re: Henna in a Half Shell

It's amazing how far people will go to shove pop culture where it doesn't remotely need to be. No parody, no logical link between the two items, and arguably just "the epic begins" in a different style, which in and of itself was just the TMNT origin story in a different style.

walmazan wrote:Some detail

But in the actual shirt he isn't poking his nose through the basket like that... Now I'm confused!

rs55777 wrote:Love the concept. Would have preferred the back legs in the lotus position, the bhodi OH GOD, THEY'RE WATCHING ME as background, and a little more classical rendering. I don't think that this constitutes a religious figure, so I don't think that it should be rejected.

In terms of specific religious figures, I understand the rules, and the reasons for the rules, but I have a T-shirt with Siddhartha sitting under the bhodi OH GOD, THEY'RE WATCHING ME that I bought at Target. Seems strange for a big box retailer to be more edgy than shirt.woot--although maybe it is the Amazon influence.

Alright, so why is Woot's word filter taking out the word t.r.e.e. from "bhodi t.r.e.e." and substituting "OH GOD, THEY'RE WATCHING ME" for t.r.e.e.. T.r.e.e. is indeed a four letter word, but, OK, can someone explain the joke? When did Bhodi T.R.E.E. become salty language?

jxchen wrote:

Lastly, I feel this is barely on topic. Carousels are French in origin. Without the silhouette in the background there would be nothing Indian about this image.

Probably the first thing I've ever agreed with you on. Though I do find it amazing how certain people only ever find fault with well-executed work, and never with sloppy, far less creative, and repetitive designs.

There is a similar flair for the ornate, yes, and the Taj Mahal in the background is decidedly Indian, but the concept on the whole really does feel flat on an on-topic scale, and there's a huge disconnect for me between the background and the foreground. On the one hand, I'm sure it won't be rejected, because far more flagrant offenders this and every week won't be rejected. On the other hand, I've never known woot to spare a talented artist when they can make an example out of them and ignore the worse offenders.

AdderXYU wrote:It's amazing how far people will go to shove pop culture where it doesn't remotely need to be. No parody, no logical link between the two items, and arguably just "the epic begins" in a different style, which in and of itself was just the TMNT origin story in a different style.

Re: Henna Hand-maiden (Blue version)

I really liked this color scheme a lot better than the other one so hopefully these changes are significant enough to not merit a rejection! *fingers crossed*

Re: I'll make my own stripes.

It's a gorgeous drawing, but the orange background is burning my eyes...this would be great with some more contrast in it (on light blue, maybe?). just a thought.

kcls wrote:But in the actual shirt he isn't poking his nose through the basket like that... Now I'm confused!

Sorry kcls! my fault, I used an other version for mistake, Thanks for noted!

Re: Balance of Nature

Inspired by Indian decorative panels. The design is symmetrical, but each side was drawn seperately to show greater variation of the forms, just like in nature.

Edit - Version 2 with color changes after receiving feedback is here.

Re: Karni Rata

Very nice, pleasantly charming and very wearable. GMV

Re: Henna Hand-maiden (Blue version)

I'm in like Fynn for this one GMV

Re: scribble on a clean surface

I love the design, just don't care for the purple.

Re: Windows resub

I think it would look better on a color other than black. (not red)

Re: henna hands

I love the design and the creative touch to an already popular piece of art. I don't like it on white and one of the fingers on the lower hand looks kind of funny. But otherwise, fantastic.