Shirt.Woot

Here's an idea for someone who can actually draw: I want to do a shirt with all the super-poisonous animals/bugs in Australia, but with cute faces. They'd look like like "we love you! Come hug us!" then BAM! DEATH! Maybe with a skull and crossbone thrown in over an outline of Australia. Please help yourself to this idea, as I ride the short bus to my drawing class

Spiritgreen wrote:Sweet character! I always love your lines and ideas.

I wonder if the halftone needs to be all over the croc when you have inks to spare? I get the feeling you're mimicing newsprint and that's quite a cool approach, but some folks might find it distracting.

Thanks!
At this size, it's making a really distracting pattern. Click on it to see it on flickr, where the larger sizes reveal it to be less so.
Also this is six colors. I never spare inks if I can help it.

blk909 wrote:Wouldn't the individual animals become too small if you added NZ?

Possibly - which was a primary reason for leaving it out.

Got two koalas jousting atop a kangaroo and emu. Shall try and ink up, and color by tomorrow

lyonscc wrote:
Following a similar style as my Africa design - this time with aquatic species of Australia.

Okay I'm gonna buy this! Anything with sea creatures and I want it. :D

lyonscc wrote:
Following a similar style as my Africa design - this time with aquatic species of Australia.

glad I didn't go through all the work on the same idea.......good job man!

ochopika wrote:This is the sketch of my idear.

I may do this as a daily instead because I'm not sure if it is on-topic enough for this derby. I know there are no beavers in the wild in Australia, so its the platypus that is the focus here (there are ducks in Australia, though). Is it on topic enough or should I save it?

this idea has been done on here before - I don't remember if it printed, but I think so? Like, some derby where two artists had a similar idea and one printed, the other didn't. I think one of said artists was BassAnimation, I'm sure either she or someone else can come in and fill the details :P

tl;dr it's been done before

EDIT: Yeah, patrickspens printed and Bass was in the fog.

Koalas - so loved, so cuddly and cute... so irritable. They just want to be left alone!

Spiritgreen wrote:I had an idea but the Farside already did it. :^)

I can't design crap but here's an idea for you: grab a circular sponge, squeeze it in the middle and some liquid squirts out on the bottom of the right-hand side... Australia!

jasneko wrote:Koalas - so loved, so cuddly and cute... so irritable. They just want to be left alone!

I love the mini grumpy squiggle above the joey's head!!

benjaminleebates wrote:Who comes from the land down under?

I come from the land down under :D I do!! I do!! Can't wait for this derby, I'll definitely be submitting

Here's my submission
Its called E-koalaty

I so want to own a kangaroo shirt now... i can't wait!

Well, heres mine....and yes....it is a koala....oh the shame

missmelis wrote:I love the mini grumpy squiggle above the joey's head!!

My heart.....melted. Great job! Can't wait to vote for these little grumpy gusses.

xazothia wrote:tl;dr it's been done before

Oh, good! Now I don't have to worry about it, lol. I'll probably just sit this one out :P

lyonscc wrote:
Following a similar style as my Africa design - this time with aquatic species of Australia.

Is there a whale shark in there somewhere?

I'll get this either way

jasneko wrote:Koalas - so loved, so cuddly and cute... so irritable. They just want to be left alone!

Australians hate them. They're considered pests, sort of like raccoons.

MMagieD wrote:Is there a whale shark in there somewhere?

I'll get this either way

There is one - it is not sized proportionally (obviously), but if you look in the NE portion of the island, just to the NE of the butterflyfish, I included a whale shark (it's mouth/snout is broader).

Radscoolian wrote:Here's my submission
Its called E-koalaty

I would like this so much better if the kangaroo had a happy expression so they would look like two unlikely friends enjoying playtime together.

mattcom wrote:Well, heres mine....and yes....it is a koala....oh the shame

Some bright colors would be nice, Matt.

suzer22 wrote:I would like this so much better if the kangaroo had a happy expression so they would look like two unlikely friends enjoying playtime together.

Ah, the frown totally makes the joke though. 'Roo's jealous of his bouncing talents.

@missmelis - hehe, you noticed, thanks!

@batgirl - yay, nice to hear!

@juliaL19 - The crowd is more meant to be tourists, who seem to love 'em... there was always large crowds around the koalas at animal parks cooing about their cuteness, and lines of people waiting for a turn to hold some very grumpy and reluctant koalas!

WierdBMD wrote:I will throw this idea out for grabs, but not sure if it is a pop culture reference- RISK the board game. I and everyone I know has the strategy to take Australia first adn gurantee themselves 2 armies. You can also hunker down there. Any ideas?

What a great idea! I hope you don't mind if i run with it Thank you much, great mind.

How does you make Vegemite make sense when you can't use text? My attempts just look like peanut butter sandwiches...

jorlyfish wrote:Huzzah for no pop culture references! Will be excited to see the designs for this one.

...N...O...
...K...I...D...D...I...N...G...

They really should keep the "no pop-culture" rule permanent. Also, I'd really like a "no chibi/kawaii/cute" rule, just to test the versatility of some of the more 1 dimensional designers.

I looked at some fogs 100 derbies back, and its simply night & day difference.
Where did all those artists go?

Australia has some awesome native bird species.
Probably won't have this inked and colored up until late tonight.

Draike wrote:

Australia has some awesome native bird species.
Probably won't have this inked and colored up until late tonight.

another buy. Put it on navy blue? Cranberry? Any color other than black or yellow?

cdrewlow wrote:How does you make Vegemite make sense when you can't use text? My attempts just look like peanut butter sandwiches...

Put a bottle of it, with just the pattern/color and make the vegemite dark--it's much darker than peanut butter, closer to black than tan.

Looking good Draike...I'm working on a bird one too. Still a little bit to do

Random theme for anyone who wants to run with it:

A group of wombats playing didgeridoos entitled, "Wombat Rock".

ChaosDoctor07 wrote:The "no pop culture" was pretty much an inevitability after this latest derby. The lack of restrictions on animals....Well, we'll see how that turns out. I'm just hoping to see a blue-ringed octopus shirt somewhere in the Derby.

Also, a good shark shirt would be most appreciated. I'm still disappointed Spiritgreen's "The Physical Impossibility of Death" never got printed.

And so it begins...the year of the koala! Well, derby of the koala. They are just the cutest little critters ever, though.

Hey gang here's my sub for this week.

Mavyn wrote:Put a bottle of it, with just the pattern/color and make the vegemite dark--it's much darker than peanut butter, closer to black than tan.

Thanks for the idea and color correction!

captainassassin wrote:

Also, I'd really like a "no chibi/kawaii/cute" rule, just to test the versatility of some of the more 1 dimensional designers.

I looked at some fogs 100 derbies back, and its simply night & day difference.
Where did all those artists go?

+1. I am starting to lose interest in shirt.woot because I really do not care to buy any cute animal/food shirts, and that seems to be what the vast majority of derby entries are. The ones that are less cartoon-like are always way better IMO.

...too...many...ko...a....las...

captainassassin wrote:...too...many...ko...a....las...

Well, at least they're not turbunguins ...

Draike wrote:

Australia has some awesome native bird species.
Probably won't have this inked and colored up until late tonight.

CASSOWARYYYYYYY

cassowary <3

Rough sketch of the idea I am working on. Any advice would be appreciated.