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Re: Repeating 2nd Grade (Version 2!)

Hmm, I wonder if this version would still read better back on green... thanks endangeredomega!

Thanks wirdou. ^_^

Re: At the Pub

Brown one is Jerry, and the twins are Pixie and Dixie

Re: Family Portrait

Pluto can never be forgotten. I had a similar idea, but I think yours turned out much better than mine ever would have

Re: Call Me Old Fashioned...

I MUST HAVE THIS! I love the concept and the styling. Beautiful work. And I'm a cycling instructor who believes in only riding like you would on a bike outside. This is so perfect! I wish I could vote more than once, lol.

Re: Call Me Old Fashioned...

Oh and I must add that this is exactly the sort of thing that fits the "fish out of water" scenario.

Re: Family Portrait

AMAZING!

Re: uniCONE

NICE JOB!

I love it. Great design! Cleaver!

Re: Subsets of The 99%

It's going to be rejected, there's no text this week.

Re: Repeating 2nd grade (again)

(with thanks to endangeredomega and wirdou for their feedback).

Here's a final version of this idea. I am backing away from the computer now. :-)


Thanks for taking a look,
---Spiritgreen

Re: Ew and it eats snakes?

Thank you very much for the information on how you do your halftones. For me, it has been one of the hardest things to learn how to make look good at all. If you don't mind, in this entry what is the LPI on the shading?

Thanks again,

Firefrogh

ApeLad wrote:Thanks everyone, I really appreciate it!
As for whether or not he can talk to or cares about the general welfare of fish in general, I like to think of him in the olden times when he was animated quickly and cheaply in Mexico. When he and his friends lived in a big hall of justice in an undisclosed city. And big circles would come out of his head as he rode an enormous seahorse! That guy would never eat a fish.

I was going to ask if I could bear your children but now that I know you're old, ew....plus I'm a dude.

You'll have to accept an "I love all your work" response as a consolation prize.

Win !! Win !! Win !!

Re: Thwarted by a machine

This is so dark you can't really see the image. TARDIS console + Batman?? maybe...

I'm glad you tried it again with the green one (and liked the changes, specially that one on the face expression of the caterpillar in the middle). I loved both grey and green options, but there are too many grey tees in the world. Green tees are probably risky, but your color work with that background is always awesome (angrier was a great example too). I really hope this gets an HM

rochejohn wrote:I've been working awhile on this design. Hope you like it.

I would totally wear this!

Re: Tropical Penguins

But there *are* tropical penguins!

Re: Own energy

Hehe, the thumbnail made me think he was smoking, was that intentional? Love the color scheme and the strangeness of the subject is quite appealing. Well done!

Re: Square peg

I really like the idea and the expressions. Wonder if it might be more apparent if you incorporated a toddler bashing the square peg in ... would mean flipping the composition though. Also usually the pegs are different colors but I see you were trying to limit the amount of colors used so not sure it would be necessary.

Re: close friiiiend

Love the simplistic graphic quality of this, you manage to get all the necessary information across with very little detail thus making the piece very strong. Nice work!

endangeredomega wrote:I very much get a cool 'Quentin Blake' vibe from this one. Love how you seem to get so much character and story out of just a few lines.

Quentin Blake... is he the guy who illustrated a lot of Roald Dahl's books? If so that's quite the compliment and I thank you. As an animator I try and tell a larger story with every piece so I'm glad it worked

Re: Thwarted by a machine

I like the green glow but the toning is a little distracting and the piece might be more visually appealing if you left em out. Also I usually associate Batman as a tech genius so the idea doesn't come across as strongly as it could

endangeredomega wrote:This was actually explained in a recent Aquaman issue. There were plenty of raised eyebrows when Mr. Curry ordered fish off the menu in a diner, but he pointed out quite succinctly that while he can communicate telepathically with fish, it's not like they're self-aware or have anything interesting to say ...

^ This! Yeah I remember reading that part and doing a slow clap.

Re: Infinitely out of place...

beautiful, I know what you mean. Unless it's a derby like the last "watercolors" one I feel like the entries that go for the less humorous approach and go instead for beautiful get less votes. Kinda frustrating, though that has just been my observation

*edit*

TobiasAmaranth wrote:I have an odd question but... what did this look like before halftoning? How to you lay it out to create so many color blends in this manner? :O

Two important things, layers and transparency. Always separate your colors in layers, Always. And I've learned not to use colors with a 100% transparency, always start with a very low transparency like 15-25% and build your way up.

missmissa07 wrote:I'm afraid I don't understand this one . Are they ninja turtles that are looking for a fourth turtle? It seems to be using ninja turtles simply because they are known as a pop-culture phenom, not for part of the joke.

Just my two-cents. I think it is well designed and on-topic, but I just don't understand the shirt itself.

If you don't understand what's going on in this shirt, I don't think shirt.woot (or the internet for that matter) is right for you.

Re: Repeating 2nd grade (again)

Awesome and hilarious design! I like how you tell a lot about the moth character with very small visual clues such as the designs on his wings. Not sure if him stealing the apple is a necessary element though but I do see then need to balance out the image with another red element... hmmm, maybe if all the caterpillars had an apple on their desk and the moth guy had his arms crossed in a more grumpy pose?

Zagazoo wrote:Awesome and hilarious design! I like how you tell a lot about the moth character with very small visual clues such as the designs on his wings. Not sure if him stealing the apple is a necessary element though but I do see then need to balance out the image with another red element... hmmm, maybe if all the caterpillars had an apple on their desk and the moth guy had his arms crossed in a more grumpy pose?

Oh just saw that you didn't want to work on this design anymore, sorry. Maybe just food for thought for the future if you decide to come back to the design for it is a really strong piece

Re: poor pluto

I like it.

Zagazoo wrote:Oh just saw that you didn't want to work on this design anymore, sorry. Maybe just food for thought for the future if you decide to come back to the design for it is a really strong piece

Absolutely, thanks for the suggestion! Still very much appreciated. ^__^

Re: Your Shirt's Inside Out Bro

Made me laugh!

crystalrowan wrote:Oh and I must add that this is exactly the sort of thing that fits the "fish out of water" scenario.

I agree, I like a lot of other designs but I think this is one of the best representations of the theme.

Re: 20001: Leagues Above The Clouds

Amazing work guys!

Re: Wrong Lion!

loveeee

Re: close friiiiend

I'd buy this in a heartbeat. Cute without being too cute, clever with just enough detail, and to top it all off it's on a green shirt!

Mekora wrote:Sure it does! The badger (hufflepuff) which is usually known for their gentle/good-natured side is killing the snake (slytherin) It also references to Honey badgers which is just awesome!

Something that you like doesn't make this on topic. As to your first argument, that's not "Fish Out of Water" or something that doesn't belong. It's something acting outside of its normal. Not the same thing.

And we have no way of knowing that this is the honey badger don't care meme since it's a Harry Potter reference. And let's say that it is that meme; it makes even less sense.

leevijeans wrote:its connection to the theme is the actual animal, the honey badger: an aggressive animal that eats other predators like venomous snakes unlike other animals that just hunt things that don't bite back. i'm assuming the hogwarts theme was just added to give it more entertainment value since both the badger and snake happen to be hogwarts mascots.

The shirt is a Harry Potter shirt, so all four of them belong. Not one of them is the fish out of water. The Harry Potter theme is the shirt, it's not just an added afterthought. I have no idea what the first thing you're trying to say means. The badger is the fish out of water because it eats other animals? Lions don't? Snakes don't? Or the badger eats things that bite back so it's different? What the hell are you talking about?!

Re: Ew and it eats snakes?

I'm not sure what everyone is complaining about. It makes complete sense. The hufflepuff which is a badger, is eating what most people think would be gross. So yeah, lions eat other animals as well as snakes. Its just unusual and awkward that it is eating another hogwarts crest...which I think is awkward. Your argument of saying this shirt doesn't make sense is not valid.

I think this shirt is clever and I think the artist put a lot of work into it. If you don't like it, then don't vote for it. Don't waste everyone's time by writing a lengthy comment about how this shirt doesn't make sense.

Re: Science Kills Magic

Well, for those of you who live in fantasy world, you can forget about unicorns and elves because science has killed them all...

Re: They're too Short

+1! I'd say in for 1, but that'd be a lie...don't plan on spending $12 on a tshirt...maybe I can get it in a random shirt day tho!