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Anyone for artsy? How 'bout "this shirt"?

Thanks for looking!

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Hooray! Fine art instead of cartoons! I love graphic/abstract designs, this would look fabulous as a 2'x3' poster in a simple black frame. If I can't have that, I would proudly wear this on a tshirt.

btw, I love how you avoided using gradients.

redghia69 wrote:this shirt

Anyone for artsy? How 'bout "this shirt"?

That would be me. Love it.

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Wonderful!

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beautiful, simply beautiful.

your artwork is gorgeous! you've gmv, and I think this would make a beautiful print as well as a t-shirt

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I love this one. I question how it deals with home though...

wreckoning wrote:I love this one. I question how it deals with home though...

it's a bird's nest.. nicely done too.

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Absolutely beautiful, and really different than the normal designs on here. GMV

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Redghia, this is beautiful and actually looks awesome on cream because of the colors imo. I love how the elements are all there, just abstracted. It makes a gorgeous design. Congrats on more great work!
Loving the textures.

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Beautiful!

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I really like this!

toe2254 wrote:it's a bird's nest.. nicely done too.

Ah okay, can't see how I didn't notice that.
Well I voted for it. Nicely done.

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Very nice work. I would really appreciate it if you could tell me a little about your method for creating this? Did you draw and color each line individually? Or do you have a more efficient method? What application did you use? Did you use a mouse or a tablet?

Very nice effect. GMV.

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More of this please. Much more.

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Beautiful! Very nice. I'm in for one!

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nice, got my vote.

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Redghia you have so many cool art styles.

redghia69 wrote:this shirt

Anyone for artsy? How 'bout "this shirt"?

Wow... great stuff! I love artsy. :-)

I’ve been out enjoying the weather most of the day. I even went fishing for a while. It was sure nice to come back and find this shirt doing so well, and all the nice comments. Please accept a great big collective thank you.

There was a question about technique above, which I will get back to. In the mean time, I’m just really happy to see an art shirt (er, this shirt) do so well! Thanks!

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Wow, this is awesome

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put this on a cream-colored shirt and i'm there.

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Genius use of color!!!

Love the cubist nest!

Wow!

I've been so bored with Woot shirts of late. This one should be in the fog!!!!

Jemmacakes wrote:Genius use of color!!!

Love the cubist nest!

Wow!

I've been so bored with Woot shirts of late. This one should be in the fog!!!!

I agree completely. It's been over a month since I've seen a shirt I really liked. This is a great digress from the typical obviously-made-in-illustrator look.

oelschlegel wrote:put this on a cream-colored shirt and i'm there.

This is on a creme coloured shirt.

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Great design. Nice change from the usual. GMV.

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Wow! Very cool.

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Really neat design! GMV for sure, keep this up!

redghia69 wrote:this shirt

Anyone for artsy? How 'bout "this shirt"?

FINALLY!!!! I hate the stupid joke tees!

ilovethevalley wrote:I agree completely. It's been over a month since I've seen a shirt I really liked. This is a great digress from the typical obviously-made-in-illustrator look.

It's like you guys are echoing what I've been thinking. Which I know is a brilliant thing to post but it's still true. :D

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This has some awesome textures/effects. Got my vote.

redghia69 wrote:this shirt

Anyone for artsy? How 'bout "this shirt"?

Yes - a trend toward art is welcomed!

Thanks everyone for the votes and comments. I don't know if this one has what it takes or not -- but if it does, it looks like it will be close! Please vote if you like it!

redghia69 wrote:

I’ve been out enjoying the weather most of the day. I even went fishing for a while. It was sure nice to come back and find this shirt doing so well, and all the nice comments. Please accept a great big collective thank you.

There was a question about technique above, which I will get back to. In the mean time, I’m just really happy to see an art shirt (er, this shirt) do so well! Thanks!

Hi redghia. Glad to see this making fast tracks for the fog.

Would still much appreciate a bit of info and insight into the technique. Thanks. And good luck.

donr0217 wrote:Hi redghia. Glad to see this making fast tracks for the fog.

Would still much appreciate a bit of info and insight into the technique. Thanks. And good luck.

he gave some insight elsewhere, but I don't know what happened to the post.

donr0217 wrote:Hi redghia. Glad to see this making fast tracks for the fog.

Would still much appreciate a bit of info and insight into the technique. Thanks. And good luck.

Heh, I do have my fingers crossed for the fog, and it's moving in the right direction. Vote for the cubist bird shirt -- pass it on.

I just pm'd you with info a few minutes ago. (Check for messages upper left on any forum page.) It got long for this thread. [edit: Sorry Adder -- it was long, and no one seemed to care.] I'll send the notes to anyone that wants them -- if there are more than a couple, I'll post it in another thread. Bottom line -- experiment. Good luck!

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Very cool, unique and wearable. Great job Redghia!

redghia69 wrote:Heh, I do have my fingers crossed for the fog, and it's moving in the right direction. Vote for the cubist bird shirt -- pass it on.

I just pm'd you with info a few minutes ago. (Check for messages upper left on any forum page.) It got long for this thread. [edit: Sorry Adder -- it was long, and no one seemed to care.] I'll send the notes to anyone that wants them -- if there are more than a couple, I'll post it in another thread. Bottom line -- experiment. Good luck!

Better to keep it here and be ignored than have people looking for it. I think it was an interesting read, and might make people appreciate the art more if it's up for all to see.

About "this shirt"....


I posted this (responding to donr0217) before, but all the great comments about the actual design that’s up for voting stopped, and I missed them. It was also a big-old post that seemed out of place here. Of course now, there’s the question about “where did the post go”.... And my plan was to stay away from the forums this week. Can’t win. Oh -- but maybe the shirt can -- don’t forget to vote! ;)

If you find this interesting or helpful, or have questions, please just leave a new comment rather than replying to this whole thing. Thanks....

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This design started as a pencil sketch of the framework, about 8x10, which I scanned in and drew over in Corel Draw (a vector drawing program) so I could be precise with all the parallel lines.

The red lines (going all the way to the edges) were added to allow me to use the magic wand to select the outside areas, which were otherwise unbound. I exported that as an .ai file (still vector based) and opened it in PhotoShop at 16x20, 300dpi, anti-aliased unchecked. (I hadn’t noticed the “anti-aliased” checkbox before. Good to know.)

The rest was about selecting each cell and painting inside them, which I did one at a time. Some cells took a few tries to get the right color combination. The outside cells (where most of the green is, and where I was trying to suggest “tree” or at least leafiness) were painted individually and later en-masse, with the thought of bringing them together a little more.

For the painting itself, I created a “brush” from another shape I made in Corel Draw

and set up some randomization of placement (“Scattering” under “Brushes” in PhotoShop) to keep it from being too “perfect”. I used a tablet to do the painting -- a tablet wasn’t exactly necessary for this design, but it was of course nice to have, and I used the pressure sensitivity to control the size of the lines. (Another brush setting was used to keep the lines from getting too small -- woot won’t guarantee a line under 4-5 pixels at 300 dpi will print.)

That was the method, but there was more experimentation. My first attempt at this design had the paint lines following the angles of the framework, but it was really hard to make out what the picture was supposed to be. I didn’t even keep a copy. It took a little more experimentation before I realized horizontal paint alone was going to work the best.

I hope that proves insightful!

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so very different and cool : ) always enjoy seeing your entries

redghia69 wrote:this shirt

I'm extremely happy this made the fog. If it didn't I think I was going to lose a lot of faith and interest in woot.

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Really nice. It's great to see something unique and see people responding to it!


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Thanks very much for sharing the info on method/technique. Very interesting. If I follow you correctly, you really did draw most of the horizontal lines one-by-one!?!

In any case, it does give me some new things to play with, though I know more about Illustrator than Photoshop...but far from enough about either.

And congratulations on reaching the fog! GL.

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Omgosh, I have been so busy that I haven't had a chance to look at the derby lately, but, I have been hoping somehow this could reach the fog! Just got home and so excited to see it. This is an awesome fog! I am also in love with kdeuce's giant peach which rocks my world. Even just the tree alone is perfection on that shirt. Some of the best art I've seen. I also love sokowa's and beefy's so I will have to hope for a tie because I love them all. Congrats redghia. This piece is truly innovative and stunning. Brilliant.

donr0217 wrote:Thanks very much for sharing the info on method/technique. Very interesting. If I follow you correctly, you really did draw most of the horizontal lines one-by-one!?!

In any case, it does give me some new things to play with, though I know more about Illustrator than Photoshop...but far from enough about either.

And congratulations on reaching the fog! GL.

Ah, I forgot to mention the "Spacing" checkbox under Brushes/Brush Tip Shape. Some of the lines were placed individually, not most. You'll see when you try it.

Fogged for a time, 5th now, but things have been moving in the right direction -- no reason to stop now!

heartluce wrote:Omgosh, I have been so busy that I haven't had a chance to look at the derby lately, but, I have been hoping somehow this could reach the fog! Just got home and so excited to see it. This is an awesome fog! I am also in love with kdeuce's giant peach which rocks my world. Even just the tree alone is perfection on that shirt. Some of the best art I've seen. I also love sokowa's and beefy's so I will have to hope for a tie because I love them all. Congrats redghia. This piece is truly innovative and stunning. Brilliant.

Thanks heartluce! Looks like I'm riding the edge of the fog right now, but it's looking good. Ooh--fogged again! *happy dance*

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wooHOO!! In the fog!

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SOMETHING NEW AND ORIGINAL, THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!! WOOT!

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I'm totally buying this. I have to agree with a few of the previous posts, there haven't been a lot of woot shirts in the past month that were quite my taste, but this shirt rocks. Very nicely done, best of luck in the fog.

This design is a real standout among all the entries. It's like a shirt one would buy in an art museum store. GMV.

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Wow! This is such a change of pace for this site! A nice one, too. =D

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Love it! Absolutely love it! I'm a pushover for bird designs, anyway, but the style of this one just makes my heart go pittypat. Got my vote and soon Woot will get my 10 bucks!

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Wow, that's just too cool!

Amazing work, redghia!

Looks like something DBH would sell for $23.. might have to pick it up for $10..

Forever thanks for the comments and votes. This has turned into something of a dream thread. I’m really happy to see the response on what is essentially art for art’s sake. I figured I was taking a chance here, as I bailed part-way through a more derby-typical design to do this one. Sometimes things just work out! I look forward to seeing what the response is on the buying side if this can grab and hold onto one of the top spots....

wizard7926 wrote:Amazing work, redghia!

Looks like something DBH would sell for $23.. might have to pick it up for $10..

I agree! Very beautiful design. I can see this staying up at the top of the reckoning for a long time to come.

JustAmy wrote:Love it! Absolutely love it! I'm a pushover for bird designs, anyway, but the style of this one just makes my heart go pittypat. Got my vote and soon Woot will get my 10 bucks!

I agree! I look forward to wearing this shirt.

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At first glance I wasn't very fond of this. Sure, I recognize that it is very well done and is finally something outside the norm, but it wasn't really my taste. But the more I see it the more I like it. And now it's got my vote.

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RedGhia! YAY for getting an abstract cubist design in the fog. This is gorgeous. Works great on a shirt.....and equally beautiful framed under glass. Glad you were able to strike a chord with the voters. Hope you don't mind if I link to your design in my sig. I'm rooting for you!

Love the 'painterly feel' of Sokowa's lighthouse too. Currently visiting family on an island, so I'm sure there would be lots of folks around here loving the lighthouse design. I'll try to gather votes for both of you!

Good luck to all the foggers and nearby contenders. Another great week of designs!

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go go Ghia!

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Never been a fan of cubistish, abstract stuff... until now.

I will insta-buy this shirt when it wins.

This is a shirt I will stay up till 1am to buy. Very unique, very wearable. Not like some of the other designs; which are good, but I would never wear them in public.

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Really hope to get a chance to buy this awesome summer shirt. Good luck!

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Redghia: Really sorry this didn't quite make it. So close. Perhaps shirt.woot! will pick this up for a daily. Or I'm sure you can get it printed elsewhere quite successfully.

Congrats on a great run and thanks for taking things in a very different direction than the norm. It's inspiring and will hopefully motivate others to step outside the typical shirt.woot! box. Unfortunately, I think the next derby theme ("Bugs") is going to drive a lot more cartoonish and alien/robot/monster-meme shirts.

I look forward to seeing more great work from you here in the derbies to come.

donr0217 wrote:Redghia: Really sorry this didn't quite make it. So close. Perhaps shirt.woot! will pick this up for a daily. Or I'm sure you can get it printed elsewhere quite successfully.

Congrats on a great run and thanks for taking things in a very different direction than the norm. It's inspiring and will hopefully motivate others to step outside the typical shirt.woot! box. Unfortunately, I think the next derby theme ("Bugs") is going to drive a lot more cartoonish and alien/robot/monster-meme shirts.

I look forward to seeing more great work from you here in the derbies to come.

Oh wow, I did NOT see this happening. . .
I just figured rodentia and lighthouse would just bounce back and forth until the end.
I love this shirt and do hope it gets printed somehow.

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Every now and then a design comes along showing something you don't quite expect. It's out of the normal Woot mainstream. This is one of them. I also am sorry it got bounced out- there truly haven't been any shirts quite like this before IMO... it's got to come back for the redo.

So sorry to see this one didn't make it to the top 3. I was away all day and just now noticed the final four. Sorry RG! It's a great design. I hope Woot will choose it for their "best of" derby...or that you will choose to print it elsewhere.

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aw, bummer. I was so hoping this would make it. So close!
I hope you print it somewhere. I for one would buy it. Better luck next time!

I cannot tell you how pissed I was when I saw you got knocked out of the fog by some stupid squirrels. I have been very disappointed with woot shirt lately. Haven't bought anything for more than a month.

sokowa wrote:Oh wow, I did NOT see this happening. . .
I just figured rodentia and lighthouse would just bounce back and forth until the end.
I love this shirt and do hope it gets printed somehow.

This is criminal, such an arty wonderful shirt not in the fog. The irony is that the designs that win will be one-week wonders, then reckoned into oblivion--whereas this one probably would have lasted for awhile. No justice.

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Definitely disappointed. Not much else to say.

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HOW DID THIS NOT WIN?!?!?!?! I LOVE THIS SHIRT!!!!!

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HOW DID THIS NOT WIN?!?!?!?! I LOVE THIS SHIRT!!!!!

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If this shirt ever comes up for sale somewhere, I will buy it. So sorry it didn't win, it should have been number one.

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Thanks to the lot of you that came by with condolences on this shirt. It got an HM, so there will be another chance to see if it can win....