Shakespeare was a dramatic guy, so here is a dramatic design:

The Players:

Drakxxx : Drawing
CrescentDebris: Colors

Also, special thanks to leelaaa for helping me fine tune the composition.

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DETAIL 4:


Thanks as always.

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YAY, I get to be first vote on this. (Hopefully first of many to come.) Great work as ever, guys.

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I love it, i just wish it had a more varied color scheme. I would have loved to see more greens and yellows along with the blue.

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I love how this turned out. Another great work guys. GMV and good luck.

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once again amazing work drak!

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Gorgeous work. I'd pick this up in a heartbeat.

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Wonderful work, guys! This has so many awesome bits of Shakespeare, really pleasing to just about any fan. Great composition and color work!

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You guys make a good team. Very high quality halftoning here!

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You guys are so amazing.
I hope Cresent gets credit for his amazing work this time.
The halftone work is an absolute masterwork.
Drakxxx I was watching and hoping to see another of your magical drawings for this derby!!

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You two never disappoint! Great job to both of you. This is a very powerful piece.

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El duo dinamico!

Great work like always!

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Beautiful, just gorgeous work. Who is detail #4 supposed to be? Any female heroine in particular?

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Sweet moody colors and crazy details.

GMV.

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Very cool, and I love the colors!

lovethatfusion wrote:Beautiful, just gorgeous work. Who is detail #4 supposed to be? Any female heroine in particular?

My guess is Ophelia, as she looks like she's falling into water

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You two really wow me. Great line work, exquisite coloring, superb detail, and it even tells a story!


wishing, hoping, wanting.

voting.

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Beautiful, as always!

I'm ready to buy this, right now. :P

You two did an exquisite job yet again. Really fantastic and I love that it's on a blue shirt. It just makes it nice and kinda moody.

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nice work guys!

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This is really nice. I like the feeling of this design; also, I think this works well on a blue shirt. Might be one of the only blue shirts I'd wear.

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I had such high hopes for this derby. Like, really high and nothing. Then this popped up. Voted. Want. Now!

I kinda love this derby a lot. Good choice, Woot.

I definitely plan on ordering this one. I love the color, the style, the content.

I love everything about it, except that I currently do not own it. Let's get this on a Shirt!!

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Are those the "weird sisters"/witches in Macbeth?

sterno wrote:Are those the "weird sisters"/witches in Macbeth?

Yes, thats the witches up top. here is a diagram of the characters that are in the design:

The artwork and composition are absolutely stunning, and combined with the delicate and moody colors, this design is nothing short of masterpiece. You both should take a well deserved bow.

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I hope they print this one. It's beautiful. I get tired of Shirt.Woot overlooking great artwork for some hipster trash or supposedly clever(yet usually ugly) design. I would've bought all your shirts so far if they would have printed half of them.

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You guys are like the wonder twins, POWER ACTIVATE

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I had wondered if CrescentDebris colored this. I had debated if it was he or CMDixon who helped out on this. Great job you two.

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Love it exactly how it is! Great job!

I'm pretty sure this violates "No Woman, No Cry" lol

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U2 rock, as always. Still would have liked to see a color transition to enhance the characters, from cool(Hamlet, Ophelia) to warm (MacBeth's Witches - deep reds to maintain the overall feel). Subtle greens between for AMND with Botoom and Puck. JMHO.
I do love the way U 2 work together, tho...

paigeg wrote:U2 rock, as always. Still would have liked to see a color transition to enhance the characters, from cool(Hamlet, Ophelia) to warm (MacBeth's Witches - deep reds to maintain the overall feel). Subtle greens between for AMND with Botoom and Puck. JMHO.
I do love the way U 2 work together, tho...

Achtung Baby is definitely a classic album. Everyone goes nuts over "One", but I happen to think that "Ultraviolet (Light My Way)" is the best song. But really, there isn't a weak link on that entire record. Not sure how they contributed to this shirt, though. :P

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I've been out of town so here's my late (and overly long) reply.

Thanks a lot everyone! Drakxxx and I both spend a long time on these so it's always nice to read these comments.

I had another version on (an unnamed color so no one cries ) that was a little more diverse in the colors as some have mentioned and it looked really cool. We both liked it and were settled that it would in fact be awesome. But after I sent him the file, I had second thoughts about it which usually means its going to bug me unmercifully for a week if I don't do something about it. So I made a few changes and sent this version and just said it to pick whichever he preferred.

I'm very rarely undecided on a color after I really get a good start but sometimes its a toss up and I honestly hate to preview different colors in the threads because then some people get set on one color and are disappointed when you post another, so I just get him to pick if I'm torn between different ones.

I really like both versions but I think this one is better for a shirt and when I woke up to check, I was hoping he submitted on blue.

Thanks again everyone!

CrescentDebris wrote:I've been out of town so here's my late (and overly long) reply.

Thanks a lot everyone! Drakxxx and I both spend a long time on these so it's always nice to read these comments.

I had another version on (an unnamed color so no one cries ) that was a little more diverse in the colors as some have mentioned and it looked really cool. We both liked it and were settled that it would in fact be awesome. But after I sent him the file, I had second thoughts about it which usually means its going to bug me unmercifully for a week if I don't do something about it. So I made a few changes and sent this version and just said it to pick whichever he preferred.

I'm very rarely undecided on a color after I really get a good start but sometimes its a toss up and I honestly hate to preview different colors in the threads because then some people get set on one color and are disappointed when you post another, so I just get him to pick if I'm torn between different ones.

I really like both versions but I think this one is better for a shirt and when I woke up to check, I was hoping he submitted on blue.

Thanks again everyone!

Welcome back, and just as a quick note, I want to say I'm glad you chose blue. I really think that accentuates the morbidness in most of those stories as well as the heart wrenching misery that they had to go through. It brings the night together in a peaceful way, the calm before the storm.
I honestly think if you had chosen a different color, it would not easily be one of my favorites. Nice job! Keep it up!

As always you guys do amazing work. My only qualm with your designs is that they seem to have a lot of things going on in a small area and it seems a bit busy for my taste. My favorite designs of yours are the ones that have the awesome intricate detail I've come to expect but have a sort of simple subtlety to them.

Either way the artwork is amazing, I guess I just find myself wanting them on a poster rather than a tee half the time. I really hope you don't take that negatively, its purely a personal preference. I have never had anything but praise for the designs from either of you. Vote is definitely cast.

If this doesn't get printed tomorrow I give up on shirt.woot

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If this doesn't print tomorrow, I'm done with shirt.woot

DO WANT!

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If this would have won, I totally would have bought it. Darn...

foreverjuliet wrote:If this would have won, I totally would have bought it. Darn...

Yeah, I really wanted one for my department chair as this represents his favorite Shakespeare plays (except for Lear but I think he'd be okay with it). I so wish this would have won.