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Your coloring/texture has been so good lately.

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What she said. ^^^

BootsBoots wrote:Your coloring/texture has been so good lately.

Agreed, the doll looks great

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Thanks guys

If anyone's curious, I actually got the doll's texture by scanning an old pair of jeans, haha.

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Have any detail images? Would love to see up close how you did it.

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If that is indeed a print ready texture, then that is just simply amazing!

Rock on!

sTyLeS wrote:Have any detail images? Would love to see up close how you did it.

Sure, no problem:


It looks more complicated from far away than it is up close. I have a solid tan as the background, and a pattern of darker brown over the top to give the burlap effect. On top of that, some black halftones create shadows.

When I work with halftones, I do a couple of things that I hope make them easier to print:

- I use them in areas that also have a lot of other texture happening. This way, even if some of the smaller dots drop out or the larger ones merge a bit, it just adds to the overall grungy effect.

- I save the gradient layers as well, just leaving them turned off in Photoshop. That way if I'm a bit off in my sizing, I can just make a new set of halftones without much extra work.

Just for fun, here's that jean texture (warning: it's a bit large) if anyone wants to play around with it

geekfactor12 wrote:Sure, no problem:


It looks more complicated from far away than it is up close. I have a solid tan as the background, and a pattern of darker brown over the top to give the burlap effect. On top of that, some black halftones create shadows.

When I work with halftones, I do a couple of things that I hope make them easier to print:

- I use them in areas that also have a lot of other texture happening. This way, even if some of the smaller dots drop out or the larger ones merge a bit, it just adds to the overall grungy effect.

- I save the gradient layers as well, just leaving them turned off in Photoshop. That way if I'm a bit off in my sizing, I can just make a new set of halftones without much extra work.

Just for fun, here's that jean texture (warning: it's a bit large) if anyone wants to play around with it

That's solid! Amazing work.

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Nice.. absolutely.

geekfactor12 wrote:Sure, no problem:


It looks more complicated from far away than it is up close. I have a solid tan as the background, and a pattern of darker brown over the top to give the burlap effect. On top of that, some black halftones create shadows.

When I work with halftones, I do a couple of things that I hope make them easier to print:

- I use them in areas that also have a lot of other texture happening. This way, even if some of the smaller dots drop out or the larger ones merge a bit, it just adds to the overall grungy effect.

- I save the gradient layers as well, just leaving them turned off in Photoshop. That way if I'm a bit off in my sizing, I can just make a new set of halftones without much extra work.

Just for fun, here's that jean texture (warning: it's a bit large) if anyone wants to play around with it

Thanks for sharing your secret! It's always fun to read how other artists go through the process of creating.

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Thats freakin amazing! As others have said the texture is phenominal. thanks also for the process. It be neat to see how many of the artist do what they do. +1

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Wonderful!!!!

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This is good but what does it have to do with the Halloween topic?

be10der2me wrote:This is good but what does it have to do with the Halloween topic?

Here's what Woot asked for:
"So in preparation for Halloween we're asking you to design the greatest Halloween shirt ever. Maybe it's a shirt you can wear as your costume, maybe it's a macabre depiction of horror, or maybe it's your usual cute shiny thing stuffed into a witch's hat. Please don't let it be that last one."

My design depicts a Voodoo Doll, come to life and poised to exact revenge. This is something that also happens in horror movies, so it should be well within Woot's guidelines.

be10der2me wrote:This is good but what does it have to do with the Halloween topic?

How does it *not* fit under the stated theme?

geekfactor12 wrote:Here's what Woot asked for:
"So in preparation for Halloween we're asking you to design the greatest Halloween shirt ever. Maybe it's a shirt you can wear as your costume, maybe it's a macabre depiction of horror, or maybe it's your usual cute shiny thing stuffed into a witch's hat. Please don't let it be that last one."

My design depicts a Voodoo Doll, come to life and poised to exact revenge. This is something that also happens in horror movies, so it should be well within Woot's guidelines.

Really? I apologize but I don't see that at all. Looks like the gingerbread from Shrek with indigestion, possibly he snatched a piece from the game of LIFE and tucked it under his arm.
I really like the texture but I think you may have spent too much time on perfecting the denim/burlap effect and the rest of the art suffered.
Voodoo is a religion and I didn't think woot promoted religious persecution.
I like a lot of your work but this is one I have to pass on, I hope you understand.
Good luck with your entry and I wish you the best!

be10der2me wrote:Really? I apologize but I don't see that at all. Looks like the gingerbread from Shrek with indigestion, possibly he snatched a piece from the game of LIFE and tucked it under his arm.
I really like the texture but I think you may have spent too much time on perfecting the denim/burlap effect and the rest of the art suffered.
Voodoo is a religion and I didn't think woot promoted religious persecution.
I like a lot of your work but this is one I have to pass on, I hope you understand.
Good luck with your entry and I wish you the best!

Just want to clarify this: it's not religious persecution, at all. While the term voodoo doll references the religion, the dolls themselves are actually a folk custom not exclusive to any spiritual belief. In fact, wikipedia seems be saying it's not a real facet of Voodoo at all.

Sorry you didn't dig the style on the doll

be10der2me wrote:Voodoo is a religion and I didn't think woot promoted religious persecution.

I don't think this word means what you think it means.

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This is neat +1

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i like the texture i may use it some time... this shirt is super sweet!

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Around here, Voodoo Dolls are the latest fad for the 7-10 year olds; kids beg their parents for a "toonie" everytime they go to the grocery store to get one from the vending machine. My daughter and her friends would sooooo love to own and wear this shirt year-round!

be10der2me wrote:Really? I apologize but I don't see that at all. Looks like the gingerbread from Shrek with indigestion, possibly he snatched a piece from the game of LIFE and tucked it under his arm.
I really like the texture but I think you may have spent too much time on perfecting the denim/burlap effect and the rest of the art suffered.
Voodoo is a religion and I didn't think woot promoted religious persecution.
I like a lot of your work but this is one I have to pass on, I hope you understand.
Good luck with your entry and I wish you the best!

You have a decidedly odd take on this. Puzzling. Interesting, but puzzling.

2borX2b wrote:Around here, Voodoo Dolls are the latest fad for the 7-10 year olds; kids beg their parents for a "toonie" everytime they go to the grocery store to get one from the vending machine. My daughter and her friends would sooooo love to own and wear this shirt year-round!

Wow. I have a whole new perspective on Canadians. And it's weird.