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Jeez I would have loved this on another color. Still, I knew you would rock this derby.

You did it again. So amazing! Seconding that a different color might suit it better, but I still love it.

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Damn, dude! I'm not a fan of white either, but I have GOT to have this if it prints (which I will encourage with my vote). I may just frame it and hang it on the wall.

How in the world did you do this in such a short amount of time? Consider me amazed. Beautiful.
(Perfect title, too.)

paigeg wrote:Damn, dude! I'm not a fan of white either, but I have GOT to have this if it prints (which I will encourage with my vote). I may just frame it and hang it on the wall.

damn dude thats a great idea!

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Absolutely beautiful. I think I'd like a little more on lemon, but it really pops off the white.

You seriously need to do an extended tutorial for stuff like this. I can paint this sort of thing in real watercolor, but I can never get my halftones to mesh as beautifully as this.

Draike wrote:Absolutely beautiful. I think I'd like a little more on lemon, but it really pops off the white.

I was thinking blue myself, for the water effect. But yes, this really pops on the white! Probably one of the few white shirts I'd consider

I think you made the right aesthetic choice with the white; I can't imagine that the highlights would look as great on any other base.

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mad props dude! this is really amazing

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Amazing work.

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Man, you really are the master. This is so gorgeous.

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I just love fish and this design has such beautiful and vivid colors with such great flow to the design!

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Sir,

you need to write a book on your halftones. I struggle to understand anything i read on how to use them or create them so fluidly, as you show every week.

Awesome!

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Oh, I would LOVE this as a poster! Still, I will vote and, most likely, purchase it as a shirt

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Absolutely beautiful.

Please....another color shirt....Please? anythng but white.

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Very pretty. I like the play on words too. GMV.

I LOVE THIS! And I'm glad you put it on white! There haven't been many white shirts on woot and I'm definitely lacking on white shirts. Great color choices as well! It gives off a very happy tone yet calm at the same time.

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Beautiful! GMV +1

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Hope you win, I'm gonna definitely buy it.

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I need to own this shirt.

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I am completely infatuated with this design!

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My hubby just informed me we don't have wall space for me to frame this tee design. Pishaw. I will have this, and I DO have room in a couple places to frame and hang it.

Koi would be gorgeous on the yellow shirts.

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Oh Gosh, I desperately want this as a shirt. I have an obsession with Koi. I have 11 of them in a hundred gallon tank in my living room. The biggest is a foot long. I plan on putting them in a pond eventually.

It's hard finding a nice Koi design. Usually they're all the tattoo style, and while I don't have a problem with that, it's nice to have variety.

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Beautiful as always Patrick! Love the Koi!

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• Congratulations on winning a Best Loser Award!
  
• This is not SPAM.
  
• Winning a BLA does NOT mean this shirt won't print -- I'm hoping it does.
  
• Your one and only gift is this crappy little badge in your shirt thread. Enjoy.
  
• We'll kiss the first of a million kisses and let the past fall away.
  

Draike wrote:Absolutely beautiful. I think I'd like a little more on lemon, but it really pops off the white.

You seriously need to do an extended tutorial for stuff like this. I can paint this sort of thing in real watercolor, but I can never get my halftones to mesh as beautifully as this.

Agreed! I would really be interested to see a tutorial on something like this.

Lovely design!

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I hate white shirts but I would still buy this one if it prints! Beautiful work, just makes me happy looking at it

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Another one who would be in for this if only it were on another color than white. The light blue would have been perfect. Just can't deal with white tees - they make me look like a corpse.

jasneko wrote:Agreed! I would really be interested to see a tutorial on something like this.

Lovely design!

Step 1- be an awesome artist

Step 2- collect money

(I'm not very good at either of these steps)

Undeniably awesome, Patrick.

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I have a feeling I'll be buying all the winners of this derby, with this one being my favorite.

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This derby is almost over and I just wanted to wish everyone good luck! Very happy to compete againts all these amazing designs in the Fog!

omarfeliciano wrote:This derby is almost over and I just wanted to wish everyone good luck! Very happy to compete againts all these amazing designs in the Fog!

omarfeliciano wrote: (between the lines)And by congratulating each and every one of the other designs in the fog, I can have a thumbnail of my design appear in their comment threads. Mwaaa-ha-ha-ha-haaa!