Re: 1989: RIP Salvador Dali

On Jan 23, 1989 Salvador Dali died. This is an homage to his Les Elephants paintings. Except mine would be Les Giraffes I guess. :D

Re: 1989: RIP Salvador Dali

At least this giraffe isn't burning

I know someone that would LOVE this shirt. He named his son Dalí...

cpresti wrote:On Jan 23, 1989 Salvador Dali died. This is an homage to his Les Elephants paintings. Except mine would be Les Giraffes I guess. :D

This is beautiful! I only wish that the design itself wasn't enclosed by such a harsh vignette. Is there any way to tone it down (considerably) or somehow alter the design without the vignette altogether?

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Lovely.

msgmissy wrote:This is beautiful! I only wish that the design itself wasn't enclosed by such a harsh vignette. Is there any way to tone it down (considerably) or somehow alter the design without the vignette altogether?

Thank you! The vignette is only harsh along the bottom, the sky is pretty soft, and the stars trail off the purple in some areas. I liked the ground to be a little more solid than the sky, but that's just my personal preference. If other people agree with you then I'll resubmit for sure, but I kind of like it as is right now.

omarfeliciano wrote:At least this giraffe isn't burning

I know someone that would LOVE this shirt. He named his son Dalí...

That's some dedication right there!

cpresti wrote:Thank you! The vignette is only harsh along the bottom, the sky is pretty soft, and the stars trail off the purple in some areas. I liked the ground to be a little more solid than the sky, but that's just my personal preference. If other people agree with you then I'll resubmit for sure, but I kind of like it as is right now.

Oh, when I used the term 'vignette', I was actually referring to the top portion (how the sky fades out). I really like the bottom portion and wondered if you could use the t-shirt colour as an element of the design - to give it more of a 'cleaner' look. To better explain myself, here's a couple of examples from a past derby to give you an idea to work from:

http://shirt.woot.com/Derby/Entry.aspx?id=60405

http://shirt.woot.com/Derby/Entry.aspx?id=60303


And forgive me, the vignette is just a personal pet peeve of mine and I'd say the same to anyone who had an outstanding design. This one has substance to it (unlike the usual pop culture entries) and would like to see it FOG.

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I just realized that you were the same artist who designed 'Snowy Footprints' from the last derby - I seem to be drawn to your entries.

...With my last commentary on "Snowy Footprints", I focused only on what other Wooters saw as a problem - I didn't have the heart to mention my distaste for the vignette there either *hides under desk*.

For what it's worth, I rarely comment on Woot unless I want to see select entries succeed.

msgmissy wrote:I just realized that you were the same artist who designed 'Snowy Footprints' from the last derby - I seem to be drawn to your entries.

...With my last commentary on "Snowy Footprints", I focused only on what other Wooters saw as a problem - I didn't have the heart to mention my distaste for the vignette there either *hides under desk*.

For what it's worth, I rarely comment on Woot unless I want to see select entries succeed.

Thanks for all of the advice! Ending the design is always a problem for me, especially if it's an outside scene. I see what you mean about defining the shape, but all I can think to do is clouds at the top, lol. And I'm not really sure I'll do it justice.

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oh my husband is a huge dali fan, he would love this shirt!!

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I don't know the artist but this is so beautiful that I would be hard pressed not to purchase one if it prints. We don't see purple on shirts much around here, and it's such a shame as it's my favorite color.

Good luck!

sunaness wrote:I don't know the artist but this is so beautiful that I would be hard pressed not to purchase one if it prints. We don't see purple on shirts much around here, and it's such a shame as it's my favorite color.

Good luck!

Thank you!

i love it. i love dali's art, and i love that this design isn't a "what cool nintendo/star wars thing happened in the year you were born?" shirt. gmv

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Love the design. If this wins, there will be another black T-shirt in my closet.

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This would be an insta-buy for me. My favorite artist.

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I really like the bite that was taken out of the tree. And it's a pretty design, too.

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Just lovely, thank you.

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Thank you for your kind comments, everyone!

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Just got back from the Dali museum over in St. Petersburg, FL. Going to have to wear this shirt when I got back next month.

I love the evolution aspect of this! Good luck!

cpresti wrote:On Jan 23, 1989 Salvador Dali died. This is an homage to his Les Elephants paintings. Except mine would be Les Giraffes I guess. :D

oh oh oh, I just looked at this again and saw the 1989!! I like what you did there! Makes me want this shirt even more. fingers crossed!!

Is there any way at all to get this beautiful image on a shirt (RIP Salvadore Dali)?

I really wanted this shirt to win.. maybe a honorable mention so it can be in the double take derby...

I loved this shirt and hoped it would be printed. Maybe in a double take derby.

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Why is this shirt not in the "all designs" section and for sale? I love this image!!!