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t-shirt designs

Col_SnugglecakesCol_Snugglecakes Registered User new member
edited April 2010 in Artist's Corner
I'm new to the forums. I figured I'd post some of my old t-shirt designs that never got anywhere here since most of them are video game related.

morndas.jpg


rcrshirt.jpg


neversober.jpg


legoshirt.jpg

ok... so maybe I have one random non-t-shirt related pic as well
cobra.jpg
I'm random like that <.<

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  • MagicToasterMagicToaster JapanRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Especially on the last shirts, you have a lot of dark elements on a dark background. If those shirts were to be printed, you'd have to consider what kind of material your shirt would be and what kind of print process you're gonna be using.

    Use more contrast, it'll help define things better.

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  • Col_SnugglecakesCol_Snugglecakes Registered User new member
    edited April 2010
    Thank you for the feedback.

    In regards to the t-shirt in the background, I only used a stock black shirt for a base to make it easier for me to play with positioning and scale. I agree that some of those would look better on a different style/color shirt. It was just laziness on my part.

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  • MustangMustang Arbiter of Unpopular Opinions Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    You could never sell these for money, there's far too many copyright infringements to count.

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  • earthwormadamearthwormadam ancient crust Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    You really are gonna havta put a lot more effort into these to be effective, For most of the videogame related ones, you seem to have basically just used something that already existed and plastered it on a shirt. The Barf one for example, you really didn't create anything. Yes, we all love RCR, and yes, someone screaming "barf" will always be hilarious, but no, that is not a good or original shirt.

    And the last one is just bad photoshopping. Whenever you're combining new elements into an existing image, you really have to put work into making the composition as a whole look believable. The two additions in the back are probably the worst offenders of just flat out not looking like they belong.

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  • MagicToasterMagicToaster JapanRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    I wanted to limit my comments to constructive criticism... but... yeah... it's hard to give advice on something when the person didn't even try to make an effort.

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  • Col_SnugglecakesCol_Snugglecakes Registered User new member
    edited April 2010
    Oh the internet, drain to mankind's bile.

    I love how you focus on the RCR shirt. Everything about RCR is done to death. That's probably the only one that I have seen similar jokes about elsewhere.

    I have yet to see any mention of anything similar to the Oblivion joke anywhere yet.

    Most of it is poor photoshopping because I'm not very good at photoshop. Never claimed to be. That last photo was for a photoshop class that I struggled with.

    I don't pretend to be some great artist or even care if I really get better at it. I do however find humor in the crappy things I do produce.

    poster94108167.jpg

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  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    oh god

    20100219.png

    what you're doing isn't funny, it's just derivative. Come up with your own jokes at least, sticking random image memes on t-shirts won't get you very far.

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  • Mojo_JojoMojo_Jojo We are only now beginning to understand the full power and ramifications of sexual intercourse Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Would you really wear these t-shirts? I think this is an important question you should be asking yourself.

    Take the first one for example, you've got a black t-shirt with a large brown box on the front and the back. I'm not sure what the joke is here, so we'll leave whether it's any good or not to the side. What it is however, is incredibly ugly. You might get away with it, if the t-shirt was the same colour as the box interior. Might. Having a large rectangle on your chest is unlikely to work though.

    There are hundreds of websites out there producing video game related t-shirts (across a wide spectrum of qualities). I'd take a look at them so you can better judge things like image placement and the actual process of transferring your images onto a stock image of a shirt in order to judge what the final product might look like.

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  • tynictynic PICNIC BADASS Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2010
    Col_Snugglecakes wrote: »
    I don't pretend to be some great artist or even care if I really get better at it.

    Why are you posting here, then? This forum exists to help people get better. If you're not going to take advantage of that, you're just wasting everybody's time.

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  • MagicToasterMagicToaster JapanRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    tynic wrote: »
    Col_Snugglecakes wrote: »
    I don't pretend to be some great artist or even care if I really get better at it.

    Why are you posting here, then?

    This is exactly how I feel. This is not a forum for showcasing work, it's a forum for people who want to improve.

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