Last one I accidentally deleted. Please comment, if you choose \"Dont submit\" let me know why. Be as mean as you\'d like. If you think it sucks, let me know. Thanks!

there was a pretty recent one about spilled milk already that won. Kinda along those same lines. So you'll have to do something more original with it....try missing person labels? i don't know if that's been done yet.

Thanks! I wish I had known about the previous one! I have only been doing this for maybe a week now. Missing person labels are a great idea, I'll get to work!

nevermind...already used...but not won

Yeah, just looked at it as well. There has to be something I can do with this! Anyone anything?

Make the milk less of a circle and more spill like. I like the missing person label idea too.

Made some changes, looking for opinions. Feel free to be completely honest!

I guess I just don't really get the overall concept. Maybe make the milk cartons crying? I mean I'm assuming it's "don't cry over spilt milk" or something?

That'd be awesome if the cartons were crying!

And if your not going to change it that way, maybe smoothen out the "spilt milk" around the edges.



GJ Meng.

I find there are a number of critiques posted on Threadless that I just "don't get" when I see them. And usually I try to avoid saying that and I'll either offer suggestions about ways to make it stand out more, or if I can't think of anything then I'll just skip offering any critique. But since you asked for people to be completely honest, I'll just say "I don't get it". :)



I've heard the expression, "don't cry over spilled milk" -- which is really just a more polite or PC way of saying "don't be a baby", because babies cry when they spill their milk, because it's their milk damn it, and they wanted it! At that age you don't have a lot of "life experience" and emotions about everything are just raw and uncensored. :)



But I'm just not seeing the path from that to the reason why I might want to buy this shirt. You can turn anything into a shirt if you find a good gimmick for it imo, so maybe you can do something around the notion of the baby and/or connecting the baby with an adult expressing the same kind of emotion.

Good ideas! Thank thank you for being honest! I was thinking about making the twon standing cartons crying, and the carton laying down dead, think that would make this a tad better?

*two, not twon... ive got to stop doing that!

Still working on the crying face, will probably add arms to the cartons, what do you think so far?

Still working on the crying face, will probably add arms to the cartons, what do you think so far?

The crying face scares me, lawlz, nice try with it though!

It's better though your making progress :)



Comment mine if you have a free second,

http://www.threadless.com/critique/15391/Tide

yeah i think the face needs to be friendly-er but hey lets not cry over spilt milk...



love the idea...



http://www.threadless.com/critique/13564/Paper_T#v7

Revamped face, added face to rear carton. Let me know what you think!

It's funny, but they'll probably pull the submission, because I believe they have a winner that was called no crying at breakfast or something and has the same concept.

OMG this is ten times better now!!! I would totally wear it!



Check out my latest!

There's no use crying over spilt milk... I like this... simple yet moving

Do they need noses?

nah, no noses. the middle carton needs to be be bigger - its floating above the one behind.

good work though :)

Cool :D

I agree with "farflung".

Could bring the base of the middle carton down past the one on the right.

Thanks for the suggestions! I'll get to work!

Moved the middle carton foreward, and revamped the eye/mouth on the rear carton. Suggestions? Comments? Hate mail?

I actually had to re do most of it as when I saved it, i accidentally flattened the layers. Thats what I get for using photoshop 6!

The design has improved in this version, but it seems a little too similar to Philip Tseng's "There's No Crying In Breakfast".

i really like this.. just a bit weirded out by that crescent eye of the last milk carton.. it's just like peeping over.. can u rotate him round so u see both of his eyes but he is still in the back facing the poor spilt milk. like, so the angle has the 'milk' label side more flat facing us. think it would add a different level to the design. dunno, maybz give it a whirl!

Maybe I could move that one over to be behind the carton, so there is a mourning half gal on each side, any suggestions of that?

different color options would definitely help.

For shirts, the design, or both?

Check out the last version, im torn between the two. Comments? Suggestions? Hate mail?

I wanted to keep it simple and cartoon like, and that is what the drawings reflect. I did have the title as Dont cry over spilt milk, but deleted my first version and just simply named it 'milk' the second go.

I like this on the green. Nice clean lines and simple cartooning, very cute.



-Buster

Thanks Buster!

Please, if you are going to choose dont submit, let me know why! I want some feedback on what i should or shouldnt be doing.

they aren't crying and the carton needs to be open, or have an obvious split

now that the face is better i think it is awesome... submit this 5$

Add some shadows, so they are just floating. Also make the puddle of milk more irregular so it looks more like liquid.

Very cool

It's fine.

I think it need a little more tweaking, try removing the milk label in them.



try critique mine?

Line weight, more believable milk spill/splatter, and shadows will improve this design.

i agree with gfuse, try it without the label, that will improve it!

it's very cute:D

I agree with everything Shakedown said. I also think you should use a little very light yellow tinge on the milk with an even lighter blue high light to make it more liquid looking but only do that if you have available colors. But definitely remove the label.

Much better. I would try blue cartons on light blue shirt. More tonal.

Oh ya, try keeping the black stroke off the cartons. No black.

This one is the better of the two. Very good concept.



If you have a sec, please comment on mine :D

http://www.threadless.com/critique/15435/Camouflage_Sloth

http://www.threadless.com/critique/15369/Carrot_juice_anyone

http://www.threadless.com/critique/15411/Don_t_be_upset_when_your_TPs_a_little_clingy

http://www.threadless.com/critique/15234/Snails_love_candy

http://www.threadless.com/critique/15233/Puss_Boots

maybe just add some shadows, also different colours, something brighter maybe.

Ok, got rid of the black lines, added different color arrangment, and removed labels. Any suggestions?

PS- The dead carton detail image is not completely true to the one for the design you see on the shirts. The one on the shirts is much more detailed and smoother. That was a draft I had saved.

try making the one with it's eyes closed crying milky tears and the other ones eyes maybe "welling up" with tears.

im assuming its a "dont cry over spilled milk" kinda thing?



critique mine?

www.threadless.com/critique/15137/Mikey_and_the_Monster

nice turn around from original. i like it!



vote when it's up!

http://www.threadless.com/submission/152952/S0_Where_do_we_go_now

Thanks karebear! Cant wait to see your design up for voting!

really good progression from the first! this is my first time on here and you see how useful it is to have other peoples opinions on it!



please pass your comments on:

http://www.threadless.com/critique/15560/Nevertheless_I_Love_You

Dude, much better!!! Thanks for taking my advice. I really hope this works out for you.

Thank you!

definite improvements :)

Ideas? suggestions? Anyone?

I think the milk needs more depth, cream colored areas perhaps. it's a funny idea, maybe bettor if the expresions improve.

Looks GREAT! Awesome work.

there's already a shirt featuring split milk.

that is really funny and cute! I Like the light blue shirt

Your design has definitely come along. I like that you have moved one of the milkys to the left (makes it feel more tragic). the blue color is perfect. the spilled milk is getting a bit too complicated…find a happy median between the first spill to the new spill. There something weird about the black facial features…its not fitting as well as it should with the rest of the colors (try dark blue or something and see what that does). hope it helps?

Your design has definitely come along. I like that you have moved one of the milkys to the left (makes it feel more tragic). the blue color is perfect. the spilled milk is getting a bit too complicated…find a happy median between the first spill to the new spill. There something weird about the black facial features…its not fitting as well as it should with the rest of the colors (try dark blue or something and see what that does). hope it helps?

sorry bout the double post…finger slipped.

Ok- added tears to both standing milk cartons, gave the dead one a bend, and altered the puddle. How is it looking? Anything that I should change?

Wow its looking great! The one thing change is placement. It seems a just a little bit to high up there

I love it! I think your expressions are really good now as are the poses. I agree that the placement seems a little bit high and I think it would look cute on light blue as you had in the previous version, nice work though!

Blue is back by popular demand, also changed size and position of the image.

lol thats pretty funny

but it looks like the center one is bending awkwardly

perhaps if you could see the bottom of him it wouldn't so awkward



Critique mine?

Anything else?

Anyone?

i think they look cold... maybe they should be white, and the label should be blue?

oh... and please critique mine..

it's called ''I'm Sorry''

haha! i'm loving it more =] maybe add some curving/bending lines/folds where the "dead" one is folded...



My design is finally up to vote! thanks for your help and encouragement. http://www.threadless.com/submission/152952/S0_Where_do_we_go_now

ehh its pretty good

but not too original for my taste.

Like there are a bunch of selected shirts like these in threadless now.. with like inanimate objects having faces

Hey, I ended up submitting it and it's up for voting! Please please please go vote!

Just to let everyone know this is up for scoring!