Not sure if this should be on black or dark gray, any suggestions or critiques? Thanks in advance!

I think dark grey. :)

dark grey ;P

I feel like if it's black, keep the neon, if it's dark gray, maybe mute the colors just a touch. But not much. I really like the design though! Very nice!

^^^ took the words right off my keyboard.
cool design.

critique mine?
www.threadless.com/critique/15137/Mikey_and_the_Monster

have you tried it with the design flipped around? also you can see little bits of the green blue and pink guitar behind the others, that bothers me, i wonder how it would look with strings.. white or silver ones

mine is up for voting!

http://www.threadless.com/submission/152430/READ_A_BOOK

I think you should distress each guitar individually. Right now that layer is on top of all the guitars, and adds a continuity that shouldn't be there.

i think it would help if there were 4 different individual guitars, rather than one guitar copied 4 times.

so maybe throw a flying v in there, maybe an acoustic, et al.

I agree with the comment above me. Some variety would be cool.

Def make the quitars different. Looking good though

If you have a moment...
http://www.threadless.com/critique/15387/milk

i defo prefer the black. i'd wear this!!
p.s. please pass your comments on:
http://www.threadless.com/critique/15560/Nevertheless_I_Love_You

The idea is good, that I only feel that the guitars as they are placed causes that the image is heavy, perhaps if you tried to smooth the image with a clear color for the t-shirt or changing the direction of the guitars in diagonal

http://www.threadless.com/critique/15387/milk

Thanks all, I'll work on some variations.

Thanks to everyone for the critiques, I think this is looking much better with different guitars. I skipped the distress on this version because I thought it looked better without.

Looking forward to your feedback! Thanks! :D

i very much like them with the grungey effect, but applying it to each one seperately
i also like them right side up better

love the design though!

Thanks! I may go back and distress them again if I get enough comments like that.

how come in rainbow? i mean don't get me wrong but i don't see the other colors.. nice clean illustration though~!

I like them right up side better too. But I feel like something is missing - maybe try the distressing again, as suggested above. Or maybe strings in the shirt color to break it up a little? What's the intention? Is it about guitar power? Do you want a shirt that's more rocker or more abc? I could totally see a little kid wearing this as is and it being really cute, but as an adult shirt, I need something more to bring it beyond a nice solid graphic and into a "wow, I really want to wear this" shirt. I mean, the colors are strong, the image is strong - I would just play with it a bit more...

Also maybe you could look at the negative spaces.. they could also be integrated into the design

yeah, I agree with jees, I liked them better with distress -- you might also consider alternating the guitars, two up, two down. Though personally I'm fine with them being either all up or all down -- just figured it might be another option.

gfuse: pride shirt maybe? Not that it necessarily has to be -- he may just like neon rainbows, I'm just sayin'...

I just think it needs a something to make the design a bit more interesting. I would try isacc's suggestion and play around with alternating the guitars being up and down. Maybe even one up and down and three on the sides or something like that.

Lol, it's not a pride shirt..

I just like the neon colors to bring the design out. This is mostly an adult shirt, so I'm working on a new version to take it a step further.

Thanks for your comments, I'll be posting a new version soon.

With this version I added the distress again to each guitar, and added the cables spelling "Rock Hard". I think this adds to the design and gives it more meaning, what do you think?

Thanks in advance for your comments!

*bump* :D

much better, but lose the text. Overlap like you did in v1, but keep the different models.

I like the destress texture. The cable text is cool.
how abt try one guitar only and not so straight position. BnW color will be cool.

i LOVE it but. Not my color scheme of choice though...

is this your original design?
SOOOO COOOOL...
got nothing to say. I like the crack effect and the cable really works. keep the v3

I think I want to keep the cables, any other thoughts?

I actually think this is an example of where the text adds to the design rather than detracting from it. It does give it more meaning, and works well with the textures on the guitars. Did you try it other way around, so that the cables are at the bottom? Seems more of a natural positioning to me, as though they're lying on the ground.

im bot sure that 'rock hard' should be so loopy......Mayb a bit more hard edged....

I would love it with just the guitars, but i think for threadless it needs the text to give it context.

lose the text and it will tight

Thanks to everyone for their comments! I decided (after pretty much flipping a coin) that I would take out the text. I think this is a stronger piece as a straight graphic, so let me know what you think.

I overlapped the guitars more and I think this is getting really close. Thanks in advance for your comments!

*bump* :D

it's awesome! XD

I think that maybe you should swap out one of the the three guitars on the left and replace it with a style of guitar that is a bit more distinct like the one on the far right so it looks like there is more variety when first glancing at the shirt...if that makes sense?haha

Comment/Vote?
www.threadless.com/submission/153701/Peace_takes_flight

haha, looks like the last guitar is swearing.

(don't use this as an opportunity out geek each other and tell me what guitar it is, i'm just saying , it looks like it's swearing and that's funny).

Jpoore has a good point. Maybe take out the sg or the les paul (middle two). Four different shapes, four different brands.

NICE design.....Floroscent colors looking good on black tee..

nice. stick in some different colour options maybe??

It's simple, but I think it looks pretty good.