Erm. This is an idea I'm throwing out there. Let me know if you think it might have mileage. Ta!

hahahaha doowit!

you don't stop!
hell yeah dude go for it!

flesh it out a little more but i am thinking it is a great idea

great concept!!! i love this idea!!

yeah it's good.....you jerk.

Keep going! It's funny!

yes!

love this idea!

You should really check out the little running poses and reproduce them exactly.


Just saying is all..

Donkey Kong?

awesome idea! Donkey kong ftw!
absolutely love it.
one suggestion - maybe have a depressed worker standing at the bottom... "oh, shit. kong is back on the ****ing scaffolding again".
anyway it's awesome.
$5

make sure there's a mallet lying on one of the boards if you can get it in - perhaps a smashed barrel or two near the guys at the base too. Love the concept though!

Yeah. This is still very rough. Just trying to plan out the correct perspective. I think I'll narrow it down, zoom in and bring DK down to the 3rd tier instead of having him so high. Will start pencilling it now.

great!

This has great possibilities.

maybe have all the people running but one dude standing and looking up with a mallet in his hand.

A little too sketchy. I would like it more if there were solid shapes for the people, building, and dk.

Edword isn't wrong... the mallet is mandatory!

Looking forward to seeing this evolve though

Great idea! keep on :)

Would you leave me any suggestions?

Seriously awesome!

omg.. please keep at this, i'm dying to see how it turns out.. possibilitys are endless on this design.

this is going to be excellent!

Thanks guys! Check back later to let me know what you think of the next couple of versions!

Lemme know what you think. Ta.

this is going to be amazing! is there going to be any other DK elements?

*are there. wow. english.

awesome :D
think you should stick a barrel rolling on one of the levels...like down a ladder maybe

Hmmm, thank you. Perhaps... I don't want to have to spell it out though. I'm even wondering about the tie...

haha. Okay, thanks.

You could add the princess in a cage as a neon sign or something.

That's a nice idea, but I want to avoid adding in extra characters and references.

i think you should go sans tie, considering DK didnt wear one in his barrel throwing days

Oh, good call.

is someone standing at the base of the building, looking up?

well. there's some pencil marks there. I could be...

either way :p
this is going great. i love seeing your designs progress from sketches to prints.

Keep the tie! This will be brilliant.

Hey... critique mine too?
http://www.threadless.com/critique/18411/Happy_Thoughts

When you go to color, I hope you'd consider the Orange/Yellow/Red motif they used on the original arcade machines. Ditch the tie, this design screams Donkey Kong! I could really see this on some retro colors to really knock it out of the park. Fantastic concept/design so far!

Bump for the sake of bump. I need to get back into this one...

This is awesome! Great idea and awesome sketching. The one thing that the detailed sketch is missing that I really liked from the first version is that the people running away were so funny. Even though it was very rough, I thought the expressions were really comical. It could go in either direction - a cartooney, comic design, or a more realistic one (it reminds me of the shirts on fullbleed: http://www.merchline.com/fullbleed/ )

This is mine if you get a chance:
http://www.threadless.com/critique/21385/Change_of_Heart

it's a difficult choice on whether to keep or loose the tie... i would say keep it, it seems to convey the image of DK better. the sketch looks amazing, keep it up.

Please Critique Mine

One of the guys jumping a barrel? And no tie needed, IMHO.

I like what I see so far. Can't wait to see more

I put the tie on the foreman, instead. I've redrawn some of the scaffolding, and filled the scene a bit more. Let me know what you think, as per usual! Thanks :)

It's looking good.

holy buckets, this is coming along! i can't wait to see color added. are there any broken barrels on the ground?

I've sketched some rough fragments, but yeah, there will be. Thanks guys.

Maybe add someone with a big sledge hammer.

What about one guy running the opposite way [a la Mario]? No? Hey, you're the conceptual genius, I'm just here for the ride.

Haha. I wanted to avoid Mario or Princess, or the mallet.

But I may do the mallet.

Perhaps a dude running up the stairs with a mallet? He wouldn't be too obvious though.

You could have a little fun with that skip... mattresses or a hoard of empty banana skins! It certainly shouldn't be empty on a building site!

I can tell this one will be cool when finished so I got it on watch!

Take a little peek at mine!

That's the ticket.

You chaps are all very kind... but is this really working? Has it lost the magic of the initial sketch? Is this something you'd wear? These are the burning questions.

I don't think it has lost anything. I would wear it and I bet lots of other folks would too.

It depends on where you take it - if it ends up being colourful, bright, cartoony and fun I'd sure wear it! 'Fraid I wouldn't wear a sketch or anything too 'arty', if you know what I mean.

Cheers dude. I think I just need to get cracking and ink it.

Is DK too big? I didn't want him too small, or he would be insignificant. Also - I don't want him to look too much like King Kong.

Hehe, it's a giant ape - go with your initial instincts, he looks cool enough to me!

BRILLIANT concept, your designs always make me go "whoa!"
then I get pissed cause I haven't had a good idea in like a year

I appreciate that, man. You'll get something eventually. I always loved your facial hair tee.

i like it

Probably an annoyance here, but here's my new crit, if you get a free second.

good idea :)

I kind of think its funnier that the gorrilla is the forman.

Brilliant idea, and I'm sure that once it's been inked it will be upto your usual excellent standard. I look forward to scoring it a big fat $5

it´s pure joy to watch your critiques....

(as well as 5$´n it when it´s finished)

You are a shit

Should the gorilla have a helmet? Perhaps a woefully-small human-size helmet? Just a suggestion!

keep it comin'!
Also it was a good choice to take the tie off of him =)

It is ROCKIN"

might we be seeing some colour soon?

I'm going away for a few days... I may post the very rough ink version, but I won't be able to give you any colour for a few days, probably.

I think it's brilliant mate. I would wear that shirt once filled in and such. And also, my brother would. It's a great old school reference.

Partially inked. I thought I'd post this at this stage as I have to leave it there for a couple of days. Will get back to it on the weekend. Thanks for all the help so far.

really like where this is going...rock on!!! cant wait to see where it ends up!

critique mine?

http://www.threadless.com/critique/21763/Psychedelic_Snail

Might have been mentioned before, but is there anyways to maybe have fire coming from the top of one of the barrels? Could work maybe. Anyways, awesome design.

looking good

looking good

You're awesome, Fatheed! You should make one of the guys running with a big mallet like Mario uses in the game.

Haha. Thanks Andy! So many people have mentioned the mallet, I think I may have to include it!

this is pretty sweet. it could be cool with a mario relation, but would maybe be funnier if there was just no mario at all and was straight up just a giant ape throwing stuff like how it is

I too like the idea of excluding any Mario relation by having the mallet. Just Donkey Kong on the construction site is fantastic and simple. No need to spell it out too much. As always your work remains awesome.

you're killing it dude, nice stuff

fatheed makes the world go round

You guys are kind and helpful.

About about the Mario thing, I didn't mean earlier for it to obviously be Mario. I definitely thought it would be cooler if it was some subtle dude, and people had the shirt for like 2 weeks and then realized, "OMG." Partially hide him or something? I basically come here to learn, ha! It's like school. Ther splintered barrel completely works, IMHO.

Also, I made the changes you recommended. Mind swinging back for another go?

This is my first time looking at this design and it is totally awesome! I think it will be even better once you add color and fill in the details. Keep it up!

Could you take a look at mine?

Here's a quite crudely coloured vector version. I am thinking denim blue for the fabric colour... also trying out some clouds - they are a very rough version at the moment, but let me know what you think of them. Cheers.

You know what... I think I'm gonna make this monotone.

I dig the monotone idea. Liking what you've got going on so far.

I liked his tie

the guy disappearing at the bottom is a bit freaky.
hilarious design tho i'd like to see it on a shirt

any thought of having a lady at the top...you know like in the game

LOL @ constant Mario, Princess questions.

Ignore the disappearing dude. It will de distressed out, eventually.

I didn't want to do a real life version of the game - just a crazy ape chucking barrels off the top of a building site...

Better without the rest of the nintendo family, I think.

How's the placement on the tee?