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!

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.

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.



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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.

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)

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!



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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?

I quite like the greyscale with touches of colour.



But I want to change DK at the moment. I don't know how...

Does he look ok to you? Perhaps I'm just annoyed with him because I've been staring at him for so long?

I'd have him bare his teeth.

Yeah. He needs moar anger. All of my original sketches had him rawring, but I changed it after looking at DK pics.

well let him rawr! could be a nice add to it

i love the idea, but i'm not sure how you're going to translate this image onto a tshirt.

Are you going to have the sides of the construction site halftone fade?

distress out, or worked out cleanly. I'll figure something out! Cheers

Say no to haltones

and halftones

New, angry Kong. This critique is going to have the most versions ever.

Thats at LEAST 3 times better, IMO

have you tried a color combo from the original game? like a black background, red fascia, etc.

Yeah, it's way better, awesome!

The only thing that's bugging me is that it will have a visible borde rif you know what I mean. Maybe "fade" the walls of the house out like you did with the worker at the bottom left. But apart from that, perfect!

Black bg isn't working because of the way I do my think outlines... But I'll have a play around. This still has some way to go, I think.

I might try to make it work, though. Thanks Dan

Yeah, mad. I just had to fill everything in first - I'll fade it later.

No. Game colours are just not working.

I think you should make the second man from the left more dynamic..



Anywayz, great great design :D





Critique mine? :)

There's something about the skip that's no quite right. I think the back of it needs to be longer towards the left. Also I think you should finish that guy's legs on the left. Otherwise it's bloody marvellous! Loving the colours too.

Some rough shading added.

I really like it ^.^



The one thing I have to comment on is the foreman's tie-perhapsmake it yellow or grey so it doesn't blend in with his shirt?



Also on ties, is that DK or just a giant gorilla? :P Because if it is DK, a tie might be nice :P



It's an amazing design as well as art- good luck with submitting it!

Suddenly i'm a 12 year old again. Great job.

Oh, hai! I did the fade out. What does peoples think?

You are one talented mofo.

I love this design! I really like the fade out. One random suggestion, not sure if its just me, but I wouldn't mind seeing a few more accents of that pink/purple throughout the drawing.



Anyway, good work! I can't wait for this to get subbed.

yes!.. donkey kong bitchesss.. dope artwork..

i wanna see it on a shirttt

If you submit now, I could have the tee within a few weeks!

this is great!

nice to watch all the stages

i want to see it on a shirt too...but nice indeed

I would buy this.

the lettering on the oil can seems a bit unnecessary, since it's the only text. That isn't a big deal though.



I'd probably buy this if it's a huge print.



!!!

i agree with wowrainbows.

come to think of it, what would a barrel of oil be doing at a construction site in the first place?

anyways. great idea.

would it be too random for a terrified woman to be up there? or some red on the ledges? like more nods to the game besides DK?

The oil barrel is a nod towards DK :)

How is it going to look on a t-shirt tho?

I'll let you know tomorrow!



*suspense*

^large print please.

love it... what about placing a sledgehammer along one of the walls to keep the donkey kong flavor?

Haven't looked through the other comments and can't see the current ones cause they aint showing up at work for some reason, but a few suggestions for the donkey knog sub: maybe having the princess at top, or a women in a dress to the left of kong, possibly with a helicopter above her throwing down a rope so the woman is reaching out to grab the ladder and be rescued? Probably too busy for that, but maybe have a jackhammer laid up against a wall in the upper left side of the building, that looks a bit like the hammer you can grab in the game? I think you can use an umbrella too, so maybe a citizen trying to shield themsevles with an umbrella rather goofily and completely nonsensically because what would an umbrella do against a barell crushing your head in? Maybe a barell on the bottom comes rolling out on fire as well because DK used to have the flaming barells as well. And i think on the bottom having a smaller Donkey Kong Jr. chasing the construction guys away from the site would be a fun addition. That's all i got right now, hopefully even half of one suggestion might help that wonderful piece!

Excellent drawing and concept.



I really think color is where you can improve this. All the gray kills it for me. The warm cast shadow color also feels strange. Try to infuse some color in the grays and think about your lighting situation. The shirt color now is warm which provides a sunlit ground color to hopefully contrast a cooler shadow. The sunlit areas on the construction building would be warm and the shadows would be cooler variations of the the gray.



Hopefully that's clear enough to follow.

Sweet. Thanks for the ideas and advice guys. I'll have a play around with the greys. Perhaps go for redder tones. The only thing being that those tones then have to be used throughout the illustration on the dudes running about - but I'll give it a shot.



FA - thanks for taking the time to share your awesome suggestions. I will have a rethink, but I am loathe to turn this into a obvious Nintendo reference. I wanted an interesting visual that was a DK homage, rather than an all-out parody. I think I will put a mallet in there though. Anything involving a princess at the top makes it more than just a scene with a giant ape turning up at a building site and causing havoc.

Neh. Not working. YEllo and grey work anyway, imo.

well use of critique submit

Hmmm

I think I'm going to try break up that solid block of grey/blue.

Ah, we see the mallett! Cool hehe. Why do they all have white helmets?

7 colour version. I think this is the best version so far. Whatchuthink?

this may be me being nit picky, but Im bothered by the guy in front who's foot is cut off. I know you got the whole fade out thing going on... but I dont think his loss of foot is necessary. Other than that, this is ace and I agree this is the best version so far.

Cheers Steve. I got a bit carried away with the fade out. I thought about it myself at the time and did a few 'undo, redo, undo, redos' to see what I prefered. If foot on man is better, I'll do that. Ta

I love the mario guy. Its there but not like HEY ITS MARIO! Get use of the critique feature. I smell another bestee for this work. I will be buying this one when it comes out

I don't think you need to fade at the bottom.

Not a fan on the fade on the bottom eigher. A couple picky from me would be: The OIL text don't seem necessary to me. Also When you took away the lighter grey color the dark one looks a bit odd.

I think the fade at the bottom is a necessary feature. It makes the four guys out front seem less important, which is what you want.

I've changed the colour of the dark grey to a lighter, bluer colour in version 12. The fade is necessary otherwise it will continue another 5th downwards simply to accomodate a pair of legs which woulf then look out of place.



The fade on the centre guy's foot is unnecessary and that will be fixed.

Hooray.

it looking pretty solid i must say. this is just an idea. but it might be kinda funny to but other game charters running away from DK...you know like DK is victorious. just an idea. but i really like what you got going on!!

the faceless men don't seem upset by this.



Besides a select few, they don't seem like they're running away either. I do think the poses look more realistic than having everyone running away in a cartoony fashion... I think adding the bare minimum in the facial expressions will solve that issue though.



Maybe a muted peach tone, so the idea is there, without putting a hard focus on it with black outlined faces everywhere... am I making any sense?

F**kin sweet $5

hmm....



I might not even sub this mother. It needs to have got off the stabilizers by now, and it's still struggling to make an impact. I really appreciate all the feedback everyone. Great as always.



I think I may leave it for a while and come back to it with a fresh mind.

Haha. Whatever you choose will be best, I'm sure. But it looks brilliant with the mallet man addition! Expertly played. Very subtle. Guess I'll catch this one the flipside if you opt out.

i like your latest version the best...and i think not much more to add...if any you could sub this now and it would print...so now it is up to you how much more you want going on

If you don't submit this in the next month, I will destroy you.

I second that

its definitely come along, i like it

I think it's pretty god looking. I have no issue with the fade at the bottom, however I agree that the oil can shouldn't have text, it's a little awkward being the only text in the whole thing. Otherwise great. Maybe play around with different shirt colors? As a whole this is better than the majority of subs out there.

Not made an impact? You're joking surely? :)

People, the oil drum HAS to have text, that's one of the best nods to the original game. Who cares if nothing else has text? It totally needs that.



Seriously, you NEED to sub this. The only peeps it seems who don't like what's going on aren't gigantic fans of the reference. I'd still like donkey kong jr on the bottom of the scene coming out of the main corridor chasing everyone, but besides that, it's perfectttttt.

just sub it. its a print fo' sho'.

^



Yep, it seems very finished how it is.

I might not even sub this mother. It needs to have got off the stabilizers by now, and it's still struggling to make an impact



Lay off the dope, fatheed. If you don't know a winner when you see one at least the peeps do :)

Your right, I think you should throw this idea out the window. As long as I'm the person that is standing out the window to take as my own.



I think its a awesome idea! Fix foot and SUB!



ps. imo I would have went with a little more of an orange for the vests

But yet I have not level that your are as a designer so forget my opinion. Fix foot and SUB!

DOOD ITS SICK, YOU CAN NIT PICK ANYTHING FOREVER, JUST SUB IT, IM SURE IT'LL DO QUITE WELL.



(although im sure you are an anal perfectionist like me...and im sure you want to make it as awesome as possible because it is indeed quite print worthy and it would suck to submit and miss getting printed by a tiny margin)



but i say just go for it and SUB! good luck!

Hahah. Thank you for your feedback and your encouragement guys! Sometimes if I end up spending too long on a sub, I get sick of the sight of it, and worry that I'm wasting my time. I will sub this in the near future with some necessary adjustments.

ps you do good work! mind critiquing my works in progress? ;p



1. LOLYENA!

2. COOL AS A...

what will it look like on a shirt??

Submit this, its awesome!



And I'm damn picky.

So where are we on this. Are you subing it?

I was wondering the same thing earlier

Nice work, man! Go for it!

that is sweet.

That is so frickin sweet.

Good Grief! This is great! And you spent a lot of time on it, nice design!

My first flash presentation. Made a lot easier with the template provided by Manos!



Let me know what you think.

I put the critique process on the thirsd slide, as people tend to enjoy seeing the progress. It was either that or a close-up, and the image on slide 2 is really clear enough, I think.

Hey, screw you, buddy.



Another win.

Thanks for the vote of confidence, mate. Any thoughts (from anyone about the slide order and content? I thought speedy joe had the biggest impact, do I've put placement first.

I'd put the slide changers at the top and change the names of them.

Haha. I'd love to, but I'm a complete novice and if I try editting the script for the flash template, I know it will implode.



Might give it a try...

Ok, I've managed to change the labels, but I think I'm gonna keep the buttons at the bottom. That's a bridge too far at the moment.

love it ... submit it into the running...

plz critique mine

http://www.threadless.com/critique/22791/Ya_pa_da_papa_doooo#v2

Now with higher quality images and slide labels.

Don't submit?!



:'(

Submit! I like the process slide!! Word!!! I'm progressively adding more exclamation points!!!!

Fantastical!

sub it!

edit to slide 1 to make the instructions more visable.



I should really just submit this now.

oh yeah! 5! And I'll have one.

Go for it man. It rocks

Love the presentation too.

put the tie back on him...like in version 2 and 3...makes it look more like donkey kong and less like king kong

This is great, definitely going to get printed.

Edean - Donkey Kong didn't have a tie, when he was a barrel chucker :) I want to stay true to the original

Wow, amazing. Submit!

The text on the skip stands out much more in the shaded part. Perhaps lighten the colour you've used for that bit of the text, if you can from the palette of colours you've used.



Actually, I don't think the text on the oil barrel and skip really add anything.



The faces in the foreground could do with just a hint of detail, as in your Foam Monster sub.

Very right, this is one of the coolest shirts I've seen on threadless and one of the most clever. This is one I'd actually buy. Great illustration!

Crit mine?

http://www.threadless.com/critique/22634/Big_Brother

Since you're on a roll at the moment, can you pick me some lottery numbers?

Yeah - I wanted the people to resemble the figures from infographic illustrations, like aircraft emergency landing proceedures. No faces - complex shading, etc.



Anyway - It's subbed now and gone beyond the point of no return.



SUBMITTIED HERE



Click the link to go to the submission page!

Only a matter of time until I own this now.

lovely.. $5



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Well no matter what happens this critique is still here, good luck!

With this and Foam Monster you should have either simultaneous or back to back prints!

Edean - Donkey Kong didn't have a tie, when he was a barrel chucker :) I want to stay true to the original



sorry, i guess i forgotted...i haven't played classic donkey kong in about 4 years, but i just played donkey kong country about 2 weeks ago, so it's fresher in my mind.

wow! this must have taken quite some time. and it is well worth it. all the concept, process, and technique are wonderful. i enjoy looking at this. please print.



critique please

http://www.threadless.com/critique/23056/tape_fixes_everything

AWESOME! I can't wait to give it a $5

Cool concept.



You might want to hint at Donkey Kong just a bit (but not enough to infringe) by using some of the colors in the workers' clothing

Neat Design Critique mine please!



http://www.threadless.com/critique/23238/Pink_I_EWW

WOW, I have missed the scoring, but it has passed pretty well... Is it printed yet???





Please score and comment mine:

http://www.threadless.com/submission/171272/The_Puzzle



10x

tough work behind!

what?

nice!
I would enlarge the barrel

http://www.threadless.com/critique/69732/star_rider
http://www.threadless.com/critique/69733/how_does_it_work
http://www.threadless.com/critique/69734/ready_to_fight

Great!! I like it very much! Submit it ;)!!

Vote for Italian Love, please

This is fantastic bro.
literaly nothing to say about this one haha
only thing is maybe different colors.
but the more i look at this the more i like the ones you have.
great design.
and i 5$'d that succa
awesome work
and i just updated my design!
Critique mine if you have the time
WOULD BE AWESOME