halftones, boxes rectangles, color, ornament

blue

what is it exactly? i know it's a face, but whose face?

i like it is yellow. it compliments it the best.



mind checking mine out?

http://www.threadless.com/critique/38725/2000_leagues

does it really matter whose face?



Who is the sphinx in egypt?

if i give you an answer will it make it better?

I'm just curious that is all. Thank you for looking btw and making a comment. I will check yours out

it'll make me understand it. otherwise at this point, the design means nothing to me. you have to have a target audience that connects with your design. that your design is geared towards. at this point, i have no idea what that is.

Cool lets have this conversation......all designs have to hit a target audience?



Question....what is the largest target audience?



Robots?

Ships?

Comics?

Design?

Animals doing something funny?

Great hand drawing?

Abstract?

If i was to tell you what it is I would say it is "an abstracted animal"



Basic use of color, halftones, rectangles, ornament, lines to make an image. The further away you are the better the picture, as you get closer it becomes randomness....like a monet

ok, see, i get that, because i was sitting at my desk moving around trying to see if i could see it differently.



also, you don't have to be so hostile. i'm trying to figure out your design, so i could give better in put or a score if you put it in the running. if i don't understand something, i wont appreciate it, i wont give a good score. all i'm trying to do.

aww living i'm not hostile at you...forgive me if that appears to be my tone.. not at all. just conversation.



thanks for your input

I agree with LivingInClip13 right now the concept is not really clear, and also I think the halftone might be a bit overwhelming in the design, might be a bit too much

i think the background halftone is too much



thanks

pretty unique! i think i would tone down the halftone so it doesn't give it the dreaded dropshadow look.

i agree ndstillie..totally mahn..thanks for looking

Its a hippo... ( maybe a manatee)



not a fan sorry... if it were a sloth however, we'd be talking!

Thanks for the comment on mine... Du reckon I should put more colours on instead of the grey shades?

ohh it's a sloth..... funny if i take the eyeball dots off and the nostrils what does it become? that is what this is looking at from a design point of view.



add colors to yours xpaddypx..make it pop

your last comment is so true!...

Good luck... im gonna go colour crzy in next few days n see what happens...

It's trippy but it needs a little work, I like it thus far.

its very interesting, but there isn't really a focal point, i would try and simplify some of it to bring out the areas you want to emphasize. also i'm not crazy about the halftone gradient thing around the face, i would just get rid of it. other than that it's really cool! nice work

no halftone behind

no half tone behind on this one

yellow one is better

this is what happens when you take the ornament off it..

it's just a pattern

lighter version

cool. i'd like to see what it looks like on a tee.

see version 4

hey, i think it would be super awesome if you used at least a couple really saturated bright colors, right now the color scheme reminds me of bad wall paper. your design is bold and exciting, the color should be too!

thanks holly..version 4 has the colors saturated quite a bit.

like your v4, those colors are way better. also i didn't mean take the ornamentation off, but eliminate some of the pattern, i think the halftone is over used, it makes it a little confusing and hard on the eyes.

Interesting.

It reminds me of a Troika vase.

hmmm, i'm not sure, the overall squareness/ symmetrical look is a bit offputting for me, maybe if it was smaller and the eyes stuck out more, you added a few asymmetrical flourishes it might appeal more.



i get that designs don't have to 'be something' in particular, but at the moment it seems more like a demonstration of halftone squares than anything else.

thanks holly...its not supposed to really be anything at first glance other than a pattern..then as you look at it hopefully you see the figure in it. I really want to do a pattern shirt but nobody likes them so i have to add eyeballs and noses and whiskers.



but this is kinda like a monet...far away its an image and as you get closer it becomes pattern.

see i think it would be better just as a pattern shirt

lol mee too mr. deps but you and i are a rare breed here then...

Why don't you try changing some of the squares into different shapes?

hmmm that makes more sense, you really converted it over to an animal really well, i do really like it, especially v4, i think that's your strongest =)

thanks for looking chris.



i think once you start changing shapes...like making the eyes round...changing the ears......making the cheeks oval, etc, then you start to loose the idea behind this. Then it becomes a face like every other face in here. Its not supposed to be like that...

Yours has lots of dots (like my first submission) too! :)



I really like it - sort of abstract but cute. I'm not sure about the colors, though.



What do you think of my revised t-shirt design? How can I improve it?

Im not entirely sure whats going on here, but its awesome. :D I really like the colours.

thanks for the comment on Flaaamingo!

show it on a shirt, its so huge at the moment.

Thanks Dino...that is the spirit i'm looking for.



Why does every shirt have to say "a joke"

or be clever?



is that the only audience for threadless tee-shirts?

Version 4 mike.



thanks for looking

t-shirt placement?

version 4 evan for placement



thanks for looking

where would the design be placed on the t-shirt?

version 4 Mr. Mike...you can see the placement there



input welcomed



thanks for looking

same color?

i would suggest to gain some inspiration from master's of expressionism.. this is kinda boring.. colours are really depressing..



you can do it better ;)

on a green shirt?

Wow! It looks even better on a t-shirt... I like the green, but have you ever considered a dark blue?

blue?

Please take a look at the other versions for close-ups, color changes etc.



Thanks everyone for looking and for your critiquesbold text

I like the blue! And the first yellow one. Thanks for your critiques on my designs! I can see you`re having a problem getting critiques on this. Maybe it`s because it`s a totally different style from what you usually see here, and thats a good thing!



Please comment my design!!

Any time Henni....thank you for your comments

I like this much better on green I gotta say.

thanks Chris for the input..

im sorry im just really not sure what u are going for

I'm going for Robots and Ninjas...lol

seems that there are mixed views on the color choices for the shirt. For some reason to me it seems to be more appealing on the yellow, maybe because you were already using warm colors...sort of an african safari feel...

I LIKE GREEN - DIFFERENT=GOOD - NOW KILL YOURSELF

GO LOOK AT CAKE

its a different style, i lke it but the whiskers stand out to me, maybe a better color too i like where your goin though

thanks Roachem...i changed the whiskers because someone else asked me to change them....



i think i need them to make this look like something.



thanks for looking

i like the v1 t colour. nice design, I wanted to do sumtn abstract too, but this is sweet



my crit?

I personaly like v1...I'm not sure whats going on here...looks kinda like an animal face....I'd work on the bottom portion...kinda looks like hairy geometric balls.



feel free to crit mine!

http://www.threadless.com/critique/38224/ZombieMan

i think the color scheme on the green shirt really pulls the image together, especially with the warm yellow behind it.

thanks guys and girls...



Green shirt is digged by many



hairy geometric balls??? hahahaaaa that is funny Sofamonkeyz.......where is your mind at? nevermind, apparently on someones hairy balls..

Thanks for the crits earlier!



I like the direction you are headed with this. I think you should look into the art of Charley Harper, as you seem to be working in a similar style, perhaps you could steal a few tricks from him.

Thanks Stephen for that link....i like Charley's work.....ima little looser in the abstract than he goes with it....not really trying to nail the head on the direct identity as he is...which may not be best for the unimaginative general public i figure. Mine is more of an intuitive art that pulls recognizable images from it.



thanks for looking

STUPID

I think the image is really cool.... it makes me think of some hallucinated robitic animal... which is a good thing. I like it on the light yellow the best, but I feel like more people would wear the green. submit!

slight modification

slight modification

This style has nice potential and I like it on green the best!

made a minor adjustment..



thank you everyone for your comments today...mucho appreciative.

look i have 3 version 9's...lol i think something got messed up over there at threadless

made a minor adjustment..



thank you everyone for your comments today...mucho appreciative.

I like the presentation. That blue t-shirt looks a bit too bright, however. Is there a very light blue you could choose instead?



Could you advice me on my new t-shirt up for critique? (I deleted the dragon because I wasn't going anywhere with it...)

I think the yellow and the green both look good. Especially the green, actually.



When you submit it, I would just show the image large on a shirt (like the most recent version), without anything in the background or the smaller alternate shirt. Your design is pretty busy, and I think that works well for it, but anything extra going on in the background or foreground will probably turn people off.

RAD_Design on Mar 09 '09

halftones, boxes rectangles, color, ornament



RAD_Design on Mar 09 '09

blue



LivingInClip13 on Mar 09 '09

what is it exactly? i know it's a face, but whose face?

i like it is yellow. it compliments it the best.

mind checking mine out?



RAD_Design on Mar 09 '09

does it really matter whose face?

Who is the sphinx in egypt?



RAD_Design on Mar 09 '09

if i give you an answer will it make it better?



RAD_Design on Mar 09 '09

I'm just curious that is all. Thank you for looking btw and making a comment. I will check yours out



LivingInClip13 on Mar 09 '09

it'll make me understand it. otherwise at this point, the design means nothing to me. you have to have a target audience that connects with your design. that your design is geared towards. at this point, i have no idea what that is.



RAD_Design on Mar 09 '09

Cool lets have this conversation......all designs have to hit a target audience?

Question....what is the largest target audience?

Robots?

Ships?

Comics?

Design?

Animals doing something funny?

Great hand drawing?



RAD_Design on Mar 09 '09

If i was to tell you what it is I would say it is "an abstracted animal"

Basic use of color, halftones, rectangles, ornament, lines to make an image. The further away you are the better the picture, as you get closer it becomes randomness....like a monet



LivingInClip13 on Mar 09 '09

ok, see, i get that, because i was sitting at my desk moving around trying to see if i could see it differently.

also, you don't have to be so hostile. i'm trying to figure out your design, so i could give better in put or a score if you put it in the running. if i don't understand something, i wont appreciate it, i wont give a good score. all i'm trying to do.



RAD_Design on Mar 09 '09

aww living i'm not hostile at you...forgive me if that appears to be my tone.. not at all. just conversation.

thanks for your input



alexmdc on Mar 09 '09

I agree with LivingInClip13 right now the concept is not really clear, and also I think the halftone might be a bit overwhelming in the design, might be a bit too much



RAD_Design on Mar 09 '09

i think the background halftone is too much

thanks



ndstillie on Mar 09 '09

pretty unique! i think i would tone down the halftone so it doesn't give it the dreaded dropshadow look.



RAD_Design on Mar 09 '09

i agree ndstillie..totally mahn..thanks for looking



xpaddypx on Mar 09 '09

Its a hippo... ( maybe a manatee)

not a fan sorry... if it were a sloth however, we'd be talking!

Thanks for the comment on mine... Du reckon I should put more colours on instead of the grey shades?



RAD_Design on Mar 09 '09

ohh it's a sloth..... funny if i take the eyeball dots off and the nostrils what does it become? that is what this is looking at from a design point of view.

add colors to yours xpaddypx..make it pop



xpaddypx on Mar 09 '09

your last comment is so true!...

Good luck... im gonna go colour crzy in next few days n see what happens...



KatyFaceQ on Mar 09 '09

It's trippy but it needs a little work, I like it thus far.



holly bri on Mar 09 '09

its very interesting, but there isn't really a focal point, i would try and simplify some of it to bring out the areas you want to emphasize. also i'm not crazy about the halftone gradient thing around the face, i would just get rid of it. other than that it's really cool! nice work



RAD_Design on Mar 09 '09

no halftone behind



RAD_Design on Mar 09 '09

no half tone behind on this one



midpisces on Mar 09 '09

yellow one is better



RAD_Design on Mar 09 '09

this is what happens when you take the ornament off it..



RAD_Design on Mar 09 '09

it's just a pattern



RAD_Design on Mar 09 '09

lighter version



iamabeast on Mar 09 '09

cool. i'd like to see what it looks like on a tee.



RAD_Design on Mar 09 '09

see version 4



holly bri on Mar 09 '09

hey, i think it would be super awesome if you used at least a couple really saturated bright colors, right now the color scheme reminds me of bad wall paper. your design is bold and exciting, the color should be too!



RAD_Design on Mar 09 '09

thanks holly..version 4 has the colors saturated quite a bit.



holly bri on Mar 09 '09

like your v4, those colors are way better. also i didn't mean take the ornamentation off, but eliminate some of the pattern, i think the halftone is over used, it makes it a little confusing and hard on the eyes.



Wonderlove on Mar 09 '09

Interesting.

It reminds me of a Troika vase.



mr deps on Mar 09 '09

hmmm, i'm not sure, the overall squareness/ symmetrical look is a bit offputting for me, maybe if it was smaller and the eyes stuck out more, you added a few asymmetrical flourishes it might appeal more.

i get that designs don't have to 'be something' in particular, but at the moment it seems more like a demonstration of halftone squares than anything else.



RAD_Design on Mar 09 '09

thanks holly...its not supposed to really be anything at first glance other than a pattern..then as you look at it hopefully you see the figure in it. I really want to do a pattern shirt but nobody likes them so i have to add eyeballs and noses and whiskers.

but this is kinda like a monet...far away its an image and as you get closer it becomes pattern.



mr deps on Mar 09 '09

see i think it would be better just as a pattern shirt



RAD_Design on Mar 09 '09

lol mee too mr. deps but you and i are a rare breed here then...



Chris Rowson on Mar 09 '09

Why don't you try changing some of the squares into different shapes?



holly bri on Mar 09 '09

hmmm that makes more sense, you really converted it over to an animal really well, i do really like it, especially v4, i think that's your strongest =)



RAD_Design on Mar 09 '09

thanks for looking chris.

i think once you start changing shapes...like making the eyes round...changing the ears......making the cheeks oval, etc, then you start to loose the idea behind this. Then it becomes a face like every other face in here. Its not supposed to be like that...



MarshmallowOwl on Mar 09 '09

Yours has lots of dots (like my first submission) too! :)

I really like it - sort of abstract but cute. I'm not sure about the colors, though.

What do you think of my revised t-shirt design? How can I improve it?



DinosaurVoodoo on Mar 09 '09

Im not entirely sure whats going on here, but its awesome. :D I really like the colours.

thanks for the comment on Flaaamingo!



mike bautista on Mar 09 '09

show it on a shirt, its so huge at the moment.



RAD_Design on Mar 09 '09

Thanks Dino...that is the spirit i'm looking for.

Why does every shirt have to say "a joke"

or be clever?

is that the only audience for threadless tee-shirts?



RAD_Design on Mar 09 '09

Version 4 mike.

thanks for looking



evan3 on Mar 09 '09

t-shirt placement?



RAD_Design on Mar 09 '09

version 4 evan for placement

thanks for looking



mike bautista on Mar 09 '09

where would the design be placed on the t-shirt?



RAD_Design on Mar 09 '09

version 4 Mr. Mike...you can see the placement there

input welcomed

thanks for looking



evan3 on Mar 09 '09

same color?



leontyn on Mar 09 '09

i would suggest to gain some inspiration from master's of expressionism.. this is kinda boring.. colours are really depressing..

you can do it better ;)



RAD_Design on Mar 09 '09

on a green shirt?



MarshmallowOwl on Mar 09 '09

Wow! It looks even better on a t-shirt... I like the green, but have you ever considered a dark blue?



RAD_Design on Mar 09 '09

blue?



RAD_Design on Mar 09 '09

Please take a look at the other versions for close-ups, color changes etc.

Thanks everyone for looking and for your critiquesbold text



RAD_Design on Mar 09 '09

Please take a look at the other versions for close-ups, color changes etc.

Thanks everyone for looking and for your critiques



Henni81 on Mar 09 '09

I like the blue! And the first yellow one. Thanks for your critiques on my designs! I can see you`re having a problem getting critiques on this. Maybe it`s because it`s a totally different style from what you usually see here, and thats a good thing!



RAD_Design on Mar 09 '09

Any time Henni....thank you for your comments



Chris Rowson on Mar 09 '09

I like this much better on green I gotta say.



RAD_Design on Mar 09 '09

thanks Chris for the input..



BrandonB11 on Mar 09 '09

im sorry im just really not sure what u are going for



RAD_Design on Mar 09 '09

I'm going for Robots and Ninjas...lol



PSYKE on Mar 09 '09

seems that there are mixed views on the color choices for the shirt. For some reason to me it seems to be more appealing on the yellow, maybe because you were already using warm



SlutWithAbutt on Mar 09 '09

I LIKE GREEN - DIFFERENT=GOOD - NOW KILL YOURSELF

GO LOOK AT CAKE



Roachem on Mar 09 '09

its a different style, i lke it but the whiskers stand out to me, maybe a better color too i like where your goin though



RAD_Design on Mar 09 '09

thanks Roachem...i changed the whiskers because someone else asked me to change them....

i think i need them to make this look like something.

thanks for looking



ChrisDB on Mar 09 '09

i like the v1 t colour. nice design, I wanted to do sumtn abstract too, but this is sweet



Sofamonkeyz on Mar 09 '09

I personaly like v1...I'm not sure whats going on here...looks kinda like an animal face....I'd work on the bottom portion...kinda looks like hairy geometric balls.



MattyBoh on Mar 09 '09

i think the color scheme on the green shirt really pulls the image together, especially with the warm yellow behind it.



RAD_Design on Mar 09 '09

thanks guys and girls...

Green shirt is digged by many

hairy geometric balls??? hahahaaaa that is funny Sofamonkeyz.......where is your mind at? nevermind, apparently on someones hairy balls..



stephen.rollick on Mar 09 '09

Thanks for the crits earlier!

I like the direction you are headed with this. I think you should look into the art of Charley Harper, as you seem to be working in a similar style, perhaps you could steal a few tricks from him.



RAD_Design on Mar 09 '09

Thanks Stephen for that link....i like Charley's work.....ima little looser in the abstract than he goes with it....not really trying to nail the head on the direct identity as he is...which may not be best for the unimaginative general public i figure. Mine is more of an intuitive art that pulls recognizable images from it.

thanks for looking



SlutWithAbutt on Mar 09 '09

STUPID



papercutsandstringcheese on Mar 09 '09

I think the image is really cool.... it makes me think of some hallucinated robitic animal... which is a good thing. I like it on the light yellow the best, but I feel like more people would wear the green. submit!



empiricist on Mar 09 '09

This style has nice potential and I like it on green the best!



RAD_Design on Mar 09 '09

made a minor adjustment..

thank you everyone for your comments today...mucho appreciative.



RAD_Design on Mar 09 '09

look i have 3 version 9's...lol i think something got messed up over there at threadless



thank you everyone for your comments today...mucho appreciative.

I like it! I think that it looks very cool on the blue

This is cool! I like it. I think I prefer the green, personally. Good luck!

i like it! unique, maybe a yellow t shirt would look cool

final?

hm.....I think it would be better as a print...



but on a shirt green seems best.

uh, now I know. reminds me of a newspaper collage. could you try it in b/w for once?

i like the b/w idea! its looking really good =)

Some people asked to see it black and white........



Check it out.....

thanks for looking everyone out there in cyberspace.

:-)

i think i prefer it with color :)



New Version of my design, check it out! :)

thanks for checking this out guys....agree color is better..



new adjustment to this on it's way....to help it sit better on the shirt.

definitely the color version...green was the most striking.

Could you critique mine? it's called "Sit"

bump