To the "loves green" competition.

I love the cleaness of this one, and the baseball cap sitting on its own, the message comes a cross really subtly, but i might tone down the red a little bit



Royal Swan

Yeah, the red is really not working with the green. I`ll se what I can do.

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Red, orange, light green, tan, brown, black, white, grey, and shirt. Right?



Change all of your red to orange. It'll soften the color contrast a little bit, and help pull the image together more. (Your red and orange are so close that it's hard to tell which is which in some places. Since you're only getting the effect of one color, anyway, you might as well bring them together and use the opportunity to add another ink.)



And add some dark brown spirals to the tops of your stumps. They'll look prettier that way.



And this image is really flat right now. Maybe add a hint of bushes or trees in the background, using a dark green that's been halftoned down (like your burrows in previous subs). If you change the red to orange, that opens up a spot for a dark green.



Incidently, this shirt color reminds me of you whenever I see it in a submission. =]

I'm second-guessing myself now. There IS an orange, right? Or is it all red? I'm gonna be real flustered if it's all one color, after all.

I agree with the comments above. Also instead of a baseball cap, maybe put in clothing more logger like.. maybe a flannel jacket? or boots? Cause i'm getting the impression that a teenage kid was there.. I think an impression of a logger will work better with your concept.



here is mine if you get a chance

A feed cap!



Or The earflaps are important.

Whoops. I meant to link to this:



Red flannel and earflaps!

i would replace the fox with something a little more cute, because he seems out of place...especially since he's not looking at anything

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Thanks for the great comments!

Mismonaut, your right that theres one orange and one red, but they are ment to be the same color. Just a mistake :-) I would really like to get rid of the grey, but can`t really find anything to replace it with.



I will definitley make the hat more like a loggerhat with flannel, maybe boots to, but don`t want to over do it.



So check back in half an our or so, and I will have a new version.

So I have tried to make the cap look more like a lumberjack-cap, and startet to work on a background. Also I made the saw black, not grey.

bump, by the way, I see now that the background has a halftone effect thats too big.

I love it.

Thanks, any advice?

The hat looks a little strange, with the white lines. But I really love the whimsical styling of the animals. I think I like it too much to have any other constructive criticism, I'd buy it as-is!

I love it!

Not too sure about the background halftone... and maybe it would be a good idea to add a subtle folliage to the tree-monster.

Also I would change the stroke you are using for the wood texture by a brush with thiner ends (you can find some of those in the standard illustrator libraries).

Anyway, I love the idea and all the characters.

This is coming along great. There's a lot of room for experimentation here. Maybe an addition animal on the right side? A beaver perhaps? Also, it's not entirely clear that he's eaten the lumberjack ... maybe add a pair of boots at the tree monster's feet?



I'd add a bit more leaves and foliage to his body, maybe his arm pits are grass? Maybe his chest hair is moss? All kinds of places to go with this, but be careful on making it too busy.



Oh, and over here, there's this thing ...

another advice...

If you check the logger hats that shows in the link that mismonaut sent you... it's not a checkboard pattern, it is more black rows and colums crossing eachother, and when they don't cross they look like 50% over red... you can achieve this effect by halftoning these squares.

You can also make the hat and the saw a little bigger for a faster view... actual proportions still gives you that chance.

And don't forget to add the dark brown spirals on top of the sawed trees, they will look better.

this is really awsome. that fox is so cute! i agree with santo up there tho the trees need the ageing circles.



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Thanks for the great advise, Santo and ayarinerview! I will work on it, and please come back to see the improvements :-) Not sure about the hatpattern effect tho, Santo, I`m afraid it will look to different from the rest of the design. But I`ll try and see if it works.



Any advise on the background, its not staying like this, thats for sure...

The hat might need to look a bit more squarish, also you could ad a button for the ear flap or a little string bow tied at the top.



Awesome idea!

Too many elements, its cute but i think it needs cleaning, very very nice idea.

venganza-vendetta

I have done some changes, tell me what you think

Ha, I'm glad you took my advice on the leafy armpits and chest. Looks pretty good. The leaves on the head need to be given some definition, don't make them follow the same line as the outline of the head. That Squirrel is way too red for my eyes' liking. Still can't immediately tell that he's eaten the lumber jack. I'd add those boots. Also, even though you got rid of the odd background, I think it's apparent that you need one. Maybe just a treeline?



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i don't like how the hat is just sitting on the stump....like, the lumberjack just placed it there and then got eaten...



also the saw doesn't have as much visual connection as an Axe does....



and that blood on the mouth looks more like an ugly tongue....maybe make the blood drip down his chest or something...

Thanks for the advise, ryder. I will see if an axe works better. Also I will try a drop of blood.

would be cool to see a piece of the man he has eaten, aside from that it is ready to be submitted =)



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I have swiched the saw with an axe, and lots of other things

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Put the axe either on the ground, or have it stuck into the top of the log.

I tried to have it stuck into the log, but I have to do that again...

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I like it!!

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Thanks, advice anyone?

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Help, anyone?

Oh, and your background isn't working. I'd go with a line of trees, single tone, and moderate opacity so that it's very subtle.

Is he a bigfoot that is posing as a tree, or is he a carnivorous tree? I wouldn't mind him sneaking up behind the lumberjack as he heaves his ax back. That might up the suspense of what is going to happen. I got the texture on my windmill piece by dropping a bitmapped tiff texture into Illustrator and then using the eyedropper to make it green. There are some good free textures out there for this kind of thing, or you can make your own. I'll keep checking in on this piece, I really like your idea. Thanks for looking at my design!

He is neither,mreisel, he is a tree monster, or whatever you will call him.



Thanks, ayearinerview, I`m working on that right now. Will be a update in a few minutes.

i agree with ayearinreview.





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Changed the background and put the axe on the ground. I think that worked better. Advice?

Ah, yes ... there's the background I was talking about. Nice work. It's working better now ... but I'm still not getting the sense that he's clearly eaten someone yet. I still like the idea of adding a pair of boots ... but the area in front of the monster is already as busy as it should ever get. Maybe stressing the fact of the blood on his mouth a bit further? Or putting a drop or two on the ground? That way, we'd associate his mouth with the ground, and thus the objects on the ground nearby.





I could use your help here ...

I like the background much better!

Yeah, the trees worked alot better than the mountain, thak you for that! I don`t want to overdo the pint here, I thougt the axe, hat, the blood and the chopped down trees and the title was enough to get my point across. But maybe you`re right, I`ll work on a blood splash on the ground.

I mean, it's worth trying out.

I`ll give it a go :-)

A new animal and a bloodsplash on the ground.

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There, it's working better now. Still gotta work on the leaves on his head though. They look far too matted down/part of the monster line art. Lift them up a bit.

You`re right again! I liked the splash of blood actually...

Anything else?

came out good, I think ready to sub

Fix those leaves, and yeah, like Alex said, you're good to go. Be sure to post your final presentation for the sub here first, so we can all approve it.

i love your style of innocence and chaos! thanks for the vote!

Iīll work on the leaves, and probably the woodtexture too, ever tho nobody has mentioned it, I think it could be improved.

Can't really think of anything this needs. I say submit!

the stump at bottom right needs work - looks a bit wonky.

the leaves arent really working for me as body hair. what if they were fringed around his wrists? more like a tree less like a person (got me thinking if he has armpit hair where are his pubes?)

use your secondary green on the leaves instead of black and they will fit in better.

also theres something odd about the bill of the hat - i reckon drop the pattern and make it solid red.

Coming along nicely! The axe was a good choice.



(I still say you should go with orange, but I'm partial to orange things...)

Thanks for the comments! I will work on it :-)



If you`ve got a minute

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maybe you should put the dead man's shoes/boots on the ground as well!

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I tried to make some boots, but I don`t think it looked to good.

Really cute! I think it's ready to submit... :)

Thanks, I still have some things to work on here. The leaves is what I am the most uncertain about.

Looks really good henny!

The only thing I'd change is to apply the same stroke with thiner ends to the eyes, nose and mouth of the main character.

Thanks, santo! I actually tried that, but I didn`t think it looked that good. But I`ll look into it again, with fresh eyes after not working on it for 24 hours...

Any thoughts on the placement of leaves? And the placement on the shirt to by the way.

Ok, the design isn`t finished, but I thought it would be nice to see it on the tee. Any advice? I am a little concerned that he`s hands are kind of groping in the chest area... Any sulotions to that would be greatly appreciated, really dont want that to be the thing that ruins the design.

hmmm maybe a higher placement? or have his arms out straight with birds perched upon them

I don`t think the arms woukd looks so good straiht out, but I could place it higher up.

It`s now a little highter on the tee. And bigger. Better?

Maybe scale it down just a tiny bit?



I'm still waiting for the leaves on his head, you ever going to do anything with those, or are you set on the way they are now?

its coming, its coming! Working on it right now. come back in five

Finally new leaves on the head! Tell me if its better or worse.



Also I am showing it on a different tee color, not because I like the creme better, but because in the T Loves Green the design will be printet on special tee colors. And green is not one of them :-( But I will show both in the presentation.

The green is better. The grey is so invisible here. But this is maybe more something I would wear, not very fond of green tees.

I could change the grey. But I agree that the green is better.

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muuuuuuuuuch better on green



this has got threadless written all over it! can't think if anything that I'd change

I think it's ready. Of course it looks much better on green, just show green as the main option and cream smaller in a corner and you are done!

I can feel this one is going to take you out of the underscored club!

Haha :-) Thanks santo, or maybe I`ll be the president of the club! But thats ginetteginette I guess!

I placed it in a flash file, but not to late to change anything. So let me know

I can see I have to move the buttons a bit, since they are overlapping the hat.

Is it done?

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the leaves look much better now. hat too.

i cant think of anything i havent already mentioned so...

sub time yes?

hmm, the stumps and tree monster is alittle too dark in my opinion. otherwise, it looks great :)

Thanks :-) I guess I will submitt then!

This is the final version if you donīt object!

sub it now!

I'm happy you made it bigger on the t-shirt. Besides the fact that I need a green t-shirt badly (my favorite color, btw), to be unbiased, it's a great concept and your style lends itself to this sort of humor. I don't see any changes to be made.



If you can share your thoughts on mine, I'd appreciate it much:

http://www.threadless.com/critique/40075/Tightly_Knit

love it

aww cutee!!

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http://www.threadless.com/critique/40268/animal_parade

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Submitted! Thanks for your help :-)

Its up for voting! thanks for your help everyone.



Please comment and vote!

Did he just eat a human? Cool design. Wish there was some indication of human flesh, but it's nice :)



Could you possibly crit mine? Spaghetti Treeand Gaia's Autumn

thats soo cool! i must get me one

Good luck! I'll be sure to cast my praise when it's time. This has come a long way dude, nice work.

Nice!



Crit mine!

i like it, but, instead of just the cap, i'll put a little bit of a hand or something, so you can be sure that everyone will get the guy ate all the lumberjackings



Also, Rubik Robots - Unsolved Vs Solved is almost ready for submission. Any last opinions? :)