i don't for a second believe this hasn't been done before, but giving it a go anyway.

please let me know if it has been done multiple times and this isn't worth bothering about!.

5 colours on heather grey but the colours could probably also be tweaked to fit on a darker shirt or another colour all together

Oohh, er. I don't know if this has been done before either. :s I think if it has it probably had some faces on them. I think it kinda looks like it needs faces anyway. I think this joke would work better in a more bananaphoney style - it looks very sterile in just grays.

Tee-hee. That was kind of a lot of "I thinks"

i assume this is "calling the kettle black"? if so make the pot a different colour so there's at least a difference be tween the two.





Could you check out my design please?

surely making the pot a different colour goes completely against the saying??

I really like it the way it is.

If you added anything, it would be too obvious.



If you wouldn't mind giving me some help.

http://www.threadless.com/critique/46340/In_God_Wii_trust

so i was looking at my own title and it gave me a new (hopefully stronger) idea. At the moment it's just a generic PS text - I can do something up myself later if people thing it's worth it.

Also took on board someone elses comments about the colours and put it on 3 brighter ones... like maroon and navy myself.

Yes. :) It looks much better on the colours and without the black speech bubble. Still not sure if its not been done before though - it really would be worth asking around to see if anyone can recall seeing it. :s

yeah would go with the red one right now, but make the colors a bit brighter since it seems kinda dark right now, it works well on that white background but not so much on the darker colors, and I would try to stay with one or two colors the most, to make it easier for voters and they know exactly what they're voting on

what like one below or above the other?

Maybe you could put the kettle a little higher than the pot (so they are a little diagonally arranged).



This is really cute!

tee colors are rather dark, maybe try dropping this on some light tees too for the submission, like lemon, silver (which would be perfect) or baby blue.



pretty much done though, but maybe the holding line on teh speech bubble is a little thick, make it same thickness as the holding line on the pot/kettle.

so i lightened up the colours of the design, thinned the lines out on the speech bubble and put them at an angle to each other. better?

I've also put 4 colour options up here, but I don't think I want to sub with more than 2 options... any suggestions which 2 i should go for or if there are other colours I should try?

thanks for your comments on my critique, think I'm gonna swap the guy out for a cop like you said, and yeh I've already voted on your hamster design :)



I like this alot, it's really random and looks good on the tee. I think it's best on red and white. Though maybe the speechbubble and details on the kettle could be brighter when put on the red tee, to make it pop a bit more

i like it on the primary colored shirts. but if you had to choose 2 colors, go with yellow and blue. the design is a bit too dark for red, and white is overdone. it shows best on blue and yellow.

Omg, this is great!

Submit!

oh dear! one vote for red and silver, another vote for yellow and blue.

what shall i do!?!?!?

This looks great! (love the hamster too!) I think the silver looks best and it goes with the concept! I'd reduce the size of the print a little as its a bit too big for me but apart from that i love it!

Hmm I like it on yellow/blue, but it works on all of the colors, so i think you should go with whatever you feel like :P



If you got time please help me with mine

This is a really crisp, fun design and looks great on a tee Digsy! I'm definitely all about the yellow and blue tee's for the design, the graphics really pop off of them.

hahha..great idea!

But maybe needs a few more work to be more realist and drama?



Could you help me with me tee?

http://www.threadless.com?streetteam=rabodnube

I agree it looks good on all of the colors. Very funny great idea!

http://www.threadless.com/critique/46098/Ninja_on_board_in_Yellow#v9

cute idea :D ... i like on red

thanks all, going to put together a flash presentation tonight with selected colours and image size shrunk down a bit

Silver.

red

yellow

whoever clicked "needs work! can you tell me in what way please?

silver red and yellow voted for, i can't choose!

I still think it's ready to submit. as for a shirt color, I was gonna say blue but let's go with red.

blue

I would get rid of the grey in the word bubble. you also need highlights in your shading.



crit me? http://www.threadless.com/critique/46909/Call_Me_Old_Fashioned

sweet n cute one. love this on yellow n blue shirts.

haha, my mom uses that saying all the time! i love the image and placement....just not a huge fan of the font. great stuff though!



please take a look at mine space camp, its almost ready to sub!

hey.. maybe u could make the word-bubble into steam

coming out of the kettle... :)

sorry for the late comment. but i actually loved v1 the best.. i thought the black speech bubble was hilarious! :)



or maybe its just me.

add steam instead of the word bubble! :) hehe..

kidding... good luck mate..

love the steam idea actually - thanks, will give it a go

so added steam for a speech bubble as suggested in the last version. put through on blue this time but i'm think i'll probably go for blue and yellow (and maybe red) for the final sub.

just curious - agrimony commented on v1 with the black speech bubble from the pot instead of the kettle talking.... if you wouldn't mind having a look at v1 as well - i'd be interested in other peoples opinions as to what is a better concept.



Thanks!

Lol! That's really good :D I think the text needs a bit of work though, maybe try a different font type, but apart from that, its epic! :D



Can you comment on mine please? Match Box! Thank you!

THis is really awesome, im not sure if oyu said anything previously about my idea on calling the kettle black? and having a difference in the colours? otherwise this is sooooo ready for submission. you'll have my vote




Could you vote for my design 1



Could you vote for my design 2

hahaha, that is a very funny idea. i would bye that and wear it.

heres one of mine, if u get the chance

JP designer - i think changing the colour of one would be missing the point of the saying i.e the pot calling the kettle something he is himself. or am i not understanding what you're suggesting?



DineoNugget - will look at hand doing a font - i've sprained my finger at the moment though so everything is a bit hard and taking longer than normal!

Great improvement, I love the fact the the text is written on the smoke!



Can you help me on my design??

Poseidon's arm

cool) maybe you've got to make it more coloured, pot and kettle

but they're meant to be black? how can i colour them?

i really like the smoke idea :D. why not try combining your original idea with this one? make the smoke black and the lettering white. just an idea. personally i think it could work either way.

i like it as is, dont think I would change much.

I think I'm not getting the joke, but it's just because I'm not an english speaker :P

Anyway... I like the way it is excecuted... I mean: perspective, illustration, color treatment, placement and tee color.



I say: Go for it!

ugh, hate doing this but...

bumping myself

This is pretty smart. I don't have much to say apart from the typeface change as suggested earlier and maybe a nice white highlight on the kettle would work. Apart from that, totally gnarly.

Agrimony's black speech bubble idea is probably too subtle for most people, but still really cool. You can't dump the writing in the steam idea though, cos it's brilliant.

I think you should darken both objects, to make them more black, less grey. and work on the text. it looks too "typed".



and maybe move the pot slightly closer to the kettle to center the design a bit more.

i think the steam needs to exit the kettle through the whole spout rather than a tiny pinhole. i also think that shadows should be a gradient of the shirt color itself. and maybe explore more shirt options.



but i would say that i cant imagine thing not getting printed. it is too clever.

i don't get it completely, but i'm not fully aware of all the sayings, wich is probably the case here. besides that the illo looks clean, wich i really like. maybe shuffle the letters a bit, to make them more belong to the steam (great add-on)

wow, a lot of comments - thanks everyone!

so stuff coming in the next version - adjusting the steam slightly, hand writing the text (has always been the plan but I've been procrastinating!), adding some highlights and potentially shifting the objects a little closer too each other.

lots to do which is actually a good thing, thanks everyone!

highlight added to kettle, text changed, and pot and kettle moved slightly closer together.



anything else?

btw - although you can't see it so well, it's a hand text and not as solid as it looks at this distance - i'll be sure to put a closeup in on the sub if necessary.

yeeeah, you got it there, just love it, pretty good improving since V1

ready to sub for me



can you please critique mine?



emonalisa





color zebra

haha!

This is looking good! I'd maybe angle the text a little more so that it's at the same angle as the steam clous - and it might look cool if the text was a bit more greyed out and looked more a part of the steam, or was more...puffy? steamy?



Lastly, it'd be cool to see this in a kitchen - like with tile /stuff hanign on the walls....but it's also good as is.



Sweet execution!

I agree with SusanTuma, adding a few soft kitchen details will really enhance the image.

loads of changes most of which are self evident.

i think i'm finally getting there!

the concepts good (great saying)



the art and coloring solid...



it's nearly finished so it's wort getting picky



if anything i would work on the composition, try and tighten it up, experiment with bringing the objects a little closer to one another, try bringing them off the same line and adjust the background as necessary



the type is ok but give it a little more room in the bubble, the distance of the last d in did looks about the correct distance from the edge but may need a smidgen more room from the top, perhaps the same distance as the edge.

fantastic improvements



hard to follow Andreas in a crit....he has it on the money



do what he said and you will be ready to sub!



would appreciate your comments

definitely works and much better with a background like that. but on the type i like better on V4 where the color is black. and i'd make it a little bit smaller, right now it looks too tight with the bubbling speech edges. Maybe on the background add a corner wall of the room do you know what i mean? Other than that i think this is almost done :D



Hey thanks a million for your helpful and encouraging advise :D

FANTASTIC

I hope I've managed to address Andreas Mohacsy critique issues from the last version - I've fixed up the writing well enough I think, but I wasn't quite certain how to address the "tightening up" and the position issues.

as it stands i've moved it all a bit closer together and tried to make the line of the pot and kettle not so parallel with the wall behind them - give it a bit more dynamism i hope. I've also made them and the steam/speech bubble slightly bigger.

so not massive improvements but I'm hoping just some slight ones that make it all bit tighter.

thoughts please?

Wow, the last time I stopped by, there was no background.

This is really better like that, congratulations, you can sub it!

this is a clever idea

i think it looks great : )



can you crit mine thanks

woow love it, I thought it was ready..... NOW it's ready!, submit this!

Bg looks grea! A little detail: the perspective for the outlet is a little off on the top line. Also, it's a little too close to the bottom of that tile I think.



And I agree that it might be cool to mess with where they are standing - eg one in a little further back etc.



This is looking so great! I love the added context.

This is great, love the idea and the execution is fantastic. I'd say it's ready to submit.

yeah you're right about the outlet susan, thanks, i'll fix that.

do you have any more specific suggestion about where to put them - i've tried shuffling them about but I always come back to something like this. it's already pretty different to how it started, just wondering if i can move them more?

love your idea



can you help with mine?

Yes! I Think it´s Ready! ;)

haha! Nice I like it! Submit!

This is great, really love how the kettles speech bubble is steam, makes him look really p*ssed off hehehe! The background looks fab too, submit! :))

ooooo wow fantastic!

I dunno why you changed the shadows from v6, now they dont line up with the shading.

haha I like it! submit it

Please help me

http://www.threadless.com/critique/47592/animal_cookies_loves_milk

http://www.threadless.com/critique/45896/Green_Leaves

this is so funny! Great work! It looks like you are ready for submitting!



if you get a chance would you score my design, "Worlding Another"

only real change from the last version is i fixed the perspective on the outlet and i've put forward some colour options. unfortunately the yellow i was using earlier doesn't really work with the new steam text as it's not strong enough so I've dropped that. i really only want to go with 2, max 3 for the submission though, so please tell me which 2 you prefer the most:

blue jean, maroon, olive green or heather grey?

any suggestions for other colour options?

My pref would be:

1. Gray

2. Blue

3. Green

4. Red



PS- Great design. I'd wear it.



If you've got some time, it'd be great if you could score my first submission

great background! and good job on the font in the steam cloud.

i like the grey & blue ones best.



please have another look at all my 36 hands :-)

Cool design. I like it. I prefer the grey tee.



Could you please vote for my design

haha. this was actually on my list of design ideas. Guess I'll be scratching that one off. :D



I think it's really well done, but have you thought about maybe having the pot sitting on a stove?



I like it best on grey.



I'm interested in seeing how this progresses. Good luck.



If you have a chance I'd love some feedback on the following.

In The Weeds

& maybe a vote for

Someone Loved Them Once



Thanks

It looks good and ready! and i like it on read :)

i mean red :P

It looks great on gray, is NOW is ready, submmit!!!!

please can you check out if my

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Grey and blue are my favs

submit it!

fly's dream

Hehe, love the idea man. Grey is my favorite.

thanks so far everyone!

any other comments or thoughts?

i would go for grey. ithink its important to emphasize the color of the pot and kettle and i think the grey best brings out that color. u might even want to try it on white to make the black stand out more.

what an amazing transformation! clever use of the steam/speech bubble too. i like it best on grey or blue. good luck with it!



have a look at my 1st sub space camp, only 1 day left!

thinking this is going to be the final versio that I sub.#

does the presentation all look ok?

lol i like it, i think i like it on blue best. i think its ready to go good luck.



please critique mine i would appreciate it.



http://www.threadless.com/critique/47588/gloomy

and

http://www.threadless.com/critique/47597/Pick_up_the_Pieces

I like blue the best as well. But though I'm probably in the minority, I like it when the word balloon was just all black...

I think you might be onto something there jrmasm. Generally, threadless doesn't like unnecessary use of text if there's a better way of portraying it. I think it's cleverer with the black speech bubble to be honest.

Looks great. I'd say you're ready for a submit.



If you get a chance please check out my critique here as well.

difference of opinion i guess - i don't think the use of text here is unnecessary at all and that it's taken up to v9 before anyone has really suggested otherwise I think shows it's not unnecessary.

adding the black speech bubble loses a lot of character because I'd have to lose the steam and just have a generic speech bubble coming out of the pot.

it may in theory be a better way of portraying it but visually i think it would lose something.

hey Digsy.....dan it has come a long way



imo sub as is, I totally agree that the steam adds more to it...it is more fitting to the concept.



I prefer the blue version better too!



Will watch out for it, good luck!

Digsy, have you considered putting them on the stove top, with burners? That way, there could be a little bubbling coming up from the other pot. Nice work. Thanks for looking at Ganesh!

This is looking really good I say submit as its awesome! I definitely say it needs the text and the detail on the text is very well rendered!



Mine is up for scoring: Shepherds & Pre-Loved

I dig it but still think the pot being on a stove would add a nice touch, but it's still nice and if you're happy with it I say go for it.



Good luck.



If you have a chance I'd love some feedback on the following.

In The Weeds

& maybe a vote for

Someone Loved Them Once



Thanks

yup cool idea + nice illustration! good to go!

The steam looks very flat, vary you line weight a little.



http://www.threadless.com/submission/218211/Eco_Friendly/?streetteam=TangYauHoong



See how on Tang's clouds the blue doesn't just stop? It kind of comes to a point instead of just rounding off like yours does. Try to do that with the puffs on the steam. For the four black lines coming out of the kettle's opening, make them narrower down there and wider as they billow out into steam.

Sorry have been really slack with my crit duties lately!

This is a great idea! The illo is cool - tho i do agree about the powerpoint, but apart from that i think it looks READY to go!

Just an idea. Maybe you can invert the color of the font, make it no outline, b'cos can't really read from far :)

i love it on blue. i think it's ready

I haven't seen this in a while. Wow! What an improvement. The background really finishes the design well.



I do agree that it would make more sense if they were on a stove, but keep it subtle like the wall. I also agree that text is a bit difficult to read with the dark outline and the text bubble could be softer. But this has really come a long way. You're almost there.

thats really good, love what you've done with the steam writing good luck will be sure to score it accordingly



if you could comment on mine that would be great!

http://www.threadless.com/critique/47145/sleazy_pop



thank you

Yeah you make a good point about the use of text. I think it's ready to go then in that case!



Please help me out.

I like it. This version is great! i lije dishes and pots...



If you want to critique mine: Polly on air

This design is ready I think! :-)



If you have time, would love to hear your feedback on my designs:



Hanging with the Moon



Take Your Pick



Thanks!

sorry this new version has taken so long - i've been away and also really struggled getting the stove right - eventually had to take a picture of my own to get it looking hlaf decent.

anyway it's not perfect - some of the lines need tweaking for one - i just want to know whether it really adds anything before i work on it more.

so thoughts please - is the stive an improvement and do we think the pot needs to be bubbling?

The stove top is a good start, I was just expecting it to be bigger so that both fit on it. Since the kettle is steaming, I definitely pictured it on a burner, but now I realize you have it plugged in so that perhaps it doesn't need to be on the stove. I guess I'm just not familiar with that kind of teapot.

Yeah I think although the illo looks better with the stove it's not necessarily needed. If you decide to keep it though I think the shadow from the pot would be more crooked as it filtered down the side of the stove. Maybe you could take another photo of your stove with a pot on it and see how it would look. Also, I don't think the pot needs to be bubbling, that would complicate things.

The stove looks sweet. Keep the stove. I really like the way you've put the background together.



Keep the teapot as electric too-- it helps create more of a dynamic between the two. It's almost like a generational thing now.



I think its time to submit.





Time is running out for scoring on my design. If you haven't already done so, I'd appreciate it if you could vote for Never mind the tigers

Yeah, the background adds a nice dimension and context, making you think it could almost be happening in real life. The only possible change I could moot would be to change the black outlines on the steam to more a dark grey, and maybe bring the opacity down, so it's more immediately recognisable as steam.

yeah, i was already looking at my colour count brightwood thanks.

gonna have to do something with the shadows especially now as it's runs over the background creating even more colours! i'm currently at 7 as it is but i feel that's a bit unnecessary so would like to try do something about the steam and bring it down to 6 if possible

I think this looks better (just make a better stove)



nice work



pleeeeease, chec out mine



thanks

Hey Digsy



First off, well done on all the work you put into your design! Super respect to you (up to 10 versions!)...thats dedication for you there! :-)



Personally, i would lose the stove...everybody knows where to use a pot so don't think there is any need to show that it is used on a stove.



Since the kettle is an electric one, i would spread out the steam and more bubbly like, if you know what i mean.



Your almost there!!! I see the finish line!



If you have time, would love to hear your feedback on my designs:



Hanging with the Moon

Take Your Pick



Thanks!

brightwood - the only colour it touches is the background shade, so that the only one that's doubled up.

I think this is a great design but agree that you should lose the stove. There's something about the perspective that doesn't sit right and truth be told, I think it detracts from the fantastic focal point of the piece, which is of course the pot and kettle and their interaction. Other than that, submit!

There's one tiny thing I've noticed as well digsy - with respect to the vertical lines that come out of the kettle's spout, the second one from the left intersects with the curved line just above it. A minor point I know but this is looking great and I think you should get it perfect to give it the best chance.



Please help me out, thanks!

it seems too cluttered to me now though=/

I love it. It's really good.

I thinks everything is ok.



Please give me your opinion:

http://www.threadless.com/critique/48277/Fake

Thanks.

The stove is a beautiful detal to the background, I vote keep it!

The only thing I can see that you can improve on at all is the steam and just making it look like it's got more volume. But that's all I can critique, I think after that it's ready for subbing!

And if you're not busy, a comment for my first submission would be much appreciated!

last version seemed to give a mix of positive and negative responses over the stove some thinking it was too complicated and detracted from the central point of the design. i was inclined to agree but instead of getting rid of it I thought I'd try simplify it - the last stove was a rather complicated gas burner!

Personally I think it looks better but I'm still not certain if it's necessary at all.



Secondly I addressed the steam - I made the edges more rounded and curvy, changed the edge colour of both the steam and the text to dark grey (as opposed to black) and halftoned the steam so it's less opaque and more recognizable as steam. I also then filled the text in with solid colour to try make it stand out a bit.



personally i like all the changes particularly to the steam, just uncertain of the stove, so the rest of your comments would be really helpful. thanks

Cool idea. I like it. Submit this!



Please check my design: http://www.threadless.com/critique/48570/City_Dream

That'sa more-a like it!

Great improvement on the stove. The lines on the steam bubble look really good now too.



You could sub it as is because it looks good and has a nice story. However, I'm ambivalent on the steam bubble half-toning. It sort of takes me out of the simple art style. I also find the text even harder to read. What would it look like with no outline? It might lose some of the steam appearance but could be easier to read maybe.

i made the writing slightly bigger and put it back on a shirt.

is it hard to read?

Nope, I think that's gonna be fine. The steam looks much better with the halftoning as well. I think it's now ready to go.



Cloudy Night?

ooooh nice i like 5$

can u score my design

it's time for submitting it i'd say. good luck. :-)

mine is http://www.threadless.com/critique/48560/Sprite

welcome to comment on it :-)

Hi Digsy



I think the stove looks better on this version and i see you have decided to keep it. If the stove stays then i think the knobs at the bottom look a little bit off, like they are floating on the worktop. You can lose these altogether i think.



Well done on juggling all the comments here!



If you have the time, would love to hear your comments on my designs:



Hanging with the Moon

Take Your Pick



Thanks!



I have another suggestion....maybe you can replace the stope with a heat proof mat? That would be simpler but not sure if people will get it tho.

Text is easier to read, and it looks great on the shirt. I definitely prefer blue, but having a choice is good.



As for the stove - definitely keep it. You could get rid of the knobs, but I like the way they float there and define the edge without drawing an actual line.



Go ahead and sub!

I know you've done a lot of work with the wording, but I think it would look better and be easier to read if it were more standard and not so steam fluffy if you know what I mean. I still think the stove element takes away from the overall flow of the piece as it directs your eyes to the left. Hope this helps.

nice illustration.

the shadow of the pot looks a bit weird to me, maybe it's the little bubble that comes directly down shouldn't be there so it matches the kettles shadow.

That "little bubble" underneath is the burner.

This is the one! Great evolution.

ah yes, so it is. ignore my comment!

Steam looks much worse. It's still flat. VARY YOUR LINE WEIGHT!

the line weight is varied

you can see it clearer in the previous version

ignore mister hippo, the steam is great just like the rest of the design! also non-varied line weights are awesome!



a few nit-picks, i feel like the shadows could use some work, they look like they're not as wide as the object, and maybe have the spout peeking out from the kettle's shadow



also work on the vanishing point of the spoon rack? like maybe make it get the tiniest bit smaller at the far end.



it's funny because my friend was talking about how this should be a shirt recently, excellent execution!



would you be so kind as to check out/score my design, Tweet?

that pixls - my husband was having a nitpick about the spoon rack last night as well.

i've been working on the shadows again today - tried halftoning them but it didn't work at all. i'll keep playing again tomorrow and hopefully it'll come right.

any other omments while i work on the shadows and spoon rack?

haha, hella funny concept and awesome illustration.

the line weight variation looks good :) as you know im still a big fan of the black speech bubble =p but as for your fonts, would making them all black be easier to read. right now with it being transparent, having it on sand/grey kinda just blurs it all out.



heh working on the backdrop is fine, but just remember that the focus should remain on the 2 central elements. the rest is just fluff :)

is the question right?

maybe WHY did you call me?

or WHAT??? (did you call me?)



shadow shape of pot is not so good as teapot's shadow.

and on the wall spoon silouets looks like shadows without things



idea is just Great!

It's "what did you call me?" as in "the pot calling the kettle black". No problem there as that's the basis of the whole work.

thanks agrimony.

unfortunately darkening the text really doesn't work on the blue shirt, although it does work better on the grey shirt so that could be an option if i were to offer more than one colour shirt.

I'm uploading a new version shortly where i've lightened the background a bit more so that it doens't stand out as much as hopefully gives some of the attention back to the main pieces

yeah - it's based on the the pot calling the kettle black as kdidj explained.

thanks

aaa.. pot is sneering ant teapot is angry about that... i don't get it. thanx for comment :)

only minor changes - the steam is bigger and the shadows are now halftones although that's maybe not so clear. i also lightened the background slightly so it's not hogging too much attention

Much better. I like it now the background is lighter and the focus remains on the pot and kettle.

anyone else?

looks great - you've done wonders with the type...



the only things i note now are



the shadows on the pots are a little long and dramatic - it might look better if they were more rounded around and closer to the pot... perhaps half the distance they are now as if the light source was more overhead



by doing this you might need to bring the appliances slightly closer together again which could be a plus and shrink the back drop a bit...



don't get me wrong i like the background, i just think you want the appliance bigger so that the message draws all of your focus. At the moment they are not the dominant part of the scene



another consideration is the size of the text/cloud bubble - if you change the scale of the pots just keep it proportional to the scene



it's pretty much done champ...



don't over think it from here on, make a couple of minor changes and sub!!!

love concept and illo ...

but think may need more colors ..

plz vote $ comment

this is really good and i think you should submit it. the shirt color is great too.



Please critique mine!

Just fix the shadows, and you'll get a submit, love it



any last backfeed here

The steamy speech bubble is rather distracting. I think subtlety will work really well with this design, since it already has the strong imagery and contrast.



Maybe a few little exclamation points issuing from the spout of the kettle would work well, with the text off to the side where it will still be noticed, but serving its purpose as subtitles to keep the conveyance without being overpowering.



I like the crisp illustration but I think the placement on the shirt might be too much as well. The main elements here being the pot and pan fall directly across the shelf/bust line and the ladies may find that placement a little awkward. Just something to keep in mind. I'd love it if you gave me feedback as well.

I like the lighter background. Andreas makes a good point about having the light more overhead, which would shorten the shadows (make them less distracting). I'm not sure the fuzzy half-toned shadows fit the rest of the design. I don't think you need to shrink the backdrop, but you could pull the pot and kettle a little closer to get around the boob placement concerns.



Or you could just sub as is because it looks really great!

thanks for all the critiques guys - all really helpful.

i might get another version out today

yup lighter bg helps alot :)

I much prefer the lighter background. I also agree with the others above that shadows could do with shortening slightly.

I know it's steam but I find it distracting to see the tiles behind the words, I wish the speech bubble was solid. The font suggests steam and the stripes leading to the bubble, the bubble itself should just have the words, no background tiles.

Don't get rid of the tiles through the steam, but they should be lighter than the other tile lines, right?

I'd re-think the T-Shirt color. Needs to be a light grey, I think. Not only will it help unite the color scheme of the design, but it'll improve the steam as well.

i just couldn't find a way i was going to be happy with the text, so i thought i would try out the original idea again.

speech bubble probably needs some work - it's a bit generic at the moment - but what does everyone think of the new old theme?



oh, if you're looking at this will you also look here please and help vincent find his ear

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help vincent find his ear

and i also forgot to shorten the shadows... this is why i shouldn't do things in a rush during my lunch break.

thats a fix for the next version

:) this one?



If you have time please :

http://www.threadless.com/critique/49011/nuoooh

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I don't like it speechless... better with some words... like... "are you wired?" and stuff. If you write it you may like to darken the wire of the kettle.

I know that may be kinda stupid, but it just came to my mind!



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Love the artwork but it needs words. It just looks empty without.

I think... yeah, the only thing it needs it's just a cool sentence... something that makes the people just "WOW!"

Post a poll and ask th e people what they think a pot should say to a kettle!

i think you're missing the point Grande Sballo

it's based on the saying "the pot calling the kettle black" hence the black speech bubble.

i had words in previous version but I didn't think they were working too well hence I tried this (the original idea from v1) again

I'm SURE I was missing the point!

Since I'm not english speaker, I didn't know!

So, now that i got it, I think it's WAY better without words. Anyway, I DID like it even before knowing the background.

Ahah now it's funnier!

Oh thanks, anyway, I've just learnt something new!

I'll tell you if something really CLEVER comes to my mind (lose your hope).

"The ox labelling the donkey cornute", that's what we say in my Country!

lol, thanks Grande Sballo - i like your version too... maybe I should add a donkey!

^^ u know i like this the best

Hmmmm. Personally, i find the previous version funnier. But this is great too! Just work on those details like the shadows.

right two options now.

the colour is irrelevant, they'll both be an option - just dont' know which is the better idea?

Hi there...thanks for your comment.



I think I like the blue one better....I like how the steam is illustrated with the see-through effect better than the block speech bubble on the grey.



However great illustration both grey and blue T’s look good.

I like the blue one! I can see this being printed here!

Jaws of HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! .... Heh... Lawl...

Hmmmm, I'm torn between the 2. The steam speech bubble is very unique not your average, tired, cliche speech bubble. However, the black bubble is so much more eye-catching and puzzling/provocative at first. I think it better invites the viewer to interact with the design. They look, ponder, then get it, laughter and a feeling of satisfaction (I figured it out!) follows. also, I think the blue maybe biasing people's decision. Maybe put them both on the same color in your next V and see how that goes. Anyway, great concept and the illo is aces! Cheers!

I'm partial to the black speech bubble (for the same reason that it's not so obvious) on a blue shirt. Let's see that version!!

Thoughts on mine?

I like them both, but I lean toward the top version. As Berbs42 said the steam speech bubble is very nice.

I don't think you need the speech bubble, because the title of your design suggests everything once the pictures appear. I LOVE option 2. I think this is ready for submission once option 2 has been put into a flash doc. Well done!



Would love some feedback on mine too, if you have time. It's Spotted with a Dr Seuss feel - my inspiration! Thanks :)

final version - will push this into the running later today!

I really love this! Looks ready to me.



building my way out of here

is the quality of the flash file an issue - it looks really edgy on the first frame?

no think its ok ... great idea perfect execution ...

good luck with it ...

Plz vote $ comment...

digsy, it does look pretty grainy on the first slide... but it doesn't on the second. let's just put that down to size issues. Still- looks great!

that seems to be a screen thing. i just ctrl+ my screen and it looks clear again

weird

After the fact, but it's very sharp on my monitor. Really just dropped by to say CONGRATS!!! for your first print. Yay!!!!

Great idea and execution btw. Cheers!

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