hope you enjoy this, but I'm not sure if it's ready to submit

I would add some more shading, maybe to the road so it doesnt look so flat? Also, the perspective on some of the buildings seem funky.



Take a look at mine and let me know what you think:



http://www.threadless.com/critique/52855/Always_knock_first#v2

this shirt is a true revelation



maybe street lines

block fire hydrants or street lamps?

road blocks in the front?



and can i buy in bulks of 50?

when will this be avaialable......great design with awesome intuitiveness....maybe add some clouds or somehting but overall amazing design

i appreciate the responses and ideas, but do you think that adding in more objects will make the tshirt look too busy?

try adding shadows and see how that goes?

No shadows, no shading, keep it flat, they're boxes. Maybe add a fire hydrant and a street lamp or two, then check if it's cluttered looking. Also, please put this on a shirt template so I can see how it fits. I'm a pretty big fan of this design. Oh, also, keep the funny perspective, it adds to it.



I would love a comment/score on my sub and don't forget to play guess the score!

i meant shadows on the floor of the blocks... not shading on the blocks...

it seems to me like the whole picture is missing a light source of some sort... no? maybe the stage?

and yeah, the weird perspective is cute :)

It's funny- the block balloons are great- but it might not play as well without the "block party" cue. Try adding some text, perhaps a "block party" flyer or something? That might be too much but maybe it's worth a shot

I agree with some of the others, shadows might help it, but that's hard to judge till you see it!



If you have time, check out the new version of my Eagle Design

yeah...try including the title in some smart way...because i don't think i'd get the joke without it.a flyer or picture on a wall could work

I made some improvements. I couldn't think of a good way to include the text, so I left that out for now. I was also thinking maybe to have the blocks or outlines to use glow ink.

I made some improvements. I couldn't think of a good way to include the text, so I left that out for now. I was also thinking maybe to have the blocks or outlines to use glow ink.

instead of adding in a flyer or a banner i thought it would be cool to use the buildings as the text. let me know what you think.

I like the monochronaitc element.....



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http://www.threadless.com/critique/54253/iLikey#v2

It might be cool if you could make the buildings as big, solid blocks and the block men came out from the big blocks to leave block holes in the city blocks. That way the city blocks have the look for having windows and doors. But of course, the missing "blocks" spell out BLOCK PARTY.

i appreciate people critiquing this, so if you click "needs work", please tell me why.

thanks tdmcg, i see what you're saying but i don't think i can pull that off to look good.

I like the blue on blue. Nice touch with the block letters.

Thanks for your crit.

Love it! sumbit it :D



check mine if you get a chance

http://www.threadless.com/critique/54338/I_only_date

I love the idea of this shirt as well as the design. One thing I would say is that while I liked the monochromatic design I had a hard time picking out the type from the rest of the images. So maybe lightening the blue on the words or making the lines more bold on them would help them to stand out. Even putting some lines or texture on the "sidewalks" may put enough of a contrast to make the type more pronounced.



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http://www.threadless.com/critique/54187/Unbelievable_Peace

updated version. what do you think?

i think if the whole punchline of this design is that it is blocks having a party aka 'block party' the design itself should spell it out - actually spelling out the punchline makes the joke pretty blah.



focus on the characters and perhaps giving them some more characteristics then simply being blocks. give them a few facial features, play with more colours. make it really fun to look at rather than it simply being a lame punchline.

also want to add that i think the idea is something that can definitely win here because threadless likes to print designs that play around with words like that but the design itself has to offer a bit more like what i said above. i think if you really work hard on this it could have potential to score pretty high.

Agree with ginetteginette. And i think your drawing should give it some style. And the word "block party" change to hand drawn, b'coz the style seem does not match with ur other small block style.



Btw, thanks for comment on mine :)

Ocean Fantasy is up for scoring, if you have some time, please vote for me. Thanks :)

Cool idea.



What if you took the entire design and changed perspective to being behind the concert looking into the crowd? That way you could have the same scene, but still show the expressions of everyone.



I know that might sound a bit frustrating to you, going back to square one and all (no pun intended), but the design has potential as others have said. I think it could do well.



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hmm i don't know, i kind of like the spelling out of the words, but maybe if they looked more like buildings. and i like the idea of a view from the stage too, but this is pretty good too. great concept though.



comment on mine plz? thanks!

new and improved. thanks for the feedback so far, its really helped.

This shirt looks great. I think the concept is very clever and well done. I also like how you have made the buildings look like letters, spelling out "Block Party". The car garages on the right side are awesome! I wish i were a block and could be at this party.

The buildings definitly make it look really good.



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http://www.threadless.com/critique/54338/I_only_date

The details you've added to the buildings work really well. I also really like your minimal use of colors--it allows the scene to have a lot of different things going on without looking too busy. Only thing I'm unclear on is the block on top of the "R" building. Is that a chimney or one of the block people facing the other way? By the way, the block-dog trying to get at the dripping ice cream is a great touch.



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this looks great! the restricted use of colors is keeping it from being too busy, which it definitely could with a larger palette.

The only thing that wasnt obvious to me the very first glance was that the buildings were actually letters, which doesnt bother me (i like the subtlety). Just an observation!

Thanks for the feedback. On top of the R building thats supposed to be a chimney. I'll make that more obvious in my next version.

I want that shirt in yellow.

just an idea.. but i think it would be cool to add some facial expressions on the box making them individuals.. might be a lot of work but it will definitely add some content into your design

i think this is good. i agree about the chimney looking like a block guy, i'd fix that, but aside from that i think it's good to go.



vote and comment please

i think its ready. when i finally submit it do i need to declare which color i want it in?

I don't think so, I've seen lots Submitted with variations on Tee colour however personally I like the dark blue the best.



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Looks good. My only issue is that "Block Party" is hidden pretty well in the scene, but maybe thats intentional? Otherwise looks about done.

Hehehehe that's clever! I like the dark blue the best and then yellow the next best.



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cool! love how the houses turned out!

Very sweet design, I love the little dog on the bottom and all the other little details to the party. I say submit, and my favorite is also the navy.



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nice! ready to submit!

The perspective on the buildings is wrong, you need to correct that.



Up for critique - the tin man's broken heart

cuute! love the dog and the ice cream :)

It looks good on all your Tee choices, but I like the Black the best!

The runner up would be yellow.



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