Threadless

gordond
gordond aka Gordon Davidescu is a 34.82 year old boy, has been a member since September 16, 2005, has scored 5,279 submissions, giving an average score of 4.00, helping 119 designs get printed.
As you may have seen my first design collaboration with my friend Koichi was shot down early.

I'd like to hear from everyone who voted a 1 or 2 - was the design beyond hope, or was there anything that could have been done to save it?

Thanks a lot in advance. :)

gordond
gordond on Jul 29 '08 at 12:26am
It will help our designs stink less :P
pyr4lis
pyr4lis on Jul 29 '08 at 12:45am
i did not actually score the design but it just looked too anime too me. and on a personal level i really don't like mandala's... really though i don't think its the artistic skill level. it is more just the anime style and then the copy and pasted wierd tribal motifs...



just look at the tees that have printed and you can see that the style you used was not exactly the most threadless voter centric.
gordond
gordond on Jul 29 '08 at 12:46am
excellent points. thank you.
Polyester Jones
Polyester Jones on Jul 29 '08 at 12:57am
I guess try to think about what your audience is; who would wear it?

Someone who is buying that shirt, are they buying it because it says something about them? Because it's beautiful? Because it's funny? Because it's a neat picture?



anyways, good luck!
QquegChristian
QquegChristian on Jul 29 '08 at 1:08am
The drawing in the middle is really well done, but stuff surrounding it is not interesting. Another very important thing to keep in mind about Threadless is the placement. I don't think people like the big giant bullseye shape on a shirt. There is also no obvious concept to the shirt, which is not good for votes. If people don't get it in the first second or two, you're done for. Far less talent has gone far further with the right idea and a concise style.
thedarrien
thedarrien on Jul 29 '08 at 1:12am
What pyr said pretty much summed it up for me. It's not that it was a bad design, it was just not presented to the right crowd.



gordond
gordond on Jul 29 '08 at 1:18am
thank you so much everyone :) looking forward to more in the morning
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