i like the colored section
but it looks too busy. there's no distinction between the water and the trees. and the water isn't justified without color.
great start.

Wow...I really like this alot.
I wish there were more really huge designs.

Ai, I should mention the colouring isn't complete yet... bit off with the fairies right now. Just about to hit 3:30am. lol. But yes, plan to do as you said, and give the water some colour and such. Thanks for the comment.

this is cool! i guess the only problem is the 14" x14" rule

vulcan: thanks! There's not enough ay. So much waste of good fabric. heh.

tom: thanks mate! I'd hope they'd be a little lenient with it. Noticed a few designs have been printed despite the 14x14 rule.

... bump!

I actually like it the way it is at the mo. It looks a hell of a lot nicer than the real Surfers Paradise in Queensland, Australia.

wow, this looks really, really good. I wish the lower part of the design was as organic as the superior part where the sun is.
Just a little flat, that's all.
Either way it's fantastic. Congrats!

needs some gold coast metre maids ;)

d3d what is their purpose?

yeah i like this design, reminds me of a secret entrance to a secret surf spot

holy crap, please leave some of the plain line art in this. i really love it as is

they're strippers in gold hot pants who feed your parking metre and leave a flyer for their club.

as tomburns said.i really like it, and i wish that sometime threadless would print something big like this, but i doubt
5$ for sure

wish they had them in Sydney

I think only the gold coast has enough balls to get away with strippers wandering the streets in gold bikinis in the daylight.

keep on coloring...it's looking really good :]

14 inches is actually kinda large on a shirt, but they seem to print some bigger than this as well.

Nice illo, its coloured enough I think.

I think that design would be sweet and still look good at 14 inches.

Holy hell! That's some nice work! :)

i love this a ton, nice work as always :)

Wow, I leave the computer for a while and return to this. Thanks for all the kind comments!

Haha, yeah, I wasn't sure if I should name this Surfers Paradise with the relation to the Gold Coast... if only the real Surfers Paradise were like this... with the metre maids of course, d3d. Hehe.

Thanks again and keep an eye on this - will try to get a final draft up soon!

update!

The updated version is even better. This is such a beautiful design. I'll be really sad if this doesn't print.

I like the update but I think it might be too busy.

Haha, thanks vulcan! Hope more people like it as much as you!

Yeah, mindtrace, I'm not totally satisfied with it yet... I'm worried it may not be suitable for a shirt because of this.

The busier the better! :D

I like it, I really like all the details and colors.

It's great! I think I liked it better before though..

love meter maids...

from an art perspective it's quite a nice sketch and i agree with sonmi about the lines...

but being a very keen bodyboarder in constant search of crazy ass waves, constantly doodaling crazy ass waves, and having a keen eye for crazy ass waves this doesn't satisfy the purist in me... i'm not loving these bowls... and the perspective of the back surfer is really irritating me!

The design is kinda cool, i like the more coloured version better... but i'd palm it off to the old mal fellas, cause i dont wanna relate to their used and abused scene!

I've got a wave design sitting on the shelf thats a bit different... didn't feel right to post it here... who knows...
see how you do hey...

goodluck:)

oh but dont colour the waves as much... nough said

holy shit that's awesome!!

threadless usually doesn't accept such large prints though, unless you're planning on gettin invited for select. But they might let it pass as well as it is so great!

the first one is awesome

i was getting familiar with the lined version without colour, what would also be an effective graphic is if you kept the lines of the waves no colour and just coloured the sun.

I agree with sonmi! LEAVE IT HOW IT WAS! Leave the waves in plain lines. (no color) It looks great and helps give it some depth. It makes it seem as if the jungle is in front of the surfer...

Glad you like it, guys!

i carnt spel: mmm... meter maids. lol. I've always been a body boarder myself, until just recently... thought I'd give this standing up thing a go. Love it, but so much more effort than body boarding. You should definitely bring out your design... what have you got to lose ay!


In regards to the design... I've been torn about trying to find a balance between the busy full coloured option and the lesser... I find that it's not really visually balanced without the colour throughout the surf and it doesn't maintain a consistent style. On the other hand, I also like the plain lines by themselves as a number of you have mentioned.... decisions, decisions....

This is a beautiful piece of work. Nicely done!

Cheers littleg.


Also, just whipped up a simple line version... just for a comparison and stuff. :-)

Francobolli, the top of the older version fits in with the jungle nicely with just the little bits of color. I would honestly leave it like that...

i think the colors blend the pereption too much. but i like your color choices.
keep working.

as a surfer, i say this is nice. don't like the green and magenta though....

haha... as long as your in the water mate...

surfed the last three days and scored some big ramps... life is good

all i can say is that the black in the waves kinda looks like oil.... and that's not really a surfer's paradise.... otherwise... it's awesome!!

^^i meant that the oil was not a surfer's paradise..... just incase that wasn't clear....

pretty

i live 2 hours away from surfers paradise and it looks nothing like that, but i like it alot =)

Thanks heaps for all the comments!

Had a go at it without any colours there at all, but still not really convinced that it works better that way. :-/ I've tried to subdue the top half a bit anyway in the latest preview.

i carnt spel: it's therapeutic ay! Where abouts do you surf? I went to Surfers Paradise last week and it was shithouse. Much prefer the area from Snapper to Yamba.

eskimopunk: lol, I was wondering if someone would mention that. Fixed up the oil spill for now! :-)

bananaphone: If only it looked like that! Surfers has turned into the Aussie Miami. :-/

i love it.

I'm from Phillip island in Vico...

My locals are express point, Berrys point, Powlet river, seconds, super tubes, Pyramid Rock... and i head down the coast for whites, Murrels, airports, Luna Park which has gotten pretty famous and is NUTS!, Nungan, Aussie Pipe, Gilhoteens pretty reg...

My girlfreinds dad lives in Main beach on the goldi so i'm there pretty often... The points look nuts but i've never scored em... Love Stradi the Zone, and D-bah is ok but the crowds are nuts.... and i've seen sick pics of yamba

the third one where it's half coloured looks best i reckon. are there any topless girls in there anywhere? i was in surfers a couple of weeks ago and there were tits out even though it was cold.

I've heard good things about the surf down there! Bit bloody cold though, no?
Yamba is awesome. Spent 3 weeks down there one summer and just had sweet waves the whole time, even on the off days. Here's a few pics I took while I was there -

the main beach

angourie beach

trekking down to a point

one day I won't have to use photoshop... lol