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castle aka Steve is 27.57 years old, has been a member since August 5, 2006, has scored 1473 submissions, giving an average score of 4.01.

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Oct 29 '07 by castle

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[Process] Halt! Who Goes There?

about Halt! Who Goes There?

Thanks to everyone who voted for this design! Thanks to Threadless for printing as well!

It has also been accepted into this show:

Society of Illustrators LA 46 (Advertising)

Some of you may be interested in seeing the process for this finished design:

First up is the original sketch in thumbnail form.

The next step was to find some reference for the castle and dog. I altered the boy, but this version always reminded me of a young Rich Eisen from ESPN so it would change again.

The final image was drawn over the scanned sketch from above in Photoshop with a wacom tablet. The color scheme developed as a result of the "purple reign" alumni group subs which required a purple shirt or strong use of purple .

Anyway, hope everyone who purchases one has a lot of fun being a kid again.
Thanks,
-Steve

Kookaberry on Oct 30 '07 at 6:46pm

I am so over the moon that this won. I just purchased it and it will look good in my drawer along with my Secret Lives of Luggage tee. =)

Kookaberry on Oct 30 '07 at 6:47pm

*cough* And, um, on me as well...of course.

opifan64 on Oct 30 '07 at 6:53pm

Fascinating progression... and one amazing design. Well deserved win. Congrats!

PS... do you use the pencil tool to draw in Photoshop? I just bought a Wacom but haven't used it yet.

castle on Oct 30 '07 at 10:22pm

Thanks,

I used the brush tool.

Maltzmania on Oct 30 '07 at 10:29pm

very nicely done, congratumatations!

gurgkle on Oct 31 '07 at 3:57am

Congrats castle! It's so difficult to find a purple shirt that looks good and this just hits right on the nail!

Now, if only threadless can get my order quickly to me...hmm

Edword on Oct 31 '07 at 11:06am

cool and congrats!

stingerstyler on Oct 31 '07 at 1:18pm

congrats man, and it looks awesome. amazing score too dude!

toofhairy on Nov 02 '07 at 12:03pm

can't wait for mine to arrive; great design.

Ste7en on Nov 02 '07 at 12:25pm

bursh tool is pretty much the only tool I use...great design, and cool to see the process...have fun doing your select!

2 days later

Kallenovsky on Nov 04 '07 at 3:33pm

I'm about to purchase this one, which will be my first on the site. It is simple really. However, when I look at it I remember my youth, among other things and all of which make me smile. Thanks for your submission.

angelito on Nov 04 '07 at 3:34pm

beautiful and a well deserved win. Well done you :)

fc gravy on Nov 04 '07 at 3:52pm

great job on this. congrats!

4 days later

laughing-dog on Nov 09 '07 at 2:50pm

Congrats, it's an amazing design!

2 days later

threadall on Nov 12 '07 at 1:40am

i thought this tee was awesome. it was a treasure trove of stories.

9 days later

krebzisinsane on Nov 21 '07 at 6:53pm

awesome.
i am
sooooo
buying this

tonight actually....

:D keep up the good work

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