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dacat
dacat aka Jack is a boy, has been a member since November 10, 2006, has scored 24,784 submissions, giving an average score of 2.58, helping 729 designs get printed.
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Please comment, good or bad!

I have a feeling of a low score, but I would like to know what I could have done to improve it...thanks very much!

Letters from H - Threadless T-shirts, Nude No More

Big carp:
JOT sub, enlarged carp

Zip mock-up (thanks Maltz):
Zip Mock-up (Maltz)

sonmi
   sonmi on Jan 08 '09 at 11:33pm
awesome!!! so well drawn.
herky
   herky on Jan 08 '09 at 11:35pm
Wow incredible work. Especially love the turtle and carp.
sonmi
   sonmi on Jan 08 '09 at 11:36pm
the gradients are spot on, too
dacat
   dacat on Jan 08 '09 at 11:38pm
Thanks guys, the carp took especially long with all those damn scales. Sonmi...I want your JOT sub printed NOW!!!
sonmi
   sonmi on Jan 08 '09 at 11:40pm
the scales are ridiculously good!!



:DD
igo2cairo
   igo2cairo on Jan 08 '09 at 11:44pm
Beautiful!! The style of this blows me away, stunning line-work.
dacat
   dacat on Jan 08 '09 at 11:47pm
Thanks Terry! Oh and THANKS for the Christmas card!!!
roadkill3d
   roadkill3d on Jan 08 '09 at 11:58pm
You turned common Japanese elements into something radical. Stunning work Jack!
kooky love
   kooky love on Jan 09 '09 at 12:21am
GREAT $5 indeed!
dacat
   dacat on Jan 09 '09 at 1:09am
Cool guys, thanks!
CallMeSteven
CallMeSteven on Jan 09 '09 at 1:12am
great idea, and well drawn
ISABOA
   ISABOA on Jan 09 '09 at 1:13am
wow - this is crazy cool



excellent
ivejustquitsmoking
   ivejustquitsmoking on Jan 09 '09 at 1:18am
that's awesome!
Bio-bot 9000
Bio-bot 9000 on Jan 09 '09 at 1:23am
wow, pretty much any one of those would be an awesome shirt on their own!
Bio-bot 9000
Bio-bot 9000 on Jan 09 '09 at 1:23am
i especially like the turtle and carp
dacat
   dacat on Jan 09 '09 at 3:41am
Thank you fellas, time for bed bump!
dacat
   dacat on Jan 09 '09 at 12:48pm
Updated with zip hoody!
dacat
   dacat on Jan 09 '09 at 7:34pm
Me too!
3 days later
dacat
   dacat on Jan 12 '09 at 7:45pm
Yay it's up today :-)
ivejustquitsmoking
   ivejustquitsmoking on Jan 12 '09 at 7:48pm
yay! I'll go vote a fat 5 now
dacat
   dacat on Jan 12 '09 at 7:52pm
Thanks Marco!
dacat
   dacat on Jan 12 '09 at 9:36pm
Dinner bump
dacat
   dacat on Jan 13 '09 at 1:38pm
Voting time!
dacat
   dacat on Jan 13 '09 at 4:00pm
Boy, it's a slow day today!
dacat
   dacat on Jan 13 '09 at 7:38pm
About to go home from work bump
dacat
   dacat on Jan 13 '09 at 8:47pm
Yes, I like fish
dacat
   dacat on Jan 14 '09 at 5:02pm
crapcarp time!
dacat
   dacat on Jan 14 '09 at 8:10pm
Back to the drawing board!
dacat
   dacat on Jan 16 '09 at 6:15pm
I'm thinking I messed up on this one...would appreciate improvement feedback...thanks!
dacat
   dacat on Jan 17 '09 at 3:18am
late night bump!
olie!
   olie! on Jan 17 '09 at 3:27am
hmm. . . personally I just think the way you cut off the different elements like the sky, grass tree branches and waves and put them in a boxy grid doesn't look extremely flattering on the shirt. . . but honestly I don't even know if I could think of a way I would've done it any better without dissolving the concept. It might have just been the nature of the elements you were dealing with, if you get my drift.

Also the fact that the geisha "I" is on the side and kinda detached from the rest kinda makes it hard to see what you're saying. . . but again I don't know how I would've fixed it.

Sorry dude. I know that probably doesn't help you at all. If it's any consolation I like the details and colors and you did a great job emulating his style!
brentendo
brentendo on Jan 17 '09 at 3:27am
I think its great though I kinda wished that the 'I' wasn't seperate from everything else

The detail in the lettering is great though, I'm a huge fan of the artist so I would probably buy this
dacat
   dacat on Jan 17 '09 at 3:49am
Thanks Olie for the feedback!!!



I totally agree...I had so many problems with the layout...it kept spelling "SUK" and "USA", ha ha ha! I chalk this up as an exercise in examining Hokusai's style (which I love). I'll probably re-work it someday, but it was good to practice and draw this for fun anyway.



Thanks brentendo!
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