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traitsnick aka Nick Parker is 28.37 years old, has been a member since May 23, 2007, has scored 27 submissions, giving an average score of 1.63.

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May 23 '07 by traitsnick

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understand the medium in which you design for.

I have been seeing a lot of designs that dont work technicaly. Many are too detailed, others dont make sense as a shirt. Im sure i wont make any new friends here, but i am trying to help with a critical eye all those who seem so excited about their art work.

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ISABOA on May 23 '07 at 3:23pm

why you no thinking friends are not to be making?

jenraskopf on May 23 '07 at 3:23pm

Understand the rules of the language with which you write.

13strong on May 23 '07 at 3:24pm

No offence, but "understand the medium in which you design for" is pretty appalling grammar.

"Understand the medium in which you design" maybe?

marblecargirl on May 23 '07 at 3:25pm

hehe

ISABOA on May 23 '07 at 3:28pm

I am gonna go and understand the sandwich that I am eating for

Torakamikaze on May 23 '07 at 3:31pm

im gonna leave work soon and understand the car in which i drive for

tabithakristen on May 23 '07 at 3:32pm

I'm trying to understand the blog in which I write for

13strong on May 23 '07 at 3:34pm

I am gonna go to the toilet before I pee the pants I wear for

Smitty McGillicutty on May 23 '07 at 3:36pm

besides the obvious and already pointed out problems with the above posted blog, the point of this website is to give more creative freedom to the masses. As long as it can be printed, I don't mind seeing it as a submission.

ninja.bassist on May 23 '07 at 3:42pm

I'm gonna type the comment of blog for

YEAH! Bad grammar!

YEAH! sucky spelling!

ninja.bassist on May 23 '07 at 3:43pm

traitsnick is my new best friend...

we have so much in common.

Alexandra Marie on May 23 '07 at 3:45pm

How is posting this blog helping "with a critical eye all those who seem so excited about their art work"?
If they want to submit it, let them. If you don't like it, give it a 0. It's that simple.

Alexandra Marie on May 23 '07 at 3:46pm

Oh, and maybe you should reserve your opinion until you've been here longer than one day.

iDanSimpson on May 23 '07 at 3:52pm

best responses ever!

ISABOA on May 23 '07 at 4:19pm

huzzah!

The Wee Straggler on May 23 '07 at 4:32pm

If you don't like it, give it a 0.

No no no. This is not how you evaluate the designs in which you score for!
Seriously, even designs I hate don't get zeros from me if they aren't total crap.

tabithakristen on May 23 '07 at 4:33pm

lmfao@13strong

Tonteau on May 23 '07 at 4:33pm

Thanks, this has helped me a lot.

travioli on May 23 '07 at 4:36pm

Designing is alot harder than it may look to your "critical eyes". When I see designs of your's I will hold your technical critique in higher value.

iDanSimpson on May 23 '07 at 4:37pm

"Understand the medium in which you design" maybe?

actually, i think the best way to put it would be:

"Understand the medium for which you design"

you aren't designing inside of a medium, instead, one is designing for a specific medium. i like talking about grammar, so please feel free to correct me if i'm mistaken.

wotto on May 23 '07 at 4:38pm

understand theaudience of the blog before you make a blog!

I've made this mistake my self but only once.

travioli on May 23 '07 at 4:39pm

understanding is the medium for what your designing of.

WanderingBert on May 24 '07 at 3:03am

Understanding that people won't respect your "artistic guidance" until you've proven your design ability is also very important. As Travioli alluded to.

and I prefer "Understand the medium for which you design" personally, just coz that seems to be the real conversation here.

13strong on May 24 '07 at 3:07am

iDanSimpson - You may be right. Despite having an English degree, some grammatical rules still confuse me.

I was thinking, though, that a designer works "in" a medium, not for it. Picasso worked in the medium of paint, Michaelangelo in the medium of stone, and Van Halen in the medium of ROCK.

haha

Anyway. Yeah, that's why I put "in". LIke I said though, I might be wrong.

iDanSimpson on May 24 '07 at 8:14am

13strong, i think you are actually right.

it's really easy for me to think in circles, especially in regards to grammar, and come to the wrong conclusion.

Tonteau on May 24 '07 at 8:17am

Understand what design medium for which you are making designs on.

iDanSimpson on May 24 '07 at 8:19am

ughh. i just don't even know anymore. that one sounds too wordy to me.

Tonteau on May 24 '07 at 8:20am

Hahaha. I wasn't being serious.

Torakamikaze on May 24 '07 at 9:00am

design you the medium in which you understand for

chelly on May 24 '07 at 9:05am

i think the point is partially valid. some of the newer designers, in particular, take art from another medium and apply it to a tee and it just looks like crap. regardless, i think that it is something that an artist has to learn through trial and error.

tesco on May 24 '07 at 10:27am

the point is completely valid, but would be better made with some examples. most of the designs here look like shit on a shirt, to my tastes anyway (ie: far too detailed, perspective, one time funny jokes etc etc)

wullagaru on May 24 '07 at 10:31am

agreed ... its why a lot of mine dont do as well as I hope same with others they are cool illustrations but not right on tees

OlliRudi on May 24 '07 at 10:33am

i design for size xl, not medium:)

harpo25 on May 24 '07 at 10:36am

I was waiting for that joke, Olli!

OlliRudi on May 24 '07 at 10:37am

somebody had to say it

dorkman on May 24 '07 at 10:37am

It's difficult for me to understand in which these blog statements for the writing are in. between.

Ah hell, nothing beats "pee the pants I wear for."

valorandvellum on May 24 '07 at 10:39am

Hahaha!! This is why I love you guys... your comments are too funny.

traitsnick brings up an interesting point, but without going into specific detail he could be right or he could be wrong. However, to some extent, I disagree on some points... I think you CAN be very detailed as long as you are aware of the fact that when you pull back from the design it still has to look good. Then it looks good from far away, and you're rewarded with more things to discover when you're closer.

I've been told on almost all of my subs that my design doesn't work for a t-shirt.

Tonteau on May 24 '07 at 10:48am

I think it depends to a very large extent what people want to wear on a T-Shirt.

I wouldn't wear a lot of what gets printed at threadless, quite a lot of it I don't think works well on a shirt, but plenty of people love the designs, hence their printage. And on the other hand, there are loads of designs I love which threadless will never print because not enough people like them. It comes down to perception, essentially.

It's a valid point, certainly. But the bottom line is that there will always be subs which just completely miss the mark and the people who really need to be told this, probably aren't reading this blog.

kaloyster on May 24 '07 at 10:50am

Understand the medium???

Here's a tip:
- Draw FFWF

canadianbeaver on May 24 '07 at 10:58am

Well that's it. I am going to work for Walmart. Finally someone had the nerve to tell me the truth.

canadianbeaver on May 24 '07 at 11:01am

ffwf?

ISABOA on May 24 '07 at 11:17am

it is a bit obvious to state that many of the design subs are of low caliber. And that is I think his point, in addition to the point that he is here to help.

valorandvellum on May 24 '07 at 11:22am

FWF = Food With Faces

FFWF = Fast Food With Faces (?)

ISABOA on May 24 '07 at 11:23am

funny food with faces

french food with faces

furry food with faces

Torakamikaze on May 24 '07 at 11:24am

understand the faces you design food for

kaloyster on May 24 '07 at 11:26am

Fuckin' Food With Faces

ISABOA on May 24 '07 at 11:27am

of course

shirtflirt on May 24 '07 at 11:27am

you may be right
i may be crazy
but i just might be the lunatic
you're looking for!

shirtflirt on May 24 '07 at 11:28am

fun
with
flagelation

Torakamikaze on May 24 '07 at 11:31am

understand the Billy Joel in which you sing for

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