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littleclyde aka Michelle has been a member since January 28, 2008, has scored 5374 submissions, giving an average score of 2.61.

URL: http://www.linolade.com

Oct 28 '08 by littleclyde

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FRIDAY!

It's Monday, but things are rosier here:

Wild Blue Yonder - Threadless, Best T-shirts Ever

ivejustquitsmoking on Oct 28 '08 at 7:15am

'yeigh friday!'
make them unicorns hehe
nice job with the haftones

taz-pie on Oct 28 '08 at 7:17am

lovely!

David T on Oct 28 '08 at 7:18am

Nice idea. I really like this but the shadow of "Friday" bothers me a little. Until I realised it was a shadow I thought it said something else underneath Friday... maybe make it more obvious that it's the shadow of Friday... if that makes any sense.

ecsu on Oct 28 '08 at 7:18am

You know why this looks great?
Cause it's the perfect contrast with zonnmii'ss Monday design.

But if i may suggest... i'm missing a little bit of yellow somewhere...

:D
but great work.

littleclyde on Oct 28 '08 at 7:22am

Thanks guys. David T, I was really struggling with the shadow - any suggestions on how I might make it more obvious? Make the shadow thinner, lighter, halftone, etc?

Also, I'm aware of the Monday design - granted this is exactly the opposite of it, but do you think it stands on its own? Or is it too similar in concept to fly here?

David T on Oct 28 '08 at 7:28am

Maybe shorten the shadow so you can see the tops of the letters before they go into the cloud. That way it might be easier to read the shadow as saying Friday? But i might be being to picky. It looks great as is.

roadkill3d on Oct 28 '08 at 7:32am

Really nice. I'd take that yellow suggestion.

ecsu on Oct 28 '08 at 7:32am

no no no... i think it stands.... and yet is awesome too...
what i said was just in an sort observation... just like... wow... it be really great to have both... aheiohaioehae.. and make a kind of a joke.

as for the shadow... maybe if you used a halftone... or even a mix of halftone+plain color... i dunno...

but is awesome work anyways...

corey9 on Oct 28 '08 at 7:32am

i dont think its similar at all to monday. i wouldnt have picked up on that. i think whats happening with the shadow is right now it is holding more visual weight than what is creating it. maybe try the halftone fade from purple to the shirt color? or maybe just make the purple a slightly darker blue than the shirt. or a balance of lightening the shadow and slightly darkening the casting letters? youve worked out a nice composition for this.

littleclyde on Oct 28 '08 at 7:39am

Some great things to consider, thanks corey! I'll play around with the shadow a bit. Roadkill and ecsu, yellow huh? Maybe a third color wouldn't be so bad. Hmm.

walmazan on Oct 28 '08 at 8:15am

I like so much your typo and the composition, looks amazing!

DaleEdwin on Oct 28 '08 at 8:26am

I agree with corey9's suggestions. And I think making them unicorns would be a really nice touch. This is a bloody marvelous idea and will make a great T

littleclyde on Oct 28 '08 at 8:39am

Thanks so much you two! Unicorns were actually my original idea, but I wondered it might be too much? I do like the idea of Friday being surrounded by mythical animals though.

lunchboxbrain on Oct 28 '08 at 8:40am

i'd like to see the lettering resting on the clouds. i think a bright yellow/orange sunburst behind the lettering would help convey the idea here. i dig the halftone work.

littleclyde on Oct 28 '08 at 11:07am

Thanks lunchbox!

Some great advice from all of you, here's the update:

ivejustquitsmoking on Oct 28 '08 at 11:13am

nice!

littleclyde on Oct 28 '08 at 11:47am

Thanks Marco!

David T on Oct 28 '08 at 4:47pm

Yes thats much better. The yellow really adds to it and the halftones work on the shadow too. This is looking great! Good luck.

EricDiaz on Oct 28 '08 at 4:50pm

It looks a lot better with the added yellow but i agree with LBB, it would look cool if the text was resting on the clouds.

littleclyde on Oct 29 '08 at 1:28am

Thanks! I agree that it might be interesting with the text on the clouds, but I wanted to go with this running down a hill feel. Also, I'm lazy and just about ready to sub this guy. Any more last minute advice?

ivejustquitsmoking on Oct 29 '08 at 1:36am

will some unicorns need subtle shadows on the clouds?
yeah, it looks ready to sub :)

againstbound on Oct 29 '08 at 1:39am

HAve you tried some mid orange instead of yellow? Might work well with all your blues. Though the yellow doesn't look bad at all.

littleclyde on Oct 29 '08 at 4:47am

I did try an orange, Hector, but I liked the yellow better. Thanks though! And thanks everyone again for some excellent suggestions - I think it's much improved.

And, subbed:

lofty softy on Oct 30 '08 at 5:18am

that looks fantastic with all of that yellow light blasting through. nice one!

FRICKINAWESOME on Oct 30 '08 at 5:21am

I'm liking this a bit more than the Monday punch in the gut shirt. lol. I would liked even more craziness and fantastical pieces coming out from behind the word, but still really awesome and a sure 4$ or 5$ when i getz to votin on it.

taz-pie on Oct 30 '08 at 5:26am

ohhhh gorgeous!

littleclyde on Oct 30 '08 at 5:28am

Aw, thanks you two! Evan if I ever do a resub with this, I'll be sure to add a flying Pegasus or three and a giant phoenix too - it would be kind of cool to do an even more over-the-top version, but I was impatient and am just trying to crank some stuff out to get back into the rhythm of subbing...

littleclyde on Oct 30 '08 at 5:29am

I meant, thanks you three!

Tonteau on Oct 30 '08 at 5:40am

This is awesome. I like that you're doing a different style.

Has you colour options? I'd defo wear it, but I don't really wear light blue.

ecsu on Oct 30 '08 at 5:45am

See that was what i was missing! I knew you'd pull this off.

:D total 5$

littleclyde on Oct 30 '08 at 7:10am

Thanks escu, good call with the yellow! Tonteau, I'll put up a link to the version on cream when it's up for voting. Or do you have another suggestion?

littleclyde on Oct 30 '08 at 7:10am

Thanks escu, good call with the yellow! Tonteau, I'll put up a link to the version on cream when it's up for voting. Or do you have another suggestion?

walmazan on Oct 30 '08 at 7:16am

yea, my suggestion is for threadless, skip the vote process and PRINT this puppy now, because I want it so badly.

littleclyde on Oct 30 '08 at 7:37am

I can always count on you, walmazan :) Congrats on your latest greatest scores, by the way!

flealicious on Oct 30 '08 at 8:11am

I really love that idea and how it's illustrated. You really get that Fridayie feelin' ^_^

Maybe maybe maybe, you could try adding an exclamation mark?

5 days later

jess4002 on Nov 04 '08 at 2:26pm

it's up!

C Kid on Nov 04 '08 at 9:15pm

Just a BUMP!

littleclyde on Nov 06 '08 at 3:35am

Oh hey, thanks Jess and Pam! I was too immersed in election news to nurse my sub, but thankfully it's all over for now and I can think about things again.

Like, how my favorite Friday song is Friday from late 70s Joe Jackson.

littleclyde on Nov 07 '08 at 6:36am

Working for the weekend...

2 days later

jess4002 on Nov 09 '08 at 4:37pm

2 more days!

littleclyde on Nov 10 '08 at 11:57am

1 more day!

walmazan on Nov 11 '08 at 7:58am