smusi
aka Sarah Musi is a 26.19 year old girl, has been a member since November 17, 2008, has scored 6520 submissions, giving an average score of 2.08.
I would have it not be 3am and I would have my assignment finished to a respectable standard and I would be sleeping and my ears would not be ringing, nor my eyes burning, and I would not be so ridiculously distractable
the ability to take all the random thoughts and ideas that seem appear in my head and to create something deeper than a wet pavement...or for the ideas to go away!
A throat that wasn't quite so sore. Someone to bath my boys and put them to bed so I can just go read to them and kiss them goodnight and not have the nightly drama.
All the horrible, piercing, unbearable pain in my right ear to be gone. Prescribed antibiotics are doing jack shit ... it's 3:14 AM right now and I've been up pretty much for the last 90 some hours with only a few moments of brief sleep.
Talking To The Ground on May 24 '09 at 3:45am
The mother flipping Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy!
(not the book, but the guide it self!) And a babblefish.
People often ask me how I create detailed artwork on computer. The answer is: I don't. Here's how it works:
1) on 11x14 vellum-finished bristol: sketch the design in pencil
2) ink over the pencil with speedball india ink and a size 2 or 3 point brush
3) erase the pencil (speedball doesn't smear)
4) scan the artwork to PDF
5) clean up in photoshop using "curves" feature and save as PSD
6) open PSD in Illustrator and do a "live trace". this turns the artwork into vector.
7) drag the vector object back into photoshop.
8) add a transparent layer underneath the vector object and paint on it with a wacom tablet (but you don't really need one)
About my rating system: I used to get upset about the bad designs but now they just make me tired so I try to be as helpful as possible leaving comments to make sure that the designer learns where to make improvements. I myself am nowhere near perfect so I really appreciate all the constructive comments folks have provided me in the past; I want to know what you are looking for in a shirt. Here's a little insight into my thought process for rating designs:
5 - If your design is clearly brilliant and deserves to be printed.
4 - If you have a wearable design that's in good taste but it could be better.
3 - If you have a good design idea and decent art but missed the mark.
2 - If you have skills but failed to put together a decent design.
1 - If your design or sense of humor really sucks.
0 - If I am actually offended or think you are mocking me because you think you are the cleverest person alive. That just pisses me off.
Designs that I never want to see again (but know I will):
- little girls with bloody knives
- peace signs
- clip art collages
- the planet earth
- polar bear balancing on an ice cube
- women who are naked for no reason
- skulls and skeletons
- zombies
- sex jokes
- chicken and egg
- guns shooting hearts
May 21 '09 by
