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1) Dots May Trick: Play on Dot Matrix. Illusion type designs, as I've not found any really good ones yet. No hidden text, unless it's another layer in the puzzle.

2) Riddles/Word Walls: Y'know those puzzles where you put a word in between two others to make two big words? Some of those maybe, with the middle words making a message. Leave the spaces blank, so people can work it out.

3) Unplug: Character on tv reaching out to pull the plug on themself, facing a window with a view. Not so subtle, but hey, it was the first idea I ever had.

3) Cupboard: a Tea Cup on either a surfboard or a skateboard. Daft, but it just came to me as I was typing.

4) Tribeca FF 1: Lots of story characters sitting on a rug like school kids, listening to a story being read. Maybe a bit twee, but gotta purge that idea first.

5) Twist Theme: Obviously, I'd not be much of a Mista Twist without some warped style stuff. Maybe venturing into Escher territory, but with curves instead of straight lines. Perhaps that could work...Perhaps not.

6) TFF 2: Uzing one, some or all of the words from the mission to theme the pic.

Hmm, how many of these will I still want to do when I re-read this in a few days?

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I've now reviewed all the current 167 or so tees, bringing me up to 330, and there are loads of different styles and things that drive what marks I give em.

After the first 20 or so, I reckoned I'd no idea on what I rated and what I didn't, so I racked my twisty little brain to try and be fair. So, I thought kinda like this:

$ designs don't necessarily have to be 5s too.

My 5 represents something done almost perfectly; colours, illustration, concept, the works. I gave out about 11, I think some slipped through, and some were included maybe just cos I liked em that little bit more.

The concept thingy doesn't have to be really strong, just work. I mean, in some, the premise is "just to be cute", in others it follows a theme for a comp. Mix it up, but be nice.

I guess at the end of the day, you have to go with what floats your boat, but try and split them into the creme de la creme, and the creme caramel. Both yummy, but different.

I gotta get me some illustrator action goin' on, so I can be part of this great process. Maybe I'll appreciate more what goes into making a design.

No doubt more twisted analysis'll follow soon. Gonna start linking up my faves too...]]>