This design was inspired by the photography of Brett aka Benji aka yourfriendlymaemerchguy of Mae on tour.

I love the gold effect, but I'll be disappointed if this was made using a Photoshop filter.

Looks like a wallpaper image of a city.

Yeah, it looks too filtery to me (regardless of how it was actually made). I think I'd rather see something more stylized. Apart from that, can you explain the connection to the Singularity theme? I'm not seeing it.

very nice, I like the reflections on the water

I agree with the above on this one, I don't like the fact that this looks like it could have been done with a simple filter. You need to add some of your own style to this or it won't work out.

Is that Perth, Western Australia? :P

I'm wondering if technique is clouding the votes
of some with this design. I'm clueless about filters
and whatever procedures are available in those
super expensive illustration programs. Is it possible
to ignore how something was made when voting
on it ? What if this is from an image that oftheforgotten
created before he "filtered" it ? Would that change
people's negative view of possible filtering ?

Overall it's a decent night cityscape with a water reflection,

but

the colors ( brown and Dijon mustardy colors with white )
are colors associated with toilets. sorta like the city is right
next to a sewage river. I would like to see other color schemes
before I vote unless these colors are the final colors of this
design. oftheforgotten, are you willing to try other
colors ? ( funky & creative colors will make my vote higher.
plain/expected colors will probably get you a 2 from me.
the present colors bother me enough to give it a score of 1 or 2 )

Contrary to some of the above statements, I don't care how much work was put into it, if it looks cool or if it has something clever. If someone spent three days without food or sleep making something that looked like crap, I'd still give it a zero. Personally, I just rate based on what I'd like to wear. I wouldn't really want to wear this, but hey.

very nice... is that Louisville? Just kidding.

it's realy pretty..........nice

It's pretty but I could make that in like 8 seconds.

stone jungle

Oh my, I love it! It would look great if the buildings were black and the shirt was white!

it's nice, but it reminds me of a tourist shirt. A really really nice tourist shirt that I would totally buy, if I were a tourist.

ya it does remind me of stone jungle, though the same concepts really aren't there, i don't dig this that much but still a good effort

Why is it bad if it looks like it was made with photoshop? I thought this site was supposed to be about creative ideas, not necessarily the amount of time spent on a particular design. Time spent does not reflect impact, and I think this shirt, though perhaps not masterful in artistry, is impacting and original. I like it. Nice work.

i really like it.

cutout
step 4. put on shirt

TA DA!!!

wtf it took out steps 1-3
here are the steps
1. google "city" and find image
2. open photoshop
3. go to filter then artistic then cutout
4. put on shirt

TA DA!!!

Interesting...it's a bustling metropolis up top, and underwater we see the Katrina New Orleans version of the same city! That's different.

i quite like it, it reminds me of stone jungle. not crazy on the colours though.....

Even if it was filterized, I would love it if the city lights were glow in the dark! 4, but I'll watch it.

I like it...don't change the color

Does indeed look like perth.

i really like it too. don't change anythin!!!

I love it! 5$

It is Perth. http://www.flickr.com/photos/_autumn_leaf/130269483/

If photoshop gives you the capability to create a design like this, why not utilize it? It would be pointless to put in tons of unnecessary effort when there is a tool that allows you to create the same design quicker.

If oftheforgotten took the photo himself, then there is at least some artistry to it, regardless of what he did to it in photoshop afterwards. If he didn't take it, it's still kind of pretty. Hopefully it's not a copyright protected image, though.

HOLY CRAP THAT'S PERTH!!!!

the question is how many colors are in this? if it was done in photoshop from a photo, there has to be lots of halftones etc...

my first impression, wow thats a cool shirt...

but if it was done by filtering a picture on photoshop, that would take away from what i thought...

i was mostly wow, because of the work that i thought was put in it and now impressive it looked... but thats just me...

there is a dkny shirt that has essentially the same design

I think what was said above was supposed to be:

1. google "city" and find image
2. open photoshop
3. go to filter then artistic then cutout
4. put on shirt
5. ????
6. PROFIT!!!


I 5'd this, because I like it. And it does look like stone jungle, and I have that one, so yeah. Also, if he used photoshop, that doesn't take away from how the thing actually looks, and no one is going to care when you're wearing it, so I don't see why that takes away from the design. It could use some touch ups, but I like it.

this looks like a tourist t-shirt that u buy in those booths

this getting a 2.47 makes me want to punch babies

its bs

don't worry they won't print it

ya but up untill just a few hours ago this design beat every single one of my designs in score... and it just makes me grumpy

who cares how this guy got the design? who cares how he made it? WHO CARES?! And apparently Brandon, this guy is smarter then you because he took 5 sec to make a design, whereas you took a looooong time, and he still wins. Bravo!

still wins waht???

this will never be printed cause its a piece of shit