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City Lights

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Submitted on:
Aug 21 '07
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2.47 from 2,213 votes
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oftheforgotten

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by oftheforgotten
This design was inspired by the photography of Brett aka Benji aka yourfriendlymaemerchguy of Mae on tour.
kaloyster
   kaloyster on Aug 21 '07
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.
mj00
   mj00 on Aug 21 '07
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.
herky
   herky on Aug 21 '07
very nice, I like the reflections on the water
psyraccoon
psyraccoon on Aug 21 '07
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.
murgles
murgles on Aug 21 '07
Is that Perth, Western Australia? :P
helo
helo on Aug 22 '07
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 )

cunningsoapman
cunningsoapman on Aug 22 '07
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.
Inspector Clouseau
Inspector Clouseau on Aug 22 '07
very nice... is that Louisville? Just kidding.
frozenflames
frozenflames on Aug 22 '07
it's realy pretty..........nice
Kookaberry
   Kookaberry on Aug 22 '07
It's pretty but I could make that in like 8 seconds.
queris1
queris1 on Aug 22 '07
stone jungle

Merzi
Merzi on Aug 22 '07
Oh my, I love it! It would look great if the buildings were black and the shirt was white!
fathomit
fathomit on Aug 22 '07
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.
Alex9651899
Alex9651899 on Aug 22 '07
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
wombatty
wombatty on Aug 22 '07
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.
arabiantealeaves
arabiantealeaves on Aug 22 '07
i really like it.
BrandonB11
BrandonB11 on Aug 23 '07
cutout

step 4. put on shirt



TA DA!!!
BrandonB11
BrandonB11 on Aug 23 '07
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!!!
FRICKINAWESOME
   FRICKINAWESOME on Aug 23 '07
Interesting...it's a bustling metropolis up top, and underwater we see the Katrina New Orleans version of the same city! That's different.
johnnycomelately
johnnycomelately on Aug 23 '07
i quite like it, it reminds me of stone jungle. not crazy on the colours though.....
Shuurei
Shuurei on Aug 23 '07
Even if it was filterized, I would love it if the city lights were glow in the dark! 4, but I'll watch it.
ashaley715
ashaley715 on Aug 23 '07
I like it...don't change the color
zorgainian
zorgainian on Aug 24 '07
Does indeed look like perth.
crazyjoey
crazyjoey on Aug 24 '07
i really like it too. don't change anythin!!!
StaticFactory
StaticFactory on Aug 25 '07
I love it! 5$
mikeyboy70
mikeyboy70 on Aug 26 '07
It is Perth. http://www.flickr.com/photos/_autumn_leaf/130269483/



sillysiphilis
sillysiphilis on Aug 26 '07
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.
buckingham
buckingham on Aug 26 '07
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.
drowned and the saved
drowned and the saved on Aug 27 '07
HOLY CRAP THAT'S PERTH!!!!
phoenixwildfire
phoenixwildfire on Aug 27 '07
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...
pleasecorrupt
pleasecorrupt on Aug 27 '07
there is a dkny shirt that has essentially the same design
king_wallace
king_wallace on Aug 27 '07
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.
kasmir
kasmir on Aug 28 '07
this looks like a tourist t-shirt that u buy in those booths

2 days later
BrandonB11
BrandonB11 on Aug 31 '07
this getting a 2.47 makes me want to punch babies



its bs
3 days later
J-Ray
J-Ray on Sep 04 '07
don't worry they won't print it
BrandonB11
BrandonB11 on Sep 04 '07
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
6 days later
magookas
magookas on Sep 11 '07
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!
BrandonB11
BrandonB11 on Sep 11 '07
still wins waht???



this will never be printed cause its a piece of shit
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