The girl had picked him a full bouquet of the strange blossoms that saturated the fields; their warm smell overpowered even the cool breeze flowing past his head, and something in the scent slowed the flow of his blood and made him forget the troubles from which he was running.

His reflection in the rear view mirror revealed his exhaustion, making him all the happier they'd almost reached their destination. An eerie light seemed to shine out of nowhere and point to its location up ahead in the distance.

He'd never heard of this place, this California hotel she had insisted on being driven to. Yet somehow he knew there was no place else to go.

pretty cool image

wow... nice!

that's pretty freakin' tight...

welcome to the hotel california

I love this design definite 5!...Definitly keep the gold coloring in the background really helps to give the image more depth.

Great design, keep the gold $5

i like the brown shades one better

oooOOooo I like $5

the eagles?

I prefer the brown/gold too!

gool image...but the rock formations or whatever, I thought they were robot feet crushing the city.

Close...they're actually giant fingers strumming a guitar (the strings are the black lines on the road).

Good looking shirt for the most beat to death song in the history of music. I like the design, but I'd want to punch myself in the face every time I saw myself in a mirror, and the song started playing in my head.

COOOOOOOOOOOOOL! I loved on gold! 5
I always imagined the guy driving a bike... ^^

that's some serious fanfic :}

sexy negative space

SXS, your write-up was the icing on the cake! The design didn't an explanation (if you are partial to AOR, that is), but your post cleverly sets up the context. Bravo on both!

that looks really cool!

that's pretty freakin' cool but nododgy has a point...still a high score for ya, good job. oh and i like the grey better.

i like the brown/gold colors

could you please print your text on the t-shirt as well? Maybe on the back. It really enhances the picture.

Love the perspective... and the story.
$5

bronze.

Pretty cool, but I dunno if I'd wear it. $5 anyay. =]

At dityPULPO's suggestion, I've thought about how to include the "story excerpt" into the design, and I think I've got something: Click here to see it. (The shirt-view on the upper-right is without the trebleclef and lines.)

"... cool wind in my hair"

Gotta go with the Dude, "I f*ckin' hat the Eagles". Classic rock=not original. Sorry.

But that's okay, since most modern rock isn't original either. :)

I like the brown/gold one best.

i like the "story excerpt" with the treble, then people will understand the song. I kinda didn't get the guitar at all. i like the gold better.

Brown/gold is great, really nice concept and detail.

i too f'n hate the eagles. i'd like this design much more if there weren't those damn cheesy flowers in it, and the fingers don't look at all like fingers in shape or placement, so i'd work on that. mostly tho, i just really hate the eagles.
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I liked it better before I realised it was associated with that song.

I like the idea of the windshield and dash but not with the song. I totally thought the fingers were smoke or rocks or something.