Ah god dammit I have to say it.... I think this shirt is friggin cute. lol. I think the seashell should be pink or some other color that is different from the whale.
Please check out my last version before submission. This will be the exact image I will be submitting for voting/judging:
threadless is definitely into cute but all printed shirts, whether cute or whatever have a little bit more going for it conceptually. try and tell a story so that you can cover more bases than just being 'cute' for the sake of it, because hallmark has that market down already.
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