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Autumn Dragons are not blue

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852 days ago
Submitted on:
Jan 27 '10
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3.31 from 752 votes
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by joaolauro   
Spoking to my personal fortune-teller I found out that the best trend for 2010 would be tees embracing the use of photos instead of designs with traditional illustration (which accounts for something like 98% of Threadless submissions today).



I think the use of photos in tees is very rich and makes powerful designs. There are endless possibilities on how to work with them. Collage, which is what I did on the design above, is just one example. The dragon was entirely made with real pictures of autumn leaves. Hope you all like it.



Sim process on creme shirt.



=)
band-it
   band-it on Jan 27 '10
whoa, this is great!
mike bautista
mike bautista on Jan 27 '10
Whoa this is nice!
squintygirl
squintygirl on Jan 27 '10
Beautiful!
bengineer
   bengineer on Jan 27 '10
wow, so awesome! $5
Ivantobealone
   Ivantobealone on Jan 27 '10
Very beautiful and tasteful!
same-old-lala
same-old-lala on Jan 27 '10
So beautiful!
brentendo
brentendo on Jan 27 '10
I agree with photography becoming the new trend. This is a great piece of work!
EN AJUSTES
EN AJUSTES on Jan 27 '10
Exquisite piece! $5
luakaderabek
luakaderabek on Jan 27 '10
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$ 1589265200.00
murraymullet
   murraymullet on Jan 27 '10
beautiful work!
teex
teex on Jan 27 '10
beautiful, i like it
Mack3000
Mack3000 on Jan 27 '10
Dude this is amazing! Great job! 5!!
KenCallebaut
KenCallebaut on Jan 27 '10
nice!
YaaH
   YaaH on Jan 27 '10
4$
enanna
enanna on Jan 27 '10
nice
psykomakia
psykomakia on Jan 27 '10
wowz
alexmdc
   alexmdc on Jan 27 '10
love it $$$$
inmax
inmax on Jan 27 '10
5!
fatheed
   fatheed on Jan 27 '10
very rad
SteveOramA
SteveOramA on Jan 27 '10
very cool!
skyfly
skyfly on Jan 27 '10
really really beautiful!
ndstillie
   ndstillie on Jan 27 '10
Love this!
joaolauro
   joaolauro on Jan 27 '10
Thanks all for the nice words! =)
Ferdinand_Marin
Ferdinand_Marin on Jan 27 '10
Dude, it's not only about the idea. It's about the colors, the composition, the expression, the details flying around. I love everything about this design (specially the claws).

Really hope this prints. That's art.
little.m.effer
little.m.effer on Jan 27 '10
very pretty!
Mythrime
Mythrime on Jan 27 '10
$5. Dragons are my fave. :D
soloyo
soloyo on Jan 27 '10
I would love to see this dragon either on top or falling off a series of trees, sort of being part of, or representing autumn.

5
kooky love
   kooky love on Jan 27 '10
GREAT $5
mreisel
   mreisel on Jan 27 '10
Gorgeous!
ben chen
   ben chen on Jan 27 '10
coooooooooooool!!!!!!!!!
westicles
westicles on Jan 27 '10
Soooo pretty!
Perfect Disguise
Perfect Disguise on Jan 27 '10
wholly crap!

5
mathiole
   mathiole on Jan 27 '10
maginifico!
jess4002
jess4002 on Jan 27 '10
nice! 5$
WanderingBert
   WanderingBert on Jan 27 '10
This is real nice
angelatag
angelatag on Jan 27 '10
Really very well done!
AlexMacDuff
   AlexMacDuff on Jan 27 '10
Excellent work. This could definitely be the new trend. $5
xiaobaosg
   xiaobaosg on Jan 28 '10
Beautiful!
Vespamama
Vespamama on Jan 28 '10
Ooh! Nicely done!!
Bio-bot 9000
Bio-bot 9000 on Jan 28 '10
superb, man!
paok
paok on Jan 28 '10
you are great mate!!! bow
feikudisigns
feikudisigns on Jan 28 '10
wow, thats really interesting and the execution was done well too. GJ.

4$$ (not a fan of the colours)
badbasilisk
   badbasilisk on Jan 28 '10
best dragon ever!
HorsefaceDee
   HorsefaceDee on Jan 28 '10
I love this!!
GRANDR
   GRANDR on Jan 28 '10
Great!!!$$$$$
dschwen
   dschwen on Jan 28 '10
Amaaaaazing!

PRINT PRINT!



$5
childmirror
childmirror on Jan 28 '10
Wooww!!! Super Cooll!!!!......
joaolauro
   joaolauro on Jan 28 '10
Cheers! =)
Kuriko
Kuriko on Jan 28 '10
very nice!
courtney pie
courtney pie on Jan 28 '10
holy awesomeness! 5$
rodrigobhz
   rodrigobhz on Jan 28 '10
Awesome. Beautiful, well done and the concept is amazing. Print.
Jellyes
   Jellyes on Jan 28 '10
whoa. very whoa.

$5
Tikimasters
Tikimasters on Jan 28 '10
This is amazing dude. The intensity of the warm colors just throws the design in your face. Well done, this was a great idea too.
Kookaberry
   Kookaberry on Jan 28 '10
$5 if you hand glue real leaves to my copy of the tshirt =)
pickupRINGO
pickupRINGO on Jan 28 '10
wow this its just beautiful
Pakpandir
   Pakpandir on Jan 29 '10
this is so sick! love the approach you have taken. Looks great $5!
sonmi
   sonmi on Jan 29 '10
so good!
Ljubo Whoo
Ljubo Whoo on Jan 29 '10
great! i love it!
Ian-S
   Ian-S on Jan 29 '10
Very cool!
Andreas Mohacsy
   Andreas Mohacsy on Jan 29 '10
SWEET!
sebell
sebell on Jan 29 '10
nice one :)



if you have time please check out my design too and let me know what you think .

http://www.threadless.com/submission/252228/Blue_Bird#
akrapf
   akrapf on Jan 29 '10
nice!!!
joaolauro
   joaolauro on Jan 29 '10
Thanks for the support. ;)
Arrow08
   Arrow08 on Jan 29 '10
wow, cool, print! 5
spinmoss1
spinmoss1 on Jan 29 '10
Amazing! $5
thunderpeel
   thunderpeel on Jan 29 '10
beautiful!
JarLinka
JarLinka on Jan 30 '10
I would buy this in an instant - By the way, I also agree with your statement about using photography in tee designs.
charity.ryan
charity.ryan on Jan 30 '10
This is really extraordinary! 5$$
laurastead
laurastead on Jan 30 '10
the warm colors make me feel warm inside. and the leaves are beautiful. i would definitely wear this. i love it! $5
polynothing
   polynothing on Jan 30 '10
$5 this is amazing :)
Bruno Osorio
Bruno Osorio on Jan 30 '10
Really good! 5
FRICKINAWESOME
   FRICKINAWESOME on Jan 31 '10
This is mixed media done oh so right, where you can barely notice it's a combination of different pictures until you look a bit further. Super implementation into the lighter shirt as well, this has winner of a t-shirt print all over it.
Akaka
   Akaka on Jan 31 '10
WOW
joaolauro
   joaolauro on Jan 31 '10
Thanks, thanks! 3 days to go.
edgarscratch
edgarscratch on Jan 31 '10
yiiihaaaaa 5$
Mr Rocks
   Mr Rocks on Jan 31 '10
nicely done. 5
choppre
choppre on Jan 31 '10
this looks amazing dude
Heikachi
Heikachi on Feb 01 '10
5$
joaolauro
   joaolauro on Feb 01 '10
Thanks, folks! 2 days left.
eskimokiss
   eskimokiss on Feb 01 '10
I reckon you're right.

I can definitely see more photo based subs (collages etc) in the new year.



This is a strong contender!
ratkiss
   ratkiss on Feb 01 '10
Intense!
jodabaum
   jodabaum on Feb 01 '10
Really neat!!!!
rodrigobhz
   rodrigobhz on Feb 01 '10
Too much awesomeness in this competition. Yours is a serious contender. Top notch!
alvarejo
   alvarejo on Feb 01 '10
so goood
myteemo
   myteemo on Feb 01 '10
Very creative! Looks cool on the tee.
science_girl
science_girl on Feb 01 '10
One of my favourites for sure... you deserved my first comment!
joaolauro
   joaolauro on Feb 02 '10
What an honor, science_girl.

Thank you very much, everyone. :)

1 last day to vote!
Spam69
Spam69 on Feb 02 '10
Very special
andyg
   andyg on Feb 02 '10
Very cool!
quister
   quister on Feb 02 '10
Great concept, awesome illo! $5
SesaK StudiO
SesaK StudiO on Feb 03 '10
nice...



http://www.threadless.com/submission/252970/Ideas_More_Powerful_than_Guns/showmore,designs
joaolauro
   joaolauro on Feb 03 '10
Thanks, all!

Final hours. ;)
TangYauHoong
   TangYauHoong on Feb 03 '10
so beautiful!!
Ferdinand_Marin
Ferdinand_Marin on Feb 03 '10
100th! Couldn't help.
joaolauro
   joaolauro on Feb 03 '10
Wow, nice score! :-D

Thanks everyone!
jublin
   jublin on Feb 03 '10
whoa missed this one :( but it's really quite beautiful. congrats!
7 days later
dschwen
   dschwen on Feb 11 '10
PRINT!
18 days later
mgwizzy
mgwizzy on Mar 01 '10
Absolutely gorgeous! I really like your work! 5$!!!
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