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by gumnuthead
Sorry about the lack of zoom. I don\\\\\\\'t know how to add it in.

I love octopi and this pic is based on a drawing I did last week.
thespianoge
thespianoge on Feb 07 '05
That's a really amazing drawing--and it's almost like a living celtic knot!
olivertwist
olivertwist on Feb 08 '05
Its nice. But it looks a bit souvenirish. Maybe a text could add some power. "Octopuss me!" for example, or "hug me"
gumnuthead
gumnuthead on Feb 08 '05
Bit of a catch 22 isnt it. You don't put text on a design and people want it and then vice versa. Oh well....
Verna
Verna on Feb 08 '05
Fantastic! I love octopi too. Its such a strong image.
suckrpnch
suckrpnch on Feb 08 '05
"Octovagina"...

no text. really nice drawing.
suckrpnch
suckrpnch on Feb 08 '05
different colors could help to get away from souvenirish feeling possibly.
headfirst4halos
headfirst4halos on Feb 08 '05
WOooOOOOAHHHH

heart.

and im a bitch of a scorer.

i'd buy

anda 4
10steps2recovery
10steps2recovery on Feb 08 '05
Octopussy? what?

interesting
DJSolange
DJSolange on Feb 08 '05
This reminds me of a Neil Barrett shirt



http://bluefly.speedera.net/zs.bluefly.com/mgen/Bluefly/prodImage.ms?productCode=1029115&width=200&height=240
gumnuthead
gumnuthead on Feb 08 '05
What do you mean by souvenirish?

What colours do you suggest instead?
claire_bear
claire_bear on Feb 08 '05
I love it! It's really striking.

I'm fascinated following all the tentacles.
soygood
soygood on Feb 09 '05
its good though I can tell that your orignal drawing filled up an entire page and the octopus seems to be constrained to that .... let the octopus free and it will go wild
theclassybabe
theclassybabe on Feb 09 '05
I agree with the comment before, the octopus seems a bit confined. I would want text or some interesting negative space or something too, there's not enough contrast in the content of the image for me.
metamouse
metamouse on Feb 09 '05
I'm glad there's no text. I like it confined - it looks like an old woodcut.
oCfuu
oCfuu on Feb 09 '05
Like it a lot!



I think the confinedness (is that even a word? ? ^^) is great! Works very well!



+5/buy
gishmi1ish
gishmi1ish on Feb 09 '05
I think it'd be good if you cleaned up all sorta cross-hatchingy stuff around the edges. If the octopus just had a nice, clean outline against the stark black? MMMMMM. Five&buy, baby.
arisearise
arisearise on Feb 10 '05
I like how confined it is. I like the "cross-hatchingly stuff." But maybe if it weren't on a black shirt, it would look less like that red/black oriental style so popular in the little boys section of walmart. maybe a sage green? or even a dark grey?
arisearise
arisearise on Feb 10 '05
beautiful drawing, btw.
charlieowen
charlieowen on Feb 11 '05
please make this shirt!
JackalHole
JackalHole on Feb 11 '05
First off, hell yes I'd buy this shirt. To me this is one of the best I've seen on this site. And please don't change the colors. BUT it would be better if the stray hatch marks didn't sort of define a rectangle. A circle or amorphous would be perfect . . . for me.
sassmuffin
sassmuffin on Feb 11 '05
clean it up so its a bit more 'visible', so to speak, and id buy
angelphish25
angelphish25 on Feb 13 '05
um. well, i have to be honest that it reminds me of something from jc pennys. octopus is too boxed in (confined, i see was the comment above), but i think the idea is there. not for me, but it's interesting enough.
erlee
erlee on Feb 13 '05
Fix it up.

1. This is a image where it should be positioned off-centre. I suggest on the left corner.

2. Don't use all the image, Be bold, cut it off. Let the image peek out.

With the modifications you might have a lot of buyers.
ravenword
ravenword on Feb 13 '05
The tentacles are fantastic, but I agree about letting them stray outside the borders of the original page. Octopuses are so cool.
gumnuthead
gumnuthead on Feb 13 '05
Thanks for all your comments. They've been really helpful.
cydux
cydux on Feb 14 '05
yeha aha haha! I am digging the octopi - no text is good - just the way it is looks nice. 5&B
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