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by danrule   
Utility pole is a very useful and frequent part of the landscape.



Comments/criticisms appreciated.
grayehound
   grayehound on Nov 30 '05
Another nice illustration. not sure if they can print that close to the edge and neckline, but it'd look wrong if the lines ended anywhere else.
somny
somny on Nov 30 '05
i found everything in that yellowish orange color to be a bit distracting,



maybe just black&white?
melancholydreamer
melancholydreamer on Nov 30 '05
The lines, the illustration of the telephone pole, very nice, but what happened when you got to the birds? There is little to no detail in them, I’d like to see either detail or removal, or if you wanted to be lazy just make them better silhouettes.
xgutterxglitterx
xgutterxglitterx on Nov 30 '05
i like how the birds are just yellow silhouettes because it makes them stand out from the tree and the pole
laurelxcore
laurelxcore on Nov 30 '05
My friend has a shirt exactly like that, just different colors. I even told him it looked like something from Threadless.



Its nice though,3.
danrule
   danrule on Nov 30 '05
Oh snap, it's up already? That's like a 10 hr waiting period...

Anyway, had the drawing for something else, didn't work out, so I tweaked it to might fit the comp.

Birds and plane are undetailed/dif color to get em to pop and relate together separate from pole/tree.

Grass is there because it looked hell-a stupid just floating.

yeah grayehound, if they can't print to edges, I'm not sure what could be done.
bluesnacks
bluesnacks on Nov 30 '05
I like it. Could do without the plane though. 4
helo
helo on Nov 30 '05
The compositon and detail do a great job

focusing our attention on the utillity pole.

Yellow is good at grabbing attention

which ends up making the grass, birds,

and plane compete with the pole. My

suggestion is to substitute a cool color

with the yellow ( a warm color ). Light

blue would do the trick with the plane

and birds. I'm not a fan of the grass.

I thought it was text at first glance.

Maybe a contoured brown line of varying

thickness to represent the ground.



I really like how your design expresses

how man can dominate nature ( wires

and plenty of attachments ) for his

benefit without destroying it ( the tree

is still alive since its roots are alive

and kicking ).



Great design, danrule !
helo
helo on Nov 30 '05
By the way, I like the design's

placement and how the locations

of the ends of the wires are not

floating in the air. They made

it to the edge of the viewable area

on the front.
danrule
   danrule on Nov 30 '05
Thanks helo, I am not averse to changing the colors to a cool color, maybe later I will and post them somewhere.
danrule
   danrule on Nov 30 '05
Not averse? Sorry, let me try that again..I am OPENMINDED to changing the colors...
Annamary
Annamary on Dec 01 '05
Well, I'm new here, but this is definitely my favorite design yet. I would buy one right now if I could.
d3d
   d3d on Dec 02 '05
i like this heaps. great drawing. hope it prints ok if it comes to that.
Sushiful
Sushiful on Dec 02 '05
I love the ambiguity of the birds, but why yellow?

Change the colours, I beg of you and I will buyyy.
sparky06
sparky06 on Dec 02 '05
I really like this

dmenkes
dmenkes on Dec 02 '05
Ahh..fantastic! 5$
vars
vars on Dec 03 '05
thats an excellent illustration. 4/5!
danrule
   danrule on Dec 04 '05
OK, just clickity-click on my name to see a dif color for the objects.



I couldn't go cool, so I went beige.
danrule
   danrule on Dec 04 '05
Correction,

see color change here;

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4764/679/1600/utility-light-brown.gif
gothinne
gothinne on Dec 04 '05
Awesome design. It makes me think of "Serial Experiments: Lain," and that's awesome too.
Bloody_Ashes
Bloody_Ashes on Dec 04 '05
I like it.
flyawaygirl
flyawaygirl on Dec 04 '05
yes your color corrections are much better, I agree with helo completely. I still think the ground line is slightly problematic, it does look like it might be text. But i really do LOVE this shirt, its deliciously unexpected.
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meAsh
meAsh on Dec 07 '05
kool 4$

but it 's too late to rate....:(
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FolkentinesMerryMinstrels
I love your work. LOVE IT TO DEATH. 5 and buy if the color is changed.
39 days later
Hary
Hary on Jan 29 '06
it's awesome
85 days later
kesho
kesho on Apr 24 '06
i like this design,good thinking.
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