[Contest] Next TL Shirt Design - Page 18

On November 06 2010 04:46 Marklin wrote:
Hello TL!
Long time lurker and first time poster. Been looking for motivation to stop playing starcraft and paint more in photoshop, this contest turned out to be the perfect opportunity to combine the two.

Draft of my design:


Still very unfinished, still thinking about the text placement, colours, image placement and there is still lots of detailing left.

So - i would really need and appreciate any suggestions and feedback you have! :D

On November 06 2010 01:31 emperorchampion wrote:


Definitely the best entry so far! I love the creativity, and I hope we'll see some more cool stuff come up in the next few weeks! :D

On November 06 2010 04:54 fauxreal wrote:


new fav for sure, if they're able and willing print this, it would be pretty sick. nice job

On October 27 2010 05:44 deotrip wrote:


kinda like that

On November 05 2010 09:50 laste wrote:


Thats a step in the right way but a raw trace wont cut it I'm afraid, if you straighten the paths on the highlights and shadows properly I think it'll look amazing. live trace can be too sloppy and precise at the same time causing it still to look like a raster and messing up your detail. you can either do that or redraw the whole thing in illustrator, I know it may seem like a lot of work but its really not and the outcome would be much much better.

About the type, eh.. if you really like that style I'd suggest using Avant Garde but otherwise I'd recommend something classic like Futura or Frutiger. Or just use Helvetica like a normal person. ;p

Also I really think you should get the kerning straight, note the first and second "i" in "liquid" in example.

Just try to make the illustration flat, like 1 colour yellow for the background shape, 1 for shadows, 1 for borders, 1 for highlights etc.

On the print note its easy to print as it is, since this particular one would use only cyan and yellow of cmyk and thats essentially 50% cheaper.

On November 07 2010 08:43 disciple wrote:
I think you are trying too hard



simple, practical - you can wear it at work, in school and your gf will love it