I run a small graphic design/custom tee business, and I want honest feedback on my work. I have sold/designed tees and Art prints, but this summer I'm really looking to expand and grow my sales. What do you guys think?
Portfolio : [URL]http://teamcosgrove.daportfolio.com/gallery/399526[/URL]
Website : [URL="http://www.facepunch.com/www.teamcosgrove.co.uk"]www.teamcosgrove.co.uk[/URL]
Images (Yes, they are large)
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There are a bunch more on my portfolio, and I'm always working on new stuff. Any advice from fellow designers, or anyone actually will be well recieved.
I don't see any 3d sentences?
It's a subtle reference to the movie Zombieland, where all of the rules are floating 3D sentences.
Should've made the text more 3D then. Not that it's bad.
I played about with the 3D effect in Illustrator and didn't get the results I wanted, is there a way to create the letters in a 3D modelling program, and then import them as a 3D object?
Jurassic Pork. :v:
[QUOTE=cosgrove;22660656]I played about with the 3D effect in Illustrator and didn't get the results I wanted, is there a way to create the letters in a 3D modelling program, and then import them as a 3D object?[/QUOTE]
Use the 3D settings in photoshop.
PM me if you need help.
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Also you can't use a gradient like that on a shirt as it will take a lot of ink and it won't look very good. It won't blend into the shirt unless the gradient goes: color>transparent.
Oh I know, the gradients are there mostly for presentation. If the tees are to be screen-printed, I may have to refine them, maybe make them less colors, as each color is a different screen. I'll look into the 3D settings, thanks for the tip!
The Jurassic Pork one is awesome. I can see people buying it.
I'd say maybe muscle up the pigs front most leg a bit, looks thin.
[QUOTE=Biotoxsin;22665733]The Jurassic Pork one is awesome. I can see people buying it.
I'd say maybe muscle up the pigs front most leg a bit, looks thin.[/QUOTE]
Hmmm, I could totally just say it's an homage to the original, with the spindley T-Rex arms and all..
[QUOTE=cosgrove;22678266]Hmmm, I could totally just say it's an homage to the original, with the spindley T-Rex arms and all..[/QUOTE]
Then you're not really doing your job now then are you?
Taking money for something I haven't put all my effort into isn't something I would want to do.
Your stuff is okay, but you need to brush up on your technical skills. Especially on the TRON cycle, it looks so crudely drawn alltogether. The front wheel also seems to big and doesn't seem to be in perspective with the head and back wheel. And it's generally just lacking details, worst part would be those thin lines there that looks like they were slapped on just to have something there to create some sort of illusion of details.
The bang bang design looks pretty boring and slightly messy. You should see if you can find some good font contrasts for it, because honestly, when you have so much stuff in it and everything is in the same style it becomes a bit boring and not very dynamic at all. A typical thing people tend to do for example is leaving one bang as a big bang and the other as a small one. Or change the colours to contrasts to eachother, that way you get more of the BANG. BANG. Feeling instead of bangbang. And I personally dislike the D's in the font. "You're" should also be exactly as high as the DEAD, not go a bit outside it, it breaks the rectangle shape.
And of course, fatten that pigs legs and try to make the text 3D in the first one to make the joke an actual joke, not just some text that is supposed to be a joke, it needs that impact the 3D effect gives.
Is the Weyland thing an original thing? Because I find it to be WAAAAY too wide and stretched out.
[QUOTE=dgg;22680475]Then you're not really doing your job now then are you?
Taking money for something I haven't put all my effort into isn't something I would want to do.
Your stuff is okay, but you need to brush up on your technical skills. Especially on the TRON cycle, it looks so crudely drawn alltogether. The front wheel also seems to big and doesn't seem to be in perspective with the head and back wheel. And it's generally just lacking details, worst part would be those thin lines there that looks like they were slapped on just to have something there to create some sort of illusion of details.
The bang bang design looks pretty boring and slightly messy. You should see if you can find some good font contrasts for it, because honestly, when you have so much stuff in it and everything is in the same style it becomes a bit boring and not very dynamic at all. A typical thing people tend to do for example is leaving one bang as a big bang and the other as a small one. Or change the colours to contrasts to eachother, that way you get more of the BANG. BANG. Feeling instead of bangbang. And I personally dislike the D's in the font. "You're" should also be exactly as high as the DEAD, not go a bit outside it, it breaks the rectangle shape.
And of course, fatten that pigs legs and try to make the text 3D in the first one to make the joke an actual joke, not just some text that is supposed to be a joke, it needs that impact the 3D effect gives.
Is the Weyland thing an original thing? Because I find it to be WAAAAY too wide and stretched out.[/QUOTE]
I appreciate all your input. I agree with everything you've said, and I think I'll take these designs, rework them, and try and improve. The Weyland Yutani thing is actually the logo from the fictional corporation in Alien.
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Updated Jurassic Pork
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Updated Potential Design
[QUOTE=cosgrove;22688067]
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Updated Potential Design[/QUOTE]
And suddenly the A and the D both had Uniform amounts of blood on them.
[QUOTE=Kybalt;22695294]And suddenly the A and the D both had Uniform amounts of blood on them.[/QUOTE]
Any advice on how to make it better, or are you just going to critisise?
It is quite strange that one bang is larger than the other
One would imagine that both bangs are of near to identical volume, and so would draw as much attention to themselves
[QUOTE=mynames2long;22706228]It is quite strange that one bang is larger than the other
One would imagine that both bangs are of near to identical volume, and so would draw as much attention to themselves[/QUOTE]
Which was my approach in the original.
Nice concepts.
youre fucking garbage at this, kid
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[QUOTE=toyota467;22728725]youre fucking garbage at this, kid[/QUOTE]
Oh Gee, Thanks. Dick.
[QUOTE=cosgrove;22728805]Oh Gee, Thanks. Dick.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://teamcosgrove.design.officelive.com/BananaPhone.aspx[/url] hahahhahaha :haw:
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lol ew nice gf
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[QUOTE=toyota467;22728968][url]http://teamcosgrove.design.officelive.com/BananaPhone.aspx[/url] hahahhahaha :haw:
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lol ew nice gf
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you just like being a fuck, don't you?
broumad
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Trolling much?
I like the concepts.
[QUOTE=cosgrove;22688067][img_thumb]http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs099.snc4/36292_135479376468364_100000189077282_395025_3868388_n.jpg[/img_thumb]Updated Rule #13
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Updated Jurassic Pork
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Updated Potential Design[/QUOTE]
Much better, now the joke makes sense and anyone who gets the reference will most likely laugh. It's at least much more likely now than before as it's gotten the needed punch to it.
Still not diggin the pig legs. I think it would be better to find a better picture of a pig where it's legs aren't so stiff. Or just simply bend them a bit as they are. You should give them a knee join the points downwards, not outwards. It makes it too static and life-less. Bend the legs like as if it was dinosaur arms that bends down. You know, when they just stand there they do the :gay: pose.
I like it and dislike it. I liked the look of the first bang bang better, it just needed some more composition and technical adjustments. But this one is nice in it's own way too, but I would suggest a bit fatter/bolder slightly rounder font, but that's mainly my preference for strong fat fonts. As for the blood, it's some very small and boring splatters that doesn't make very much sense. You need to make the blood seem like it came from somewhere, not from someone right infront of us. Make it come hard from one side. For example if he was from the left there would be a lot of blood on the left side and little to none on the right side.
Take these (fully free for commercial use, no credits needed):
[url]http://designbyninjas.deviantart.com/art/Watercolour-Splatter-84118590?q=1&qo=1[/url]
[url]http://corelila.deviantart.com/art/Splatter-Brushes-60718934?q=1&qo=1[/url]
[url]http://itsj2o.deviantart.com/art/Spray-Paint-Splatter-Brushes-74544652?q=1&qo=1[/url]
Fucking great splatters:
[url]http://fudgegraphics.deviantart.com/art/Hi-Res-Splatter-PS-Brush-Set-163129947?q=1&qo=1[/url]
[QUOTE=dgg;22740702]Much better, now the joke makes sense and anyone who gets the reference will most likely laugh. It's at least much more likely now than before as it's gotten the needed punch to it.
Still not diggin the pig legs. I think it would be better to find a better picture of a pig where it's legs aren't so stiff. Or just simply bend them a bit as they are. You should give them a knee join the points downwards, not outwards. It makes it too static and life-less. Bend the legs like as if it was dinosaur arms that bends down. You know, when they just stand there they do the :gay: pose.
I like it and dislike it. I liked the look of the first bang bang better, it just needed some more composition and technical adjustments. But this one is nice in it's own way too, but I would suggest a bit fatter/bolder slightly rounder font, but that's mainly my preference for strong fat fonts. As for the blood, it's some very small and boring splatters that doesn't make very much sense. You need to make the blood seem like it came from somewhere, not from someone right infront of us. Make it come hard from one side. For example if he was from the left there would be a lot of blood on the left side and little to none on the right side.
Take these (fully free for commercial use, no credits needed):
[URL]http://designbyninjas.deviantart.com/art/Watercolour-Splatter-84118590?q=1&qo=1[/URL]
[URL]http://corelila.deviantart.com/art/Splatter-Brushes-60718934?q=1&qo=1[/URL]
[URL]http://itsj2o.deviantart.com/art/Spray-Paint-Splatter-Brushes-74544652?q=1&qo=1[/URL]
Fucking great splatters:
[URL]http://fudgegraphics.deviantart.com/art/Hi-Res-Splatter-PS-Brush-Set-163129947?q=1&qo=1[/URL][/QUOTE]
I'm downloading those splatters now, your help is greatly appreciated, I've had no professional training in this, and I'm just trying to learn all that I can.
As for personal insults, I'm not going to dignify you with a retort. I Love my girlfriend.
Probably a good time to say I'm in a very zero-tolerance mood right now. Bans will be harsh for the next few weeks, so tread lightly all who troll.
also, I like your stuff.
The updated 'rule 12' is nice man.
The rest of your stuff here doesn't really do it for me, you need to work on your composition and where text is concerned; kerning
[QUOTE=daijitsu;22754182]Probably a good time to say I'm in a very zero-tolerance mood right now. Bans will be harsh for the next few weeks, so tread lightly all who troll.[/QUOTE]
sorry babe
[QUOTE=Bustah;22754378]The updated 'rule 12' is nice man.
The rest of your stuff here doesn't really do it for me, you need to work on your composition and where text is concerned; kerning[/QUOTE]
Agreed, I just don't "see" the composition of text, it's tough to get results I like. Any advice on kerning? Out or in?
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