The design was "Home is Where the Heart Is," and while it hadn't caught on and blazed the hotness as I'd hoped, it was gathering some good reviews and with a day or so to go, it was just on the cusp of 50, that elusive number to warrant being featured over at "best losers," when it was unceremoniously rejected for being seven colors. Which it wasn't. The seventh color was the shirt itself. It was a bit frustrating, especially as I had discussed the fact that the extra color was the shirt in the entry thread. Especially as I'd discussed that I WISHED I could have used an extra color. Especially since woot had a file which was conveniently transparent in the exact questionable areas, which they could have pulled up and checked out if they'd wanted to. Rejection hurts most when you know the reason isn't true. As such, I was duly peeved.
In an ideal print world, the shirt you're about to see will have a slightly changed palate. I'd love to print it on a Sand or similar, to give the effect of wood a little better, and to hold up the back-print better than creme does. I would also like to improve the perspective on the couch (which might need to be "reupholstered" if the shirt color changes) and the lamp. As I said before, a seventh color would be amazing in general, just to give me a shred more flexibility. Finally, I think I'd probably clean up the "moulding" around the cross of the window frame... it's a bit less wooden and a bit more sloppy than I'd like. But all in all, and as it is, I am very happy with the outcome... if I wasn't, I wouldn't bother trying to fix it up so dramatically. I'm especially happy with how the Heart came out, and feel that while the perspective isn't perfect, the "window inside" concept does create a shred of an illusion. You can weigh in one way or another. How do you feel about it now? Do my changes make sense or not? Other opinions? The floor is yours. Use it wisely.
***Disclaimer: All images in this post are for display only. No design herein is currently for sale. Any changes to this status will be noted in a separate post.***
2 comments:
how odd you're all warm and fuzzy here but totally mean to lots of people over at shirt.woot.
I bet you're so vain you'll even disapprove of this comment and delete it before any of your handful of fans get a chance to read it.
I'd probably be a fan of you and your designs if you weren't so negative towards other designs/people you don't like...
That would actually be considered "not very odd at all." This blog is here as a depository for my old entries. It exists for me and what little fan base I may have. Why I would want to foster drama on my own blog, I do not know. I accept criticism on my designs. "You're so mean" isn't criticism of my designs. That's whiny drama. I'm not usually whiny drama sort. I'm blunt and honest, but I feel that as often as I show what you see as negatives, I also show humor. That's not what this blog is about.
I am "mean," as you say, because I have standards. I have standards I wish to meet for myself as a novice, and I have standards for other artists to be worth my praise. If you looked at the instances you see of me being "mean," you'd notice most such instances are coupled with reasons for my meanness. I'm not one to say "this sucks" without adding why. If more people stated honestly why they dislike things, not only would people develop thicker skins (seriously, y'all get bent out of shape at the least critique) but people would also improve their craft. You can't get better if only people who like your work are allowed to say anything. That's the sort of critique I want here. This is my design blog. I'd like it to be about the designs, not the designer. If I were ever to release the designs to print, I would hope my customers would buy because they wanted to wear the designs on their chest, not because they like or dislike me as a person. I'm pretty sure I'd find Pete Townshend intolerable, but I love the Who.
It's not vanity that would lead me to disapprove of a comment. A quick perusal of the blog should show that I'm nothing if not self-deprecating and realistic regarding my own work. What would cause me to not approve a comment is if it adds nothing to the conversation... if it doesn't discuss shirts, specifically whether one likes them, what elements they like, and what elements could use work, preferably making suggestions toward that end. Comments postulating about my personality don't help me improve my work, and coming to my personal page to make such comments doesn't say much positive about the commenter either.
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