God Complex
While building the new TX Store and this new version of the Abominable site, I started toying with ideas for a new shirt design. What I came up with was this image. It was done in Adobe Illustrator as an experiment – I wanted to see if Charles Christopher and the rest of the gang could be translated in different art styles while maintaining their personalities. Turns out they can!
I wasn’t crazy about the way it looked on a shirt, though, so I decided to pour extra time into it and produce the image as a fine art print – something I plan to do more of in the future.
Here’s a closer look at the full piece, as well as some zoom-ins so you can see the detailing in the textures. These are giclée printed on nice, thick 13″x19″ art paper. I’m very happy with them.
March 1st, 2010 at 1:21 pm
I can’t be the only one who wants this on a t-shirt instead! :O
March 1st, 2010 at 1:52 pm
it might work on a tshirt if the design was laid out right, not a square in the middle of the shirt. maybe the characters in the middle, but the snow cascading down one side. and the teal/blue background can be the actual shirt colour.
i dunno, but i will say i’m definitely considering buy a print.
March 1st, 2010 at 2:24 pm
Very boss. I would totally buy a print were I able
March 1st, 2010 at 3:40 pm
You sir are a Jack of All Trades. The personalities of the characters are perfectly touched upon in a dynamically different style. Huge fan of your craft!
March 1st, 2010 at 7:19 pm
Problem with this design on a shirt is… well, there are a couple of problems.
First, it’s a lot of colours. I narrowed it down to a 6-colour screen in the original design (there were no textures or background). That’s getting expensive to print.
Second, with that many colours and very little negative space, it’s a LOT of ink. The shirt would feel stiff and heavy and uncomfortable.
Third, the vertical design is less effective on a women’s shirt because it doesn’t sit well over the breast.
Fourth… well, I just felt like I wouldn’t wear it. And that was enough for me to go back to the drawing board on shirt #2.
I’ve got some ideas, though, so you should be seeing something soon!
March 1st, 2010 at 8:19 pm
i’d really love that print. i suppose it would make for nice clothing, but seriously, much nicer as art.
March 2nd, 2010 at 12:04 am
They’re very nice. I hope you’ll sell some.
March 2nd, 2010 at 3:06 am
That is gorgeous! I love the fern frost texture at the top.
March 4th, 2010 at 11:04 am
Speaking of shirts, when will more sizes be available?
March 5th, 2010 at 5:55 pm
I could see it on a grey T shirt the color of the background of the print, with the actual art in the bottom front left hand corner reaching up the left side of the shirt to the left sleeve. I think that would be awesome!
March 6th, 2010 at 12:35 pm
@Andrea V – I’m pretty much out of the first Abominable shirt, with the exception of a few sizes. I might do another run of them in the future if there’s enough demand, but for now I’m going to focus on new designs.
March 17th, 2010 at 6:10 pm
Karl,
just got my print. Love it. Beautiful work. Cant wait to get it framed and on the wall.
Garret
March 26th, 2010 at 11:38 am
I like it. Looks like wood inlay.