Title:
Saved by the Moonlight
Design by:
killerminibus
Words by the designer:
In this shirt… I deep-etched a photo of Louise Carver. I searched a few images but found that this was, in my opinion, the best. She looks elegant and seductive in this photo. My next step was to to use a “sumi-e” effect on photoshop to strengthen the contrast and create a textured image. I inserted the moon with a glow (for the “saved by the moonlight” integration of the cd), as well as creating a vector tree for an African feel (she said the song “home” was written whilst in London about the greatness of South Africa).
I had a little trouble with deciding on the outcome of this design as I originally had a blue shirt in mind, but it also landed up looking good on brown, black, grey and even yellow and pink XD i hear brown and pink are her favourite colours…
shoutbacks
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Thanks for the comments and suggestions guys :) much appreciated!
shoutBack on 13/10/08 by killerminibus
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the box cut off on her head kinda weakens it for me, but i like the compo alot!
shoutBack on 9/10/08 by saz1
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I actually use that action all the time when I am changing photos into paths…works great.. I think someone from her camp could of done this, its a little too literall interpertation of her..try some halftones, try some distress or something to give it weight…
shoutBack on 9/10/08 by IntegralApparel
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Agree with the rest of the comments. Besides the head the cut off at the bottom is also distracting… have a look at this tutorial, I think it will give you some guidelines on how to change the image of a person into a 3 layer vector. which would help sort out the cut and paste look of this design. Also the glow of the moon / text, I think that needs to be done as a half tone…If you’re using photoshop it can be done quite easily, check out this tutorial.
shoutBack on 9/10/08 by SilverSabre
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thanks :) would definitely fix that before sending through ;)
shoutBack on 2/10/08 by killerminibus
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I like it, but a agree about the top of the head thing.
shoutBack on 2/10/08 by josiestewart
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thanks man XD hehe… i wasn’t too sure what louise’s taste was (just knew she likes pink and brown and feminine things…) so that’s what i went for, drawing her crazy styles… not sure if it would’ve fitted XD
shoutBack on 2/10/08 by killerminibus
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yeah Killer, you have a good sense of humor. It would have been grand to see your fresh take on Louise
shoutBack on 2/10/08 by kingslip
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thanks for the tip, yeah i should have hey… well will add in the rest of the head if chosen :)
shoutBack on 2/10/08 by killerminibus
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it still looks like a cut and paste job, especially with her head being chopped. Surely you could have drawn the rest in.
shoutBack on 2/10/08 by kingslip
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