Saved by the Moonlight

shoutOut on 2/10/08 by killerminibus in

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…
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Thanks for the comments and suggestions guys :) much appreciated!

shoutBack on 13/10/08 by killerminibus

the box cut off on her head kinda weakens it for me, but i like the compo alot!
I’ve seen great improvement from this artist and I know it’s only gonna keep getting better!

shoutBack on 9/10/08 by saz1

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

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

thanks :) would definitely fix that before sending through ;)

shoutBack on 2/10/08 by killerminibus

I like it, but a agree about the top of the head thing.

shoutBack on 2/10/08 by josiestewart

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

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

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

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