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Published: 2006-05-10 09:42:47 +0000 UTC; Views: 1477; Favourites: 26; Downloads: 61
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This is the first thing I have posted.. for ever.I have been doing full time vector work for screen printing onto tshirts lately and have found that having a limit to my colour usage has really been.. hard to get used to and a total pain in the bum.
All of my earlier stuff has unlimited colours and transparencies.. say those words to a screen printer and they get nasty.
I have been doing a lot of experimenting with ways to create tonal effects without using a halftone.
This design has 5 colours, if one of those is the same as the shirt, then that takes it down to 4.
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WOW... you really did an fucking awesome job. i know how screen printers r.lol. Your awesome.
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i LOVE this Pic soooooooooooo much. It a pic of my fav bird the toucan in my fav colors pink, orange and of course purple. you rock
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Wow, this is a really great design. 
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thats sweet bec, i want one- SERIOUSLY i want a shirt like this
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limited colours sound tricky dude.
this is beautiful though! great to see some vibrant becca work!
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Coolness, good idea - preying on the whole perceived colour jargon. What happened to all it's toes? heheh
Are you still a Freehand lass nowadays?
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oh yes sir.. freehand lass i am.. thing is tho... we use 9 not MX here.. 9 renders on screen like balls..
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It looks great, bec!
If I had to suggest anything, it would be that maybe your darkest purple needs a little bit more darkness in it, to give it some punch. It just seems to me that when you place that purple next to that vibrant magenta, it feels a little wishy washy.
But maybe thats just my personal preference... you know I'm a sucker for contrast!
Awesome work!
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Awesome, even with only a few colors, it's really nice
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That's a really clever implementation there, Becky, it does the job of diffusing colour and suggesting form well.
Judging by that tree in the foreground, that's a MONDO toucan. 
If the lines went horizontal, the pic would look like something outa the 80's, but being vertical, it works on a different level. Good old Gatecrasher used a diagonal approach a fer years back which might work for you in the future as well.
All in all, great, but I don't know if I'd buy the T-shirt if I saw it on the rack. Where's your traditional Bekky punchline?
Was this just a tester or example, or is this the latest trend in T-shirts? I've been under my rock for too long, it seems.
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just a tester. i dont think i would wear a toucan either.. i just wanted something with some colour to test this concept!! cheers for the comment.
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