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Actually entitled "Cap'n Spitshine & His Balloon Crew."

So I'm entering the SVA Shirt Design contest again, after a rather frustrating defeat last year. I surprisingly made it to the top five, only to be beaten by a really bad design featuring a bling necklace, one of the things that represent a lifestyle which art students seem to try to distance themselves from. I would have been fine with one of the other shirts winning; just not this one.

And so, I'm giving it another shot. What have I got to lose?

This is an interactive design. The balloon bottom at the very top of the image is printed partially over the collar, so when looking at it straight on, it looks like your head is one of Cap'n Spitshine's balloons!

IF YOU ARE AN SVA STUDENT, PLEEEEASE HOTE FOR MY DESIGN IF IT MAKES IT INTO THE TOP FIVE?


-Original art on 19"x24" bristol.

-Inked with brush (courtesy of :heart: :iconfirecloud: :heart:) and Rapidograph (for the hatching).

-Took 6+ hours total.


EDIT: Look at my buddy :iconfantasiaman:'s entry, too! [link]

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:iconstahlhelm:
I wish I could get a shirt like this over here. Every time some dorm t-shirt comes out it's uninspired, unoffensive, and bland, with Disney Characters and what not.
:icongorrin:
wow nice i want that shirt :D

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:iconsevothtarte999:
XP I'll do it

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:iconfantasiaman:
Wow, that came out really great! You definitely got a fighting chance to win this year. I gotta finish mine too!

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:iconultimatecreatureii:
The idea is really interesting, but im a little unsure of how well the interactive part of it will come out. It seems like the larger balloon might not match up to the collar in the right way to make it seem like it was done purposely rather than accidentally. Additionally, The "SVA" balloons seem a tad tiny and cluttered among the rest of the heads. I think you may need to make them bigger, or replace them with one larger balloon that has a much larger SVA logo on it. Or maybe slap a logo on the captain somewhere? As it is now, this seems more like a well drawn picture, with a few SVA logos thrown in as side details, rather than the focus of the design being to appear on a shirt to promote the school.
:icongymnart:
Nicely done.
Yeah, I think that could be at least one balloon with a larger SVA logo on it. But it's probably too late for that. I know what that is like. :D

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:icondagon22:
I actually measured the collar size out before hand to make sure it would match up with a Medium shirt. Resizing the image will make it compatible with other sizes, and that's for them to do.

Yeah, the balloons are a little smaller, but I figured the solid blacks would help them stand out. Plus, the rules of the contest only say that "SVA" or "School of Visual Arts" need to be mentioned somewhere on the shirt. But since this is an art school, I kinda feel like whatever the shirt ends up being, there should be a focus on the actual art.

Come to think of it, the directions never even said that the shirt needed to be tailored towards advertising the school. Weird. They should probably put that in the rules...

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•I swear to God, you've got knickers on your head!
•"Can we play Super Soakers?"
"No!"
-fill up Super Soakers-
-looks to Jesse-"why'd you tell them they could do that?"
•"I reject your reality and substitute my own." -Adam Savage
:icondagon22:
Same here. You would think an art school would come out with some awesome shirts. Last year was the "bling" one I mentioned in the description, and the one the year before was an "SVA Athletics" shirt (ha-ha). So, no, that doesn't happen all the time. :'(

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•I swear to God, you've got knickers on your head!
•"Can we play Super Soakers?"
"No!"
-fill up Super Soakers-
-looks to Jesse-"why'd you tell them they could do that?"
•"I reject your reality and substitute my own." -Adam Savage
:iconstahlhelm:
Hopefully this time things will be different.

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