the abs looks weird, but so do his abs in real life, his tights could use some sprucing up. the rat is awesome is actually the highlight of the whole piece for me
skull with hair said: wha? why batman?! this makes me uncomfortable. please explain why you thought this would be the right direction to go.
not completely out of the ordinary with his wcw gimmick.
they had the whole symbol and they also had the "same warrior time, same warrior channel" tag line
mattgondek said: Thanks for the feedback Kyle.
SWH. When I was commisioned to do the design they suggested I go with a batman theme. UW wanted to see some more cartoony superhero fun designs.
Wow Kyle and SWH were so diplomatic I feel like an ass for asking but did you livetrace this?
I looked at your portfolio, you’ve got some killer work.
But something about your hand drawn line work isn’t getting across in your shirt designs. It’s like you have way better can control on a wall and on paper than you have in Illustrator or something. Try messing with halftones and curves/levels in photoshop, and only coloring it in illustrator. Or at least mess around with the livetrace settings so you don’t get default crescents.
You owe it to the Warrior to preserve as much of your original line work as possible.
To tell you the truth, I don’t even know how Livetrace works.
I manual trace in Illustrator.
Thanks for your feedback though. The thing is that when I try designing in any other way than what I do now, it comes across looking like alot of other peoples work (not saying that to be mean or anything). I know my style isn’t as involved and detailed as alot of other peoples work, whom i’m a huge fan of, but what I do has gotten me pretty far already. :)
mattgondek said: To tell you the truth, I don’t even know how Livetrace works.
I manual trace in Illustrator.
Thanks for your feedback though. The thing is that when I try designing in any other way than what I do now, it comes across looking like alot of other peoples work (not saying that to be mean or anything). I know my style isn’t as involved and detailed as alot of other peoples work, whom i’m a huge fan of, but what I do has gotten me pretty far already. :)
No worries, I’m not trying to comment on your style, more so your execution. Anatomy issues and the line work. More so your line work because it’s so good on paper and walls but seems to lack something once you trace it in Illustrator. Your coloring is awesome though, for real
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mattgondek said 10 months ago
Kyle Crawford said 10 months ago
the abs looks weird, but so do his abs in real life, his tights could use some sprucing up. the rat is awesome is actually the highlight of the whole piece for me
skull with hair said 10 months ago
wha? why batman?! this makes me uncomfortable. please explain why you thought this would be the right direction to go.
mattgondek said 10 months ago
Thanks for the feedback Kyle.
SWH. When I was commisioned to do the design they suggested I go with a batman theme. UW wanted to see some more cartoony superhero fun designs.
Kyle Crawford said 10 months ago
not completely out of the ordinary with his wcw gimmick.
they had the whole symbol and they also had the "same warrior time, same warrior channel" tag line
pizzaBro said 10 months ago
love it
skull with hair said 10 months ago
oh ok, that makes sense. i was just like WHA?!
Josh Elowsky said 10 months ago
Wow Kyle and SWH were so diplomatic I feel like an ass for asking but did you livetrace this?
I looked at your portfolio, you’ve got some killer work.
But something about your hand drawn line work isn’t getting across in your shirt designs. It’s like you have way better can control on a wall and on paper than you have in Illustrator or something. Try messing with halftones and curves/levels in photoshop, and only coloring it in illustrator. Or at least mess around with the livetrace settings so you don’t get default crescents.
You owe it to the Warrior to preserve as much of your original line work as possible.
mattgondek said 10 months ago
To tell you the truth, I don’t even know how Livetrace works.
I manual trace in Illustrator.
Thanks for your feedback though. The thing is that when I try designing in any other way than what I do now, it comes across looking like alot of other peoples work (not saying that to be mean or anything). I know my style isn’t as involved and detailed as alot of other peoples work, whom i’m a huge fan of, but what I do has gotten me pretty far already. :)
Josh Elowsky said 10 months ago
No worries, I’m not trying to comment on your style, more so your execution. Anatomy issues and the line work. More so your line work because it’s so good on paper and walls but seems to lack something once you trace it in Illustrator. Your coloring is awesome though, for real
InsertCoinsHere said 10 months ago
I’m a huge wrestling fan and I LOVE this shirt!