Tee shirt designer jfinley - Jeff Finley

Wormy

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Wormy tee shirt design by jfinley - Jeff Finley

Shirt design for a clothing company called Coastal Concepts. This was accepted and will be printed. Not sure when it will be available, I'm thinking Spring.

Tee of the Day - February 13, 2008

wormy, illustration, weird, cartoon, skull, leaves, foliage

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DCAY said 6 months ago

wow
Pearls To Pigs said 6 months ago

will this make totd in 2 hours? dun dun dun!!!
Jon Kruse said 6 months ago

the eye is my favorite part
AverGrace said 6 months ago

Fucking Fantastic
KidneyLeans said 6 months ago

GODDDD DAMNNNNN!!!!!!!!
mediasciencedesign said 6 months ago

fucking nicetastic
sockmonkee said 6 months ago

love it!
asdafkid said 6 months ago

TOO WHIMSICAL

jkkk
Randomentity said 6 months ago

woooooow
i like the random arm coming out of the one worm.

i knew this was one of yours as soon as i saw the thumbnail, soo goooood.
jimmyhaffa1 said 6 months ago

nice
Go Ape Shirts said 6 months ago

kicks ass as usual!
collisiontheory said 6 months ago

reminds me of your fergie type but I like this better!
MickyMays said 6 months ago

Sick
sittingduck said 6 months ago

I knew this was yours from the thumbnail too! soooo good.
collisiontheory said 6 months ago

Now here's a good challenger to printolithic's skull tee for TOTM.
collisiontheory said 6 months ago

Godmachine said: nice colours- look- if i do a drawing does some fucker on here wanna colour it in for me- i swear im colour retarted- i need colour school.
looks like horsebites too- or am i being a twat saying that?

(p.s. if it all sounds like too much swearing for you- try reading it with a london accent and you'll find it doesnt sound so offensive.)

Lol i tried it man and it does sound so distinguished.
andrE w. said 6 months ago

Godmachine said: nice colours- look- if i do a drawing does some fucker on here wanna colour it in for me- i swear im colour retarted- i need colour school.
looks like horsebites too- or am i being a twat saying that?

(p.s. if it all sounds like too much swearing for you- try reading it with a london accent and you'll find it doesnt sound so offensive.)

haha at first i thougth u were sayin horsebites was color retarded, and i was like yea you are bein a twat, but now i understand it and no godmachine, i do not believe you are a twat.

and i have no idea what these are but theyre fuckin sick, nice
LitoQ said 6 months ago

Ho- Lee- Shit balls...this is epic!
chrisrushing said 6 months ago

what the... wow dude.
derekdeal said 6 months ago

nice dude, the one with the eye reminds me of the handbag alien from my stepmothers an alien
derekdeal said 6 months ago

i understood every word dood, let me paraphrase

-I suck at color, please help will pay

-design looks like horsebites

-im a twat

right?
jfinley said 6 months ago

Godmachine said: nice colours- look- if i do a drawing does some fucker on here wanna colour it in for me- i swear im colour retarted- i need colour school.
looks like horsebites too- or am i being a twat saying that?

(p.s. if it all sounds like too much swearing for you- try reading it with a london accent and you'll find it doesnt sound so offensive.)

Sure I'll agree that it looks a bit like Horsebites, he's a big inspiration and I like the way he draws/colors. Although I kept thinking in my head the whole time "do not make this look like horsebites" but sure enough my hands couldn't stop drawing and I couldn't help it. We have similiar styles - which explains why we're doing a collaborative shirt.
drewB said 6 months ago

did you retrace this in illustrator, or is this just the inked drawing colored?
turquoisebluebird said 6 months ago

I love the colors
The worm with teeth reminds me of the graboids in the movie, Tremors.
jfinley said 6 months ago

drewB said: did you retrace this in illustrator, or is this just the inked drawing colored?

I originally sketched a very rough idea on paper first which I then scanned and put into Photoshop. I made my document huge like 25" x 30" or something. And then started drawing on top with my Wacom tablet. Then I got crazy with the details which were obviously not in the sketch.
drewB said 6 months ago

jfinley said:
drewB said: did you retrace this in illustrator, or is this just the inked drawing colored?

I originally sketched a very rough idea on paper first which I then scanned and put into Photoshop. I made my document huge like 25" x 30" or something. And then started drawing on top with my Wacom tablet. Then I got crazy with the details which were obviously not in the sketch.

I figured this was done with a wacom in Illustrator! I wish my brushes weren't so messed up and shaky in Photoshop, otherwise I'd trace my sketches in it. You could do this with pressure sensitivity and calligraphy brushes in Illustrator?
justinryan said 6 months ago

so rad. was wondering when you would be posting this. lemme know when it's printed
jfinley said 6 months ago

drewB said:
jfinley said:
drewB said: did you retrace this in illustrator, or is this just the inked drawing colored?

I originally sketched a very rough idea on paper first which I then scanned and put into Photoshop. I made my document huge like 25" x 30" or something. And then started drawing on top with my Wacom tablet. Then I got crazy with the details which were obviously not in the sketch.

I figured this was done with a wacom in Illustrator! I wish my brushes weren't so messed up and shaky in Photoshop, otherwise I'd trace my sketches in it. You could do this with pressure sensitivity and calligraphy brushes in Illustrator?

Drew,yeah you could do it in Illustrator too. But I have gotten used to the PS handles the pressure sensitivity. I just use a round hard brush, so it's nothing complicated.
heavyprints said 6 months ago

jfinley said:
drewB said:
jfinley said:
drewB said: did you retrace this in illustrator, or is this just the inked drawing colored?

I originally sketched a very rough idea on paper first which I then scanned and put into Photoshop. I made my document huge like 25" x 30" or something. And then started drawing on top with my Wacom tablet. Then I got crazy with the details which were obviously not in the sketch.

I figured this was done with a wacom in Illustrator! I wish my brushes weren't so messed up and shaky in Photoshop, otherwise I'd trace my sketches in it. You could do this with pressure sensitivity and calligraphy brushes in Illustrator?

Drew,yeah you could do it in Illustrator too. But I have gotten used to the PS handles the pressure sensitivity. I just use a round hard brush, so it's nothing complicated.

Yes! I can't use Illustrator because I can't get it to vary my line width the way I want it to. Also, turning the pen over and using the eraser is the greatest.

I just zoom in to combat the shakyness, and to an extent I like for the lines to waver some in most cases.
drewB said 6 months ago

jfinley said:
drewB said:
jfinley said:
drewB said: did you retrace this in illustrator, or is this just the inked drawing colored?

I originally sketched a very rough idea on paper first which I then scanned and put into Photoshop. I made my document huge like 25" x 30" or something. And then started drawing on top with my Wacom tablet. Then I got crazy with the details which were obviously not in the sketch.

I figured this was done with a wacom in Illustrator! I wish my brushes weren't so messed up and shaky in Photoshop, otherwise I'd trace my sketches in it. You could do this with pressure sensitivity and calligraphy brushes in Illustrator?

Drew,yeah you could do it in Illustrator too. But I have gotten used to the PS handles the pressure sensitivity. I just use a round hard brush, so it's nothing complicated.

Yeah, I know what you mean. I like the shape of the brushes with pressure sensitivity in Photoshop, but I have a Cintiq, and it has issues with the line quality in Photoshop. I have no idea why, and Wacom couldn't figure it out when I contacted them. I just stick to Illustrator...so I was wondering if you could replicate this in Illustrator. Thanks Jeff!
drewB said 6 months ago

heavyprints said:
jfinley said:
drewB said:
jfinley said:
drewB said: did you retrace this in illustrator, or is this just the inked drawing colored?

I originally sketched a very rough idea on paper first which I then scanned and put into Photoshop. I made my document huge like 25" x 30" or something. And then started drawing on top with my Wacom tablet. Then I got crazy with the details which were obviously not in the sketch.

I figured this was done with a wacom in Illustrator! I wish my brushes weren't so messed up and shaky in Photoshop, otherwise I'd trace my sketches in it. You could do this with pressure sensitivity and calligraphy brushes in Illustrator?

Drew,yeah you could do it in Illustrator too. But I have gotten used to the PS handles the pressure sensitivity. I just use a round hard brush, so it's nothing complicated.

Yes! I can't use Illustrator because I can't get it to vary my line width the way I want it to. Also, turning the pen over and using the eraser is the greatest.

I just zoom in to combat the shakyness, and to an extent I like for the lines to waver some in most cases.

Yeah, it's really extreme. I know what you mean though. Plus, I have issues figuring out the pressure sensitivity in Photoshop. I want a quick tutorial on the best brush settings/pressure sensitivity for Illustrator and Photoshop.

I turn the fidelty and smoothing of the brush all the way down so it pretty much draws the line as I do.

I ask Jeff because he's the master, and his lines are really sketched looking and it keeps that handrawn look. I know he uses both photoshop and illustrator with the wacom, so I just want to know what brushes/pressure sensitivity settings to use in both ahah.
jfinley said 6 months ago

In PS it's just a hard round brush with pressure on. I don't really mess with the settings. And I don't know my illustrator settings, I change them often to see what works best.
drewB said 6 months ago

jfinley said: In PS it's just a hard round brush with pressure on. I don't really mess with the settings. And I don't know my illustrator settings, I change them often to see what works best.

I just create my own new calligraphy brush with pressure on for the size. I just use different sizes depending. Then I adjust the brush settings to fidelity 4 and the smoothness at -0. That works best for me. The lines are smooth but you can make them rough enough to keep a sketched look. I guess you just stick with what works best.
alexgoldstein said 6 months ago

Pumpin' out designs like it ain't no thang.
jfinley said 6 months ago

alexgoldstein said: Pumpin' out designs like it ain't no thang.

Occasionally... It's been quite a while it seems like since my last tee.
heissanti said 6 months ago

very very good. how long did it take to make ?
casey said 6 months ago

this is beautiful I want to buy it.
jfinley said 6 months ago

heissanti said: very very good. how long did it take to make ?

Around 12 hours. Although I did it over 3 days.
Robert Ottinger said 6 months ago

jfinly....

you are very talented! I love your work and you never cease to blow me away!! keep up the amazing work buddy!
LaurieShipley said 6 months ago

Awesome as always dude. Great variation in line weight.
mumolabs said 4 months ago

i can't speak anything...
ndikol said 4 months ago

yeh....i can't speak anything...
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