TEE DESIGN: Tyrion final design

I posted the entire process for this, my latest t-shirt design, pIMP a while back, however, I went back and made some changes to the final design, and never shared those online. So, here is the new final design for my Tyrion/Game of Thrones/Peter Dinklage shirt...

I went and changed some of the shading, added a 5 O'clock shadow, and added a red outline that now ties into the text (among other things). Which I think helps make the whole thing stand out and come together more. You can pick these up now on Redbubble.com

TEE DESIGN: A game of previews finale

And now here's the final design (at least for now) of my Tyrion Lannister/Peter Dinklage/Game of Thrones tee design!

I decided to go with the text "PIMP", de-emphasizing the "P", to play on the words, as Dinklage's portrayal of the imp Tyrion in the show is rather pimp! And that in conjunction with just a head shot, as the character and actor's persona is so strong and recognizable (to fans).

You can pick one up now on RedBubble.com

Just click the pic!

TEE DESIGN: A game of previews 5

Okay, so last week I was showing and talking about the steps in creating my latest tee design, a fan art for Game of Thrones and the breakout character (of the show, I've not read the books), Tyrion Lannister, the impish sibling of the ruthless and powerful Lannister clan, played devilishly well by Peter Dinklage.

Last week I left off with the flat colors, and talked about how much work is done in the last stage, the shading. So here's a look at the image, now with shading and highlights...

I also made some adjustments to the line work, shortening his face/jaw, and increasing his grin. You'll also notice the color dots in the image, those are the colors used in the full design. There are six colors, as most t-shirt sites require as few as six colors in a design. However, this is really a five color design, as I didn't end up using the pink color, except for the pits of the eyes...

Speaking of eyes, keep your peeled shortly for the finished shirt design and info on where you can pick it up!

TEE DESIGN: A game of previews 4

All week I've been previewing my new Game of Thrones/Tyrion Lannister/Peter Dinklage t-shirt design, and today we get to see the last step before the finished artwork (sans any graphic elements), the flat colors.

On something like a t-shirts design, the flat colors are even further removed from the finished look, because most shirt printers require a limited number of colors used in a design, making the colors more graphic in nature (because of the limitation in choices). Also, with a design that consists almost entirely of a face like this one, there's going to be more design to the colors as well (to make the design as a whole interesting). So unlike flatting colors for sequential art for example, where most of the heavy lifting is done at the flatting stage, shading a design like this can take nearly as long as the rest of the process combined (especially since I'm working in Photoshop and not a more graphic based program).

So tune in tomorrow to see the image come to more life!

TEE DESIGN: A game of previews 3

Okay, so here's another look at my new Game of Thrones/Tyrion Lannister/Peter Dinklage t-shirt design! These are the finished lines, done in pencil (col erase, H, and 2B lead) from the reworked in Photoshop roughs, which I then printed out and redrew using my light box.

Tomorrow we'll get a look at the next step, flat colors!

TEE DESIGN: A game of previews 2...

I posted the first rough lines for this Tyrion Lannister fan art yesterday, and today I'm back to share the next stage of the design process.

Here we've taken the original line art, and instead of just redrawing it, to get it more in line with Peter's likeness, I've beat it up a while in Photoshop, to get things more in line with what I'm looking for (re-positioning features, tweaking lines, etc). Instead of just digitally cleaning this up though, I wanted to redraw it, so everything could be clean and polished. So that will be the next stage (tomorrow)...

TEE DESIGN: A game of previews...

I've got soooo many t-shirt ideas I'm planning and working up, but here's the first of which I'm close to finishing, so thought I'd share the stages of production all week!

Starting with the original rough lines.
It's a fan art, and a likeness, which is pretty off the mark here in this first stage, but not to worry, that's what all the various tools in the arsenal are for...

Here's the reference I was working with...

With Game of Thrones set to return shortly, and it being an amazing show that both I and the wife just absolutely love, I've been working on a couple fan art pieces for it. This is the first one, a t-shirt design of fan favorite character Tyrion Lannister, aka the imp. Peter Dinklage is all kinds of cool at bringing this character to life, so it's also a bit of a fan art for him as much as it is the show and the character.

Tune in tomorrow for the next stage...