12/3/2014 Top Picks – Daily Shirt Designs

December 4, 2014 | jjlockhartdesign

A great day for Alice in Wonderland!

12/03/14 Top Pick; The Flowers of Wonderland

Color Scheme – I love the warm colors in contrast with the cool blues and grays of the leaves on the navy blue background. Although there are warm and cool colors, they seem to harmonize well.

Typography – Wonderful looping script type. It nicely weaves through the field of flowers. It boldly serves at the main component in this design.

Composition – The typography slants across the field leading the eye through the flowers. The little Alice figure in the bottom right corner is nicely balanced with the smaller type in the top left corner.

Also, I love the little branches with buds which add decoration to the flowers. Can you spot the hidden white rabbit? Too cute!

Thank You Gemma Roman

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12/03/14 Top Pick; Curiouser and Curiouser

Lines and Forms – Megan Lara! Geez, master of expressing my favorite characters in an elaborate Art Nouveau style. Wonderful thick outlines. Beautiful floral motifs. Expressive hair and doll like faces.

Color Scheme – Wonderful muted earthy hues.

Composition – Elaborate frames which seem to visually retell the story.

Thank You Megan Lara

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11/25/2014 Top Picks – Daily Shirt Designs

November 26, 2014November 26, 2014 | jjlockhartdesign

So many awesome shirt, so little time. I looked through the different sites today and surprisingly found many designs I liked. I was working on a commissioned piece pretty heavily today for a quick turn around. Unfortunately, I didn’t have much time to blog today. But I will at least share my favs.

11/25/14 Top Pick: The Capitol’s Downfall

Thank You BustedTees

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11/25/14 Top Pick: 80’s Big Daddy

Thank You StudioM6

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11/25/14 Top Pick: 80’s Dark Side

Thank You StudioM6

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11/25/14 Top Pick: 80’S I’ll Be Back

Thank You StudioM6

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11/25/14 Top Pick: Harley Quinn

Thank You Truly Epic

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11/25/14 Top Pick: No One’s Slave

Thank You Tim Shumate

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11/18/2014 Top Picks – Daily Shirt Designs

November 19, 2014November 19, 2014 | jjlockhartdesign

11/18/14 Top Pick; The Last Space Bender

Color – I really enjoy the rainbow of colors that extends over all the positive Space in this design. The figure created out of the negative space sits boldly and simply amidst the positive areas.

Texture – The light washes of color give this design an airy, cosmic feel.

Thank You KharmaZero

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11/18/14 TopPick; Bat Attitude

Lines and Forms – Barbara Gordon is ready to BATter up! Wonderful thick line work. The thiner lines within the figure add a wonderful rough texture.

Composition – I really enjoy the simple composition of all the lovely girls in this series. The figures are all in varying sitting poses on a simple stamped background.

Color – The varying purples, cool grays, and golds work wonderfully together. I don’t usually rock purple. I believe I only have one purple tee shirt, so I might just have to buy this one!

Thank You Tom Kurzanski

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11/18/14 TopPick; Whip It

Lines and Forms – I would love to rock Selina’s outfit; it’s so CATTY! Again, the thick line work gives the design a bold look while the thin inner lines add detail.

Compostion – Like the rest of the series, I really enjoy the lovely figure sitting simply on the stamped background. The background has just been simply rotated to better balance the figure.

Thank You Tom Kurzanski

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10/15/2014 Top Picks – Daily Shirt Designs

October 15, 2014 | jjlockhartdesign

10/15/14 Top Pick; Siren

Color – Wonderful cool color scheme. Even the reds and yellows are treated cool and soft. The light, muted blues and green give Ariel an underwater look.

Lines and Forms – I really enjoy this new school tattoo style of design. Nice thick lines with interesting shading and proportions. Her hair adds wonderful oblong and organic shapes which adds interest to the composition.

Composition – This beautiful Siren’s pose is elegant and alluring. The little flounders nicely frame her beautiful face while the rope nicely contains the maritime scene.

Thank You Tim Shumate

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10/10/2014 Top Picks – Daily Shirt Designs

October 11, 2014 | jjlockhartdesign

10/10/2014 Top Pick; Flora Colossus

Composition – Wonderful organic forms set in a balanced geometric composition.

Color – I really enjoy these earthy tones with a pop of bright green to make the design glow.

Lines and Forms – The strokes within the Groot figure add detail and interest.

Thank You! MareveDesign

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10/10/2014 Top Pick; Evil Card

Composition – Nice use of bilateral symmetry to portray duality and the Evil Queen of Hearts’ mirrored image.

Lines and Forms – Well formed blocks of solid colors, which nicely portray both characters.

Thank You! EdWoody

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07/22/2014 Top Picks – Daily Shirt Designs

July 23, 2014 | jjlockhartdesign

07/22/14 Top Pick: Viking Dragon Emblem

Composition – Balanced Yin Yang composition.

Texture – Smooth dry brush-like quality.

Thank You True Threads

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07/22/14 Top Pick: Barrel of Laughs

Composition – Interesting stretch canvas layout. The image paints a story.

Color – I really enjoy the smooth oil painting like quality of the background.

Thank You ArtistAbe

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07/22/14 Top Pick: The Sinking Feeling

Composition – Again, interesting stretch canvas layout. I really enjoy the expressions on each character’s face.

Color – Wonderful range of colors. I am very curious to see how this image will look screen printed on a shirt.

Thank You ArtistAbe

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Also, in case you didn’t know, Batman is celebrating his 75th anniversary and tomorrow is Batman day!

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07/16/2014 Top Picks – Daily Shirt Designs

July 16, 2014 | jjlockhartdesign

Gah! I am going to go broke solely on Megan Lara Shirts!

“It serves me right for wishing on stars. The ONLY way to get what you want in this world is through hard work.” Princess Tiana is definitely one of my favorite Princesses!

07/16/14 Top Pick; Almost There

Composition – Simple yet effective and elegant composition. The beautiful figure is surrounded by a detailed frame.

Color – Wonderful earth tones married wonderfully with Princess Tiana’s gorgeous skin tones, both human AND frog! I really enjoy this design on the dark chocolate and military green option. (I bought the green!)

Lines and Forms – Beautifully detailed frame using organic quality lines. There is also a lovely play with positive and negative spaces.

Thank You Megan Lara

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07/16/14 Top Pick; Highland Tapestry

Composition – Again, simple, effective, and elegant composition. The beautiful figure is surrounded by another detailed frame. I am definitely a fan of this series of princess portraits!

Color – Wonderful play with warm fiery colors and cool tones.

Lines and Forms – Merida’s wild hair lends to the organic free-flowing typical Art Nouveau locks.

Thank You Megan Lara

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07/16/14 Top Pick; Oogie Boogie

Color – Dark, creepy green tones on a black background give this disembodied hooded face an instant horror feel. I really enjoy the highlights used to create dimension.

Texture – Very spooky, rough potato sack texture you can almost feel. (The character gives me goosebumps!)

Thank You Francis Arcega

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07/15/2014 Top Picks – Daily Shirt Designs

July 16, 2014 | jjlockhartdesign

07/15/14 Top Pick; The Princess

Color – Beautiful light, sweet colors. I really enjoy this ultra light pink backdrop setting a fun mood.

Lines and Forms – Sweet dainty princess figure posed among little creatures with her delicate hand airing her light billowy dress.

Thank You Captain Ribman

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07/15/14 Top Pick; The Smuggler

Color – Bold, solid colors. Wonderful play with positive and negative space in the background.

Lines and Forms – Han and Chewie stand brave within an elongated yellow field. Wonderfully detailed surroundings. Not looking too scruffy, this smuggler could pass as a prince.

Thank You Captain Ribman

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07/15/14 Top Pick; Pika Power

Composition – Wonderfully energetic composition using bold letter forms and extreme angles.

Color – Bold variations of yellow and oranges really make this design a knock out!

Thank You Truly Epic

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06/29/14 Top Picks – Daily Shirt Designs

June 30, 2014 | jjlockhartdesign

So there are some really awesome shirts available today! Sadly, I had a very long day and did not get the opportunity to review the designs, but I still wanted to at least share! Enjoy!

06/29/14 Top Pick; Going Home

Thank You EdWoody

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06/29/14 Top Pick; Body Language

Thank Yon Jehsee

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06/29/14 Top Pick; It’s Simply Meant to Be

Thank You Tim Shumate

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06/29/14 Top Pick; Bride of Frank

Thank You ccourts86

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06/29/14 Top Pick; The Bride Dollmaking

Thank You Medusa the Dollmaker (always a favorite!)

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06/29/14 Top Pick; The Gillman

Thank You Beast Wreck

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06/23/2014 Top Picks – Daily Shirt Designs

June 23, 2014 | jjlockhartdesign

06/23/14 Top Pick; Guardian of Gotham

“The Hero Gotham Deserves”

Composition – Wonderful dynamic angles. I really enjoy all the complex geometric planes.

Color – Nice expression of space using a simple mono blue scale.

Thank You MAGMATA

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06/23/14 Top Pick; Guardian of Metropolis

The Man of Steel substitutes a man made out of steel.

Composition – Great use of geometric planes giving the design a deco aesthetic.

Concept – This design is very similar to the original Metropolis design only the robot is appropriately altered into Superman.

Thank You MAGMATA

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06/23/14 Top Pick; Spinner of Spells

“The princess shall indeed grow in grace and beauty, beloved by all who know her. But… before the sun sets on her 16th birthday, she shall prick her finger, on the spindle of a spinning wheel – AND DIE!”

Composition – I really enjoy the large dragon image behind the beautiful villain. The heavy purple areas nicely balance Maleficent’s figure.

Lines and Forms – Great use of positive and negative spaces to render various details within the design.

Color – I really enjoy the bright purple with the small bright green accents.

Thank You Harantula

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06/23/14 Top Pick; Wildling Encounter

Concept – Interesting mash-up of characters.

Lines and Forms – I really enjoy the cute little anime style render of both characters. I also really enjoy the negative space that details the trees in the background, also creating a nice field of depth.

Thank You TeeTurtle

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06/23/14 Top Pick; Gamma Rays

Concept – Interesting design which visually portrays the smaller Bruce figure trapped within the larger Hulk figure.

Color – I really enjoy the limited amount of color use to portray the infamous Hulk. The negative space figure within needs no introduction.

Lines and Forms – The long thin refracted hazy lines are a great way of visually showing the rays. They nicely delineate the Incredible Hulk.

Thank You Steven Lefcourt

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06/23/13 Top Pick; Watch the World Burn

Composition – Wonderful compositions on the front and back of the shirt! The front has a great sense of dimension. Joker seem to pop out of the background. The back of the shirt in beautifully intricate and balanced and nicely relates to the front of the shirt.

Lines and Forms – Wonderful amount of line work. Delicate and complex, the devil is in the details ;). Joker’s long grin is jaw dropping.

Typography – If I didn’t follow this awesome artist of Facebook, I wouldn’t have seen her hand drawn sketches. Her letter forms look this good in her sketches!

Thank You Medusa the Dollmaker

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06/20/2014 Top Picks – Daily Shirt Designs

June 20, 2014 | jjlockhartdesign

06/20/14 Top Pick; Super Freeze Fighter

(Inserts Coin)

“Round 1, FIGHT!”

Concept – It would be interesting to see these match-ups since they all have similar powers.

Lines and Forms – All characters are nicely rendered in pixel form. The fighters are cleanly organized in the rounded corner square grid. I enjoy that some characters slightly pop out of their square.

Thank You Ryan Astle

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06/20/14 Top Pick; Where the Colossi Are

“Let The Wild Rumpus Start!”

Lines and Forms – Wonderful dark hatched strokes that give this design a similar style to the Where the Wild Things Are.

Concept – Brilliant mash-up! Interesting that Wander and Max both enter a forbidden land and encounter large creatures.

Thank You Louis Wulwick

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06/18/2104 Top Picks – Daily Shirt Designs

June 18, 2014 | jjlockhartdesign

06/18/14 Top Pick; Bete De L’Apocalypse

Great design depicting Hellboy as a prancing demon, labeled with his real name Anung Un Rama (“Upon his brow is set a crown of flames”).

Color – Nice creamy light yellow paired with the deep crimson red creates a nice contrast.

Concept – Interesting concept of having Hellboy look like the infamous French Quina Imp Poster.

Thank You Spicy Monocle

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06/18/14 Top Pick; Headlight Glasses

His side slicked hair, light gray suit, and bright red tie make Pee-Wee easily recognizable.

Composition – Wonderfully balanced frame around main figure. The horrors of the forest seem to surround poor Pee-Wee.

Lines and Forms – Each animal is nicely formed and rendered in an etch like quality. I really enjoy the bear in the top right. His open mouth and glowing eyes look amazing.

Thank You Dave Quiggle

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