10/8/2014 Top Picks – Daily Shirt Designs

October 9, 2014 | jjlockhartdesign

THE BEST SEASON OF THE YEAR IS FINALLY HERE! FALL!!!

I have really been enjoying all the recent Halloween themed designs lately. Sorry I haven’t been blogging about them, but I have been busy with some commissions ($$$ :p). Remember, you can follow me through Facebook and Instagram!

10/08/14 Top Pick; Third Time’s the Charm

Composition – All the components are nicely placed together. The wrapping of the sand snakes give this design a festive wreath look.

Lines and Forms – Scary and cute depiction of these characters. I really enjoy the style in which they are drawn. I also really enjoy the rhythm the stripes of the sand snakes add to the design.

Thank You Joebot

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10/08/2014 Top Pick; Wednesday Feast

Composition – The ribbon throughout the design act like stories or levels of a building. This makes Wednesday look like she is popping out of the deep dark dungeon basement.

Color Scheme – Wonderful use of cool colors with a small pop of blood-red. This design is available in brown, black, and navy blue. While all colors look nice I enjoy the navy blue the most.

Thank You CrumblinCookie

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09/23/2014 Top Picks – Daily Shirt Designs

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09/23/14 Top Pick; Attack on Asgard

Composition – Wonderful use of the flying cape and bright ground to balance the bright moon in the sky.

Lines and Forms – Nice articulation of Thor’s figure and the mountains above.

Thank You DJKopet

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09/23/14 Top Pick; Red Skull Whisky

Composition – Wonderfully basic, balanced composition. The wheat stalks create a nice detail for the frame.

Color Scheme – I really enjoy this warm antique color combination.

Thank You ccourts1

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09/23/14 Top Pick; Attack on the Future

Composition – I really enjoy the beam of light which nicely unites the top half to the bottom half of the composition.

Color Scheme – Wonderful use of bright reds and purples to really give the almost monotone foreground perspective.

Thank You Six Eyed Monster

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09/23/14 Top Pick; KroolAid

Color Scheme – Wonderful mix of warm and cool tones.

Lines and Forms – Wonderfully bold and stylized.

Thank You BreastWreck

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09/10/2014 Top Picks- Daily Shirt Designs

September 10, 2014 | jjlockhartdesign

09/10/14 Top Pick; Wizard

Don’t tempt me, OTHERTEES!

Lines and Forms – Wonderful well-formed lines with a variety of widths. The lines create a detailed render of one my favorite wizards ever!

Composition – Intriguing layout using the figure’s hair to wind the eye around the whole composition.

Texture – The varying widths of the lines create an interesting color using simple positive and negative shapes.

Thank You 2mz

Buy This shirt! Wizard

09/10/14 Top Pick; Bad Seed and Criminal Miss Conduct

Concept – Wonderful idea and execution of these two tough broads as Roller Derby Girls. Their outfits and accessories work very well with the concept and the individual characters.

Color – I really enjoy these dark, combat color palettes. I also very much enjoy their simple brighter color frame.

Lines and Forms – Wonderful style in which these to figures are portrayed. They both look unique but easily recognizable.

Thank You Tom Kurzanski

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08/26/2014 Top Picks – Daily Shirt Designs

August 27, 2014 | jjlockhartdesign

08/26/14 Top Pick; The Strange Case of Dr. Banner and Mr. Hulk

Composition – Awesome combination of image and type.

Color – Wonderful contrast between the bright green and purple demonstrating the duality of the two figures.

Thank You HartZack

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08/26/14 Top Pick; I Choose Fire & I Choose Water

Composition – Wonderful, intricately adorned frames. I really enjoy how the frame surrounds the evolution of characters, glorifying them. The Pokeball nicely brings the eye down to the banner creating a wonderful oval shape.

Lines and Forms – The tattoo style forms are very nicely rendered with a heavy outline.

Thank You jmlfreeman

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08/26/14 Top Pick; Get Over Here!

Color – Incredible pop of warm tones.

Lines and Forms – Wonderful foreshortened render of a classic fighter.

Thank You ThrashParty a.k.a Ottyag

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08/16/2014 Top Picks – Daily Shirt Design

August 17, 2014 | jjlockhartdesign

08/16/14 Top Pick; The Dude

Hey, will you just take it easy, man. This design is all things Dude: the White Russian, the joint, his bowling ball, and the rug that really ties it all together.

Color – Extremely interesting color selection. I really enjoy the warm golds against the teal field.

Lines & Forms – Wonderful render of Jeff Bridges. All the elements in the design have an awesome etched texture. I especially like the thin lines that give his hair added dimension.

Thank You Bubble Gun

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08/05/2014 Top Picks – Daily Shirt Designs

August 6, 2014 | jjlockhartdesign

Is anyone else excited to see Wonder Woman coming to the big screen??? Okay, if Wonder Woman was real and had me looped in her lasso, I would have told you I wasn’t excited when I saw the casting. The picture previewed at SDCC completely changed my mind and I can’t wait for the original super heroine to show us her stuff! Watch out boys!!!

08/05/14 Top Pick; Wonder Bomb

Color – Wonderfully patriotic color scheme with an antique shine.

Composition – The plain sky background nicely balances the bombshell in the foreground.

Lines & Forms – Beautifully rendered Warrior Princess. Her hair and lasso create wonderful organic forms which contrast nicely with the solid heavy bomb shape.

Thank You Tim Shumate

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08/04/2014 Top Picks – Daily Shirt Designs

August 4, 2014 | jjlockhartdesign

It’s a (belated) Guardians of The Galaxy Weekend!

What a whimsical, comical, action-packed movie! Although some heavy world destroying stuff was going on, the comedy kept it light and fun. The Guardians were a very interesting mashup of characters and it was fun to see how they came together and worked as a team. Each character seems to have a different skill set and had their opportunity to shine in the film. Rocket and Groot seemed to stand out as fan-favorites. Although Star Lord was the leader and the main character, I probably liked him least. I felt his character was the least interesting and his comic ‘moments’ fell short for me. I did still find his back story intriguing and would be interested to learn more about his father and how he relates to his origin. Zoe Saldana and Bautista looked awesome as aliens with their different color and textured skin. They both kicked some serious butt and worked as the muscle of the group. All in all I really enjoyed watching this film. It was nice to just sit back and laugh.

All of my Top Picks for today are awesome Guardians of The Galaxy inspired shirts!

08/04/14 Top Pick; Guardians Far Away

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Thank You BadEye

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08/04/14 Top Pick; Lord Soldier

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Thank You Juan Foo

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08/04/14 Top Pick; Soon In A Galaxy Nearby

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Thank You Joopa Doops

Buy this Shirt! Soon In A Galaxy Nearby

08/04/14 Top Pick; The Raccoon Nebula

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Thank You Steven Lefcourt

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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

Buy This Shirt! The Sinking Feeling

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

Check it out: http://bit.ly/BatmanDayJuly23

07/17/2014 Top Picks – Daily Shirt Designs

July 18, 2014 | jjlockhartdesign

07/17/2014 Top Pick; Bag Inn

Complimentary breakfast and second breakfast. Just don’t “chip the glasses and crack the plates, that’s what Bilbo Baggins hates!”

Composition – All the well rendered elements work nicely together creating a nice little entrance.

Lines and Forms – Sketch-like quality of the lines and shapes give this design a quaint, pub-like feel.

Thank You tjost

Buy this Shirt! Bag Inn

07/17/2014 Top Pick; Vitruvian Gollum

Concept – I really enjoy the elvish writing on the circle around this Vitruvian figure serving as a Ring. It justly shows how Gollum is eternally locked within The Ring’s hold.

Lines and Forms – Wonderful sketch-like quality to the lines and figure.

Thank You CupidsArt

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07/17/2014 Top Pick; War is Coming

“Apes together, strong!” I LOVED this movie! Totally love Andy Serkis. Gollum and Caesar the Ape!

Composition – Bold, intense simplified image of this incredible leader. This shirt also glows in the dark!

Texture – Nice contrast between the well-shaped nooks and crannies of the positive and negative space. This creates a great rough texture. The lighter areas give the face dimension and contrast nicely with the enthralling dark eyes. Caesar looks intense!

Thank You illproxy

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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

Buy This Shirt! Almost There

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

Buy This Shirt! Oogie Boogie

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

Buy this Shirt! Going Home

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!)

Buy This Shirt! The Bride Dollmaking

06/29/14 Top Pick; The Gillman

Thank You Beast Wreck

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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

Buy This Shirt! Bete De L’Apocalyse

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

Buy This Shirt! Headlight Glasses