My Work :: Part 23: Swirly Fish Cake

I had been sitting on this t-shirt idea since around October of last year, but never got it up from lack of satisfaction about its implementation. But in order to have it ready for next week's com, so Leeshee could order it, we finally got it up. Woot!

I'm lazy, so have not posted it up on DeviantArt yet, but will soon. In the meantime, you can check it out on the tees. The dark tee looks fabulous, particularly the blue one. Am very happy about that. The white one is great as well.

Our next week is looking busy; making buttons, plushies, costumes, etc. But am excited. I finally asked for the time off too; see how my laziness leeches out to all aspects of my life? On the plus side, we found good transfers for tees, FINALLY, so the plushies will be fab.

Anyway, a little about the design. The idea was Elicia's, a play on words with "naruto." I like it, because it's definitely an in-joke thing without being too obviously anime; those who get it can feel uber-special, and the rest, well, at least they have something attractive to look at. =) If they get it, cool, if not, hopefully they will ask you about it and you can have a discussion about Naruto and/or Japanese cuisine. So a win all around. The biggest challenges was finding an appropriate font and design for the naruto, to give nice visual weight and be interesting to look at. So basically the same challenges as always. =)