opinions por favor!

chiquimonkey

i'm working on the garden design as a shirt, and was wondering which one you guys like? if none, that's okay too haha i'm just using black as an example for now i would have done a poll but i guess we can't do those here anymore?

1.


2.


3.


4.


thanks in advance for any input you can give!

norm

all of them but specifically 2 and 4

chiquimonkey

thanks norm!

SPEEDY MCCREADY

3

chiquimonkey

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

3

thanks dear! good to see you by the way

Kilgore_Trout

definitely 1... has a nice flow from the sleeve onto the front... the image wraps around to the back i take it?

SPEEDY MCCREADY

chiquimonkey wrote:

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

3

thanks dear! good to see you by the way

whats up Pumpkinlips??????

mookeywrench

1,2, and 4 are a bit phallic

so i say 3

chiquimonkey

sgossard, yeah i think i'd be able to do the wrap-around of the design, the silkscreener had an example like that in his shop, i'd just have to check with him to be sure. i've been staring at these and needed fresh eyes so i thought i'd ask my fellow fans

mookey didn't mean to add any phallic imagery in there good to know that some might see that...thanks!

doin good speedy, been a long busy day and i'm ready to crash! how are you doing?

SPEEDY MCCREADY

im doing fine chiqui.....

hows the new business going????

you make your 1st million yet???? hehehehe

chiquimonkey

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

im doing fine chiqui.....

hows the new business going????

you make your 1st million yet???? hehehehe

haha not even close! not for lack of trying though

Fifthelement

Gorgeous as usual Chiqui. I like 1 and 2

pickupyourwill

think they are all cool, but I choose 4 and here's why.

the image is smaller. I tend to like shirts that don't have the print all over it. and I also think it would be cool
if the walking person were walking on cool artistic stones, or amongst the uniform stone graves of soldiers like many say the song suggests. just my 2 cents anyway.

Hub.

I'd choose 3.

redrock

I like 3. because I like the flow of the lady walking away, especially if the drawing wraps around. My only thought on it though, will the head be at the 'crease' when the arms are down (ie her head squished in the folds of the sleeve and the body of the T)?

strummers

mookeywrench wrote:

1,2, and 4 are a bit phallic

hadn't noticed that before. Still say definitely 1 though.

QuarterToTen

tres.

the fluidity in that design is just stunning.

IGotShit76

Number 3 for me.

chiquimonkey

thanks everybody, i appreciate the feedback!

PatrickBateman

mookeywrench wrote:

1,2, and 4 are a bit phallic

so i say 3

Thats what I thought, too.
Definitely numero tres

Indian Summer

Number 1

igotid88

3

Gary Carter

i like #2

Back_Pedal

I honestly like them all. Sorry I can't really be of help!

decides2dream

#3, most definitely.
first time you posted this image, i have to say, 'phallic' was the very first thing i saw too, which of course is rather distracting from your excellent work :oops: .....so definitely 3.

redrock

decides2dream wrote:

first time you posted this image, i have to say, 'phallic' was the very first thing i saw too, which of course is rather distracting from your excellent work :oops: .....so definitely 3.

I know a couple of people mentioned that. Call me naive but I didn't see that at all! Just a very soft, beautiful flow of a lady walking away.... Damn... usually I'm the one with the 'dirty' mind

decides2dream

redrock wrote:

decides2dream wrote:

first time you posted this image, i have to say, 'phallic' was the very first thing i saw too, which of course is rather distracting from your excellent work :oops: .....so definitely 3.

I know a couple of people mentioned that. Call me naive but I didn't see that at all! Just a very soft, beautiful flow of a lady walking away.... Damn... usually I'm the one with the 'dirty' mind

oh cmon....REALLY?!
i think the first time chiqui posted it she mentioned it was in relation to pj's song garden, the whole, my hands bound line. idk why, i but i always saw it as a guy...probably b/c of the GIANT SWIRL curling up in front of the figure. i mean sure...it's way out of proportion for THAT :shock: , but seriously, none the less......phallic. big time. for me, while i love the lines, that distracts a LOT. (also why first time posted i made no comments b/c no insult to your work chica, tis beautiful as always, but yea....this one....just doesn't do it for me mostly due to the phallic nature of it....i can't NOT see it) remove the giant frontal swirl and i would probably enjoy it as much as any of her other work, tho not my favorite either way. guess i am always a dirty birdy...what can i say.......? :oops:

polaris_x

would you consider trying to shrink it so it centres on the sternum (chest)?

redrock

decides2dream wrote:

oh cmon....REALLY?!
i think the first time chiqui posted it she mentioned it was in relation to pj's song garden, the whole, my hands bound line. idk why, i but i always saw it as a guy...probably b/c of the GIANT SWIRL curling up in front of the figure. i mean sure...it's way out of proportion for THAT :shock: , but seriously, none the less......phallic. big time. for me, while i love the lines, that distracts a LOT. (also why first time posted i made no comments b/c no insult to your work chica, tis beautiful as always, but yea....this one....just doesn't do it for me mostly due to the phallic nature of it....i can't NOT see it) remove the giant frontal swirl and i would probably enjoy it as much as any of her other work, tho not my favorite either way. guess i am always a dirty birdy...what can i say.......? :oops:

Well I'll be damned... I must be reverting to some innocent thing in my old age! To me it's such a feminine image. Maybe because it's so delicate. If you did not associate Garden with it, would it be the same (though I don't see Garden as a 'dirty' song - hands bound or not!)?

decides2dream

redrock wrote:

decides2dream wrote:

oh cmon....REALLY?!
i think the first time chiqui posted it she mentioned it was in relation to pj's song garden, the whole, my hands bound line. idk why, i but i always saw it as a guy...probably b/c of the GIANT SWIRL curling up in front of the figure. i mean sure...it's way out of proportion for THAT :shock: , but seriously, none the less......phallic. big time. for me, while i love the lines, that distracts a LOT. (also why first time posted i made no comments b/c no insult to your work chica, tis beautiful as always, but yea....this one....just doesn't do it for me mostly due to the phallic nature of it....i can't NOT see it) remove the giant frontal swirl and i would probably enjoy it as much as any of her other work, tho not my favorite either way. guess i am always a dirty birdy...what can i say.......? :oops:

Well I'll be damned... I must be reverting to some innocent thing in my old age! To me it's such a feminine image. Maybe because it's so delicate. If you did not associate Garden with it, would it be the same?

nope.
that frontal swirl immediately makes the figure 'male' no matter what. :P
also, the figure simply looks more masculine to me, in comparison to any other figures within chiqui's work. it may be the figure's stance, and it almost appears more 'muscular' to me....just a stronger figure. yes, overall most of her work has a vry feminine quality....and this still does have those beautiful sinuous lines....but not quite as undulating nor as feminine. what can i say? we all see different things in art, just one small part of what makes it all so fascinating. also, your comment about it being a beatiful female figure simply walking away.....probably why i like choice #3 all the more.....b/c it completely gets ride of the phallic imagery....it does indeed look like the figure is walking away due to compositional placement, and honestly, that big giant frontal swirl to me actually makes the figure 'static'...it is trapped.....can't move forward, it keeps the figure locked in place - which would probably fit well with the whole garden theme and being bound, subconsciously or consciously. and i am sure chica did not imagine such in depth analysis!

norm

i have the most juvenile, dirty mind around and i didn't notice the phallic-ness....now i do....thanks d2d :shock: :P