Uniqlo UT Grand Prix 09

Uniqlo held a shirt design contest a while back. I designed ten shirts, but was only able to complete three due to deadlines. From what I saw online, it seems that I could have just entered my rough sketches and it would have been fine. So, here are two of my three shirts I entered. The red one actually made it into the second round. Narrowing from 14,584 designs from 75 countries to 1000 designs from 44 countries. I'm one of 43 from the US. I'm sure there would have been more if more people knew about it. Next round will be narrowed down to 200 designs. I don't think I'll make it into that round. But, who knows. People like what they like. Of my entries, I definitely thought my character shirt had the best chance. So, that shows what I know. Anyway, check em out. Here's the link: http://ut.uniqlo.com/utgp/?lang=us#/search/ There have been a lot of problems with this link. It's hit or miss. I hope it works for you.


The idea was to just create space with a simple shape. Just a circle. I was playing with a design at work and it inspired this visual.


This was my favorite of the three shirts I entered. The character started as just the front view. The back view was created for this shirt. I like this enough that I might have to just make it on my own.
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30s of week 11-17

The insanity continues. But, I managed to squeeze out 3 sketches. They were done in the very simple style I started last week. They weren't as successful as their humanoid friends. Check em out. Next week will be crazy as well. And, it'll be a short week due to Turkey Day. If I don't post by then, have a great Turkey Day everyone!


This is probably my favorite of the week. Still needs work, but at least he's somewhat cute.


This is Grover. Eh, just not there.


This is supposed to Elmo. I turned him to 3/4 and it just all fell apart. I lost my focus and I couldn't catch it again before the end of the session.
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30s of week 11-10

My weeks have been crazy. There is no warm up in the morning. More like hitting the mornings at a all out run. So, its been hard to get the morning 30s out. But, I was able to stabilize a little towards the end of the week and get a couple sketches out. Here they are.


These sketches were based on a cute design I spotted in passing. This is Bert. I was very pleased on how he came out. He has a nice Bert feel.


This is supposed to be Ernie. I felt that he didn't come out as good as I wanted him to. Something about his head shape just isn't working.
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30s of week 11-03

Wow, its been a crazy week. We have a new president! Not only a new president, but a new chance. Hope. The emotions and feelings that the election brought was felt world wide. It really is quite a thing to be alive for. But, life continues as it is. And, as such, here are the 30s of this week.


I didn't do a sketch on Monday. There was just too much going on. So, Tuesday's sketch was my first of the week. This was the feeling of the day. Everyone and their mothers asked if you had voted.


And, this was my feeling on Wednesday. That's sign language for the letter "O". Not everyone got that. I think very little people got it actually...


And, back to the normal. Here's a Super Grover done for a fellow worker.


Ugh, this is how I felt on Friday. From work to personal paperwork. I just felt like I was buried under paperwork.
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30s 0f week 10-27

Happy Halloween! This weeks sketches all have a Halloween-ish theme. It was fun to do some not so soft and cute sketches. Dirty them up a little. Gore it up a little. Nice. These were done on the Cintiq. I still haven't been able to get the lines as fine and exact as a traditional pencil line. But, its nice to sketch loose. Enjoy!


I started with making Bert into a zombie. Thought it was a pretty common straight forward idea.


Someone mentioned Michael Jackson's Thriller. And, this image popped in my mind. It felt good. Elmo Thriller.


I saw a commercial for The Great Pumpkin and couldn't resist this one. Ernie in a Charlie Brown costume. This was my friendlier one of the week.


I wanted to go a little more dramatic on this last sketch of the week. So, I went with Grover. That is actually stuffing coming out of his head. Heh heh... Happy Halloween everyone!
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