1961 comments received ( finished contests only ):
avatar Drivenslush

really looks like a Tshirt logo.. good luck author

(5 years and 2793 days ago)

The Great World Wide Tour
avatar MossyB
MossyB says:

The fingernails are shaded funny, they look almost dirty.

(5 years and 2793 days ago)

The Great World Wide Tour
avatar DanLundberg

The double space between 'World' and 'Wide' is distractring, made more so when they should really be a hyphenated adjective. The double PXL logos on the sides come across as secondary when a single big logo in the center could be compelling.

(5 years and 2794 days ago)

The Great World Wide Tour
avatar DanLundberg

Oops, you made the same spelling mistake I made in my earlier comment (please slap some sense into me!): no apostrophe in possessive pronouns [his, hers, its, yours, ours, theirs].

This seems too detailed for a T-shirt plus I think more than one PXL logo is too many. The map is cool but the right edge needs cropping to match the other three sides. A simple billboard (no workmen) atop a much more tilted map could be compelling. "Less is more."

(5 years and 2794 days ago)

Join Us On Our World Tour
avatar k5683
k5683 says:

I think this would look cool if the map was your background

(5 years and 2794 days ago)

Join Us On Our World Tour
avatar DanLundberg

Fun concept but I don't get this as a T-shirt. It's mixture of cartoon and photo with blurry PXLEyes-Web-site screen shot (which should be the real focus) just doesn't work IMO.

(5 years and 2795 days ago)

Join Us On Our World Tour
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I think there is some great ideas here.. think outside the square author.. REMEMBER this is a t shirt image not a scene construction.

some ideas: ditch the background but keep the billboard.

The billboard is a great idea that will work on a shirt.

love that you have used the website page .

GOOD Luck . i look forward to see if you get time to rework this entry .

(5 years and 2795 days ago)

Join Us On Our World Tour
avatar JoeCacia
JoeCacia says:

Nice try author! Best of luck!

(5 years and 2795 days ago)

Used Lighter
avatar JimLemon
JimLemon says:

In my honest opinion, if it's any worth, this would work better with a white background. Not that the source is bad or something like that, but having "cartoony style" elements backed with a photograph... well, just doesn't do. Don't be affraid to try a second time and enhance your work!

(5 years and 2796 days ago)

Join Us On Our World Tour
avatar CMYK46
CMYK46 says:

Blur the shadows and you'll be OK.

(5 years and 2799 days ago)

Used Lighter
avatar CMYK46
CMYK46 says:

The cap would not be standing on edge.

(5 years and 2800 days ago)

Used Lighter
avatar MossyB
MossyB says:

The cap is too angular, and looks more like a lipstick case than the top of the lighter. Other than that, you've done a very good job of colorization and artifact removal, the brass looks good.

(5 years and 2801 days ago)

Used Lighter
avatar kushpatel
kushpatel says:

nice work but it looks new one frnd

(5 years and 2801 days ago)

Used Lighter
avatar Drivenslush

very nice color choices, GOOD LUCK!!! (You can pull down guides down from the ruler area to align your numbers and lettering better) nice job on this

(5 years and 2866 days ago)

Game On
avatar elemare
elemare says:

Author, sorry I am only getting around to all of these entries now, but here are a few tips for the future:
1. As the shape of the bowls are rounded, so the yellow stripe should bend. Try a radial gradient instead of a linear gradient.
2. With the light from above, the bowls would appear darker color at the bottom near the table. That's because the top half of the bowl (to its widest part) will block the light and cast some shadow on the bottom half.
3. You created a very nice illusion of depth with the edges of the table and the pots - wider / larger close to the viewer (bottom) and narrower / smaller farther away (toward center). To complete the illusion, the plaid pattern should also appear smaller and narrower at the end of the table farthest away. You can accomplish this by applying the pattern to a rectangle first, flatten, then apply Perspective - it will change both the shape and the pattern.

Hope this helps!

(5 years and 2872 days ago)

Bean chili anyone
avatar nishagandhi

lol this is cool a mix of CMYK and Drivenslush

(5 years and 2880 days ago)

Comedy House
avatar DanLundberg

The start pic for the planet surface is a brilliant choice. I would adjust the sky and the ground differently (as the sky result is great while the ground is washed out and kind of flat). The cartoon spaceship and aliens on a realistic background is a valid artistic choice. I think the shadows should be stronger, however, especially where the cartoon elements touch the ground so they don't look like they're floating. The spaceship landing struts should cast shadows plus the underside of the spaceship should be shadowed as well as the aliens' crotches and wheel tops.

(5 years and 2880 days ago)

Out on another planet
avatar DanLundberg

Cool dude. A blue background, for example, would make him stand out more. He looks like he's floating above his shadow which is much too big and doesn't include his arms. I think obvious eyes would be nice and his shades should cast a shadow on his face. [FYI to paint a straight line, click at the start point and then shift-click at the end point.]

(5 years and 2880 days ago)

Comedy House
avatar Drivenslush

LOVE the glasses good luck author

(5 years and 2880 days ago)

Comedy House
avatar Drivenslush

the simple shadow you placed under the saucer would help the little guys you created, (a little gauss would help) a soft burn brush over the saucer's lower edges could aid in the thickening of the ship (giving it density) (dodging the top accordingly) but then it would become my creation and not yours... the cartoonish effect is done quite well, if you wish to bridge into a more dense image, go for it with my suggestions, but I do love the fact this is recognizable as your own.. GOOD LUCK (and as always.. IMHO)

EDIT: the easiest way I find to manipulate gaussian blur is to go full tilt, open a layer underneath the little ships and draw a very flat oval, fill it with black. Go to Guass blur and just move the slide bar til the edges blur nicely (keep it as dark as it is, you can always reduce opacity later... place the disk under one of the little ships and align it with the size moving it back and forth til it looks good (Use scale to make the size right) then just play with the opacity till it looks well blended (You may have to gently burn the bottom of the ships so it blend well (next time you are driving down the road look at the shadows cars cast on the road, you'll see that it's darker directly under the car and where the wheels meet the road then the rest of the area (that's a guass blur..also the wheels them self will be darker just at the edge where it touches the road (sometimes the exact same color) it's an easy way to create realism.. and to ground and object so it doesn't look pasted on)

Good Luck.. !! and good job

(5 years and 2880 days ago)

Out on another planet
avatar itsdesign
itsdesign says:

is it just me or your works are just obvious..hehe..nice work..goodluck

(5 years and 2880 days ago)

Found In  The Cave
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Keiley22 says:

looks much better with a background author well done

(5 years and 2883 days ago)

Western Beach
avatar gopankarichal

nice idea, shadow is not ok...see the light source. still it's a good entry. BL

(5 years and 2883 days ago)

Western Beach
avatar weso
weso says:

i think shadows needs some blur well done

(5 years and 2883 days ago)

Western Beach
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Keiley22 says:

sure it was the old west and not the dark ages :p lol

it is good work, pity there is no background or even ground.

(5 years and 2884 days ago)

Western Beach
avatar elemare
elemare says:

Nice idea. Good masking on the treasures. To my eyes, the perspective of the box is not right. To see so much of that side, the front should either be angled, or the entire box moved far left within the setting.

(5 years and 2885 days ago)

Found In  The Cave
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happyme27 says:

much better! (sorry to answer for him...but I had the same thought) and this is definitely better!

(5 years and 2886 days ago)

Found In  The Cave
avatar Alan2641
Alan2641 says:

the reflection would be improved it you used some perspective transform on it to bring the bottom forward -- maybe a different background as well

(5 years and 2886 days ago)

Western Beach
avatar Alan2641
Alan2641 says:

Try a bit of dodge and burn in the lid to give it some depth -- looks a bit flat the way it is

(5 years and 2886 days ago)

Found In  The Cave
avatar weso
weso says:

Something Missing here ahhh the horse nice idea

the horse look good now

(5 years and 2886 days ago)

Western Beach
avatar kushpatel
kushpatel says:


very cool work author

(5 years and 2888 days ago)

On a planet far away
avatar passionboy

nicely done

(5 years and 2888 days ago)

On a planet far away
avatar IRONCOW
IRONCOW says:

Looks cool, I would add some shadows under the robot guys. I think it would really help the image

(5 years and 2888 days ago)

On a planet far away
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tytylion says:

The sky looks too realistic for the rest of the image.
if possible change the angle we are looking from or add more detail like greymval suggested!

(5 years and 2890 days ago)

On a planet far away
avatar greymval
greymval says:

I think it's so funny!!! Of course it needs improvement starting with the shadows.

(5 years and 2891 days ago)

Wow! A Strange Looking Lad
avatar greymval
greymval says:

Having all your elements below the horizon line, really dulls the image. Inserting some big mountains with strong diagonal lines would increase the dynamics of your composition. GL.

(5 years and 2891 days ago)

On a planet far away
no avatar

what is this?

(5 years and 2893 days ago)

Call me Jonny #6
no avatar

Its not looking so great. In the case if you had remove the living world and kept space environment it would look good.
Any ways best of Luck.

(5 years and 2893 days ago)

Wow! A Strange Looking Lad
avatar mishti
mishti says:

Cute fun entry author,look good GL

(5 years and 2894 days ago)

A day in the park
avatar MossyB
MossyB says:

The harsh black outline around the feet and the "claws" are distracting, giving this a semi-cartoonish look, and the lack of any shadow beneath it makes it look too cut and paste.

(5 years and 2894 days ago)

Call me Jonny #6
avatar woodztockr

Your entries and artistry are unique... this one is great... best of luck author!

p.s. actual cards or chess pieces would be really awesome here... keep up the great work...

(5 years and 2897 days ago)

A day in the park
avatar Alan2641
Alan2641 says:

nice idea the manipulation of the elephants is good -- you need to adjust your shadows as the light in the source is form the lower left (See the shadow of the tree on the left for reference). Also the shadows are too far away form the elephants giving them a floating appearance. The shadow of the table is not attached at both legs

(5 years and 2897 days ago)

A day in the park
avatar kushpatel
kushpatel says:

very funny like your entry

(5 years and 2897 days ago)

A day in the park
avatar Androla
Androla says:

wonderful and funny!!!! good luck!!!!

(5 years and 2897 days ago)

A day in the park
avatar Alan2641
Alan2641 says:

the stands are a bit out of perspective with the ground -- a bit of rotation would improve them -- need some shadows to fix them to the ground -- a bit of dodge ( in the middle) and burn (on the outside edges) would also give then to depth as they seem to lack any depth

(5 years and 2899 days ago)

Follow the leader
avatar kushpatel
kushpatel says:

nice work good gl

(5 years and 2899 days ago)

Follow the leader
avatar kushpatel
kushpatel says:

nice work good gl

(5 years and 2899 days ago)

Follow the leader
avatar kushpatel
kushpatel says:

good work gl

(5 years and 2899 days ago)

A Day on the beach
avatar Androla
Androla says:

great! shadows and lighting are really well done! good luck to you, author!!!!

(5 years and 2899 days ago)

A Day on the beach
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Keiley22 says:

have to agree with Mossy about the flooring. However, brilliant idea author... will hold my vote for now

(5 years and 2905 days ago)

The Evil Four