Tee shirt designer LaurieShipley - Laurie Shipley

ISLAND OF MISFIT ANIMALS!

posted 7 months ago by LaurieShipley

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ISLAND OF MISFIT ANIMALS! tee shirt design by LaurieShipley - Laurie Shipley

My first post on Emptees...

New design for Protest The Hero. Hand drawn, scanned, vectorized, + made purdy.

It was just approved + should be going to print soon for their upcoming tour. Not sure what color scheme they are going with, but I like this regurgitated colors best!

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  1. Tee shirt designer derekdeal - Derek Deal

    derekdeal said 7 months ago

    Well hell yeah, glad you made it laurie

    this absolutely kills!!!!

  2. Tee shirt designer jimmyheartcore - Jimmy Heartcore

    jimmyheartcore said 7 months ago

    Oh snap, Laurie Shipley made it to the tee party.

  3. Tee shirt designer chrisrushing - Chris Rushing

    chrisrushing said 7 months ago

    why haven't i even heard of you.

  4. Tee shirt designer CMYK|BRAD - Brad

    CMYK|BRAD said 7 months ago

    I have :P

  5. Tee shirt designer ryanmiller - Ryan Miller

    ryanmiller said 7 months ago

    lovely.. love your work. lets be friends.

  6. Tee shirt designer Jon Kruse - Jonathan Kruse

    Jon Kruse said 7 months ago

    I can't wait for the new cd.

  7. Tee shirt designer DCAY - DCAY

    DCAY said 7 months ago

    ^ agreed!!

    + this Tee is rad!

  8. Tee shirt designer LaurieShipley - Laurie Shipley

    LaurieShipley said 7 months ago

    altairdesigns said: Well hell yeah, glad you made it laurie

    this absolutely kills!!!!

    Derek! Thanks, how have you been?!

    A fellow designer (aka a designer that rules) told me to check out this site a month or so ago, so here I am making my fashionably late arrival or something. :P

    ps I love the barfin kid on your website!

    jimmyheartcore said: Oh snap, Laurie Shipley made it to the tee party.

    I luv tee parties!

    chrisrushing said: why haven't i even heard of you.

    No clue :P

    ryanmiller said: lovely.. love your work. lets be friends.

    I like friends. + Thanks :)

    Jon Kruse said:

    I can't wait for the new cd.

    Fer real, awesome dudes!

    CMYK|BRAD said: I have :P

    nah uhh

    DCAY said: ^ agreed!!

    + this Tee is rad!

    =] Thank you

  9. Tee shirt designer jimmyhaffa1 - micah

    jimmyhaffa1 said 7 months ago

    good design, i dig

  10. Tee shirt designer justgeoff - Geoff May

    justgeoff said 7 months ago

    Really really cool. Great job.

  11. Tee shirt designer drewB - Drew Barontini

    drewB said 7 months ago

    i love how you responded to all of the messages in one post haha

  12. Tee shirt designer jfinley - Jeff Finley

    jfinley said 7 months ago

    good stuff Laurie

  13. Tee shirt designer nate gonz - nate gonz

    nate gonz said 7 months ago

    well talk about a nice welcoming, first day winner

  14. Tee shirt designer asdafkid - Grayson Hary

    asdafkid said 7 months ago

    i've thought you were awesome since you did the "age of reptiles" album art, most radical illustrations ever

  15. Tee shirt designer hideouscarwreck - leila

    hideouscarwreck said 7 months ago

    i want this!
    i don't even listen to the band but the design is just too great

  16. Tee shirt designer Robert Ottinger - Robert Ottinger

    Robert Ottinger said 7 months ago

    Seriously!? a member for 12hrs and already a tee of the day!!!????

    mannnnnnnnnn.......i need a new career! lol

    anyway, even thought there not my colors....great design!

  17. Tee shirt designer alrightok - Ryan K.

    alrightok said 7 months ago

    great. love this site cause it makes me want to step my game up when people like you show up!

  18. Tee shirt designer positivelypositive - Joeeeeee

    positivelypositive said 7 months ago

    good good. tee of the day...nice!

  19. Tee shirt designer chrisrushing - Chris Rushing

    chrisrushing said 7 months ago

    did you hand/mouse trace all this in illustrator? the black/brown outline part that is.

  20. Tee shirt designer Cutthroat - Cutthroat Clothing

    Cutthroat said 7 months ago

    hey Laurie, rad shirt!
    I just finished up a bunch of Protest's new merch as well.

    weeerd.

  21. Tee shirt designer DCAY - DCAY

    DCAY said 7 months ago

    hideouscarwreck said: i want this! i don't even listen to the band but the design is just too great

    LISTEN to PTH!!

  22. Tee shirt designer LaurieShipley - Laurie Shipley

    LaurieShipley said 7 months ago

    chrisrushing said: did you hand/mouse trace all this in illustrator? the black/brown outline part that is.

    Naw, I didn't trace it manually. I scanned in my ink drawing then used the auto trace function in ILLUS CS3. Pretty amazing lil feature...!

    jfinley said: good stuff Laurie

    Thanks Jeff. Been a while since I've talked to you, you're stuff is looking rad :)

    Cutthroat said: hey Laurie, rad shirt! I just finished up a bunch of Protest's new merch as well.

    weeerd.

    Awesome, I see some PTH stuff on your profile. Good stuff!

    I had an idea for a tee, a zombie 1980's My Little Pony on a yellow shirt with zebra stripes in the background. Damn you! You basically have that idea in 2 different shirts. Ahhh Haha

  23. Tee shirt designer chrisrushing - Chris Rushing

    chrisrushing said 7 months ago

    ok nice... yeah your lines are crazy clean for autotrace to do it that well. I try to manually trace as much as possible. Do you use india ink? ... I'm trying to get cleaner and just can't for some reason... but i'm only working in my moleskine... maybe i need to bring it to a bigger canvas.

  24. Tee shirt designer LaurieShipley - Laurie Shipley

    LaurieShipley said 7 months ago

    chrisrushing said: ok nice... yeah your lines are crazy clean for autotrace to do it that well. I try to manually trace as much as possible. Do you use india ink? ... I'm trying to get cleaner and just can't for some reason... but i'm only working in my moleskine... maybe i need to bring it to a bigger canvas.

    It takes me forever to draw the thing out, there is no way I could spend the time manually tracing it. Haha I did the original drawing pretty big to begin with and I usually can tweak the auto trace enough to achieve what I need.

    I usually use an assortment of ink pens, micron and even gel point bic pens, etc. I use india ink occasionally + definitely for large spaces. I like to use what I have lying around, ha.

  25. Tee shirt designer chrisrushing - Chris Rushing

    chrisrushing said 7 months ago

    yup i use microns, bics, etc... i think i just need to go bigger. thanks for the replys.

  26. Tee shirt designer derekdeal - Derek Deal

    derekdeal said 7 months ago

    ooh oooh

    im glad you guys are having this discussion, i have the same issue chris, what kind of paper do you guys use, im just using strathmore bristol and it seems to bleed a lot, which makes the lines scan ugly.

  27. Tee shirt designer LaurieShipley - Laurie Shipley

    LaurieShipley said 7 months ago

    I assume you tried using several kinds of pens on the bristol? I don't use anything specific, I usually use cheap drawing paper.

    Though, if I want to keep a nice drawing then I might use bristol or illustration board, but I'd be spending too much if I did that with every tee shirt design. OMG Am I cheap?! ;)

    chrisrushing said: yup i use microns, bics, etc... i think i just need to go bigger. thanks for the replys.

    And your stuff definitely looks way cleaner than mine, so you seem to have it down!

  28. Tee shirt designer derekdeal - Derek Deal

    derekdeal said 7 months ago

    hmmm, maybe i should just relax

  29. Tee shirt designer derekdeal - Derek Deal

    derekdeal said 7 months ago

    i love your profile quote by the way,

    probably my favorite from the movie with the exception of

    "paging mister herman, mister herman you have a telephone call at the front desk"

  30. Tee shirt designer chrisrushing - Chris Rushing

    chrisrushing said 7 months ago

    LaurieShipley said:
    chrisrushing said: yup i use microns, bics, etc... i think i just need to go bigger. thanks for the replys.

    And your stuff definitely looks way cleaner than mine, so you seem to have it down!

    a lot of mine is hand vectored, not auto traced... not all though.

  31. Tee shirt designer nadameansnothing.com - Chris Leskovsek

    nadameansnothing.com said 7 months ago

    the only thing i can say is:

    WOW

  32. Tee shirt designer justgeoff - Geoff May

    justgeoff said 7 months ago

    LaurieShipley said: I assume you tried using several kinds of pens on the bristol? I don't use anything specific, I usually use cheap drawing paper.

    Though, if I want to keep a nice drawing then I might use bristol or illustration board, but I'd be spending too much if I did that with every tee shirt design. OMG Am I cheap?! ;)

    chrisrushing said: yup i use microns, bics, etc... i think i just need to go bigger. thanks for the replys.

    And your stuff definitely looks way cleaner than mine, so you seem to have it down!

    Not cheap at all. Hell, I have 2 pads of Bristol that I've had for over a year that I haven't used. It's too expensive to make a mistake on.

  33. Tee shirt designer LaurieShipley - Laurie Shipley

    LaurieShipley said 7 months ago

    altairdesigns said: i love your profile quote by the way,

    probably my favorite from the movie with the exception of

    "paging mister herman, mister herman you have a telephone call at the front desk"

    There are so many opportunities in life to quote that movie. Or maybe thats just me? Lava it!

  34. Tee shirt designer Cutthroat - Cutthroat Clothing

    Cutthroat said 7 months ago

    LaurieShipley said:
    chrisrushing said: did you hand/mouse trace all this in illustrator? the black/brown outline part that is.

    Naw, I didn't trace it manually. I scanned in my ink drawing then used the auto trace function in ILLUS CS3. Pretty amazing lil feature...!

    jfinley said: good stuff Laurie

    Thanks Jeff. Been a while since I've talked to you, you're stuff is looking rad :)

    Cutthroat said: hey Laurie, rad shirt! I just finished up a bunch of Protest's new merch as well.

    weeerd.

    Awesome, I see some PTH stuff on your profile. Good stuff!

    I had an idea for a tee, a zombie 1980's My Little Pony on a yellow shirt with zebra stripes in the background. Damn you! You basically have that idea in 2 different shirts. Ahhh Haha

    hahaha that's hilarious!
    do it up anyways, i'd be interested to see it

  35. Tee shirt designer godsloadedsociety - Matt Hebert

    godsloadedsociety said 7 months ago

    great design Laurie!! good friends with this band, hopefully I can get my hands on this shirt!

  36. Tee shirt designer Gee - Gina

    Gee said 5 months ago

    Very purdy!

  37. Tee shirt designer RikkiB - RikkiB

    RikkiB said 4 months ago

    LOVED!

  38. Tee shirt designer taylorlreed - taylor

    taylorlreed said 3 months ago

    Dude,

    This is friggin' sick :D

  39. Tee shirt designer trevor - trevor

    trevor said 2 months ago

    You made this?? I own this shirt! I wear this baby with pride! In fact im waering it with pride right now!

  40. Tee shirt designer aaron crawford - aaron crawford

    aaron crawford said about 1 month ago

    this is pretty ridiculous. the vocals in this band drive me up the wall though, but i dig this!

  41. Tee shirt designer LaurieShipley - Laurie Shipley

    LaurieShipley said about 1 month ago

    aaron crawford said: this is pretty ridiculous. the vocals in this band drive me up the wall though, but i dig this!

    haha Aww come on.

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