High Five
July 7, 2008
Update: Thanks to everyone who rated my design. It has also won a runner’s up prize for the July Top 20 and will go into print – available for sale on the Springleap website.
This is my latest submission to the Springleap t-shirt design competition. If you like it, please visit the Springleap website and rate my design: http://www.springleap.com/designs/view/high-five
I tried to make the intent of this design obvious without having any copyright issues. The colours I chose just seemed right for a tee (though it has been brought to my attention that on some monitors the brown looks a lot darker, making the text difficult to read); I tried the background in red, plus a few other colour combinations, but it wasn’t working for me. As for the concept, I wanted to go for a parody of something well known, loved & hated; and because I love cartoons, the four fingered hand idea sort of stuck from the beginning of the thought process. At first I was thinking along the lines of whether or not it can be considered a zap if cartoon character shows you the finger; who can say for sure if it’s not the middle finger that’s actually missing. But, after much internal debate I decided to go for something more innocent. Since my friends love to high five (a lot), the idea came pretty naturally. Plus kudos must be given to the slugs from Flushed Away, the sad look on their little faces when the day is saved and they realise that they can’t high five… classic!
