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Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 6:26 pm
by mistergreen
cool concept,
the design can be tightened and refine...
sorry, I teach design :)

Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 7:07 pm
by Mark in Vancouver
Everyone's a critic! 8)

Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 7:25 pm
by Martin Thoene
Very nice. Reminds me of Innuit art a bit.

Martin.

Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 11:30 pm
by Rocco
mistergreen wrote:cool concept,
the design can be tightened and refine...
sorry, I teach design :)
Much appreciated :) no need to apologize. It is indeed a rough draft and I'll be posting the refined version in a few days.

Everyone e-mail me so I can make a list of who to send the posters too. rocco.mapua@gmail.com

Also coming up are botia striata and botia kubotai treated similarly :)

Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 12:34 am
by Botia Robert
Nice Work Rocco. Thats quite clever. Im looking forward to the Kubotai. Is this going to be like a collectors series?

Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 12:40 am
by shari2
Limited edition prints? That will cost you for postage rocco. Give us a number so we can defray expenses!

Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 1:58 am
by Mark in Vancouver
Geez. Everyone lays on the pressure...

Let's cheer Rocco on, for now, and hope for a limited edition series we can buy. I'd send money for these. I'm just curious about the new designs...

Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 2:11 am
by shari2
Me too!
You go, rocco. 8)

Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 5:48 am
by Rocco
Ok guys, since you've brought it up, I kinda need to fulfill a job training requirement for school and part of it is enterpreneurial(sp?)

So... I've planned to

1. make t-shirts,
2. sell prints,

and

3. sell the digital files in PDF form.

Earning in a foreign currency would totally destroy the quota I need to hit. Let me figure out printing costs, shipping costs, and other expenses and I'll get back to you. In the mean time, let me finish and polish my designs :)

Also in the works is a revamp of the hillstream and clown loach posters but those will come last.

Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 8:49 am
by Rocco
I'm at a crossroads here... I need to decide whether I should keep the typographical patterns for the loaches or go for something else.

This style would be hard to do for some species (like skunks, modestas, etc.) but would be easy to do for striatas, kubs, and yoyos.

I guess what will happen is that if I can't put the names on the fish, I'll have to find another way of doing it.

Was thinking of doing zodiac signs since I already started with pisces but I realized that putting taurus and fish together will result in a demon yoyo loach...

But I'll probably do aquarius with a water change them to it. As well as a loachy dance theme with assorted loaches in dance poses and text that says "Join the dance" or something like that.

I better write these ideas down :P

Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 8:55 am
by shari2
"Join the dance"
I like it.!

Yes, while the Muse is running hot, run with it. 8)

Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 9:57 am
by Emma Turner
Zodiac signs might be appropriate for Mesonoemacheilus triangularis a.k.a. Zodiac Loach. :wink:

I like the typographical pattern on the Yoyo poster a lot. 8)

Emma

Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 10:09 am
by wasserscheu
Fabulous :!: That makes a very fine poster. Loach relation makes it even perfect.

Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 12:01 pm
by Graeme Robson
Superb work! I likes! 8)

Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 2:14 am
by Botia Robert
Go for it Rocco! I like the sound of limited edition prints. A Botia series would be appealing to me. :lol: