Tank Theory Has Some Serious Art (1)
Published on December 12th, 2008. By The Taddict, under T-Shirt Design.
Tank Theory is an online shop with a focus on art, and not the novelty or humorous kind. They have what they call The Artist Society with the premise of providing real artists a t-shirt canvas to go wild on. There was one design that really caught my eye because I can’t imagine how advanced the print has to be.
The name of the design is Guardo da Mignotta and it was created by Alberto Seveso. It is a mixture of figural photography, and what appears to be vector graphics. They work seamlessly together, to complete a female’s face. What’s even more interesting is that it uses water-based inks, adding to the complexity of the print. I have got to get one of these to see it in person.
Zenne on December 13th, 2008
For some reason that design in particular annoyed me. Kind of like “oooh, look. we can put stuff /on/ a face. forget integrating this vector doodle, let’s just make it transparent when a feature gets in the way.” But not in a particularly appealing way, to me.