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Angry Pig!
The arms race of angriness has begun. D:
http://www.infinitywave.net/angrier-detail1.jpg
This is six colors on a grass green tee, see a BIG VERSION here. Thanks for looking, please vote if you like this design! 
—Spiritgreen
AKA azure atelerix’s astounding acceleration awes and amazes alarmed African animals
The axolotl’s artificial acquaintance does not appear so animated.
Halftones:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/25630768/ArtificialAxolotl/Deets.jpg
Thank you and have a nice d’aaaw… er, day.
“Adorable Academic Animal”
Such a smart ass…
Apocalyptus!
Hello everyone!
Our Mayan friends claim that the apocolypse will be upon us in late 2012 – which leaves us plenty of time to goof off around the theme!
Here we have an otherwise cute Arboreal Herbivorous Marsupial– commonly known as a “koala” – wreaking havoc on a city to get the party started. Ahhhhhh!!
This is going to take a while…
a delcious admiral…
for later
That’s one quick tree.
Enjoy!
Speaking of speed, I want whatever computer you’re using to upload so fast. Dang.
That aside, like the Sonic reference, poor little guy seems to not get as much love these days since the end of Sega systems…
This is definitely an ‘admire from afar’ affair.
Halftones:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/25630768/AmethystAlligator/Deets.jpg
Thank you and…ooh, shiny!
All arithmetic aficionados adore this!
I went with the naked crayons - thanks for the suggestions!
Lots and lots of halftone work on this one to get the flames right…
This design started in one direction, and ended up in another. Click Here to embiggen.
The colors used in this design are the closest pantone equivalent to these hexadecimal colors.
Alizarin
Amber
Amethyst
White
All on an Asphalt Tee.
This is definitely an ‘admire from afar’ affair.
Halftones:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/25630768/AmethystAlligator/Deets.jpg
Thank you and…ooh, shiny!
This is very nice work, kevlar.
It makes me think there’s some a backstory to it. A samurai turned into a tree for a hundred years to teach him patience. Or something. :^)
Took me a moment to get it, but when I did I voted.