Home Improvement
I have always been a fan of Escher – his sense of perspective and composition is just amazing. This design is based on his 1953 Lithograph called Relativity that depicts a paradoxical world in which the normal laws of gravity do not apply.
I decided to put a twist on this, where the architectural structure is going through a ‘home improvement’ with the people giving it a once over with a coat of paint.
Please note that the colour of the paint depends on the colour of shirt the design is placed on. The example below demonstrates what it would look like on a yellow shirt.

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Lund
I’m a huge fan of Escher, and this is a great tribute to a truly amazing man. Very clever touch with the transparent paint.
Nice work!
zomboy replied
thanks Lund. You know as I was working through this design I grew more and more respect for this man. Seriously, I did a large component of this design using 3D software, and his perspective checks out!! Bloody amazing!!
MangaKid
I’ve always loved Escher’s work and this adds another clever level to his genius idea. Love the use of tshirt colour as the paint. Great stuff Zomboy.
zomboy replied
thanks MangaKid – appreciate your comment….
Cimmerrian
Awesome work ZB !!! Amazing line work! love it
zomboy replied
cheers for that Cimmerrian, glad you like this…
Tom Smart
Nothing like a bit of escher perspective to send your mind into a frenzy. this design is great and like others have said the t-shirt colour as paint is a great idea! Nice job.
zomboy replied
cheers for that Tom -really appreciate all these positive comments Im getting back.
Naf4d
Really nice work ZB – love it!
zomboy replied
cheers brother!
rubyred
Now this is a bit special, a lot of work here ZB!
zomboy replied
thanks Roger – this has taken me over a week to do, im wrecked from my this obsession…. but I wouldnt change it for anything :)
Scott d'Almeida
excellent
zomboy replied
thanks Scott – glad you appreciate this….
olechka
Interestimg design – a lot going on here! definitely caught my attention :)
zomboy replied
thanks Olechka, congrats on your recent success down at teextile.com
Simon Reeves
as always top quality work,really like this one.Very original.
zomboy replied
Thanks Simon, Im a big fan of your city dissected and medusatowerblock designs… really nice works…
Danny
fresh new tilt to a classic
brilliantly done
zomboy replied
cheers Danny, that is exactly what I wanted to achieve…
Schytso Designs
He would be proud M.C. Zomboy
zomboy replied
I hope so schytsoframe….
rain-dogs
absolutely brilliant work zb and a fine appreciation for one of the truly innovative artist of all time…imagine what Escher would have done with todays tech and considering so much of his work was created as a woodcut…staggering really…
You have achieved a very impressive level of art and design here…. well done
zomboy replied
I was thinking just that the other day bro….. Im sure there would be a period where he would just sit down and lose his sense of direction, simply because a lot of what he did can be done so easily these days. If it was not for his art I am sure that 3D software would be quite different in its approach. But then exactly as you say he would have utilised todays technology to create something truely amazing – the fact that he achieved what he has achieved through woodcut is staggering indeed, the detail, accuracy etc just blows me away, and of course his concepts are really cool.
armadillozenith
very clever, much respect!
Escher is an artist-hero for me, too.. along with Hergé (creator of Tintin).
zomboy replied
Im glad you feel the same about Escher… I have never looked at the artwork of Hergé, I have seen his Tintin books of course that I loved as a child. I will go and look for some of his other work now I think…
straylight
Oh yes, that is great. Lovely take on ‘Relativity’ you do him credit. I agree with rain-dogs above, just imagine Escher now! Well done.
zomboy replied
how’s the morphing coming along straylight, i had to laugh at that comment! Thanks for your positive feedback, much appreciated…
dimsim
:)
zomboy replied
;)
straylight
Not a problem, you’re doing some great stuff ZB.
zomboy replied
thanks Straylight – appreciated…
Diesel Laws
Superb, and very good use of transparency!!
zomboy replied
Thanks Diesel – the transparency was the product of a brain storm session between me and my design partner. It works well because this is a 3 colour design only (could have reduced it to two with halftones but decided against it).
MuscularTeeth
who’s a clever zomboy?
/pats head
good boy.. good boy
:)
zomboy replied
LOL – yes we are happy with the way this turned out…. things are progressing nicely here at the zomboy laboratory…
nofrillsart
Too cool! Excellent job here.
zomboy replied
thanks NFA – appreciated!
yanmos
awesome work!!
zomboy replied
thanks Yannis, hope things are going well in Greece!
LeapingPig
crazy stairs!
remincences lol
love it ;)
zomboy replied
cheers Leaping Pig – appreciate your support….
Tom Douce
Wow amazing illusion zb! This is really fantastic! I have every expectation that this will sell like crazy haha
Douce
zomboy replied
thanks for the vote of confidence douce, hard to say, its never an easy thing to work out in my opinion….
Matt Simner
Whoa that’s feakin’ awesome! – really just so well done. Straight to the pool room!
zomboy replied
cheers matt! glad you like. Pool rooms rock, love to shoot some stick every now and then…
Tom Douce
I didn’t notice u guys incredible use of transparency b4 bit I have to agree with many others, it really is amazing!
zomboy replied
worked out alright huh? Paint is a window to the outer t-shirt dimension – that is of course the 4th dimension!
Chanel2
Brilliant work here Zomboy.
zomboy replied
cheers Chanel number 2 – thanks again!
Nick Ford
FUCK YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ......................... absolutely amazing take a classic! Makes me wanna go back and rediscover the magic this man has created. Awesome to here how his perspective matches up to today’s programs. Straight to the top of the TO BUY list. Massive props
zomboy replied
cheers brother, glad you like this take. He was an genius there is no doubt about that…. keep it real brother…
Diesel Laws
Hmmmm….me thinks Threadless…
zomboy replied
Im eventually leading to threadless, but not yet. I have been focussing on teextile.com and teefury.com for now – will see how we go…
Grandia
wow that is just plain greatness! I’ve always been a fan of Escher too, surely one of my country’s heroes =)
zomboy replied
oh yes im glad you like this then, one of your country’s hero’s indeed!! thanks for stopping by…
Scott Robinson
Now`s that`s some damn fine work there mister
zomboy replied
cheers Scott – glad you like this, took me a while to put together…
Matt Simner
Still loving it :)
zomboy replied
thanks heaps Matt. i have been meaning to blog about my designs but I just dont know where to do it, so I really appreciate the effort you put in here, thanks mate.
mikoto
great tribute, with your own original style
zomboy replied
thanks Mikoto!
o0OdemocrazyO0o
this is better than the time i drank that cane toad smoothie
zomboy replied
delicious!
Tancredi Truge...
Woooow what a great design!
zomboy replied
cheers Tancredi Truge – appreciated!
- Clayton -
Sweet design, I am a huge fan of Escher! Buying this soon! :)
zomboy replied
thanks Promethium – glad you are a fan of this design ;)
vandal
excellent work… you nailed all of the perspectives… and your use of transparency is extremely clever, too! it’s too bad we don’t have some type of color changing material to show it off… ha.
zomboy replied
thanks for the compliments vandal… yes you are on the money with colour change material for shizzle!
yellowbee
agreeing sooo much with vandal…..extreeeamly clever usage of transparency!!!
love the little dudes and their painting job!
this is beyond amazing!!!
zomboy replied
thanks yellowbee – appreciated!
Morris Hill
good job man, you did Escher well….keep up the good work
zomboy replied
cheers Morris!
shanghaiwu
this is BRILLIANT
zomboy replied
your work is awesome!!
shanghaiwu
ha ha
love you too and thankyou
o0OdemocrazyO0o
isnt that a load bearing wall?.... arg!!!!!
nice one
zomboy replied
thanks demo!!!
syd baker
This is wonderful! As a home do-it-yourselfer and designer and t-shirt wearer, you’ve covered it all with a very well done concept. Love Escher too!
zomboy replied
cheers Syd, glad you are a fan, keep up the good DIY work!
Dentanarts
Cool interpretation of an Esher classic…. beautiful work! o(~_O)o
zomboy replied
thanks Dentasarts
Kitsmumma
Too good!!
zomboy replied
thanks Kitsmumma :)
Rakuda
looks like it took a good effort to complete… nice work
zomboy replied
cheers – it was a bit of work yes :)
Joseph Osborne
awesome, feeling slightly nausious at the moment though…
Joseph Osborne
nauseous**
zomboy replied
thanks, yes this does have a disorienting effect
Fiery-Fire 6 days ago
Great image !! Escher would be proud ;)
zomboy replied 6 days ago
thanks I hope you are right :)