: An idea came to me last night for a shirt design for Xbox Gamers. Some of my
: favorite Xbox memories have come from a little game called Halo. Yeah, I
: understand no one has heard of this game before. There's no reason to
: design for something that wouldn't sale. yadda yadda. I like the game and
: that's enough for me. lol

: Anywho, my favorite of the 10+ year series is the original game. Open feel of
: the game, the fun of it, the story, and of course, the characters. Of the
: many memorable A.I voice-over lines in the game, one in particular seems
: to stick out. It comes from a random Grunt after the player dies.
: "Can I Have His Helmet?!" In the novels, YapYap the Grunt has
: been my favorite. So I figured I'll play tribute to YapYap, all Grunts,
: and the Original Halo game with the below image.

: I made some clear changes to the design of the Grunt character's (let's name
: him PayPay) design to make him my own. Brought in elements from Halo 1 up
: to Halo 4. Changed his plasma pistol's design. I've also changed the look
: of the Master Chief helmet by also bringing in elements from a few past
: games to make it my own. It's a true Parody.

: Before I start on it, I'd like a few suggestions. Like what color to make his
: armor. Was thinking of making him Red and a blue spartan helmet as a
: montage to Halo's MP mode. Then there's the background. Do I place him in
: front of a large ring? I want the background image to be simple so not to
: take away from the main image but also clearly related to Halo. But
: outside of a ring or possible a very large High Charity silhouette I'm
: pretty much at a lose of ideas. Shading will be left in black to make
: printing much cheaper. As per the Threadless standards.
: I think each and every comment and suggestion. Please remember that the below
: is just a sketch. Lines will be cleaned up.

: Threadless Thread:
: http://www.threadless.com/play/forum/post/968259/i_finally_got_his_helmet/

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Erm.., not sure how to break it to ya, but your favorite character was actually named Yayap. :P