Wukuptologist in training cropover t shirt concept

Came up with this idea after a certain miss Headley, brought to my attention the concept of wukuptology.
Seeing that I only have 1GB Ram and the only Adobe product on my system is Lightroom, for this project I've had to use MSPaint + mt.Paint believe it or not.

here begins the 'wukuptologist in training' cropover design tee walk-through

First, I had to come up with a witty phrase;
'wukuptologist in training, female wukup-ers, bring your bumpers for analysis and sample taking' seemed legit.

Following, a rough sample of the placement of letters
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Then to find a suitable image that portrays wukuptology.. there were 3 pictures in the running;
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This one from my cousin's website made the cut, for it shows the determination of the lady 'pooching back' with hands on the knees for maximum grinding and the skilled wukuptologist with a drink in one hand steadying said wukup-er with a hand on the shoulder..
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Phase out the background painstakingly and leave the subject..
Try different image colour transformation till a suitable one is found..




and voila! easy sailing from there on..

The finished product!
click for high res.

http://barbadoscropoverfestival.com
HAPPY CROPOVER 2010!
Now, I've got to seek out my old t-shirt printing agency to see if I can make this a physical reality..

btw the wukuptologist anthem for 2010 is lil rick's 'guh down' on the Monstahpiece produced condem riddim.. 2ndly is the indrani, fyah wata tune on the King Bubba/Kubuyashi platter studio riddim 'hunny bunny'!!