spending hours in illustrator

simply because i can. I got a scanner for my birthday so I am trying to convert some of my better sketches into Digital files so they can be tweaked, edited, and submitted to my favorite tee shirt site :P
Here is one of the designs I have spent a few good hours on, but know is not finished. The whole idea is that the face is all one line. The color came later.
Also, once again, it's WTF blue, but it looks ok to me, so no worries, but i will keep working in red :)

tried for the red again, with a second layer of design. Failed again at uploading, but these colors still work, so i won't fight it for now.

whaat?

ok, so the last one was supposed to be green on brown, but got lost intranslatino and i liked it better. hopefully, the rest of these will work :)
ummmmmm, ok, no, fail..... It is supposed to be red. I dont know where the colors went wrong, but this doesnt look bad either i suppose :/

green

hmmmmm, where did the summer go?

Between work and traveling, I really didnt get any art out this summer, and it has been bothering me, a LOT. I want to continue working with textiles this coming semester, and even found a few companies that will print yardage for you, and for extra money, you can have it made into something. but what fun is that?

So I've decided to start teaching myself how to make designs that people would want on fabric. I need to learn how to make designs repeat without making them look pattern-like. I'm starting with a few doodles/ideas in a few different colors, but will need to work more on the technical aspects of the designs.

The colors got a little distorted between changing file types to post it on the web, but here is the initial result of the urge to get something made before school starts:

Now back to work!
See you all in a few weeks!