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Rock the Vote

posted Oct 23, 2012 in general

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So I got invited to be a part of the Rock the Vote social media campaign. KEWL! I thought it could be cool to do this as more of a Threadless community project(starting with the alumni). This is basically what they originally sent me:

The Rock the Vote guy liked the idea and assigned us November 3rd, which is three days til the election. So our idea is to try to get as many of y'all involved by drawing (simply in black marker or pen) a trio of anything you see fit. It could be 3 amigos, 3 lil' pigs, 3 men and a 3 lil' babies, 3 cats with 3 legs, 3 tripods, 3 refrigerators, 3 Mary Kate Olsens... anything really... as long as it's not partisan and not vulgar and no one else is drawing 3 of what you're drawing. I'll then collage all these trios together by splitting them apart for the background of our visual countdown. This way viewers can try and search for the trios. Betsy, our copywriter is working on our slogan which will go in the foreground. Then on November 3rd Rock the Vote will throw our little piece of art all over the internet(we'll help with that too).

What do y'all think? You can start by calling dibs on what your trios are gonna be In this blog. Then you just need to post your drawings by friday if possible.

Yeah!
VOTE!

Some quick examples coming!

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jesshanebury

on Oct. 23, 2012 at 12:14:23

Staff

Here's a list of things that come in 3's

campkatie

on Oct. 23, 2012 at 12:35:35

1 design submitted - Score now!

cool! can I do three threes?

betsym

on Oct. 23, 2012 at 13:14:13

Triplets.

Haragos

on Oct. 23, 2012 at 13:14:21

arzie13

on Oct. 23, 2012 at 13:22:39

New rule: Let's make all of our objects have faces!

Katie: 3's with faces are cool

Philip: Rock's are also cool

celandinestern

on Oct. 23, 2012 at 14:08:30

would it be ok to use part of something previously subbed? I have three cicadas that would love to participate in this. Also I can draw three new ones if necessary.

on Oct. 23, 2012 at 15:04:57

Sure, they just need to be sketchy looking.

on Oct. 23, 2012 at 15:32:37

does this look sketchy? I can do sketchier.

ivejustquitsmoking

on Oct. 23, 2012 at 15:49:08

3 cyclops monsters for me

on Oct. 23, 2012 at 16:35:07

Ha, yeah. Try a 60 second version of that with a sharpie marker. Rock the Vote loves the Sharpie look.

Chengui

on Oct. 23, 2012 at 17:03:00

I want to draw.....pigs!

on Oct. 23, 2012 at 17:04:55

OR...I will draw CERBERUS!

on Oct. 23, 2012 at 17:06:04

Oh, nevermind...you can't split them apart if it's cerberus :/

I'll do the pigs.

ArTrOcItY

on Oct. 24, 2012 at 04:07:02

7 designs submitted - Score now!

Too sketchy?

agrimony

on Oct. 24, 2012 at 09:00:00

ill see about doing some 3 blind mice

on Oct. 24, 2012 at 09:35:49

Andrea - Perfect Aaron - Go for it!

on Oct. 24, 2012 at 13:47:10

Cool, thanks!:) Can't wait to see what everyone comes up with!

nathanwpyle at gmail.com

on Oct. 24, 2012 at 14:46:44

this is neat! puts on thinking cap

on Oct. 24, 2012 at 15:18:25

ahhh andrea's is adorableeee! ok I'll still do three cicadas, just sketchy.

on Oct. 24, 2012 at 16:00:18

Some staff examples(think doodles!):

It's easy and quick! HALP!

valorandvellum

on Oct. 24, 2012 at 16:16:28

Three's Company?

Three blind mice?

Three musketeers?

Also, you should post about this in BRC!

on Oct. 24, 2012 at 16:48:22

HEY! DRAW THINGS.

on Oct. 24, 2012 at 16:50:40

All the staff drawings are mostly faces and small objects. Is this more of a face only thing? Keep the drawings simple?

on Oct. 24, 2012 at 16:51:47

simple but not only faces! it can be absolutely anything (not vulgar) in groups of three!

on Oct. 24, 2012 at 17:03:29

Things that make you think of the election and 'mericuh would be cool! Love to see an international take too.

on Oct. 24, 2012 at 17:08:33

Cheese and bowling pins make people think of the election? Hahaha!

jeffreyg

on Oct. 24, 2012 at 17:11:49

can i do 3 guns

palitosci

on Oct. 24, 2012 at 19:48:14

Im not alumni but made it

3 plastic cups (the ball is always in the center)

on Oct. 24, 2012 at 22:01:01

GHOSTIES!

on Oct. 26, 2012 at 09:29:41

Yes! Yeah, anyone can do this. Not limited to alumni!

Morkki

on Oct. 26, 2012 at 10:28:43

Three pencils:

on Oct. 26, 2012 at 10:33:42

on Oct. 26, 2012 at 10:45:26

3 blind mice

on Oct. 26, 2012 at 10:51:33

on Oct. 26, 2012 at 10:55:44

Nice! Looking great and keep em coming!

on Oct. 26, 2012 at 11:15:08

lol did this with sharpies really quick at work..

alexmdc

on Oct. 26, 2012 at 11:34:00

Here is mine - see no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil - zombies

on Oct. 26, 2012 at 15:02:35

Make that into a shirt, Alex!

on Oct. 26, 2012 at 23:59:24

if you still need it, I made 3 bears instead

on Oct. 27, 2012 at 15:24:54

on Oct. 27, 2012 at 15:25:16

dancing ballot boxes. they look like that, right?

on Oct. 27, 2012 at 15:26:11

I bought a sharpie just to do this :)

on Oct. 29, 2012 at 09:38:47

Yes! Love them. You have 'til tomorrow, if you still want to be a part of this. You can see the other daily countdown pages here: http://www.facebook.com/rockthevote

on Oct. 31, 2012 at 12:07:21

Okay... Didn't get enough stuff here. Gonna use what I can though! Big thanks, those that helped out.

on Nov. 1, 2012 at 04:28:49

I don't really understand anything on their fb page but I'm excited to see what comes of this :) too bad you didn't get more stuff to use!!!

pyr4lis

on Nov. 1, 2012 at 18:46:26

2 designs submitted - Score now!

yeah sorry I intended to do something but I had family visiting from across the country.. then they got stranded from the hurricane and couldn't get home and I just forgot :/

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