polynothing
polynothing aka joshua kemble is a 27.96 year old boy, has been a member since May 25, 2006, has scored 13693 submissions, giving an average score of 0.85.
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  Mar 10 '08 by polynothing        32 Comments        Watch this
I loved the song Blonde on Blonde, and wanted to make an illustration that would hopefully sort of capture what the song was about. So I inked this by hand, then scanned it, colored it in photoshop, and realizing how abstract it was, pretty much gave up hope for it getting picked by threadless for print. The voters totally surprised me by scoring it relatively high, and the people at threadless rocked by picking it up for print. So then came my other worry... How in the devil would someone screen this? I thought it would be insanely impossible to screen. Once again, threadless came through by doing what looks like an amazing job screening the artwork on their shirts! Anyhow... Thanks to the staffers who totally made a lovely t-shirt that looks just like I imagined it, and thanks even more so to the bloggers and voters who went for it!

Edword
   Edword on Mar 10 '08 at 2:36pm
congrats man!! really nice week of prints!
danrule
   danrule on Mar 10 '08 at 2:38pm
Looks great, nice work.
avalanche_lily
avalanche_lily on Mar 10 '08 at 2:41pm
And Ross looks so Dylan-ish in the photo...
cudnovati
cudnovati on Mar 10 '08 at 2:50pm
congrats, its a great design
polynothing
   polynothing on Mar 10 '08 at 3:01pm
Totally Dylan-ish... They actually blurred the pic a bit too so it'd look like the cover of blonde on blonde! Thanks guys!
agentolive007
agentolive007 on Mar 10 '08 at 3:30pm
Blonde on Blonde is an album, not a song. Is this shirt some sort of homage to the entire album or a specific song?
shibby558899
shibby558899 on Mar 10 '08 at 3:33pm
Blonde on Blonde is also a song.
polynothing
   polynothing on Mar 10 '08 at 3:36pm
It's based off of the song "Blonde on Blonde" by Nada Surf... Even though it's probably one of my favorite albums as well :)
igo2cairo
igo2cairo on Mar 10 '08 at 4:11pm
Congrats again! Truly one of my favorite designs of all time. Just ordered one and can't wait to wear it! :)
Magic Pie
Magic Pie on Mar 10 '08 at 4:28pm
He's cusping on copyright infringement... even blurred the photo ever-so-slightly... nice.
shmoozio
shmoozio on Mar 10 '08 at 5:07pm
Hahaha, I love Nada Surf! And that song! Nice work.
=]
whatacutie.
whatacutie. on Mar 10 '08 at 6:52pm
nice! cool reference and i like how threadless blurred that picture xD
avalanche_lily
avalanche_lily on Mar 10 '08 at 6:54pm
avalanche_lily
avalanche_lily on Mar 10 '08 at 6:55pm
Nice.
zzybalooga
zzybalooga on Mar 10 '08 at 7:07pm
Nada Surf and Threadless are two of my favorite things.. with their powers combined I shall be unstoppable! Thanks for sharing your inspiration with the rest of us. :)
zzybalooga
zzybalooga on Mar 10 '08 at 7:12pm
This one is more similar-looking (the top left corner).







BNannas
BNannas on Mar 10 '08 at 7:18pm
The shirt is based on the song which is based on the album. Phew!

I'm glad people are getting the photograph connection! The decision was frowned upon at first... But we're a tenacious crew.
roadkill3d
   roadkill3d on Mar 10 '08 at 7:33pm
Congrats Poly!
great matthew
great matthew on Mar 10 '08 at 8:00pm
love the song, and design,
but i just have too many black shirts.
well done
avalanche_lily
avalanche_lily on Mar 10 '08 at 8:03pm
Ross makes one hot Dylan.
AnnaGold
AnnaGold on Mar 10 '08 at 9:05pm
Hey Josh - I opened my threadless email just now and saw the picture of your blond on blond shirt. I just wanted to tell you congratulations, and that your designs are wonderful. My favorite is your life drawing one, and was thinking of buying one unless you don't want me wearing your art.
supernoodle
supernoodle on Mar 10 '08 at 9:21pm
i love everything about this shirt. congrats polynothing!

agreed, ross is toitally rocking that do.
Afromation
Afromation on Mar 11 '08 at 12:49am
Great work
igo2cairo
igo2cairo on Mar 11 '08 at 9:22pm
Never actually heard Blonde on Blonde so I downloaded it from itunes. Loved it! Haunting and nostalgic with a beautiful melody. It's cool that the design can be appreciated on different levels - on it's own as a wonderful piece of art and also as a perfect compliment to the song.
ozmodiar
ozmodiar on Mar 13 '08 at 6:14am
Blonde on Blonde

great song with a crappy bitrate, from Nada Surf's record company website.
ozmodiar
ozmodiar on Mar 13 '08 at 6:17am
oh, they changed it. I downloaded that several months ago and it was about 48 kbps, now it's a more normal 128.
phones
phones on Mar 13 '08 at 11:45am
lol Ross!

love this shirt!
opifan64
   opifan64 on Mar 15 '08 at 8:15am
Big congrats! One of my favorite designs of yours.... so original and so cool.
6 days later
radiancef11
radiancef11 on Mar 21 '08 at 12:38pm
I love, love, love Nada Surf, so I was very excited to see this shirt! Fantastic job!!!
polynothing
   polynothing on Mar 21 '08 at 2:11pm
Thanks guys! :)
3 days later
317537
317537 on Mar 25 '08 at 1:56pm
blonde on blonde (the song): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thcnIS1mYKQ
11 days later
sawfi
sawfi on Apr 06 '08 at 12:44pm
i know awesome song :)
and the ilustration its perfect :)
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