Profile for phillydesigner - E=:P ... celebrity likeness... oh well..

phillydesigner aka Roni Lagin is a 32.19 year old boy, has been a member since August 30, 2007, has scored 15563 submissions, giving an average score of 2.11.

URL: http://www.rlagindesign.com/

Sep 30 '09 by phillydesigner

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E=:P ... celebrity likeness... oh well..

E = :P - Threadless T-shirts, Nude No More

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I've been working on another design for the Geeks theme. I know ASCII has already been done, but I wanted to try this idea out anyway. It would be a one-color oversized/belt print. ~~The image is public domain by my best research estimations.~~ Any thoughts are greatly appreciated. (*Image would obviously need to be licensed for reproduction)

phillydesigner on Sep 30 '09 at 10:53pm

anyone?

maija on Sep 30 '09 at 10:54pm

I'm afraid you need to pay a licensing fee to use images of Einstein. He might have been a genius in life, but in death, he's a brand.

maija on Sep 30 '09 at 10:55pm

"GreenLight LLC and its affiliates exclusively represent publicity, trademark, and related rights of Albert Einstein on behalf of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. "Albert Einstein" and "Einstein" are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

"All visual media © by Corbis Corporation and/or its media providers. All Rights Reserved."

phillydesigner on Sep 30 '09 at 10:56pm

i am aware that einstein is a brand... but to my understanding of licensing (which i'm familiar with), if the design were to be selected, threadless would purchase the rights for reproduction

B 7 on Sep 30 '09 at 11:01pm

awesome!

phillydesigner on Sep 30 '09 at 11:02pm

thanks.... i doubt it has any chance due to the licensing issue... but any feedback is appreciated..

maija on Sep 30 '09 at 11:05pm

Threadless.com respects the rights of both living and deceased celebrities and will not accept submissions featuring celebrities’ images.

From here.

You can try subbing it, but there's a good chance it will be rejected.

phillydesigner on Sep 30 '09 at 11:07pm

thanks for the thorough spankdown

NiNTH WHEEL on Sep 30 '09 at 11:08pm

Think that works very well as a shirt and now I understand the why the link for the belt printing template was discovered today.

I'd perhaps suggest a little more contrast (just a little) to make the image stand out on the presentation, but in actual printing, the subtlety is what makes this.

And Happy Birthday!

NiNTH WHEEL on Sep 30 '09 at 11:09pm

That was a very thorough spankdown.

phillydesigner on Sep 30 '09 at 11:09pm

thanks matt!! and yes, you're belt print file was of major help...

maija on Sep 30 '09 at 11:36pm

thanks for the thorough spankdown

Yeah, because it was totally my intention to crush someone's dream of getting a Threadless print. You asked for feedback. It would be a gross disservice to you if I told you how clever the idea was to parallel the Einstein tongue with the smiley tongue and how neat the belt-printing looks on the tee, and let you sub it, and tingle with anticipation for approval when it's probably going to be rejected (like I said, you can still try).

But next time I'll just leave it to Threadless to do the crushing.

phillydesigner on Sep 30 '09 at 11:42pm

you were very thoughtful to go to all that trouble... it was more thorough than i was expecting and what actually made it funny (to me anyway) was that it was devoid of any "actual" criticism of the design itself (good/bad/etc)...

it's all good in the hood... :P

bhoomika on Sep 30 '09 at 11:44pm

WOAH!

phillydesigner on Sep 30 '09 at 11:49pm

B 7 on Sep 30 '09 at 11:55pm

this issue is interesting to me because i had an idea for an Elvis design. no point?

i thought threadless bought the rights if they wanted to print it as well.

phillydesigner on Oct 01 '09 at 12:06am

i'm not sure... i think elvis is a big challenge since they're a very active licensee... unless it falls under parody... this design is much closer to the image so i know it won't get "parody" protection... i had fun making it... i may not sub it after all

B 7 on Oct 01 '09 at 12:09am

Aww that's a shame, i think it's great.- you could always sub it anyway, you never know-

ISABOA on Oct 01 '09 at 12:11am

i think because i have seen this image so many times that it comes across kinda blah to me

but creative use of the :P for sure

phillydesigner on Oct 01 '09 at 8:09am

thanks... i hear ya....

davidfromdallas on Oct 01 '09 at 8:15am

I agree with Joe but incredible skills nonetheless

phillydesigner on Oct 01 '09 at 8:54am

thanks! maybe i'll redo this with a stylized illustration/parody of the image (maybe with the eyes really big and cartoony), so it's not so "blah"....

phillydesigner on Oct 01 '09 at 9:28am

blah or ya?

phillydesigner on Oct 01 '09 at 9:57am

okay....

:P

designsan on Oct 01 '09 at 10:15am

Love the idea! ya!

sonmi on Oct 01 '09 at 10:17am

haha, clever idea with the :P!

i think threadless has said in the past that it likes to stray from celebrity likenesses for the most part, though. i feel like other sites might be into this idea, though?

phillydesigner on Oct 01 '09 at 10:46am

thanks for the feedback!!!

yeah... i kind of had the feeling threadless would shy from such a "celebrity" image.... i could revise it with a "parody-like" illustration... or see how it plays out elsewhere...

FRICKINAWESOME on Oct 01 '09 at 12:21pm

fun stuff here, just like many others have said, not sure if Threadless would print something they had to pay extra for unless it scored a 4.5 aka 3 keyboard moon score.

tracerbullet on Oct 01 '09 at 12:23pm

you should also do one utilizing the famous winky frown portrait of einstein!

;(

ivejustquitsmoking on Oct 01 '09 at 12:23pm

you could sell it to whoever owns einstein™
it's pretty genius

phillydesigner on Oct 01 '09 at 11:54pm

REVISED & PENDING!

phillydesigner on Oct 02 '09 at 12:15am

jeffreyg on Oct 02 '09 at 12:29am

hahaha i like it alot!

FRICKINAWESOME on Oct 02 '09 at 1:02am

Nice rework man, you just made the deadline!

phillydesigner on Oct 02 '09 at 8:11am

thanks i hope it's not rejected.....

phillydesigner on Oct 02 '09 at 9:45am

submission declined :(

jeffreyg on Oct 02 '09 at 9:47am

:(((( sorry roni

phillydesigner on Oct 02 '09 at 9:49am

thnks jeff.... maybe it'll get submitted elsewhere...

stalliongsta on Oct 02 '09 at 9:50am

declined for copyright reasons?

charity.ryan on Oct 02 '09 at 9:52am

Yeah why? I don't get it.

phillydesigner on Oct 02 '09 at 9:52am

yeah...

Your submission was declined because it contains copyrighted material. Pop-culture inspired designs sometimes have legal issues we would rather not flirt with. Unfortunately, this is the case with your artwork.

skeev on Oct 02 '09 at 9:52am

if the design were to be selected, threadless would purchase the rights for reproduction

I doubt Threadless will do that.

skeev on Oct 02 '09 at 9:54am

I do like that design though. While agree that it's just an overused photo that it doesn't interest me, your take on it is at least original and interesting.

FRICKINAWESOME on Oct 02 '09 at 9:54am

Man, they're picky with what kinds of pop culture things they let through. Good luck with this at "other" places...

dschwen on Oct 02 '09 at 9:55am

Oh man, too bad. That was awesome!

skeev on Oct 02 '09 at 9:56am

Yikes, my headache and lack of sleep is causing me to misplace words and make no sense at an alarming rate.

I do like that design though. While I agree that it's an overused photo and it doesn't interest me, your take on it is at least original and interesting.

squatterjohn on Oct 02 '09 at 9:58am

Threadless have purchased clipart and stock images and stuff before but it's a little different.

NomadSlim on Oct 02 '09 at 10:00am

I just watched a special on 60 minutes about a hollywood agent who represents dead people. Einstein was his number one guy. I am sure that's why you can't use him.

phillydesigner on Oct 02 '09 at 10:02am

yeah... i totally understand... it just works better using that iconic image as reference.... someone else sticking their tongue out wouldn't be as poignant... oh well.. thanks for the support and feedback

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