So, it took eleven months and a resubmission, but the mandelions finally made it. Crikey.

The moral, then, of this story is never give up. Or, possibly, the moral is to ignore threadless when they say resubmissions should be a substantial reworking of the original. Liars.

I want to say thanks to everyone who supported this design, or any of my designs, during the past year; I hope you're pleased with the way this turned out- I am. This is, surprisingly perhaps, my ninth tee to be printed this year (or thirteenth, if you include collaborations...), but this is the one that feels like a real achievement, and means more than the others combined.

Special thanks to opifan64 (who has given a home to the original mandelions); to igo2cairo for general awesomeness and supportiveness; gigguli and idan for their modeling skills; to maltzmania and jess4002 for always making the first comments, and always being so nice to people; to all the artists with far more originality and craziness and talent who make me want to get better; and to all the folks whose continued calls of "PRINT" may or may not have had any impact, but which certainly made me happy.

The end. Possibly.