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robbielee
robbielee aka Robbie Lee is a 34.66 year old boy, has been a member since June 17, 2008, has scored 692 submissions, giving an average score of 2.05.
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  Aug 10 '09 by robbielee        43 Comments        Watch this      Share:  Share on facebook    Share on delicious    Share on digg    Share on MySpace    Tweet this    Stumble this    Share this on Kaboodle   
This shirt is part of a trilogy of American history designs featuring "what if?" scenarios with giant robots. Big thanks to Travis (a.k.a. TGWA) for the idea for this one!

Ivantobealone
   Ivantobealone on Aug 10 '09 at 10:33am
Congrats! Looks amazing!
AdderXYU
AdderXYU on Aug 10 '09 at 10:53am
Congrats, Robbie!
TheInfamousBaka
TheInfamousBaka on Aug 10 '09 at 10:54am
Hell yeah to giant robots! :D

Congrats!
sewsewdef
sewsewdef on Aug 10 '09 at 11:22am
Oh man I wish this came in a sweatshirt. I'd love to see the other parts of the trilogy.
roadkill3d
   roadkill3d on Aug 10 '09 at 11:22am
looks really good on the shirt. Congrats!
igo2cairo
   igo2cairo on Aug 10 '09 at 11:26am
Congrats! This looks stellar, what a great first print! =)
againstbound
   againstbound on Aug 10 '09 at 11:33am
I'm glad this got printed, such great work.
blahmcblah
blahmcblah on Aug 10 '09 at 11:34am
Yay, congrats! More please? :)
agrimony
agrimony on Aug 10 '09 at 11:47am
yes please!
ISABOA
   ISABOA on Aug 10 '09 at 11:48am
so cool
NiNTH WHEEL
   NiNTH WHEEL on Aug 10 '09 at 12:29pm
Congrats!
kennybanzai
   kennybanzai on Aug 10 '09 at 12:29pm
This came out really nice.. I really like the texture stuff!
JadenKale
JadenKale on Aug 10 '09 at 12:30pm
YAY ROBBIE!!! ::hugs::
Jebs
   Jebs on Aug 10 '09 at 12:41pm
wow congrats! i thought it was a pure genious design/concept at the time, i still think so, that was SO deserved ;)
Robsoul
   Robsoul on Aug 10 '09 at 12:47pm
The Germans also had robots!

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Robsoul
   Robsoul on Aug 10 '09 at 12:48pm
or dark side....
yeohgh
   yeohgh on Aug 10 '09 at 1:01pm
Congratssss,,,,i love this very much!!!!
TGWA
   TGWA on Aug 10 '09 at 1:01pm
Looks fantastic! Nicely done Robbie, congrats.
Gar0
   Gar0 on Aug 10 '09 at 3:14pm
One of the best illos I've seen here. Really impressive.
robbielee
   robbielee on Aug 10 '09 at 3:43pm
Thanks for all the kind words, folks!

I gotta admit I was disappointed when I saw that they went with a lighter shirt color than I had in my submission. This design relies heavily on the shirt color showing through in lots of places, so going with "slate" really changed the way it looks on the screen. But then I saw that it looks fantastic printed on the actual shirts, so I guess they know what they're doing. Sorry to doubt you, Threadless! (It was only for a moment)
jess4002
jess4002 on Aug 10 '09 at 3:55pm
yay! congrats! :D
BubuSam
   BubuSam on Aug 10 '09 at 5:18pm
Congrats! :)
the czar
the czar on Aug 10 '09 at 5:22pm
Congrats! So glad this printed!
mlovesr
mlovesr on Aug 10 '09 at 8:10pm
This design is seriously Amazing!!! Congrats on your first Threadless print, Robbie :)
jimmytan
   jimmytan on Aug 10 '09 at 10:23pm
Congrat!!!!!!!
Arrow08
   Arrow08 on Aug 10 '09 at 11:37pm
wow, Great illo! Really great! Congrats!
ivejustquitsmoking
   ivejustquitsmoking on Aug 11 '09 at 3:51am
Sweet! congrats!
HAHA.sg
   HAHA.sg on Aug 11 '09 at 4:02am
amazing! congrats!!!!(:
misakaji
misakaji on Aug 11 '09 at 6:14am
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jemae
   Jemae on Aug 12 '09 at 4:16am
awesome print! congrats dude! :))
d3d
   d3d on Aug 12 '09 at 4:18am
sweet design. i saw it featured on theawesomer.com a few minutes ago.
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robbielee
   robbielee on Aug 14 '09 at 4:21pm
Just got my shirts- I was a little worried about the shirt color and the blue ink they chose (in fact, I'm never perfectly pleased with the final printing, so I've been mentally preparing to be disappointed all day), but the shirt looks AWESOME! I couldn't be more pleased- the shirt color is perfect (slate looks darker than it does in the art detail) and the blue isn't vivid- it's actually well integrated into the design. Thanks, Threadless! I give you an A+.
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evilbeard
evilbeard on Aug 19 '09 at 12:51pm
Are you still working on the other two in the "trilogy" or are they ones you've already submitted? I
robbielee
   robbielee on Aug 19 '09 at 2:14pm
They were both submitted originally somewhere else but not picked up, so I'm tweaking one and overhauling another. Here's one of them I put up in critiques last night, in fact! Please feel free to opine. The other one is still at shirt.woot, but the voters there aren't really a design crowd so they only seem to like my humorous/cute-ish stuff. Here's the link. I want to try this one on a different blank and change a lot of the half tones to something else. It'll go through the critique rounds soon...
timpaint
timpaint on Aug 19 '09 at 2:14pm
I bought one, waiting for the mailman(person)! A+
check these out:
http://www.printfection.com/retro-future/Retropolis-T-Shirts-Page-1/_s_59947#workshop
robbielee
   robbielee on Aug 19 '09 at 2:18pm
Sorry, I messed up the links. Try these:
First one:"Battle of the Ironclads II

Second one:"Calling John Henry"t
robbielee
   robbielee on Aug 19 '09 at 2:20pm
robbielee
   robbielee on Aug 19 '09 at 2:23pm
I hope there are mods who clean up messes like the one I just made. Regardless, this is hopefully the correct link.
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sidepull
sidepull on Aug 23 '09 at 10:55pm
Hey Robbie Lee - I saw your critique Battle fo the Ironclads II and I thought you might be interested in a study I'm doing:

Posted a critique? Does feedback improve designs?

Just to provide a brief explanation. I'm trying to see how feedback influences the development of ideas (in this case design). So, when you sign up, I'll send you a brief personality survey and then I'll gather your critique data and see how it all works together via the magic of statistics. Everyone that signs up will get a free personality profile and be entered in a raffle to win an iPod.
11 days later
Diablosdaughter
Diablosdaughter on Sep 04 '09 at 12:03pm
Thank you for actually having intelligence in your design. I got this shirt along with a few others and its one of my favorites! LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE this shirt! Keep up the good work
Jebs
   Jebs on Sep 05 '09 at 5:46am
just received mine...and i must say that's it's AWESOME AWESOME a thousand times, i didn't even wash it, wanted to wear it in the instant ahah. Congrats, the design was brilliant, but on tee shirt, its just perfect dude ;)
15 days later
E.J.Niedzielski
E.J.Niedzielski on Sep 20 '09 at 5:27pm
holey moley, dude. This is amazing! Without a doubt, the coolest print i've seen yet...
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