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bananaphone aka Matt Palmer has been a member since February 16, 2005, has scored 32463 submissions, giving an average score of 1.58.

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Apr 07 '08 by bananaphone

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Threadless gave me 17.8 million dollars

In my dream last night. Because I designed something about a boy trying to be an octopus. The concept I remember was actually pretty good but I lost it in the transition to consciousness.

I also remembered a design about an elephant that uses its trunk as a handpuppet to have a friend. I can't really draw elephants though, so we will see.

Anyway winning that money felt pretty damn good, it was the feeling of never having to worry about money or work ever again.

Sadly though my financial situation in the normal world is a little more scarce.

I would recommend having 17.8 million dollars to everyone.

ladykat on Apr 07 '08 at 6:01pm

Haha, but at least you got some money from them recently! So, select soon?

I like the elephant idea.

Pizazz on Apr 07 '08 at 6:07pm

meh, you can save that much money on your car insurance by switching to Geico

shirtflirt on Apr 07 '08 at 6:09pm

i think when we dream while sleeping we're till conscious, we just don't know how to categorize the information we're experiencing

i've been looking around for exactly 17.8 million dollars

bananaphone on Apr 07 '08 at 6:09pm

Well it takes about 10 weeks from a design being selected to it being printed, so threadless and I have both known about my 4th print for about 10 weeks now ;)

If yah get what I'm saying.

bananaphone on Apr 07 '08 at 6:10pm

I remember explaining to my partner that I'd better report the 17.8 million for taxation purposes but we'd still have a decent amount left afterwards.

shirtflirt on Apr 07 '08 at 6:12pm

you gotta launder that money then send it to an offshore account
then you gotta lay low for one fiscal year, not buy anything over 500 dollars and then move one year later.
i've heard this works.

LINK2DPAST on Apr 07 '08 at 6:12pm

You should do your select about getting 17.8 million dollars!

bananaphone on Apr 07 '08 at 6:15pm

nah my select is done and dusted, not sure when you'll see it though, the queue is massive.

renfrue on Apr 07 '08 at 6:17pm

too bad we can't accidentally see a sneak peek in flickr or sumthin

bananaphone on Apr 07 '08 at 6:18pm

well my select is about a giant tongue trying to deal with a fungal infection and the day to day modern life.

Spookybeth on Apr 07 '08 at 6:20pm

eeew! that's gross because it's kind of true.

Shouldn't you be working ;P (and did you get my email)

bananaphone on Apr 07 '08 at 6:24pm

yeah i already replied. I have no work to do atm =/

LINK2DPAST on Apr 07 '08 at 6:26pm

Hmm well I know you can't tell us what's on the shirt, but could you tell us this: Is the design in your usual style or did you take the opportunity to do something more experimental and "artsy"?

bananaphone on Apr 07 '08 at 6:38pm

I took the opportunity to design something that would usually not score well but is very typical of my unprinted work.

LINK2DPAST on Apr 07 '08 at 6:39pm

Ah, sounds good then.

Puma7 on Apr 07 '08 at 10:35pm

Do you use illustrator? Where can I get it for cheap? Sorry for the random comment but I just can't find it anywhere for less than a billion dollars for something I could more or less easily pirate (but dont want to b/c that's illegal) :-)

bananaphone on Apr 08 '08 at 3:35am

there is no such thing as cheap illustrator. It's up to you to determine whether your conscious can bend enough to facilitate your growth as a designer/illustrator.

bananaphone on Apr 08 '08 at 7:57pm

omg sneak peek

Out Of Office Reply - Threadless, Best T-shirts Ever

V1ctorya on Apr 08 '08 at 8:04pm

What about an elephant with a sock puppet on his trunk of a boy trying to become an octopus and befriend a pregnant male platypus?

ya know, something simple that the kids will understand.

Spookybeth on Apr 08 '08 at 8:11pm

I really do like that new sub Matt, you're awesome :)

bananaphone on Apr 09 '08 at 4:46am

I dunno victorya, that might be dumbing it down for the audience.

V1ctorya on Apr 09 '08 at 7:55am

true, it's a fine line between marketability and intelligent art, isn't it? Like, what you can portray and what people won't go lighting on fire as they scream, "but what does it all mean?"

I just love male platypi ever since I heard they sometimes accidently kill themselves during sex. If I was an artist, I'd do that for a t-shirt. Wanna collab? lol

And I do love the new shirt, anything about the violence of office space has me.

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