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kestudi aka Kestutis Daugirdas is a 27.19 year old boy, has been a member since February 27, 2005, has scored 736 submissions, giving an average score of 2.00, helping 6 designs get printed.

Oct 12 '06 by kestudi
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Stupid Idea.. Who picks this stuff anway

about In The Basement Of The Alamo

A shirt that doesn't speak for itself fails its duty as a graphic tee... I shouldn't have to look at the title to figure out what it represents. The "basement" doesn't look basementish at all, and the fact that the bike is proportionally larger than the alamo makes it look like it's closer and in the foreground, rather than vertically below the alamo. I guarantee you no one will understand what this shirt means, and it's a pity that it is getting printed. Who picks this stuff, anyway?

Stevethegreat on Oct 12 '06 at 6:08pm

only literal things make sense

drmtama2 on Oct 12 '06 at 6:10pm

i bet you don't even know what this is in reference to

chelly on Oct 12 '06 at 6:10pm

i guarantee you that no one will care about your opinion

Aristarchus on Oct 12 '06 at 6:14pm

I think it's a shitty shirt, but at least I get the reference.

Not to sound elitist or anything, but if you don't get the reference you're not entitled to opinion.

Yeah, I'm an asshole.

Aristarchus on Oct 12 '06 at 6:14pm

...to an opinion...

TheBetterKelly on Oct 12 '06 at 6:15pm

The Mighty Shimala probably picked it and you don't question The Mighty Shimala.

alacyt on Oct 12 '06 at 6:16pm

Who picks this stuff, anyway?

We the people!

sonmi on Oct 12 '06 at 6:32pm

not everything has to be illustrated to perfection. the different elements in this shirt are more symbolic/iconic than realistic. to have things to scale would make this shirt a lot harder to read. but yeah, i'm guessing you don't get the reference. everyone i've showed this too has understood it without the title... because that bike is unmistakable.

sonmi on Oct 12 '06 at 6:33pm

the lack of realism makes even more sense in relation to its subject, since there is no basement in the alamo -- it was just an idea.

bananaphone on Oct 12 '06 at 7:11pm

funny, it's the highest selling t-shirt this week.

Seems like people are getting it fine to me.

mezo on Oct 12 '06 at 7:12pm

You must be a product of LAMENESS. Clearly.

Laborpsus on Oct 12 '06 at 7:13pm

I think the haiku shirt was the highest selling.

Aristarchus on Oct 12 '06 at 7:13pm

Actually, the text tee was the fast seller this week... I'm always amused when that happens.

Aristarchus on Oct 12 '06 at 7:13pm

Hey, eff you, Labor! Stealin' my thunder like that... grr...

tesco on Oct 12 '06 at 7:14pm

def helps if you've seen the film. it's pretty exclusive like that. but yeah sonmi is right, I see lots of comments on subs about things being unrealistic in things like scale and lighting. I dont know where this notion that everything has to be an exercise in realism has come from.

Roostersauce on Oct 12 '06 at 7:15pm

i understood the shirt immediatly and thought it was terrific

Aristarchus on Oct 12 '06 at 7:16pm

Let's all go and TP kestudi's house!

bananaphone on Oct 12 '06 at 7:24pm

"I think the haiku shirt was the highest selling."

I don't even count the text tees, they are cheaper and in a different competition of sorts than the design related ones.

Laborpsus on Oct 12 '06 at 8:57pm

hold up.

They're cheaper?

GET OUT OF MY WAY. TO THE BANK!!!!

AsStarsGoOut on Oct 12 '06 at 8:58pm

i didn't have to look at the title to figure out what it meant.

speedyjvw on Oct 12 '06 at 8:58pm

wow

Aristarchus on Oct 12 '06 at 8:59pm

Speaking as a text tee winner myself, I do kinda agree with bananaphone. I had friends who were all excited about my win, and I was just like... "Yeah... But it's only a text tee, dude. It's not like I did anything."

My designs will come one day.

Laborpsus on Oct 12 '06 at 9:01pm

I blame all of you. Every single freaking one of you for not telling me about the $12 tag sooner. That's like a $9 shirt with a coupon.

...and now it's sold out. I hope you people are happy with yourselves. It's your fault I couldn't get the haiku shirt. It's your fault I'm not perceptive, and it's your fault my eyesight is horrible. It has nothing to do with my genes.

YOUR FAULT. ;)

*chokes*

MeLa de Gypsie on Oct 12 '06 at 9:02pm

Text Tees weren't even part of Threadless in the earlier days anyway.

They just decided to merge two sites together. Makes sense anyway, since both are t-shirt sites.

Larlar on Oct 12 '06 at 9:05pm

They also seem to initially print less text tees than other new prints, so you can't really compare the two just by the arbitrary bar.

Also, this shirt is going to be one of my most worn shirts ever. I'll have sex in it first chance I get. So, like, 2010.

Laborpsus on Oct 12 '06 at 9:07pm

Wait, shouldn't that be 2100?

Larlar on Oct 12 '06 at 9:09pm

Nah, by then we'll have rounded up all the necrophiles and burned them. It'll be the future's new witch hunt.

impossiblejosh on Oct 12 '06 at 11:33pm

i didnt get teh referance, i think the design stands alone strongly, because it is illustrated with such a great unique style.

does it have something to do with pee wee?

that bike is awesome.

but yeah fuck the referance, its a great graphic and tahts all that ever matters to me when it comes to tee's

kestudi on Oct 13 '06 at 12:22am

fair enough, i didn't get the reference... so what is it, anyway?

lenabeana on Oct 13 '06 at 12:22am

pee wee

sonmi on Oct 13 '06 at 12:23am

rent this:

morpheme on Oct 13 '06 at 2:14am

I'm very much a Pee Wee advocate, but this shirt definitely sucks. The design does a poor job of conveying the the concept, and REFERENCE IS NOT AN END IN ITSELF. Your assessment is accurate--the design would be great if it retained its aesthetic value as empty signifiers to those "out of the joke," but as it stands it's an unattractive design and a poorly-crafted reference.

mejane on Oct 13 '06 at 2:20am

the reason: he was on crack when he designed it. but itscute and random and random is good

mahalov on Oct 13 '06 at 2:32am

the design has style

something you probably wouldnt know about

MeLa de Gypsie on Oct 13 '06 at 2:38am

I gotta watch more Pee Wee... I only managed to watch snippets of it when I was a kid.

broooke on Oct 13 '06 at 2:40am

Apparently people like it so blah.

Aristarchus on Oct 13 '06 at 4:10am

There are a lot of really great cult films out there, but there are also one or two that frankly I've never understood some people's attraction to...

...a preposition is a word one must never end a sentence with...

Pee Wee's big adventure is one. Goonies is another.

But then if everyone liked them, they wouldn't be cult classics, right?

joshwa on Oct 13 '06 at 10:19am

Hey guys... great stuff here. I never intended The Basement to be polarizing, but that's pretty awesome, eh? As someone previously mentioned, the shirt is meant to be iconic. If drawn to scale, the bike would be about half an inch tall on the shirt. The reference was intended to be obscure, not bearing any resemblance to the style of art from Big Adventure itself.

And I'm not Tim Burton.

And dang it, folks... didn't you know? There's no basement in the Alamo.

2 days later

humpacactus on Oct 15 '06 at 11:23pm

Its not really that this design sucks, its the fact that there are dozens of better ones that never become tees. Its starting to drive me crazy!

SuperPope on Oct 16 '06 at 4:51pm

I understood this design immediately. I think you just missed the Pee-Wee boat, being only 21.58 years old. This shirt is more for 30-somethings.

Papaprime on Oct 16 '06 at 5:00pm

hey now pope, I'm only 25 and a half, and I've seen that film repeatedly, especially the part where he's showing off on his bike and hits the curb. The comic timing provided by the editing is HILARIOUS! and you know I loved it, I typed the adjective out in caps!

I honestly view the subject matter as an artistic rendering, not a bad drawing. To each his own. And alot of eaches are buying the shirt.

kevox on Oct 18 '06 at 5:15am

And can you explain how it's sold out in two sizes already then?

It's a great shirt!

catdogpigduck on Oct 18 '06 at 7:22am

I didn't even know the title and i immediatly got this shirt.

just because you don't understand something doesn't mean it without merit.

time to use your brain like a big boy.

SJStack on Oct 19 '06 at 3:17pm

Ahhhhh, I am waiting and waiting for this shirt to come in!!!

I'm new n' all but I'm glad the shirt's doing well.

Looks like all the guy's sizes are sold out 'cept the Small.

shadowboy on Oct 19 '06 at 4:00pm

The real issue here is how bent out of shape everyone is getting... on both sides.

Haha. joshwa wins!

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