Threadless T-Shirts - Everything Looks Worse in Black & White

Everything Looks Worse in Black & White by lorem_ipsum

Scoring finished:

614 days ago

Submitted on:

Dec 18 '06

Scored by:

2,588 people

Comments:

77 comments

Final average score:

2.71 out of 5

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by lorem_ipsum

A celebration of color, especially the 5th color. Inspired by the Simon & Garfunkle classic "Kodachrome." Had Threadless been around back then maybe he would have been singing about a 5 color Threadless tee instead.

To quote the genius of Paul Simon:
Kodachrome
They give us those nice bright colors
They give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah

chastinet on Dec 18 '06

awesome! 5&%$

lofty softy on Dec 18 '06

so good.

Natika on Dec 18 '06

That is so cool! That is so cool for a shirt. I wouldn't wear it but that's just because I don't think it would look good on me. 5!
Totally love the colors.

stubbythumbs on Dec 18 '06

would be better in grayscale.

seriously.

5$ if you loose the distressing

destroy_unper on Dec 18 '06

really really good

Montro on Dec 18 '06

I was wondering what happened, hadn't seen any new subs from you in a while. Great job as always!

deathcabfortom on Dec 18 '06

i would buy this!

helo on Dec 18 '06

I like the distress. It gives it that weathered feel -- as if the design came from the 60s & 70s in which the Polaroid was looked upon as so cutting edge. The colors are hurting it for me. The brown doesn't seem to belong with the other colors and the red brings out that uncooked hot dog look for some of the graphic elements.

Elloosh.Puddle on Dec 18 '06

i love it grat contrasting between colors

valorandvellum on Dec 18 '06

Nice! Love the color choices.

kooky love on Dec 18 '06

GREAT $5

cpdesign on Dec 18 '06

Looks like lorem_ipsum returns back and better than ever. Nice concept, colors and composition. Welcome back!!

fuchsboi on Dec 18 '06

I like it, but disagree. Am I supposed to? Very nice.

hforhello on Dec 18 '06

I looove this design and it's especially awesome that you were inspired by that wonderful song! 5$ to the max.

Annie the Pug on Dec 19 '06

yay! 5$

joshhupp on Dec 19 '06

I would buy this if the Polaroid was a little bigger. Still a 5 (no $)

radiostaticstar on Dec 19 '06

ha, you start with kodachrome only to end with a polaroid land camera 1000, funny...

i like it 5$

laurenist on Dec 19 '06

this is really cool, great inspiration. I think I'd be better a little smaller though.

pickledbib on Dec 19 '06

Nice idea!

Petra-Lee on Dec 19 '06

Actually i like the size of the design...big and bold. reflection of the era. Fantastic colors!

lemonalle on Dec 19 '06

Looks fantastic, and I love the inspiration!

AMoran84 on Dec 19 '06

It's awesome! Love the colors...$5!!

skafiend007 on Dec 19 '06

Wow, great concept and execution. $5 times two!

Oh, and I think the song "Kodachrome" was just a Paul Simon solo thing...

capngrit on Dec 19 '06

Have I ever told you, dat you gotz skillz? $5

maija on Dec 19 '06

I find your use of colours inspirational. I wish the camera was a leetle bit bigger relative to the pattern though.

Janara on Dec 19 '06

lorem_ipsum on Dec 19 '06

Mmmm....hot dogs....

lorem_ipsum on Dec 19 '06

Thanks for all the comments :)

rockst3ady on Dec 19 '06

well i found it anyway! its great! and if it had brighter colors i'd so buy it. i'm more a fan of cmyk and pink than those brownish tones ;-) you'll get a good score anyway!! threadless should print both our shirts, haha :D

dancinghelicopter on Dec 19 '06

so fun! i like B&W but I would wear this shirt.

sleeperjude on Dec 19 '06

def 5+ i don't know much about design but i think it's beautiful.

rockst3ady on Dec 19 '06

ps: my design was actually made for a poster some weeks ago but i turned it into a shirt design, and before i submitted here i was thinking about getting rid of the guy... now that would have been weird.

Djarum on Dec 19 '06

Eww! Your camera is throwing up! 5$

yion072 on Dec 19 '06

Pretty!

exceptinsects on Dec 19 '06

Eh. I'm kind of tired of this aesthetic--seems like every shirt looks like this these days.

jihan777 on Dec 19 '06

love it. love it.

gentle_reader on Dec 19 '06

this shirt's pretty cool, but I hatehatehate the title. is that a valid reason to score it lower? probably not. but still, I had to complain. I'd rather have part of the quote from the song as the title.

mattrobot on Dec 19 '06

beautiful!

eevonvon on Dec 19 '06

love the colors!

justabox on Dec 19 '06

I WANT IT I WANT IT I WANT IT

ahem

$5

JAYGATZ on Dec 19 '06

You. Good.

eringoody on Dec 19 '06

Really freaking sweet.

chopanier on Dec 19 '06

nice $

Cellist on Dec 19 '06

very good

radical h e ll o on Dec 20 '06

This is amazing. I want it, now. $5.

lorem_ipsum on Dec 20 '06

Thanks for the feedback people.

adartse on Dec 20 '06

awesome $5

kellybelly223 on Dec 20 '06

everything you do is fabulous $5

spookiekabuki on Dec 20 '06

Standard. Urban Outfitters might like it...

maija on Dec 20 '06

I'm sorry, but that's an amusing comment coming from a color-blind photo student. I guess it does look worse in black & white. (I know, color-blindess is usually just red/green, but still). :D

thriftedyouth on Dec 20 '06

sugarkitten on Dec 20 '06

Visualizing a song that is great!

applestar on Dec 20 '06

this is a lot of fun! colorful but not too colorful... which is great! 5

NessaChan on Dec 20 '06

Hi, I really like this.

lorem_ipsum on Dec 20 '06

That is an amusing comment, maija. Gotta love irony.

oyster_press17 on Dec 20 '06

Yay on brown! $$

Moon-pie on Dec 20 '06

i have a pola cam just like that
LOVE IT!
$$$$$

mayreeuhm on Dec 20 '06

i am a sucker for these colors, especially when put in a beautiful design such as this. i lovee

lekz_one on Dec 21 '06

yeah. Poloroid is cool and this dsign is cool. Combined they make an unstoppable shirt

lorem_ipsum on Dec 21 '06

Thanks so much :) I love polaroids and anything designed from the 60s and 70s, as you can probably see. I wish I'd been alive in the 70s... I feel like I missed my generation.