Once when I was a kid I wondered into an old dilapidated barn, and one of these came flying out of nowhere and scared me half to death. After that I was terrified of these creatures. It's kind of like the batman saga, although Barn Owl Man is really lame.

Sweet per usual. $5

very original!
$5

God, you're talented. Threadless better print your last like ten designs. $5

I just looked and saw you didn't have ten designs up. Still Threadless better print this, Captain, Star Men, and Gold Rush.

I'm getting tired of scoring $5 mr. Christopher. Take a break...for reals

i can't give your subs anything but all 5's!

amazing illustration, but it looks a tad awkward for some reason i can't place my finger on

Shfifty five$

you amaze me.

freakin awesome

Next time I challenge you to sub something shitty. This might require you to chop off your hands and pluck out your eyeballs but that's not asking much in the name of art! 5

excellent, truly brilliant work. it's good to see. will never wear a natural/creme tee but would love this on white.

spooky. neat.

niiice. 5$

Fantastic! 5$

I have an owl phobia as well but not with this design, great work as usual.

Amaaaazing.
I love owls, so this is definately a $5 from meeee!

yet another $5. great work.

HaHaHa........BeEutTifuLLLL art! Creative too! 5$!

THANKS!!! =)

it's kind of creepy, but in a very good way. i love the colors and the little owls on top :o]

Has anyone read "The Watchmen" by Alan Moore? The Night Owl! That's what your story reminded me of. Your design, though, yeah, awesome. I like owls.

awesome! i used to live on a non-working farm, and we had tons of those barn owls flying around. 5!

Beautiful.

Something feels off about this illustration. Not one of my favorites of yours.

I want it! $5

GREAT $5

Awesome! Very creative, AND very stylish. I love the distortion.

great colours. glad to see something different done with owls!

nice!!

give some other designer a chance!!... I like the size and placement.

hmmmm not not my fave of yours

incredible! must be printed! $5

Once again, another amazing sub!! I would love to have a shirt with some owls on it because they're so creepy. This would be in my shopping cart right now if it got printed (and it better). Do I even need to say it? $5.

thanks everybody for all the comments! I agree with those of you that said something looks a little awkward about it. I can't really place my finger on it either, but I'm still happy with it.

great as always

5 again.

Not your best, but at your level, still pretty damn good! The only thing I'd say is perhaps the front side (lower right corner) and the weird lower white half of the back needs to be tan so that the owl spots and face stick out more naturally...just a suggestion! Still a 5

$!...

Hello,

My name is Stephen Knight and I am a representative from MMM Cake Apparel looking for new artists for our t-shirt lines.

We specialize in making custom t-shirts, watches, wall clocks, belt buckles, dog tags, etc. We are very interested in your art work and would be interested in using some of your designs on our brand new clothing line coming out February 1st.

We sell all our items on ebay and only make the item as they sell. We want to offer you the opportunity for us to print your designs on our line of colored t-shirts, golf shirts, and camisoles with a $2 royalty paid to you monthly.

For an example of how much cash you can earn doing this look at this example case study:

Submit 6 t-shirt designs that are approved by our screeners that are listed every day. We have an average of 1:3 sales of all our products, so of those 6 designs 2 should sell on any given day, that's $60 a month.

If you submit 6 t-shirts a month you would make $60 the first month, $120 the second, $180 the third, etc.

And of course, the more designs you submit the more $$ you can make!

Royalties are for life, as long as you allow us to print your item we will continue to send you checks, even if you stop designing! And best of all, all t-shirts include the artists name directly under the Mmm Cake Apparel logo on the back!

If you have any questions or your interested in designing for us let us know by replying to this message, emailing us at mmmcakeapparel@gmail.com

You can contact me personally via aim at mmmcakeapparel or on msn at iwearmyseatbelt@hotmail.com

Thanks for your time and we're looking forward to hearing from you!!

- Stephen Knight

Hi Stephen! Thanks for the very tempting offer. Since you asked me about this publicly, I feel as though it would be best if I answered publicly. I really appreciate the offer, and it is very tempting, but I don't think I can accept. I know that Threadless probably doesn't care what I do, but I feel that accepting your offer would be disloyal to something I've grown to love. I really like the process behind this site. I like receiving constructive feedback from other artists, and offering my own opinions to them. I don't think that process can be beaten, and I'd completely miss out on all that if I did designs for Ebay. Plus, I've really gotten burnt before doing work only for royalties. Again, thanks for the offer and I'm honored that you asked me.

If threadless ever kicks me out, maybe I'll give you a call :)

-Chris

Actually I lied Stephen. The offer wasn't really tempting at all. i was just being nice. Go find your own designers.

cool

I like this :)

Dude, your second response to that ad was ROFL-worthy xD

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Another amazing design. Can you retire already? 4

cbuchholz: that offer is on like every five submissions. Still, nice response to it

awesome! i;d buy this in a heartbeat - i'd buy starmen in a half a heartbeat!! great style $5

Right on telling mmmcake to get lost! I just sent an e-mail to them to say I think what they're doing sucks, and that I'd never buy anything from them.
Cool and original design too :)

Haha. Chris you're mean. I love this design. So does my cousin.

this is a bizarre and good illustration but it doesnt work as a t-shirt.

very cool. Great work

Nice work. I also thought of Batman when I started to read your comment.

If this gets printed, maybe it will help you overcome your fear.

:)

You know this is beautiful, don't you?

the owls are not what they seem..

why can't Threadless revoke that Stephen dude's membership for sub-to-sub peddling? As opposed to SOME people's opinions on this sub, I think this works splendidly on a shirt and would love to proudly emblazon myself with it. Top shelf work, as if you pull from any other level...

me likes!

the barn is awesome - but God I hate birds

Oh and your persepctive is excellent! Which is hard to master

almost every time i really love a design, it turns out to be one of yours. gorgeous use of colors and details.

great illustration, great idea, looks great on a t-shirt $5

this is pretty swank. your explanation makes me like it even more!

wicked sveet 5$

so beautiful....i love barns, owls, and barn owls. how can i go wrong this this one?

creepycool. (and well-handled up there, btw)

eh. interesting concept

I really like the shirt and your accompanying story.

I really like this. Good idea

I definitely like this, it's an awesome idea!

YES! You said you thought something looked awkward about it and I think I picked it out. The outer post on the right of the porch-thing is out way too far. The perspective line you cut with the bottom edge of the barn would make the second post the outer one. See it? 5$, with or without the fix.

Thanks quaycur! That might be it. I think the other thing that bugs me is the hard diagonal line that's created by the two rooves. It doesn't bother me except when I see it on the shirt.

This is REALLY COOL $555

Another possibility why people might think this looks "off" is because of the perspective which is shifting the focal point of the illustration to the left making it virtually impossible to visually balance when viewed on a t-shirt. To me, however, this only adds to the appeal and uniqueness --- the incredible illustration, concept and color selection far outweigh any minor visual imperfections and are what make the design. $5

Nice concept

Sweet design!

YA RLY!

barn owls creep me the fuck out for some reason.... and i love your response to that dude... made me snort!

i think i wanna be more like you:)

The design was so excellent, it was already a fiver. And then your response to that irritating 19yr old mmmcake wank pushed you into the completely unreal category. Nicely done.

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I like! $5

I adore Owl's and this design literally took my breath away.

I NEED THIS TOO