Threadless T-Shirts - Samurai Squirrel

Samurai Squirrel by jrmasm

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Submitted on:

Jan 03 '07

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41 comments

Final average score:

2.44 out of 5

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by jrmasm

After leading a life of bloodshed, our hero retired to his tree to find inner peace. But, as with most heroes, trouble is never far away. They wrecked his home and his forest, but worst of all (say it with me now) they have stolen his nuts.
And as you know, you don't mess with a squirrel's nuts.

Thanks for taking the time to check it out and vote. Comments are always appreciated.

sinwon on Jan 03 '07

katana?

LionelM on Jan 03 '07

Sweeeet.

jaylovestheguinness on Jan 03 '07

Odd but it looks gd

cbuchholz on Jan 03 '07

You'd have to be nuts to mess with a squirrels nuts. Nice job! 5$

impossiblity on Jan 03 '07

Ew, furries.

K8theGRR8 on Jan 03 '07

premium...money five

HFrankenstein on Jan 03 '07

Oh my gods, I must have this. It's like, being a Samurai isn't cool enough on its own, good lords no, one must also be a squirrel to achieve true, complete, ultimate awesome. Dollar sign five.

shoffa on Jan 03 '07

I like it. It makes me want to protect my own nuts in the same manner.

BEANBOY on Jan 03 '07

Cool. Reminds me of mouse guard, a neat little comic. All animals should learn the way of the Samurai.

dunfyboy on Jan 03 '07

The arrows don't really look like they're moving. but i'd buy it anyway $5

atomichris on Jan 03 '07

Frank Miller would be proud. Or ashamed. I'm not sure which. Nice job, anywho. $5.

archbar on Jan 03 '07

Who is the guy who wrote the stories about the mice? Brian Jacques or something? This reminds me of that. 5 and buy. :D

tdorrisshirts on Jan 03 '07

awesome

joshhupp on Jan 03 '07

damn, i had a samurai squirrel in my sketchbook since 1998. I didn't think anyone would come up with the same idea. Great t-shirt anyhow.

Spacewolf on Jan 03 '07

That is so totally awesome!!

chelly on Jan 03 '07

i knew those bastards were dangerous

ari.patrick on Jan 03 '07

It looks like that rat from ninja turtles. =/

The Winged Self on Jan 03 '07

awesome. I love it. $5

theurbanraptor on Jan 03 '07

ari.patrick that would be splinter....

blckmg on Jan 03 '07

The blade could be better, but I love it regardless!

goodensnake on Jan 03 '07

with samurai as ancestors, there are three things that make me say i wouldn't wear it: 1. samurai had different blades than that, much longer ... 2. the grip on the blade is reversed, the right hand should go at the top... 3. the weird pants he's wearing. check out 'hakama'.

otherwise, i love squirrels, and samurai, and would totally give it a $5

jrmasm on Jan 03 '07

Thanks for the info goodensnake. Much appreciated. I learned something new today.

kaizoku_risu on Jan 03 '07

$5 because I love squirrels and this looks great!

Alex M. Solefish on Jan 04 '07

Oh, my God, this is incredible, I really would like this shirt.

Toasty Crackers on Jan 04 '07

Archbar! My first impression, too! I looked at it and said, "What? Martin? Redwall?" I like it a lot!! I just wonder what he's dodging all of those arrows for... where is the acorn?

FRICKINAWESOME on Jan 04 '07

what!?!? A squirrel sub that isnt about the gigantic nuts he possesses (hint- they ain't usually talkin' bout the acorns in his tree)? I musta died on gone to swashbuckling heaven. Great drawing and incorporation of a HERO style of arrow opposition to the samarai squirrel. And just to tell ya even though i think yours is better and it has been sold out for a long time now, there was already a threadless shirt showing the ninja-like quality of the squirrel printed a while back:

http://www.threadless.com/product/392/Squirrels_Are_Nature_s_Ninjas

Hope yours does well!

Unicornsareawesomex on Jan 04 '07

I love it.
But to be honest.
He'd never survive that =p
Haha
3

Les Os on Jan 04 '07

excellent work! 5 for sure

stastos on Jan 04 '07

i think i need this shirt. well see, my squirrel friend is aspiring to be a pro ninja. 5$

JeRêve on Jan 04 '07

ninjas + squirrels = rad.

tamarahallock on Jan 04 '07

I have a 5th grade student who would love this.

Dontflatterurself on Jan 04 '07

Hah, this looks like something from Redwall.

I_heart_ducks on Jan 04 '07

It reminds me of Redwall. That's good.

bird75 on Jan 06 '07

You do know this idea was created by someone else and that they produced a comic book in the late 80's called Samurai Squirrel. I have the limited edition comic book right here...tsk tsk tsk
The idea has been done before, so you get no score!

jrmasm on Jan 06 '07

Thanks for the comics history Bird. I should have checked all of the obscure 25 year references before I submitted. My bad.

deathcabfortom on Jan 06 '07

it actually looks more like ninja.

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tiramel on Jan 08 '07

violent animals are cute

kidaro on Jan 08 '07

Too bad about the blade. It just doesn't look right. Too fat, short and scimitar-like. Other than that it's pretty damn cool.

Yes, I know I'm a stickler.

I'll give you a 4, because it's still a cool design.

whoohooangela on Jan 08 '07

Lovin' the design.

raemelle on Jan 09 '07

That's fantastic. I like the colors. His tail looks like it could be smoothed out a little.

Stevethegreat on Jan 09 '07

ahhhh kickass

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krobs151 on Jan 15 '07

great shirt! I want to buy it! 5!

Laborpsus on Jan 16 '07

I like it. Should've gotten a higher score. :)

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Henrik46 on Mar 20 '07

I agree with Kidaro, it's fun. The blade proportions are wrong. Furthermore, the shaft is much too long. It should be about 40 % shorter, according to www.mantisswords.com/kami.htm, it should be about 27,3 cm or 10,75''.

After all, I presume you want the squirrel's handsize to be to the katana as a human hand would be.

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