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On what fate is

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On what fate is

About the design

Submitted by letter on January 16, 2007

I found this phrase amusing, and i think you should know it too. There are 2 posible designs. One with the background, and one without. Submitting it for the JOT 2.

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letter
letter profile pic Artist

I found this phrase amusing, and i think you should know it too. There are 2 posible designs. One with the background, and one without. Submitting it for the JOT 2.

LeCirage

People might hate on the rectangular style of the design but I'm diggin' it. One of the best JoT designs yet!

shraffy

also digg le rectangle.

(matthijs)

I like the type treatment and colours, but don't really see the connection between the message of the text and the image

sonmi

really nice, letter!

chopsticks4rent

i love that phrase. if only life were that way.

shirtflirt

i guess a deus ex machina could be seen as fate...

amoania

am i dumb??
what does it say?

cardcastleruins

ya this is vectorlicious. Usually rectangle stuff sux. But you got the whole branches breaking up the line thing and it looks pimp. 5

shirtflirt

amoania

DEUS
EX
MACHINA

amoania

which means?

firebolt816

yay deus ex machina! i like the colors and i like the type quite a bit as well.

firebolt816

amoania - "god from the machine"

itwasa_trick

ok this is awesome. 5$

travis76

it means alot of things. supernatural machine/device...the way things work.....the human body....everything happens for a reason......

KweLi

Amazing... I love it!!!

kayne

Nice typography. I like this one a lot.

staffell

i like this a lot!!

mayreeuhm

asdfghjkl; i love everything about ittt.

yion072

Haha remember dodgeball?? deus ex machina?? Anyone???

deaddovedonoteat

OK, I love the idea of this on a shirt somehow,and agree with matthijs that the text itself is great, but it just doesn't connect to anything (including the image). sorry.

bearlingual

Yeah, I think this shirt looks better with just text.

mag391

how does the phrase relate to the design?

phones

love the comic lol.

i thought at first glance this was a pun- 'deus ex machine'

Petanca

Nice!

letter
letter profile pic Artist

Thanks for the comments ppl. The image i put here is only to accent my personal opinion on what fate is, and what deux ex machine means to me. I wont expect everyone to have the same notion as mine; feel free to draw your own conclusion. This is also one of the reason why i put 2 possible design options.

sugarstar182

I actually really like the image and the text is awesome. I'm not a huge fan of white T-shirts though . . .

Quent

both the image and text are gorgeous. I like it better on natural than on white.

brumbachs

I absolutely loves this, but mainly for the text...I don't really get the connection between the text/its meaning and the image. and deus ex machina is a literary device, people...ever read shakespeare? it's an intentional cop-out by the writer to get out of a shitheel of a situation. the more bizarre that cop-out is, the more hilarious.

BeeBeeBones

i like the rectangle one

spunky_laura

I love the picture, but not the text. I would probably buy it if it didn't have Deus Ex Machina on it.

veintecerotres

yeah!!!
thats fuckin Excellent
5
5
5
5

The Winged Self

it doesn't make sense. deus ex machina doesn't mean "animals playing in the forest"

J-Ray

I like the type treatment and colours, but don't really see the connection between the message of the text and the image

Agreed. Also, the expressions is generally a device originating from Greek Theatre where an actor explains what is going on, near the end of a play. Generally looked down upon in modern literature/cinema.

jsn913

It's very Scott Hansen-ish, but thats definately a compliment

lilpeople

this is sweet man really cool iso50 but ur own kinda style brought to it i would love me tshirts on threadless with some some typography like this!

lofty softy

this is really good stuff.

FRICKINAWESOME
1 design submitted - Score now!

If the phrase had ANYTHING to do with the design, i would score this higher...like if a hunter was hiding behind the trees on the left, and the border from the phrase was a bit more jagged, and presented as being just above the hunter's head as he is about to fire, the phrase saves the animal's life. Now THAT'S good god machine. As it is, a 1.

henryroland

Deus ex machina is a Latin phrase that is used to describe an unexpected, artificial, or improbable character, device, or event introduced suddenly in a work of fiction or drama to resolve a situation or untangle a plot (e.g., having the protagonist wake up and realize it was all a dream, or an angel suddenly appearing to solve problems). The phrase has been extended to refer to any resolution to a story which does not pay due regard to the story's internal logic and is so unlikely that it challenges suspension of disbelief, allowing the author to conclude the story with an unlikely, though more palatable, ending. In modern terms the deus ex machina has also come to describe a being, object or event that suddenly appears and solves a seemingly insoluble difficulty (e. g. the cavalry arriving).

Wikipedia Entry

oyster_press17

Yes sir yes sir.
3 BAGS FULL!
aka $5

thechemster

for some reason I really like this design :)

wolferi

I really like this C:

tinkalicious

i like it better with the backround. it softens it

Tonteau

Great font style.

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