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.

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

also digg le rectangle.

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

really nice, letter!

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

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

am i dumb??
what does it say?

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

amoania

DEUS
EX
MACHINA

which means?

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

amoania - "god from the machine"

ok this is awesome. 5$

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

Amazing... I love it!!!

Nice typography. I like this one a lot.

amoania, Here's where Wikipedia is a big help : Deus ex machina

i like this a lot!!

asdfghjkl; i love everything about ittt.

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

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.

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

how does the phrase relate to the design?

Looks great!

love the comic lol.

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

Nice!

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.

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

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

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.

i like the rectangle one

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

It would be better on natural.

yeah!!!
thats fuckin Excellent
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it doesn't make sense. deus ex machina doesn't mean "animals playing in the forest"

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.

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

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!

this is really good stuff.

Deus ex Machina is a literary device... Research on wikipedia if you don't know what it means...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deux_ex_machina

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.

your ttext is amazing

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

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

i like but...

http://www.deus.com.au/shop/index.php?act=viewCat&catId=16

for some reason I really like this design :)

I really like this C:

i like it better with the backround. it softens it

Great font style.

I don't get how the imagine relates to the text at all.

*image

Wow, this is gorgeous. I love the forest scene.

Keep the bluish background thing. With darker colors I'd buy it.

hm. maybe it's just me, but i thought deus ex machina was a device used by the ancient greeks in theatre to fly people around the stage to seem like gods...
other than that I really like it.

Wow my mind boogles at the wiki definition - though wikipedia is destroying the informational integrity of the internet (not that it had much to begin with). i am thinking that now when I need to sound real smart and deep and wax philosophic then I can pull this phrase out! I am not particularly found of the 70's-esque font thing that is happening

SWEET!

I like it with the illustration. Great colors and subtle pattern.

nice

did anyone else subliminally see "sex machine" at first?

The combination of the type, nature sillhouettes & repeating geometric patterns is waaaay too Scott Hansen/ISO50 for my liking & I'm not sure theres enough interest in the design with type alone.