Threadless T-Shirts - A Key for Everything

A Key for Everything

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lofty softy
on Jan 31 '07

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Average score:

3.04 out of 5

Number scored:

2,005 people

Scoring finished:

466 days ago

Comments:

92 comments

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lofty softy on Jan 25 '07

...well, almost everything.
check my blog for details and other color options. there is one version with no color, just white linework on a black shirt. there's also an image of what it would look like on a hoodie.
thanks!

5 days later

Bisparulz on Jan 31 '07

excellent 5$

lunchboxbrain on Jan 31 '07

great use of texture. i'm not feeling the concept but i still give it a 4.

dream83utr on Jan 31 '07

i like the aproach on ilustration here very interesting as the concept itself, the thing i dont like is the size and maybe color combination but that can be change i gues...goood

staffell on Jan 31 '07

the key to your heart should be money or something, and put it in the middle

maggiebeck on Jan 31 '07

i loooove this. $5

jam_pot on Jan 31 '07

I like that the heart key is large but fairly plain. Snazzy design.

II Rigga II on Jan 31 '07

love it. wish the heart key wasn't so plain... but incredible design.

cearanissa on Jan 31 '07

Nice but....http://www.threadless.com/submission/105463/My_Keys
Too similar sorry

cearanissa on Jan 31 '07

i mean: http://www.threadless.com/submission/105463/My_Keys

Outlaw01 on Jan 31 '07

I feel this sub has been better executed. Where's the Skeleton Key though? The Key to everything...

$5

thebabe_2 on Jan 31 '07

gamejunkie on Jan 31 '07

I love this - very neat! 5$

sarELITE on Jan 31 '07

like the colour
instead of outlines

5

potatoesrus on Jan 31 '07

ya, this has a lot more character and is a lot more creative than the other key design, it's nice.

TAZL on Jan 31 '07

I LOVE KEYS, amazing!

$5

Hope this gets printed.

SomethingMore on Jan 31 '07

the other one was good but I think this is better executed! $4

rachaelee on Jan 31 '07

i like :D

anotherdeadpoet on Jan 31 '07

oh my god yes PLEASE!

JugheadsHat on Jan 31 '07

i like the plain heart key at the bottom so it's the last one you see, and the fact that it's so beat up. $5

lofty softy on Jan 31 '07

thanks very much for all of the comments so far!
i made the heart key plain because i thought it would be way too obvious if i made it all fancy-frilly-pretty and it would more accurately embody the idea if it were just basic and unembellished.
i've never seen that other design, it was a good find but i think mine is more conceptually oriented.
thanks again for the comments!
ps. i was going to draw a skeleton key on the shirt but then i realized that if i did, i wouldn't need any of the other ones!

dacat on Jan 31 '07

This concept and execution is much better than previous ones...a single skeleton key would have been cool on the BACK!

marlomarizza on Jan 31 '07

yes. YES!

Cliss on Jan 31 '07

I've seen other key subs and frankly I think yours is better 5 for you.

biggbird on Jan 31 '07

lolif you wanted to be really sentimental, you should have just the key to the heart

anney on Jan 31 '07

hahah i like the key for hand cuffs. niiice

daydreamz on Jan 31 '07

great idea

Luke... on Jan 31 '07

great concept...

martiandrivein on Jan 31 '07

you forgot the most important....a DRUM KEY!

samanthaflute on Jan 31 '07

I love keys.

Phoenix4224 on Feb 01 '07

i collect skeleton keys from all over the world. i love this shirt

cityauctor on Feb 01 '07

i love it and i'd buy a dozen of them. i especially like the handcuff key$5

jduke649 on Feb 01 '07

5 love it
though the happiness one is more detailed and i think the key to your heart could use an extra something

icecreamout on Feb 01 '07

i really like the design on a black tee w/ the white linework :)

gentle_reader on Feb 01 '07

There's only one thing I might change about this design: I'd like it if the happiness and heart keys were switched. Somehow, I imagine the key to happiness being something simple and everyday, while I would like the heart key to be frilly and overly senitmental. I realize that's what you were trying to avoid, but it's just my two cents. I give you a 5 anyway.

G-Lo on Feb 01 '07

love.

J-Ray on Feb 01 '07

I like this very much but I believe Keys to the City are generally much larger... more symbolic than anything.

thelovefanclub on Feb 01 '07

the key to her pants

i-hate-tshirts on Feb 01 '07

so great!
i love it!

OHgiraffe on Feb 01 '07

The execution of this is 238472398473294 times better than that other keys shirt. I love this... but I'm not too keen on the "key to your heart" key.

bgelder on Feb 02 '07

This is great, I love it.

Gravytrainage on Feb 02 '07

the key to happiness should totally be a paperclip

ladykat on Feb 02 '07

Nice!

phones on Feb 02 '07

reminds me of that 101ers track $5

poeticmastermind on Feb 02 '07

check out my slogans.

Brett F. on Feb 02 '07

I don't like that all the "meaningful" or "deep" keys are on the outside of the design, mix 'em up a little and this is a 5

Brett F. on Feb 02 '07

also, just noticed. that lock is way too big and ugly. scale that fucker down!!!

Montro on Feb 02 '07

This design made me swallow the S&M dungeon key.
5$

red_tshirt on Feb 02 '07

I really REALLY like this one. would buy it immediately:)

loserbeech on Feb 02 '07

I absolutely love the keys, $5 for them, but I'm not feeling the lock at all. I'm not sure why, I just think it's a little cheesy. I'm guessing that it matches the heart key, and it's on your sleeve because of the expression "wearing your heart on your sleeve", so it does make sense, I'm just not a fan of it.

redsugar on Feb 02 '07

Nice.

BigODrummer on Feb 02 '07

add a drum key and I'm sold!

little g on Feb 02 '07

Lovely! $5

redsugar on Feb 02 '07

Oh, and I like the heart key being plain and simple. Hearts and flowers and frills aren't what really gets into your heart.

mabs on Feb 02 '07

this is amazing.
$5

yvanne66 on Feb 02 '07

Interesting!

evrfixedmark on Feb 03 '07

i would buy this just to have a handcuff key on a t-shirt.

susie q89 on Feb 03 '07

perfect!

FRICKINAWESOME on Feb 03 '07

This is NOTHING like the "My Keys" submission and soooooooo much more artfully executed. Wonderful placement and inspired key design on each one gives you the first $ I've given out all night...bravo! the lock on the sleeve just makes the whole thing even more wonderful. 4$

ecky_ducky on Feb 03 '07

Nice! I like how the key to the heart is a little rusty...

krk on Feb 03 '07

kewl 5

dusti on Feb 03 '07

I love it, just don't love the size of the lock on the shoulder. Seems a little too large for a small area. 5

lofty softy on Feb 03 '07

thanks so much for the support and the ideas everyone! about the lock, including other types of keys and arrangement of the keys, i wouldn't mind making adjustments or whatever. if this gets anyone's attention at threadless and they care to let me, i'd have no problem with it at all. thanks again for the words, everyone!

mattmcfar on Feb 03 '07

I'm into consolidation. That's why I bought myself a skeleton key that gets me into ANYTHING!

lisamazing on Feb 03 '07

great idea, but i think it might be more interesting to have the keys on the back and the lock on the front.

loserchick88 on Feb 03 '07

i.love.this. i think it's perfect exactly how it is

Kimmyrox on Feb 03 '07

I like it as is, but I would only get it in a hoddy

itwasa_trick on Feb 04 '07

no lock. i love the rest of the design, though! 5$

heyitskarina on Feb 04 '07

*love the concept. and 5.

sohellanasty on Feb 04 '07

love the design. mad fresh. 5$

superangie on Feb 04 '07

awesome :) $5

12sunflowersinavase on Feb 04 '07

i love it, so clever

Peanut9444 on Feb 04 '07

love the sleeve idea...$5 i want this one!

petit_oiseau on Feb 04 '07

hey i really liked this idea! though i noticed the lock is available on the sleeve of the tee, but on the hood of the hoodie.. i think you should keep the "heart on your sleeve" concept for the hoodie as well.. do you agree?

otherwise, i think this is awesome idea! :)

~Pammy n_n

liberatethechicks on Feb 05 '07

like concept! weeeee...

mezo on Feb 05 '07

The idea is there. I like the old rustic look of the keys & your thought to put a padlock on the sleeve. Nice touch. I do NOT like the handwritten font you've chosen, and think the words should be printed in black & not grey. The grey makes them compete with most of the keys.

accommodated on Feb 05 '07

i'd go for the outline versions. very good job!

forgetful_chic on Feb 05 '07

keys rock my world!! for some reason i'm obsessed with them. so this rocks! i love the rust on em too!! oh happy day :)

jelita78 on Feb 05 '07

very original idea..i like it too..
but the 'your heart' key kinda looks rusty. might be better if it looks a bit shiny or glimmering or perhaps made of gold with diamond studded..?
and the 'success' key could use a dollar sign design instead too..

samgreen on Feb 06 '07

i guess the only place i thought of going with this shirt is making the keys to abstract ideas (success for example) the outlines, like we know there is one, but not what it looks like, and keeping the ones to "concrete" things in their full pictured glory.

also, do they have to be in a neat box or scattered? right now they look arranged in a drawer, but when i think of looking at keys, i see them splayed out.

RadimusPrime on Feb 06 '07

Very nice! GJ!

TehBohoLuffer on Feb 06 '07

I like it. The handcuffs key really got me: that's not a key you see every day!

$5, of course.

alacyt on Feb 06 '07

This is SOOOOO much better than the other submission.

Ignore all comments that compare.

alacyt on Feb 06 '07

Hahaha, wait. I just did.

billy_what on Feb 06 '07

i like it but i think that the key to your heart should of have more of a heart shape to it

moonfruit on Feb 06 '07

love this MINUS THE WORDS

moonfruit on Feb 06 '07

the "your heart" key, if you keep the words afterall, should have a heart-shaped handle. it should look more romantic.

ERH on Feb 07 '07

I actually like the heart key being as plain as it is, b/c money can't by love!

kooky love on Feb 07 '07

GREAT $5

midnightblue88 on Feb 07 '07

I like it. I think my favorite part is the lock on the sleeve. :)

tiglet on Feb 07 '07

everything is toooo big for the tshirt
loveit tho

FRICKINAWESOME on Feb 08 '07

can you say print? You can just smell it in the air on this page, cant ya? I'll be picking this awesome tee up soon..Yippie!

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esthergrondahl on Mar 02 '07

Very interesting. When my brother (who is 31 now) was around 2 or 3, he always had to have keys with him and they had to actually work. I like this.

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SwimSim1 on Apr 30 '07

i collect old keys so this shirt is basically a dream for me.
it makes me really happy to see someone else's appreciation for the beauty and silly word play of keys.
i wear my collection on ribbons around my neck, happily creating stories as to where they came from.

way to go with the winning thing, $5, i will be buying this.

Edword on Apr 30 '07

congrats on the print!

TheZeroKid on May 01 '07

I'm surprised there isn't a skeleton key

fatheed on May 01 '07

I'm bummed that there was no Mon Key.

cjsimmons20 on May 01 '07

I don't like the lock on the sleeve either. Besides that I love it!

welkin on May 03 '07

i like everything about this t. i haven't bought a threadless tshirt in months and every week i wait for the update hoping there might be something i like. this t has broken the threadless drought for me. thank you lofty softy.

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carbonrxn on May 08 '07

Lock on the sleve is stupid, but this is a lot like an idea that i saw back before i saw this one

http://www.threadless.com/submission/103505/My_Keys

http://www.threadless.com/submission/105463/My_Keys

Take a look for yourself, but these seem really similar in terms of design...