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About my design

by exploding boy   
This idea came from trying to work out how i could tell a story on a shirt



Some close ups can be found here-http://www.flickr.com/photos/99319748@N00/375777839/
Papetti
Papetti on Jan 31 '07
This is really cool, but I don't really get the order of the photos. Maybe it's just me but I think that the last two pictures should be switched.
joceypoo62
joceypoo62 on Jan 31 '07
wow. i actually think i'd wear this. but i think maybe the last two should be switched around. maybe.
joceypoo62
joceypoo62 on Jan 31 '07
and everything has so much detail but the hair is just kind of "pleh".
deathcabfortom
deathcabfortom on Jan 31 '07
HOLY CRAP. i would friggin get nightmares from this shirt. hha. so cool.
skipcronin
skipcronin on Jan 31 '07
wow. five.
vplowe
vplowe on Jan 31 '07
Very cool. She reminds me of the Schoolgirl Kill Bill 2 Assassin. Wonder why the last slide of the strip is torn.
karma666
karma666 on Jan 31 '07
did her lipstick melt off and flow into her eyes in the last one? I love the details, but i don't know what's going on.
Robsoul
   Robsoul on Jan 31 '07
jesus, you've got idiots whining about the hair being "pleh".. STFU!!! seriously, holy vector art batman. looks great.
Luke...
   Luke... on Jan 31 '07
awesome illostrating, great narative
bluegabs
bluegabs on Jan 31 '07
this is amazing work.



and now ill have nightmares.



$5
martiandrivein
   martiandrivein on Feb 01 '07
too bad this is from a korean movie...it's either called like the eye, or face...or something...but I've seen it and this looks exactly like it
Robsoul
   Robsoul on Feb 01 '07
so he ripped off the illustration from the movie "the eye"? no you idiot, he used it as his inspiration for this amazing illo...now again, stfu you morons... I'm so tired of you imbeciles that come on here and know absolutely shit. go back to your text messaging
martiandrivein
   martiandrivein on Feb 01 '07
no I'm serious...I've seen this...I'm not an idiot. the bottom picture looks exactly like it's traced from a scene of one of those movies...
martiandrivein
   martiandrivein on Feb 01 '07
I'm not saying it's a bad sub, just that' I've seen it before, and it's too similar
Robsoul
   Robsoul on Feb 01 '07
damn you and your kind. ha
hitman15
hitman15 on Feb 01 '07
wtf...what story does this tell?

its too random and morbid for my taste
Aristarchus
Aristarchus on Feb 01 '07
I have to agree with the others about the order of the pictures.



Her flesh explodes and then rematerialises?



I love it, except for that. Switch the order (or explain the current order to my satisfaction) and it's a $5.



As is, it's 4.
Petanca
Petanca on Feb 01 '07
She first dies and then becomes some kind of zombie, right? I like it.
scissorsdontcut
scissorsdontcut on Feb 01 '07
I think it would work better if the last one were another normal picture. If not then the lipstick needs to be consistent in the last frame.
mandiphresh
mandiphresh on Feb 01 '07
thats freaky!
Dellex
Dellex on Feb 01 '07
I'd buy it!! 5.00! Good job!!
exploding boy
   exploding boy on Feb 01 '07
iv'e never seen no movie called 'the eye' and i certainly didn't trace any of these images from it
PhineasX
PhineasX on Feb 01 '07
Hell yes.
Tess Fondie
Tess Fondie on Feb 01 '07
That is amazing artwork- but I wouldnt buy it. 4
skafiend007
skafiend007 on Feb 01 '07
from now on, any accusations of copying should be accompanied by a link. Random accusations without support taints the submission and the ... um... submissor... submissee?....
exploding boy
   exploding boy on Feb 01 '07
The idea of the skeleton is that it's not a literal photograph but more like a visual manifestation of the pain the girl feels the moment when she dies (mysteriously) and this pain is somehow caught by the camera in the photobooth. In the last panel she is dead, the color of the lips are just changed to emphasise this. The idea came partly from an x-files episode i watched recently about a paranoid schizophrenic that could somehow capture on film the nightmare visions in his mind. I guess i just wanted to do something a bit spooky. Hope this explains a few things :)
citizencream
citizencream on Feb 01 '07
i'm asian so... it's a little too much korean horror movie for me instead of x-file-ish, great stuff all the same, just not something i'm personally wear. 5 all the same.



to everyone who doesn't get it, the last photo is the girl as a ghost, so no, the order of the photos SHOULDN'T be switched.
citizencream
citizencream on Feb 01 '07
"...just not something i'd persoanlly wear..." sorry, a little typo there.
ekaj47
ekaj47 on Feb 01 '07
pretty cool
thatcrazywyles
thatcrazywyles on Feb 01 '07
dewd cool! that first one looks like a combination of Regina Spektor and Christina Aguilera!
Monkey II
   Monkey II on Feb 01 '07
Nicely done! -- freaking scary too o_O
helo
helo on Feb 01 '07
Definitely grabbed my attention and curiosity.

Would work very well as a movie poster too

with the pictures being actual photos of Shannen Doherty
katolms
katolms on Feb 01 '07
makes me think of The Grudge for some reason
gamejunkie
gamejunkie on Feb 01 '07
wow, amazing style, awesome design 5$
ThE  BaRnASH
ThE BaRnASH on Feb 01 '07
man very nice.hope it will get printed ,and not censored. 5$
Jexwell
Jexwell on Feb 01 '07
very nice.

i love asian horror
the username Ilyssa was taken
neeeeeeeeds to be printed

$5

winterscribbled
winterscribbled on Feb 01 '07
The skeleton should be last, but her eyes shouldn't turn red beforehand. It'd be a lot funnier if she was just suddenly vaporized in the middle of a photo.
loloseamstress
loloseamstress on Feb 01 '07
Deathcab, this shirt is scary, I agree, but how can you have that Pan's Labyrinth guy as your picture! I just stopped having nightmares about that dude and now they are so gonna be back . . .
chrisnm203
chrisnm203 on Feb 01 '07
I understand you're trying to tell a story here, but there is no way in hell that Tribeca Film Festival is going to approve a shirt like this. It's silly to think otherwise.
MysDik
MysDik on Feb 01 '07
Completely amazing and very creepy. I fived it!!
d2star
d2star on Feb 01 '07
i'd like it.



i would totally love a shirt with just the skeleton too :] it's aweeesome.
d2star
d2star on Feb 01 '07
*i like it



o____o
andazp
andazp on Feb 01 '07
Amazing work!



It's to creepy for me to wear tho
Cliss
Cliss on Feb 01 '07
I don't think the pain of dying concept is well done, but the drawing and general concept are really cool. Maybe switch the last two around? Oh, by the way this is the scariest thing I've ever seen on a shirt, therefore I have to own it. $5
xialu
xialu on Feb 01 '07
looks like that zombie girl from the grudge 2
J-Ray
J-Ray on Feb 02 '07
CHILL OUT ROBSOUL!!!!! CALM.... DOWN!!!
FamoPuP
FamoPuP on Feb 02 '07
Nice style. I'd buy it. $5



burgz
burgz on Feb 02 '07
Nicely done....can't help but think of Kill Bill though - which by the way I feel like watching now....
andreuh
andreuh on Feb 02 '07
maybe in the last photo she should look a little more like a ghost?

ohitsxnicole
ohitsxnicole on Feb 02 '07
Papettie has a point.

And I do agree.



4. 5 if you switch the two end photo's.
ohitsxnicole
ohitsxnicole on Feb 02 '07
I'm sorry.

Papetti.
BigODrummer
BigODrummer on Feb 02 '07
creepy

wetterink
wetterink on Feb 02 '07
it's creepy, but that is why it is great. i 5ed it!
tofurky
tofurky on Feb 02 '07
does this have anything to do with the fact that some people think that a camera steals your sole?
spoothed
spoothed on Feb 02 '07
awesome awesome 5$ i would wear this in a heartbeat. soooo creepy
carlino
carlino on Feb 03 '07
weird... but i'll give you a 4 for the artwork
brenda.e
brenda.e on Feb 03 '07
ew.
klawRAW
klawRAW on Feb 03 '07
scarrrrryyyy. but nice design. fitting for the comp.
exploding boy
   exploding boy on Feb 03 '07
thanks for some of the comments :)
mattmcfar
mattmcfar on Feb 03 '07
Those camera flashes can be very harsh. I think the design is incredible. If I was more into death and blood then I'd buy it.
ladykat
ladykat on Feb 03 '07
I think this is awesome. I'd also probably wear it. And the order makes it much more interesting... it got me thinking about what was going on. (I had concluded the last pic was of a zombie, rather than a ghost - but it's cool to have slightly different interpretations, right?)
Ava Adore
Ava Adore on Feb 04 '07
nice
FRICKINAWESOME
   FRICKINAWESOME on Feb 04 '07
Yeah, i think this would have much more impact (and it already creeped me up a bit) if the main character wasn't something from countless "scary asian schoolgirl" movies, and was a different race entirely, that looked a lot more innocent and unsuspectfully happy at what was to come...but other than that, really like the idea. 3.
Chinoiserie
Chinoiserie on Feb 04 '07
reminds me of Japanese horror film
exploding boy
   exploding boy on Feb 04 '07
yeah asian horror films were obviously the main influence for the visuals :)
heyhay
heyhay on Feb 04 '07
.. she looks like me..



:O
Lucretia Mott
Lucretia Mott on Feb 04 '07
I understand the concept about the skeleton being the penultimate photo, but I think that it would simply look better with the skeleton being the last one. Also, maybe you could change the lines of the sheet of pictures? I mean, rather than have it be a straight line, you could make it slightly contorted?
eown
eown on Feb 04 '07
Wonderful, 5$
bleedmylove
bleedmylove on Feb 04 '07
TIGHT.
marmalade_skies
marmalade_skies on Feb 04 '07
i absolutely love this idea, but i think you should change the order of the last two pictures, even though you have your own explanation, i think it would make more sense on a tshirt with the other order. and i think you should keep her lips red in the red-eyes picture too.

but i'm still going to give you a $5. because this shirt is awesome.
exploding boy
   exploding boy on Feb 04 '07
personally i think changing the order of the last two pictures would throw off the balance of the design because it would be left with three images of the girl in a row, all looking pretty similar. plus i like the fact that the third picture seems out of place, it's supposed too really.
swedz
swedz on Feb 04 '07
rad!
Daniel San
Daniel San on Feb 05 '07
I hate the red eyes. Otherwise $5
MysDik
MysDik on Feb 05 '07
Don't change the order!! I agree with ladykat that it's much more interesting with the skeleton second-to-last... and much more scary too I think
MysDik
MysDik on Feb 05 '07
That said I do think she ought to still have red lips in the last one
seraphim17
seraphim17 on Feb 05 '07
I concur with MysDik. Reguardless, I think this is the only creepy/morbid/disturbing design I've ever seen on a shirt that I would actually wear. FANTASTIC job on the artwork, a perfect combination of simple and complex.
finletter
finletter on Feb 05 '07
really nice artwork.

fucking terrifying.
TruCallin
TruCallin on Feb 05 '07
creepy but cool.
Destinylola4
Destinylola4 on Feb 05 '07
I love it, really cool.....$5
jaystarr2
jaystarr2 on Feb 05 '07
Creepy. I like how the girl looks like every other girl in a Japanese horror movie, but yeah, I would have to agree on the lips in the last picture for consistency's sake...
Krista x Face
Krista x Face on Feb 05 '07
I LOVE THIS! $5
jessicalg88
jessicalg88 on Feb 05 '07
$5 mmhmmm
SwallowedAFallingStar
SwallowedAFallingStar on Feb 05 '07
whoa creepy. i wouldn't wear it (it'll give me nightmares every time i see a mirror) but i know so many people who would.
spunky_laura
spunky_laura on Feb 06 '07
Photos need a switch-a-roo.



But other than that its great.
lerky
lerky on Feb 06 '07
Insane, freaks the crap out of me, awesome illustrations! 5
exploding boy
   exploding boy on Feb 06 '07
haha people are easily scared
wonder_woman520
wonder_woman520 on Feb 06 '07
I agree on the order of the pics! Awesome shirt though!
anniekat
anniekat on Feb 06 '07
i like, keep the order, but ya i agree with andreuh- possibly make the last pic look more.... dead-ish :o)
chemicallly
chemicallly on Feb 06 '07
I wouldn't wear it, but you did an amazing job. I don't think they should be switched. I like them they way there are.
i4get
i4get on Feb 06 '07
lol, this is so dark, but oh buddy o pal di I love it
avalanche789
avalanche789 on Feb 06 '07
well done, obviously a 5
Robbb
Robbb on Feb 06 '07
love it
krn exangel
krn exangel on Feb 07 '07
this reminds me of my friend
GigGleZ_GrLz
GigGleZ_GrLz on Feb 07 '07
Ilike it but, it is to scary!!!

LaMola07
LaMola07 on Feb 07 '07
Kinda... scary.
rhayward
rhayward on Feb 07 '07
too many to read through, but make the 4th pic in the 2nd place with the peace sign, then the 3rd progressively worse, then the 4th being the skeletal woman. because going form bleeding eyes to fucked up skelteon is wierd. $4
xPosnerx
xPosnerx on Feb 07 '07
there is no such thing as a tongue bone.



4
Atak-Kat
Atak-Kat on Feb 07 '07
i like it ... it makes ppl think because the storytelling could be considered obvious or obscure ... great stuff
Stronglikebull
Stronglikebull on Feb 07 '07
Looks like the girl from "one missed call" Great art!!
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DanellaJane
DanellaJane on Feb 27 '07
I fucking love this one!
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fabulously_lazy
fabulously_lazy on Jul 27 '07
SO AWESOME
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