Threadless T-Shirts - They're Just Machines

They're Just Machines

Submitted by:

valorandvellum
on Feb 19 '07

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Average score:

1.92 out of 5

Number scored:

2,000 people

Scoring finished:

446 days ago

Comments:

39 comments

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valorandvellum on Feb 19 '07

It's ok to shoot 'em if they're just machines.

Please view the close up by going here: http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=395097869&size=o

.jl-london. on Feb 19 '07

honestly mate, i prefered your old style but this works better for the concept.
nice original take for the buck comp, $$

thatcrazywyles on Feb 19 '07

Gawd it's beautiful. I'm still pissed that they haven't printed "It's been a pleasure".

realslimnatey on Feb 19 '07

valor is getting risqueeeeee and im likin it, i like it, i love it, i want some more of it! $5!

cbuchholz on Feb 19 '07

This is great! The red accents are great and I really love your title too!

Robsoul on Feb 19 '07

hmm I actually really dig what's going on in the background, I see that as being it's own shirt. The mechanical winged deer are well executed but hmmm. .... maybe instead of mechanical, they were real bones, no targets and no wings, and then the spirits in the background emminating from the bones. Just a thought.

Still a 4 for great technical skill.

Robsoul on Feb 19 '07

I lied, I gave you a 5

grypesagon on Feb 19 '07

the wings lost me but i'm game. $5

adam antium on Feb 19 '07

Oh!
another great one.

chelly on Feb 19 '07

giggedy giggedy giggedy $5

drawswithcrayons on Feb 19 '07

creepy as hell!

vermillionhorror on Feb 19 '07

I love this take on the BBH theme. Nightmarish and beautiful $5

yion072 on Feb 19 '07

wow :)
awesome title

eraseyourname on Feb 19 '07

This is my favorite sub for this contest, probably because it's kinda morbid. I really really hope that it's printed.

annavos on Feb 19 '07

I agree with Robsoul. The background figures look like spirits. I like the wings on the skeletons. Beautifully creepy, just the way I like it!

snittleface on Feb 19 '07

EEEEEEEEEE... hot hot hot!!!

valorandvellum on Feb 19 '07

Thanks for the comments, everyone! At first I actually did consider making them just skeletons, but then I realized I wanted to give a slightly different impression... rather, to make it seem like it's ok to go ahead and shoot. In order to do this I had to make them seem less organic (and more mechanic). Also, I wanted the overall feel to be pretty creepy/nightmarish as most of the shoot 'em video games often have that feel. Mostly, I wanted to describe the semi-recent phenomena where people feel like it's ok to do anything they want when it's on a screen and not in "reality". On a side note, I actually do enjoy playing games like that on occassion so this is targetting me just as much as anybody else.

Sorry for the longwindedness!

sonmi on Feb 20 '07

i really love the two different styl techniques use in this! those snaky deer phantoms are great. it is very creepy!! in a way i'm reminded of those skeleton reindeers in the nightmare before christmas, so when i look at those, i can hear the sounds of them clacking their jaws together!

sonmi on Feb 20 '07

omg i can't type! *style *used

helo on Feb 20 '07

COOOOOOOOOL ! :)

thomasucks on Feb 20 '07

very nice

bananaphone on Feb 20 '07

i think the targets actually weaken the design personally, I don't think the concept is that strong that it communicates well enough to keep them.

Petanca on Feb 20 '07

Very scary and different from your more "innocent" previous work, yet i love to see that an artist searches new styles and topics. Very well drawn too.

Raid71 on Feb 20 '07

ghost dear rule

little g on Feb 20 '07

This is awesome. I love it from top to bottom. $5!!!

valorandvellum on Feb 20 '07

@ bananphone: I can definitely see that. But I was also afraid that people would lose the sense that you're supposed to shoot the deer (and I didn't want to lose the whole point of the design). Since it's a shirt and you only have about a second to communicate your idea, I went with someone a little more obvious. Oh, and congrats on your new print, by the by!

Jenay on Feb 20 '07

Love bones!

Lurl on Feb 20 '07

once again, what the hell?

yes, the deers with wings are just machines...

J-Ray on Feb 20 '07

$5 for being brave!

KBShakedown on Feb 20 '07

I really like the shape of everything on the shirt.
Put a swirly moustache on the deer...s..

jrmasm on Feb 20 '07

Great per usual v&v. Different approach in style and interpertation. I like the "ghosties" in the background. They somehow give the robotic ones soul. Purple definetly.