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Mar 02 '07
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2.94 out of 5
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brenden_strang
please enjoy. larger version on my profile.
Orange~On~Orange
   Orange~On~Orange on Mar 02 '07
Really, really nice! $5.
martiandrivein
martiandrivein on Mar 02 '07
HOOOOLY CRAP
MissThreadless
MissThreadless on Mar 02 '07
nice work!
goldkiss
   goldkiss on Mar 02 '07
great stuff
rjmeylan
rjmeylan on Mar 02 '07
Fabulous!
Miss_Beasley
Miss_Beasley on Mar 02 '07
I really, really love this, but I would like to see a larger version (didn't see one on your profile as of yet). $5!!

And do you have any other color options? This looks great, but I'm wondering what it would look like on other backgrounds.
lauracake
lauracake on Mar 02 '07
marvelous
moofymadness
moofymadness on Mar 02 '07
Crunk. $5
sirensrising
sirensrising on Mar 02 '07
Wow, fantastic job! Love the placement and colour too.
alvarejo
   alvarejo on Mar 02 '07
THAT'S MAGINATIVE, ORIGINAL,ELEGANT, GREAT AND WELL DONE $5
alevander
alevander on Mar 02 '07
My god this is beautiful.

Perfect colors, perfect textures, buy.
brenden_strang
brenden_strang on Mar 02 '07


if this didn't work, i'm sorry and i'll try again later.
The Winged Self
The Winged Self on Mar 02 '07
I _NEED_ this shirt!
donkeysong
donkeysong on Mar 02 '07
SOLID
Masterpeace
Masterpeace on Mar 02 '07
beautiful
herky
   herky on Mar 02 '07
amazing illustration, love the cross hatching effects
potatoesrus
potatoesrus on Mar 02 '07
holy shit, that freaking amazing and one of the more beautiful designs i've seen here. really nice job
ISABOA
   ISABOA on Mar 02 '07
its magical
sevententacles
sevententacles on Mar 02 '07
yes eysyeYESYysYES
ryeofcali
   ryeofcali on Mar 02 '07
i need ot see close up!
.jl-london.
.jl-london. on Mar 02 '07
nice
therecouldbenothingafterThis
ooooh. best i've seen for this sub so far. looks amazing! $$5
thomasucks
thomasucks on Mar 02 '07
very very very nice!!
baseballkittengirl
baseballkittengirl on Mar 02 '07
i love the detail and colors :3
GoldenWasp
GoldenWasp on Mar 02 '07
Wow...I'd buy this in a heart beat! 5 and buy!
finletter
finletter on Mar 02 '07
really fantastic drawing. the only thing that kind of bothered me was how the sky/background just ends in a line... maybe make it gradually fade off?
otherwise, i absolutely love it.
$4.
valorandvellum
   valorandvellum on Mar 02 '07
Ha, I was about to put almost exactly what finletter said. Your style works really well with the concept, but I was wondering why the background was just a smaller rectangle. Nice work!
steph-_-
steph-_- on Mar 02 '07
that is a seriously nifty design you got there
yion072
yion072 on Mar 03 '07
wow!
backtozero
backtozero on Mar 03 '07
Whoa... Though I think this would be a 12 club tee, $5 still!
minnanda
minnanda on Mar 03 '07
I really like this style, i wish i could see more t-shirts like this. Beautiful, $5.
Petanca
Petanca on Mar 03 '07
I totally agree about the background being too small and boxy, if you fix that the rest is beautiful
pxlb
   pxlb on Mar 03 '07
I am very sorry I must say this, but it is a clipart.. Yes, it's nice colored, but still clipart...

See for yourself: CLICK 01 CLICK 02 From The Pepin Press Book...

Sorry..
pxlb
   pxlb on Mar 03 '07
I saw your golfers too.. I really don't think it's ok to use someone else drawings...
chocofungi
chocofungi on Mar 03 '07
like everyone else, i love this. but i think that it looks weird that the background stops so suddenly. if you extend it across the rest of the image then all will be well
wimbels
wimbels on Mar 03 '07
I love this style.
wimbels
wimbels on Mar 03 '07
OH MY GOODNESS that is clipart! SHAME SHAME.
Quag
   Quag on Mar 03 '07
Clipart man? Say ain't so.
Orange~On~Orange
   Orange~On~Orange on Mar 03 '07
That is a damn shame. Still a great piece but I liked it more when I thought it was original.

- 3
Jemae
   Jemae on Mar 03 '07
Pretty Work! 5$! =)
Mesimarja
Mesimarja on Mar 03 '07
First I loved the drawing, even though I don't think it is the kind of thing you'd want on a tee. But if all that is clipart.. Not nice.
Shallowgrin
Shallowgrin on Mar 03 '07
You claim to be a graphic designer and you're still using other people's work? A pox upon you and plague on your crops. Oh yes, your crops!
Just keep drawing and soon you won't need to! I swear!
artdrops
   artdrops on Mar 03 '07
Be original. Dont steal what others have done. $00000
sphinx_guy
sphinx_guy on Mar 03 '07
very very very good
i dont like how the clouds behind the tour are cut off so abruptly, though, sorry
sparkle.rain
sparkle.rain on Mar 03 '07
GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
artdrops
   artdrops on Mar 03 '07
How can you guys like something that is blatantly stolen, read the comments!
minxorjinx
minxorjinx on Mar 03 '07
Too bad you got called out. Otherwise, it could have been a contender.
BrandonB11
BrandonB11 on Mar 03 '07
very nicely colored in but clip art makes me sad :(
APcaitZ
APcaitZ on Mar 04 '07
it is not ok to just clip art it and color it in
Huge shame on you
if you want flying machine draw them yourself man I mean come on
have some dignity
APcaitZ
APcaitZ on Mar 04 '07
ZERRRRRRRRRROOOOOOO
theurbanraptor
theurbanraptor on Mar 04 '07
lol. caught with your pants down!
BobbyBooshay
BobbyBooshay on Mar 04 '07
Awesome detail. 5$
fatheed
   fatheed on Mar 04 '07
Stupid people may give this a good score, but its academic, because this won't be printed anyway.

Create something yourself. This isn't a colouring-in competition, fool.
.jl-london.
.jl-london. on Mar 04 '07
shame on you
jillpettipas
jillpettipas on Mar 04 '07
boooooooo
philipp4130
philipp4130 on Mar 04 '07
beautiful illustrating job! love it all!
philipp4130
philipp4130 on Mar 04 '07
beautiful illustrating job...love it!
canceromega
canceromega on Mar 04 '07
Tsk tsk. And for a second I thought you were going to get a print.
0
special  k
special k on Mar 04 '07
"why is it that i have a feeling this will end up being a threadless select tee?" is what i would've said, had one of our threadless friends not enlightened us all about the situation.
shame, shame, shame, on you.
numbb
numbb on Mar 04 '07
PLEASE PRINT, I WILL DEFINETLY BUY 5$
KBShakedown
KBShakedown on Mar 04 '07
Fuck.
numbb
numbb on Mar 04 '07
the only thing about this is i'm afraid it might be hard to print the way threadless always does. wouldn't it be?
artdrops
   artdrops on Mar 04 '07
numbb, please know that this is clipart and will never get printed!
shnja
shnja on Mar 04 '07
:(
shnja
shnja on Mar 04 '07
booooo...
yion072
yion072 on Mar 04 '07
Ugh, I take back my nice compliment. Stealing is not good. Zero
numbb
numbb on Mar 04 '07
okay, that's just what i was asking. thanks.

then that sucks!! boo! threadless should better the other printing technique.
numbb
numbb on Mar 04 '07
okay, ignore what i just said. i still think it would be impossible to print.
numbb
numbb on Mar 04 '07
maybe the clipart is his work anyways.
jhl786
   jhl786 on Mar 05 '07
in his defense it's probably nothing copyrighted. but still makes me not like it as much.

2 for composition
The Ending
The Ending on Mar 05 '07
thats a shame man. I liked your stuff.
brenden_strang
brenden_strang on Mar 05 '07
My dear critics, fellow designers and tee shirt coinsures, I would like to formally apologize. It was never my intention to deceive anyone. I never claimed that this was my own drawing and they are copyright free images. I have loved wood block illustrations for some time and have used them in several layouts. Coming for the design school that I did it was widely taught that as long as it was copyright free image it was safe to use in you own design.
So I hereby proclaim that I will never use clipart again for a shirt design. All my images and designs will be 100% original. I promise.
Please don't think of me as a dishonest person. I submitted this design with the purist of intentions. Thank you all for you comments.
fatheed
   fatheed on Mar 05 '07
I believe you, dawg. It's just there's a lot of people who claim work as their own. The voters on Threadless assume you are the artist until it is proven otherwise. Lesson learned I guess.
yion072
yion072 on Mar 05 '07
I see where you are coming from brenden. I am just disappointed cause I love this and your last design but I don't think it would be fair for you to get money for something you didn't draw.
brenden_strang
brenden_strang on Mar 05 '07
i understand both of your points and i agree that i shouldn't win for this. i really love the images and would love to have this shirt, but it doesn't fit the purpose behind the site.
thank you for our understanding and professionalism.
Pictograma
Pictograma on Mar 05 '07
Nice illustration..but too big for a shirt.
Bisparulz
   Bisparulz on Mar 05 '07
great execution 5$
missytheimp
missytheimp on Mar 05 '07
I don't care if it's clipart or not. It's still an awesome shirt and I would still buy it.
chelly
chelly on Mar 05 '07
oh my gosh this is stunning
Bakemono
Bakemono on Mar 05 '07
Simply beautifull... I hope to buy this soon...
citrouille
citrouille on Mar 05 '07
beautiful. reminds me of simoun.
questionablevegtable
questionablevegtable on Mar 05 '07
Thats absoluetly beautiful! I'd buy it for sure!
blandford
blandford on Mar 05 '07
clip art isn't necessarily stealing, it's purpose is to be copied & reused. the difference is whether you buy the rights to it or not.
(Pepin Press has some really neat graphics, but even after you buy their books &CDs, you STILL have to write to them for permission to actually reprint the images, with additional fees! THAT sucks.)

sometimes combining clipart makes for some pretty creative stuff. the downside is, whatever you make w/it could be recreated by other people.

I sure hope none of you who are criticizing have ever Live Traced or Photoshop filtered a photo you snagged off the internet. now that's stealing, but people do it all the time here.
Flying Mouse
   Flying Mouse on Mar 05 '07
Just create something original in the future, Brenden. You got a talent ;)
kayceislost
kayceislost on Mar 06 '07
$0!
the boy fitz hammond
   the boy fitz hammond on Mar 06 '07
Wow!
podium_06
podium_06 on Mar 06 '07
very good!
funaholic
funaholic on Mar 06 '07
That is awesome... but i dont think i would wear it on a shirt 5
ElectricCurrant
ElectricCurrant on Mar 06 '07
I can tell you put a lot of work into it but it doesn't strike my style... 3
c_schrei
c_schrei on Mar 06 '07
beautiful!!! 5$
ethemaras
ethemaras on Mar 07 '07
clip art man... common..... i use it for work to get stuff done, but dont submit it as your own design....
JAYGATZ
JAYGATZ on Mar 07 '07
Incredible. Honesty is the best policy. we understand. I think this is a rocking shirt and i'd buy it. the best of luck to you. I look forward to more of your designs. $ 5.
welshalex
welshalex on Mar 07 '07
It's all very well being honest when youve been well and truly rumbled. I think you should have been honest when people started saying what an amazing illustration job it was. Having said that, anyone who looked at your first designs would have been able to tell that you didnt draw this.
Lots of people on here seem to be O.K with the use of clipart, so maybe if youre honest about it from the start you'll do well.
Escape Artist
Escape Artist on Mar 07 '07
Delicious!
JuliusB
JuliusB on Mar 07 '07
HOLY SHIT PRINT PRINT PRINT!!! ah NUYYYYYD it
spiderman7
spiderman7 on Mar 07 '07
i seriosly love your work. its amazing.
jpiatt
   jpiatt on Mar 07 '07
brenden_strang you handled yourself very classy here. And I like that you say you don't think it deserves to win.
However! If it truely is copyright free art....I don't see why it can't win. It's only unethical to not say that it is. The highest scoring shirt ever in threadless history used copyright free "clipart". It's the one with the guy fishing on a fish that's an island...can't think of the name right now.

Just make sure you note it in the future if you use it.
myredemption
myredemption on Mar 07 '07
I think my boyfriend would like it :-)
BorgenDogenFloydFRED
BorgenDogenFloydFRED on Mar 08 '07
Very nice...

Kinda the same moood than the Arcade Fire , Funeral album cover art...

Cool.
!!
shadow_shrine
shadow_shrine on Mar 08 '07
you stole that design.. am sorry it will never be printed even though its realy nice... sorry
melhel86
melhel86 on Mar 08 '07
he didn't steal the design. He didn't STEAL anything. It's copyright free images he used to create a design, that's what designers do most of the time. The problem with it, is that this is really more of an illustration competition. It is not his illustration... there is a fine line here, but he still did a great job with found images. Should it be printed? Well maybe, maybe not, but quite calling him a thief and saying this design is stolen because it isn't.
spires
   spires on Mar 08 '07
using this much clip art takes balls
brenden_strang
brenden_strang on Mar 08 '07
its ok to say nice things shadow, cheer up buddy.
brenden_strang
brenden_strang on Mar 08 '07
thanks mel!!!!
BobbyBooshay
BobbyBooshay on Mar 08 '07
I probably wouldn't have given you a 5 if i had seen the link before. Really wish you had drawn these.
bhoomika
bhoomika on Mar 08 '07
I can already see this being a Club Tee .
5
11 days later
alanis
   alanis on Mar 19 '07
i agree w/ welshalex. i think you should have commented earlier on when people were praising your "amazing illustration style, your textures, cross-hatching effects" etc, that this design was just composed out of clip arts. Or better yet, you should've written in the comment box when you're submitting the design a short description.
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