Threadless T-Shirts - Cryptid Crew

Cryptid Crew by r.o.b.o.t.i.c.octopus

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Mar 20 '07

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Breakin' 2: electric boogaloo was a tour de force.
so is this! on electric blue even! it's a spring/summertime shirt featuring everyone's favorite YETICORN! and 2 of his pals from the CRYPTID CREW!

for a huge look at this design...go to the link below!
http://www.threadless.com/profile/444916/r_o_b_o_t_i_c_octopus/blog/202137/Kickin_it_YETICORN_uh_skool

CRYPTIDs are fabled creatures liek unicorns, bigfoot and other hard to spot monster types.

and look JAMIE KENNEDY IS TOTALLY STOKED ON THIS ONE!

you should be too!

$5 please and thank you.

martiandrivein on Mar 20 '07

first comment!....mwahahaha. yay!

crazysteven on Mar 20 '07

kinda funny.
cool colors.

iPear on Mar 20 '07

oh mee

mlnewco on Mar 20 '07

YETICORN say what!!!!!??????

i likey

impossiblejosh on Mar 20 '07

really really soon! i promise.
but of course 5$

r.o.b.o.t.i.c.octopus on Mar 20 '07

jpiatt on Mar 20 '07

I really dislike this.
It's hard to look at because of how the halftones and the solids work together. The colors are incredibly hard to look at, "CRYPTID CREW"????...you explained what Cryptid means, but I don't want to explain that to everyone I come into contact with that asks.

There's not much working in this design for me.

toomanytentacles on Mar 20 '07

golden like golden age

Kojima on Mar 20 '07

awesome

mezo on Mar 20 '07

This inks make my retinas do the worm! Yeah, man! Radical.

Fletcher Fashion on Mar 20 '07

Meh, It's okay.
Funny, but not executed well.

3.

Edword on Mar 20 '07

Shabba-Doooooooooooooooooo!

theurbanraptor on Mar 20 '07

woooooooooooooooooooooooo

theurbanraptor on Mar 20 '07

WOW! AWESOME!
(I have +3 Staff Skills)

r.o.b.o.t.i.c.octopus on Mar 20 '07

this is so gonna get dropped early.

travis76 on Mar 20 '07

monkey girl?

r.o.b.o.t.i.c.octopus on Mar 20 '07

pongo, yeh a mystical shape shifting monkey girl. yes. said to turn into a beautiful sexy lady and lure men into the jungle and dine on their flesh! but Pong is just kinda bitchy is all.

mkillerbear on Mar 20 '07

jamie kennedy is indeed totally stoked. you think he gave it a $5?

She Says So on Mar 20 '07

WICKED!

Luke... on Mar 20 '07

haha, great stuff

horsebag on Mar 20 '07

NICE -- RIGHT OFF THE BACK OF AN B-RATED SUGAR CEREAL BOX!

forgetful_chic on Mar 20 '07

yetticorn yay!! this is just cool and cute. goes along with the movie and long live the yetticorn. haha, it's cute that you've got a background story for Pongo, u use her in real life for something? lol, (i understand the life of rp. lol)

r.o.b.o.t.i.c.octopus on Mar 21 '07

nah, i just know these characters...Gilman and Pong, they joined Yeticorn to creat the cryptid crew. (these are characters that can be in anything from product endorsement to cartoons on saturday morning...do they have those anymore?)...Gilman represents any variety of aquatic-bipeds/lizard men...and the Yeticorn is a combination of the unicorn (which is too girly for me) and the yeti, of course. but Pong is based on teh Pongo legend. She's not a killer, she's just got a bad attitude...think B.A. from the A-Team but as a semi-attractive monkey lady.

maija on Mar 21 '07

Okay, if I remind myself that the colours will be slightly less electric when printed then I can accept the jangliness of them, even against the rampant half-toning, but the text unbalances the design and pushes the visual confusion over the edge. I don't think it's necessary and the overall form will be more coherent without it.

As well, the style you've drawn the characters in is not as loose and fun as your earlier work, nor are Yeticorn's sidekicks as interesting as Yeticorn himself. They remind me of the characters added to team adventure cartoons of the eighties in order to stretch the story-telling and merchandising possibilities, but they never got much love at the Toys'R'Us.

Maybe just Yeticorn alone, loosened up and breaking in front of the boombox... or something without Yeticorn at all, but still in the realm of eighties cryptozoology/paranormal lore that you can get loose and kooky with?

mezo on Mar 21 '07

majia makes me warm in the pants.

maija on Mar 21 '07

I was composing my comment as you posted yours, so just a bit more: I think Gilman and Pong probably have the weight of story for you that gives them heft as characters, but without it, they don't have enough detail to distinguish them from other aquatic heroes/anthropomorphs. I didn't even notice right away that Pong had a tail and wasn't just a girl with a slightly odd face.

maija on Mar 21 '07

^^@ r.o.b.o.t.i.c.octopus

hehe @ mezo

r.o.b.o.t.i.c.octopus on Mar 21 '07

yeh, pongo is teh only one i'm not too happy about, but since she's a shapeshifing ladymonkey i can let her be like this for now...gilman i'm quite happy with and is mor consistent with the style of the yeticorn.

my next sub is a lot easier on the eyeballs and features only the yeticorn.

maija on Mar 21 '07

Yeticorn doesn't have to be in every design. For one thing, the voters are fickle and backlash could ensue. I'd like to see what else you can do too.

r.o.b.o.t.i.c.octopus on Mar 21 '07

he's not...i do the yeticorn stuff under this name...other stuff under...YOU'RE SNEAKY! you'll have to do some research to find out.

r.o.b.o.t.i.c.octopus on Mar 21 '07

mezo knows, maybe she can tell you.