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The Entreating Geek

by izzel
The Entreating Geek

About the design

Submitted by izzel on March 19, 2007

The yin-yang-ish swirl of nerdy and pop culture, w/o the typical "hey, baby..." of pickup lines.

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izzel
izzel profile pic Artist

The yin-yang-ish swirl of nerdy and pop culture, w/o the typical "hey, baby..." of pickup lines.

esthergrondahl

Cute - and I've never had anyone use a pick up line on me. I think it's quite funny.

J-Ray

ever heard of typography?

Vindemiatrix

Good concept, much less annoying than I thought it would be. However, it needs some work aesthetically speaking.

eg.role.

funny. but to get the nerd point across, maybe in the shape of something else. a mouse or a keyboard perhaps? $3

YinYang

I like it a lot.

bobmi

Aw, that's cute.

Fletcher Fashion

Make it in the shape of a mouse and you'd hit the point home.

potatoesrus

haha, those are hysterical (the nerd ones) and i like that the last "pop culture" one is "nice shoes" lol. ya, the shape of a mouse would be funny, and i don't know how much i did the white on black...maybe try some other colors (the text colors looks good)

amoania

this is so awesome... agreed that it needs a tweak, but i'd ever wear it as-is... made me laugh a lot.

siezexthisday

hahahahahahah @ im dna helicase and i can unzip your jeans lololololol

MooseDinner

I don't think this really works on a t-shirt, no matter how well executed it is. It works on a bulletin board in a dorm or something like that.

DrVSP

What if the second half were sarcastic responses? I think that would be a better opposite.

Alysedai

I'd buy it with a little tweaking.

Natika

Some of those are really funny but I'd be so insulted if someone really used some of those lines on me.

Sunshine69

visually very uninteresting. sorry.

dimestorefind

My favorite is "nice shoes".

ariotinlondon

I like the concept, but perhaps you can make the tee color white - or of any other as long as the design background's color is the same as the shirt.

kuhnamonga

this is rockin'

jenraskopf

Oh my god. I don't know how I feel about it on a t shirt, but I would absolutely die if someone used one of those nerd lines on me. I will have to think this one over and come back because I'm laughing too hard to consider the aesthetics.

arabiantealeaves

cute concept, but yeah, it needs a little tweaking. my only gripe is the helicase one should be spelled 'genes'...

by the way,

"nice shoes... wanna fuck?"

is my favourite line Ever!

wooingjuliet

Ha! "Can I test the k of your bedsprings?"

That's just bad. Love it!

ahujam

maybe instead of a yin-yang use a piece of crumpled paper or something? i don't like the way the phrases are so contained, they need to be spilling out or something like that. Otherwise, it would keep me entertained. maybe just abandon and container altogether and just let the phrases scroll along the shirt, randomly placed.

radioactive_toast

Ha ha love it! Someone in biology told me the DNA helicase one the other day.

PiNKlePuNKin

I'll bet you spent a lot of time on that text circle. But at the sacrifice of time spent on colour choices and design. Work on that some more. It's also difficult for lazy folks (like myself, I'll admit) to want to bother reading the text.

izzel
izzel profile pic Artist

Hello, All!
Thanks a bunch for your feedback. I've gotten a few ideas from some of your comments. This is my first shirt, so I'm quite new to this -- would I need to incorporate some of the suggestions in a new design and re-submit it after the voting, or is there some way to edit the image here?

haha And I was a biology major, so I do know that it should be genes instead of jeans, but I wasn't sure people would get it. Perhaps I should've put "genes... er, jeans?"

The design was initially created to fit a Petri dish, held by a gloved hand. But I kinda liked the simplicity of the solo swirl.

I also originally had a few lines of text depicting the pick-up lines running across the shirt, but it looked a tad complicated.

Again, thanks muchly! :)

tslining

I like the last line on the right:

nice shoes.

ftw.

deauxdeaux

i don't like it so centered...maybe in a corner or bigger and wrap around the side? the type looks tiny, and it's always a bit awkward staring at people's chests trying to figure them out.

Tina24

I love the idea and I like the colors of the words. Though the words should deffinitly be bigger and I'm not a fan of the white on black. I also think it would be cooler in the shape of some computer related thing, but I would so buy it in the shape it's in.

dkelle4umbc

I just got "Baby -- wanna test the 'k' of my bedsprings". Wow physics, grad-school is coming back to me...I actually feel nerdy again.

I_live_for_tweek

OMG I LOVE this shirt my boyfriend's a total dweeb $5 and a buy! I'd give it a 15 if I could

NekoAkiko

fix up some typographical errors (in the way of typography) and it would be a thousand times better. If you are unable to, it is still awesome! I loves it~ $5

rainydaysandmondays

Yeah, it should be "I wish I were a derivative..."

But I thought that one was hilarious.

sarahtomic

I like this, but I'd like some consistancy in the capitals starting sentences, maybe a capital I instead of an i, and actual italics instead of /this/. Oh yes, and I agree you should use the subjunctive in the derivative one!

ilovetheopera

I thought I was the queen of lame pickups (seriously I'd make a super guy), but I bow down to you, O Great Master. Love the math ones. But I agree with some people that the general appearance of the design could be improved on. And maybe on a white background, with no clear definition to the circle shape? Yeah.

'Are we in a submarine? 'Cause I feel like I'm drowning in your gaze/Do you have a Band-Aid? 'Cause I just fell for you' should be included, those are classics, like the CPR one.

Kaden

why a ying-yang? doesnt look that great but i like the idea of putting pick up lines on a shirt. 3

w0w thats RAD

i like it once i took the time to actually read what was on it. my favorite's the "can i be your homework? i could sit on your desk and you could do me all night" one. if it were bigger on the shirt so people could see it better, i'd probably get it.

reelbigfish....alright

oh man thats sweet....i wish you could make it more shirt like

The Good King

I think it is a great idea, I agree it could do with a bit of work, but for those who complain about too much text, they can ......................... right off!

bookworm

i think if you make the whole shirt white, and remove the black circle and make the design bigger, the design would be better.

MaxPowa

I dunno if I'm diggin' this one so much... It looks sort of like the Pepsi emblem at first glance. I do like the line itself though, so maybe rework the design.

Alchemical

Amusing, but not much to look at. And don't force your text into aligement, just go in and kern it. It looks shitty as is.

PointWellTaken

cool concept... maybe have it written on crumpled paper... change the font to something less, umm, boring...

OldCircleEyes

you must be an angel, because i wanna have sex with you.

heyheyitsme

i don't think it works well visually as it is, but the concept is funny...i agree that sarcastic responses on the other half would be funny

queen_maria

yeah sarcastic responses. but they should float around the shirt and there should only be a few

TheStars

Absolutely love the cheesy pickup lines. Not so keen on the actual layout, partly because it is really hard to read. But it gets a thumbs up for the lines ;)

rholliday

I love the concept. It's interesting how you use /s to indicate italics. Kind of nerdy, since that's an IRC/MUD thing, but you could probably just use actual italics. :)

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