Scoring finished:
484 days ago
Submitted on:
Mar 22 '07
Scored by:
2,336 people
Comments:
105 comments
Final average score:
1.92 out of 5
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$5 lol! first comment?
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i win!
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r.o.b.o.t.i.c.octopus on Mar 22 '07 no LOLING ALLOWED! but thanks for the $5
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Monkey III on Mar 22 '07 I can't get enough of the yeticorn dude!!!
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great legband!
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Robsoul on Mar 22 '07 perfect. love the clash of styles, great colors too.
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holy crap i am in love with mr. yeticorn, i MUST have a shirt with him on it. and this is 100% amazing, i absolutely love it, unlike most of the rest of the 80's designs.
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r.o.b.o.t.i.c.octopus on Mar 22 '07 for more about the subs thare are following the theme (more or less) click this link:
http://www.threadless.com/profile/444916/r_o_b_o_t_i_c_octopus/blog/203758/Following_the_theme |
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Edword on Mar 22 '07 FRESH!
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nice!
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his pose sort of reminds me of that famous blurry bigfoot photo...except he's surrounded by graffiti and cement rather than the forest. and oh yeah, he's smiling...which is probably indicative of him being happy that he's on the shirt that's gonna win the kickin' it old skool contest.
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oh, i just realized you wrote about that bigfoot thing in the description. i don't know whether to feel smart or dumb.
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mezo on Mar 22 '07 The proper way to hold a boom box is not like a purse, you ninny! Put that shit up on his shoulder, like a REAl Yeticorn man.
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karate never here
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wooooooooooo
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i love this guy
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Yeah, I think Ghettoblaster Shoulder along with Half Blindness From Bangs was a recognized medical disorder in the eighties.
I'm not crazy about designs that occupy a rectangle or square on the chest. It's an uninteresting shape, and part of good tee design is occupying the space of the t-shirt with interesting shapes and negative space, IMO, since they're often seen at a distance, or a glance. If the wall was cut away from "Break" it would be much better. A big chunk of printed area also make for a thick, plasticky sheet that doesn't sit well on a girl's curves. |
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Bisparulz on Mar 22 '07 nice 5$
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The legband keeps it real man. Yeah, put that beatbox on the shoulder. Yeticorn is awesome.
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nice dig the halftone, did you draw out the "break" yourself and the wall or take it from somewhere?
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yeticorn for life.
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r.o.b.o.t.i.c.octopus on Mar 22 '07 break is a photo...somewhere in NY i think...
yeticorn ia a responsible b-boy and likes his eardrums undamage...besides this is a candid moment, and not a stance. maija: live a little;) it would get your boobs attention. and that COULD be a good thing (if you want that kinda attention)... |
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mezo on Mar 22 '07 Do you feel it's ok to take someone's graffiti art without permission?
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A big plastic plate across the chest isn't attractive. It is unflattering to the boobs, making them look misshapened.
If it's not even your photo, are you angling for another Tagged saga? ;) |
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r.o.b.o.t.i.c.octopus on Mar 22 '07 it's an annonymous tag...i didn't take it from some tagger's site. and i know the rules of design.
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But is it your photograph?
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r.o.b.o.t.i.c.octopus on Mar 22 '07 so it's ok to take a photo of someone elses artwork? altering it is fine...please let it go. hell look at that select shirt Anacaona...you bet he doesn't OWN that photo that he used.
so please. why you gotta try and bring me down? |
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No dude what she's saying is that if you don't live in a place with graffiti and never learned how to make it then you should never ever in your life make a design that incorporates graffiti. Because using a photo that someone else took in a place that has graffiti is unprofessional. I mean look at her anime user pic. I'm sure she's either from japan and took that image herself or drew it personally. Otherwise why would she ever use it as her representative icon.
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tiphaine on Mar 22 '07 that's definitely not what maija was saying and i think she asked a valid question. if it's a photo you took yourself (or secured the rights to) of an anonymous tag, then everything's fine.
as for anacaona, if that's a stock photo i feel confident that threadless licensed it for printing. |
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mezo on Mar 22 '07 You are overly defensive about a simple question. You could have simply said "yes, i am ok with taking someone else's artwork". It's cool, man!
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I'm not trying to bring you down, I'm trying to help you improve, actually. I dig your work.
My avatar is by Japanese artist Takehito Harada. A friend of mine was reviewing Harada's portfolio for character design for an animated show and saw this image and thought it not only looked like me but captured my cute yet evil nature, as well as love of picnicking outdoors. Using it as my avatar certainly violates international copyright in the strictest sense, but I could probably claim "fair use" since I'm not making any money off of it. The Ana Caona image may be in the public domain if it's from the fifties. The grafitti in my town is lame. |
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mezo on Mar 22 '07 "As a general rule, for works created after Jan. 1, 1978, copyright protection lasts for the life of the author plus an additional 70 years."
Maybe this tag was made in '77? |
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r.o.b.o.t.i.c.octopus on Mar 22 '07 or they simply accepted it from the artist they commissioned it from. which is really what i think they did.
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r.o.b.o.t.i.c.octopus on Mar 22 '07 anyway, graffiti itself be it BANKSY or CHAKA is considered illegal...so it's not a matter of making a stencil for an art show and stealing a photo of said stencil for an art show...it's a photo i found (emailed the photographer about it anyway) of a wall...
had i used another photo of a BLANK wall and photoshopped my own "break" over that...i'd hardly think you guys would care. "is that YOUR photo of the BLANK WALL!?" but maybe you would care... so i think threadless should be the ones (if this was to win) to pull me to the side and have me straighten out any legalities that need to be straightened. also...WATER BASED INKS don't feel like plastic. and Threadless uses them. |
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tiphaine on Mar 22 '07 When you get the email about winning, there's some stuff in there about your source imagery. I don't think they'd be any less thorough with Select artists. Maybe, but I don't think Threadless would be that careless about legal liability.
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tiphaine on Mar 22 '07 Regardless of ink type, Threadless doesn't do discharge printing on non Select shirts, so maija is correct. Large print areas mean no stretch over the boobies.
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mezo on Mar 22 '07 I am not trying to be all up in your butt about this...but I do have friends who are avid graffiti artists and I know they would be perplexed to suddenly see someone walk down the street wearing one of their art pieces.
Going further, they would be HIGHLY pissed to later find out that the shirt was sold to the wearer, with the original artist not recieving as profit. It's as disrespectful as someone tagging over someone else's piece. Make sense? |
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wotto on Mar 22 '07 who gives a f**k about the graffiti its agreat tee. The graffiti artist is probably in there 50s anyway this piece of graf is sooo old and not that good - which is why it works so f ing well. $5
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*forty. I can't spell.
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r.o.b.o.t.i.c.octopus on Mar 22 '07 if you're whole bit is aboutkeeping me honest...well i am, so i have emailed the photographer, and more importantly, the man behind BREAK.
so please. ease up! please? |
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you are idiots. the tee rules.
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The whole bit isn't about keeping you honest, it's about saving you from legal frustration and an embarassing pile-on in the blogs and beyond. It has happened to a couple of other artists on threadless because they didn't know they were treading on copyright toes when they used someone else's material.
Good for you for contacting Break. That's a professional move. Getting your design printed by Threadless is professional work-for-hire, it should be treated as such. Carry a digital camera all the time and shoot a shit-ton of photos for inspiration, reference and your own stress-free use. |
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r.o.b.o.t.i.c.octopus on Mar 22 '07 I am a professional...under this alias you all know me as the tard what created the yeticorn...but apart from this, i'm quite a pro (not saying i'm better than anyone artwise but saying, i stay straight with my work).
seriously though, where i live, there is no graffiti, there is nothing too interesting. |
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mezo on Mar 22 '07 Oh, well if the person who painted Break gave you permission then rad for you! Make sure you print out his Ok, though, in case this does go to print. So you & Threadless have your butts covered.
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r.o.b.o.t.i.c.octopus on Mar 22 '07 word
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r.o.b.o.t.i.c.octopus on Mar 22 '07 but we all know this isn't going to win.
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I had theurbanraptor in mind when I made the "professional work-for-hire" remark, but everyone always has more to learn. None of us know it all.
What's your regular alias? |
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r.o.b.o.t.i.c.octopus on Mar 22 '07 can't tell you that...ask mezo, descretely.
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mezo on Mar 22 '07 I KNOW I KNOW!
It kinda rhymes with I KNOW, too. |
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I think it's funny that people worried about the rights of the graffiti artist... who painted on a public wall with no permission!
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r.o.b.o.t.i.c.octopus on Mar 22 '07 yup!
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The "Tagged" not-designer should have been worried, as she learned the hard way. You said yourself that this was a commission, and therefore painted legally.
Actually I didn't care as of my first post, then things got interesting! I think Italian food is awesome also. ;) |
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r.o.b.o.t.i.c.octopus on Mar 22 '07 what? i didn't say anything about a commission...the image is of some radom wall with break on it...not sure what you're gettin' at. hmmm.
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r.o.b.o.t.i.c.octopus on Mar 22 '07
or they simply accepted it from the artist they commissioned it from. which is really what i think they did. |
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r.o.b.o.t.i.c.octopus on Mar 22 '07 that is in reference to anacoanonda
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Luke... on Mar 22 '07 i am going to stay out of the whole drame issue, and just add my bit of constructive crit:
i enjoy the contrast in styles, but i think that the background could be blended into the shirt better, i like the top and bottom how they are, it would just be nice if the 2 sides faded into the shirt...this would further express the motion of waliking. and i agree with mezo about that Ghetto-blasta needs to be up on the shoulder. |
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Luke... on Mar 22 '07 dang i suck at typing...sorry for them typos
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tiphaine on Mar 22 '07 I agree with all of Luke's feedback BTW.
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r.o.b.o.t.i.c.octopus on Mar 22 '07 this is a spin on the Patterson-Gimlin footage of bigfoot...same pose, same glance at the "camera". different settin etc.
no need to pile on the cliches especially since there's that astronaut shirt with a blaster on his shoulder. |
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I'D SAY LESS CONVERSATION ABOUT GRAFFITTI COPYRIGHT ... MORE TALK ABOUT MORE HANKERCHIEFS TIED ON THE RIGHT LEG--WWAAAAAY KOOOOOO-oooo-ooo-oo-hhhllll. That horn on his head is way TIGHT!
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r.o.b.o.t.i.c.octopus,
let us know what BREAK says concerning your use of his work so we can vote accordingly |
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r.o.b.o.t.i.c.octopus on Mar 22 '07 you can vote $5 whether he approves or not...that doesn't mean threadless will print this...because they won't...pretty sure of it.
i intend to post what he says anyway, if he says anything at all. |
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yeah we're really concerned if his vandalism was used with consent... *shakes head*
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interesting thought J-Ray
You're probably right about the artwork being vandalism, but we don't absolutely know that. Will knowing change my score? I've never had to think through a situation like this before so I'm still undecided. *just finished thinking about it* If it's vandalism, then whatever BREAKS says doesn't matter and r.o.b.o.t.i.c.octopus is scott free unless the owners of the property that was vandalized become the owners of the artwork and they end up frowning upon r.o.b.o.t.i.c.octopus's use of the artwork. So if the artwork's legal owner (whoever it is) doesn't decide to allow r.o.b.o.t.i.c.octopus to use it, then I score 0, otherwise the score is higher. |
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fatheed on Mar 23 '07 I can't believe some people have made such a big deal out of graffitti. The people that created the original 'tagged' image are commercial artists - this is a most likely a piece of illegal vandalism. And if it is, how could the originating artist (a) prove they did it and (b) make any legal case concerning something that is illegal.
Also - how far does a source image have to be re-interpreted/reworked before it is no longer the work of the original artist? Would the estate of Edvard Munch consider suing threadless over the Scr-EMO t-shirt? I doubt it, as they don't know about Threadless. I rest my case M'Lord. |
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r.o.b.o.t.i.c.octopus on Mar 23 '07 g what up im happy thats my piece and bro theres no promblem in usein it im liking the design.you have all my premession to use my flick no problem heres my cell number 1--- --- ---- ...peace stay up family...
and another one from break: g whats good ...thats mine piece .and you do it bro you got my number ,,im with you 100 percent and im the only original break from 1979...you feel me ..so at that note let me know ...i like that ...good luck ..and its all for you peace..... sheesh! he gave me his cel phone number! i mean really! so ge-offa-muh-back! |
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tiphaine on Mar 23 '07 that's awesome! i know you think we were acting like a pack of wild dogs tearing at you, so i appreciate you following up on this anyhow. i still think a little more fading out in the corners would do this a world of good, but this is a solid 4 from me and that change would make it a 5. the depth of this works for me in a way that your other yeticorn subs haven't quite managed to.
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Edword on Mar 23 '07 dude that's so sweet!!!!! Glad that all worked out. you should totally do a collaboration with him:)
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r.o.b.o.t.i.c.octopus on Mar 23 '07 i think this is the closest to a collab we'll come, the dude's nice, just got offa the phone with him...he said that peice wasn't even finished and it's on a public walla nd has no copyright, he's also happy (really happy) to see his work like this...he likes the design. and he said if he needs too he'll step up and TCB! (sign papers etc, although legally there's nothing he needs to do like that)...he also added me as a pal to his myspace! woo!
haha. tiph i dunno about the fading in the corners as i did the white in the back with a "paint roller" all sloppy like...almost how it'd be done with a stencil (just reversed). so 4 or 5 or 3 or 1 put a $ up there! just for fun! word! |
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tiphaine on Mar 23 '07 ok, if you tell me it will be on aqua for the ladies, then i will add the $. that's the deal :)
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People who are scoring 0 because they think they are the arbitrator of copyright law need to get their head examined. It's up to Threadless to decide that, and clearly RoboPus has permission. Just vote on the design. Threadess wouldn't print it anyway if there's a real problem, which there isn't, as you can see from his correspondence with the original artist.
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r.o.b.o.t.i.c.octopus on Mar 23 '07 well teh aqua will cancel out the yeticorn colour since they are so similar, this one only works on darker colours so that blue is the closest you have...sorry. no aqua.
although jkeezy is wearing the blue, i'd say red for dudes and blue for the ladies.. i rarely like doing dark colour shirts (i'm in a bright phase right now) but this is the only way this design seemed to work. put a $ anyway! and J-ray, you're right. usually are. high five. |
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tiphaine on Mar 23 '07 sorry, my friend. dark blue = boxy design on shirt and i cannot cosign that. maybe next time.
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Yay break! That's awesome!
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i love this haha
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r.o.b.o.t.i.c.octopus,
thanks for posting BREAK's messages |
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r.o.b.o.t.i.c.octopus on Mar 23 '07 all he wants in return is a shirt...that's what he said. so, let's make it happen! c'mon!
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see now i helped you make a new friend - so a 1$ is fine by you? not that i'm giving you a 1 just wondering
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r.o.b.o.t.i.c.octopus on Mar 23 '07 well yeh...if the $ is there then that means a person is willing to buy it.
i'm curious if a design was voted all 1s but with a $ every time, then would that have a good chance at being printed? i figure threadless really only cares about the $ (and maybe then the aesthetics of the design, but $ first)... so yeh...as long as there's a $. |
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Robsoul on Mar 23 '07 I say you redraw the "break" thing yourself, make it rough sketchy + quick and make it tonal (one color darker than the tee, no white/pop background) on the shirt. Case closed.
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Robsoul on Mar 23 '07 It's still a 5+$ from me.
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Now that is pretty bad ass.
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I love this and I love that you got permission. This is my favorite design from this contest.
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Love it! I think it really fits the "old skool" theme.
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r.o.b.o.t.i.c.octopus on Mar 24 '07 thing is, i didn't NEED permission, even Break told me this on the phone, he just appreciated that i emailed him.
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Y'know, before I saw the commentary I was going to say that I didn't think it needed the grafitti in the background, just the yeticorn strutting his stuff was great by me. Then I saw the comment that the boombox needed to be on the shoulder, and thought, "that's a great idea!"...but then noticed that it would likely take away from the reference to the bigfoot footage. Right, good point there. Then there was the copyright argument, which got old in a hurry, but ended well enough. And as for the large image across the chest, well, maybe it would bother me if I had a bigger set. But I don't, so it's dandy by me. I hope, for all you've gone through on this, and for the sake of yeticorns everywhere, that this gets printed. Great work. $5
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i am cool with five bucks
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that's the most well-written, positive, and nice comment i've ever read, mephitine. cheers to you!
ps. i still say print this. |
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your style fucking rocks.
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I'ts pretty chill, and I love the wall.
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for the correct way to hold a boombox, just gaze at Optimus Rhyme to the left of my comment. That's how a diesal-powered individual would hold his ghettoblaster (with optional blasters and missles all over my body). o...and way to make a square design that doesn't fit the constraints of what annoys everybody about boxes in the first place. Now i just wish you would actually make something that has something to do with the contest.....kidding! Nice work, yetiman. 4$
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i love your yeticorns. i wish i thought of it :(
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wotto on Mar 26 '07 why dont u take the graffiti out and re - do it urself and change the word to something more 80's. it will stop all the squabblin'
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Is it just me, or is there something reminiscent of White Ninja in that guys' face?? All the same, lovin it. Points!!
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impossiblejosh on Mar 27 '07 dude! 5$$ - check your mail!
im sorry! |
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r.o.b.o.t.i.c.octopus on Mar 27 '07 i got no email from you josh!
i ain't alterin' nuffin' on this because i don't neeeeeeed to! white ninja? wazzat? but thanks for the likers...i appreciate it. |
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This... is... AWESOME! And i think it WILL flatter MY curves, lol! $555
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Yeticorn says:
To use my image and or likeness is a rights management issue...so I will be killing you with my dance skillz and horn spinning, IF I actually exist. Nice design, fun stuff. |
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bad_nobe on Mar 27 '07 wow!love the halftone...everything...
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This is a TOTALLY RAD design, but I'm worried that his bandana on his leg maybe copyrighted. What is Break's position on having more than one bandana on his leg? Until I see two or maybe three bandana's on his leg, I'm going to vote it down. I'm trying to think of some other make believe reasons to vote this design down, but have to admit that yeticorn horn is TeIIGHT!
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The tee color should be the same as the wall. $5 if it was.
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Nice character
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r.o.b.o.t.i.c.octopus on Mar 28 '07 i love horsebag! and some of the other voters.
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tiphaine on Mar 29 '07 Sorry dude, this design deserved a better score.
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Edword on Mar 29 '07 no love for the b-boys. another bullshit score!
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r.o.b.o.t.i.c.octopus on Mar 29 '07 HAHAHAHAHHAHAHA!
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HAHAH
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Love it. Would like it more without the background. Character is enough. $5
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i would love to have this as a shirt
can i request more yeticorn in hip hop related environments please? |
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r.o.b.o.t.i.c.octopus on Dec 14 '07 yep...you can...he's in a bike-core gang, they bump hip hop like crazy...
check out my latest yeticorn sub...and vote HIGH and buy! |
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As usual, Jamie Kennedy is totally wiggin' about this!
he's freakin' out!
$5 please!
for an unobstructed view:
http://www.threadless.com/profile/444916/r_o_b_o_t_i_c_octopus/blog/203286/Another_old_skool_sub