I though of: Kickin' It In The 1880's (Classic Grillz)
and I have no idea if it's been used in this comp before, so if it has been, sry.

5 colors, on gray or silver, comments wanted and welcome, enjoy!!

Nice design, but the yellow teeth are scary and draw too much attention away from the rest of the image. Lose the yellow teeth!

Scary. Looks like butter teeth.

great illo, i would love the teeth to be larger and more exaggereated. i dont like the cut off wheel.
good job $4

The old-school scratch marks are a bit weird -- But it's an excellent illustration!

ya, the teeth are a little scary, and i don't really like the scratch marks either, but i do dig the idea.

cool !

I really like it 5$

Interesting idea

awesome, 44! hopefully in gold ink.

i agre with amaliaslash -- gold ink is a must. 5$

Really nice. 5

don't like yellow teeth

dang i have been working on something similar.

there is one hand holding the handle bar. I think it is supposed to connect to the one guy but it isnt and it looks really creepy.

I forgot to add that the gold is in gold foil ink!!
thanks.

lol^ his hand is coming out his fly.

ahh, didn't notice that!! haha.

i like, not sure bout scratch makes tho

that was marks

i like this whole 1880's thing. but i like the first 1880's one much more than this.
this is still one of the better submissions in this category though.

Yeah I like it all 'cept for the yellow teeth which are moderately disturbing:-)

But hey, I guess that's probably what people's teeth DID look like back then...

so there IS another one with this theme, oops....

but the teeth will be in foil, so they won't be yellow, they will SHINE.
but I guess they are a little gross.

the bicycles of the 1880s had one large big wheel and then a tiny one. if you changed that i would so buy it.

the front wheel needs to be finished but i love this design

the teeth are a little scary

I get your concept and the displaying of grillz. I like the teeth provided they are done in gold foil. What other way would you illustrate grillz? Is there a way to illustrate the "twinkle" of a bright set of grillz? I'm not hung up on the way they are now. I still think the notion is clear and well illustrated I love it. $5. Love the whole concept.

thank you.

i love anything to do with bikes,

A+

except for the scratch marks

pretty rad!

I agree that the cutoff wheel and elbow look weird. But this is pretty awesome otherwise!

Brilliant!

(and spinners on the bike!) lol

Here's the other 1880's sub
http://www.threadless.com/submission/112731/Kickin_It_Really_Old_School

Interesting design, but I'd like to see the rest of the front wheel, if possible. Bike designs are always a favorite in my house.

thank you for the link.

great concept and execution

pretty cool. I wouldn't say to loose the gold teeth because then the title is meaningless, but the half-wheel is really awkward

instead of yellow, use actual gold. love the grills.

well, that's why I commented "all the gold is in gold foil"
and thanks.

I really like this.
But I don't like the cut off wheel.

4.

haha..thats funny

Good lord people! Do that many of you really have no idea what a grill is? They're not yellow teeth.

wiki:grillz
This is awesome, by the way.

pretty kewl

I don't think grillz were around in the 80's or time period the movie takes place in...they are more of a modern 90's and up invention....if you wanted to associate this old-timey feel with the chain-craziness of the 1800's, why not give them some gigantic RUN DMC chains, and really show the bling off (even if the bling is in gold foil, i think some lines coming off the buttons and such that demonstrate the shininess of the object would be a nice touch) moreso than what is going on here. But like i said, lose the grillz and chain them up more, with more rings and things as well. 3.

I agree with Frickin on the chain thing. I wouldn't add unnecessary chains, but especiall on the front left guy, go to town with his pocket watch chain.

Also, the elbow of the front left guy, either add it in or take out his hand on the bar.

Other layout issues I'm having: What is the thing coming off the left foot of the guy on the bike? In the original I would imagine its some kind of device for the old bikes, but it doesnt read at all. There is also a rogue line under the back tire. And there is a tangent where the pants of the right guy meet the front tire's splashguard. Also, the back tire is above the front guys foot, so it's technically floating, but whatev.
I also think there is too much gold sheen coming off the bike in it's highlights, when you could pump it up so much if it was more prominent in the spokes, in the splash guards, etc. as whole pieces of the bike, like the whole items of the dudes' garb, rather than highlights.

One last thing, yes they have grillz. But I would recommend only giving one or two guys full grillz, and maybe giving another guy a few gold teeth. Even if it was in gold, the all gold teeth on all the guys, when there isn't much other gold on them, is probably what's throwing a lot of people off.

All that said, I REALLY like the concept. It made me laugh out loud, and with a little work I think it will really be even better.

Love the whole thing. The teeth...the scratches....the name...good show old boy...$5

Oh yeah. Gold ink, or accentuate the grillz by drawing glinty marks. Otherwise it just look likes bad teeth.

I like this one MORE than the other 1880s one. This one has a better concept. I would definitely finish off the wheel but that's an easy fix.

Don't cut off the wheel

Don't cut off the wheel

too many invisible parts, the wheel disappears in the front, missing hands and arms. Sadly i dont really like how they were drawn. Good idea, but could have been pulled off better.

This was a good idea, but i think it was poorly pulled off. Half the front wheel is missing, hands and arms are segmented/missing and I dont really like how the people were drawn. The way the hands are is confusing as well. Sorry.

would be even cooler if it was a really old bike, one with a huge wheel as well as a tiny one.

I agree, the concept is there it just needs better execution.

thanks for the advice.