Recruit your friends to be your Evil Henchmen.



In the style of a newspaper ad, this shirt reads,



"Wanted: Antisocial Evil Scientist seeks one Evil

Henchman to do bidding. Must have previous resume in

dastardly deeds by reputable evil mastermind or similar.

Job requirements include heavy lifting, taking part in evil

plots, world domination, and twice daily tea. Contact

(000) 555-0606."



With this shirt, you should have the henchmen lining up to serve you and carry out your every desire. And have tea and cookies.

I LOVE the concept! It comes out a bit bland as shirt though.

Make it look like the person tore it out of the newspaper.. including words from other realistic (or unrealistic, whatever) looking ads. That would take away from the bland-ness.

It is a true stroke of (possibly evil) genius! You could also change the number to something more "evil," but it's great as is. A more newsprint-colored shirt would be cool, too.

hmm. I did think it was a little bland. And I may go back and alter it to make it look like a real newspaper ad, though it might prove to be a bit difficult. That's what I wanted to do with it in the first place...



The phone number. Well, I figured that 555-0666 would have been way to predictable. Other than that, I dunno. I just didn't feel like doing a phone number that's been done and re-done.

Make it more narrow, and maybe not have the lines justified so that there is a little more visual interest is my suggestion. I like it :)

this dezign needs some sex appeal.

this is the type of shirt were you have people stand in front of you for days.

I love it! "and twice daily tea" ! That's great.

Hahaha spiff it up by putting it on a newspaper-shade color background and changing the font to be more dating ad-ish. then it's a $5 now it's just a 5

I agree with the above, make it look like it is on a real newpaper, and also make it bigger its really small to read... people will be up close and personal with my chest if it were that small

Awesome writing, I like it as is but it would be cooler with some more design.

(555) 666-EVIL



(555) BAD-0666



"...hunched back a plus..."



"...physical deformity not necessary, but preference will be given to those cadidates with club foot or hunch back..."

maybe you could make it look like it's a flyer that a nasty, gnarled hunchman hand is holding, looking at.

just an idea, because i like it!

i would like the font to be something a tad more exciting and newspapery. georgia or times new roman, perhaps? and i vote gray shirt. :]

Yeah, definitely a different font and different coloured shirt.



And the real newspaper ad idea sounds great.

fun concept... clumsy execution

Hmm. Some of the above suggestions, I agree with.



But I'll say this...I was at work when I made it, and was under a bit of a time constraint. I also did not have all my tools. That said, I agree with the newspaper-ish ideas. I really would like to do something with it to make it look like it came off of a newspaper.



Size: boy...this one is a big problem. If I make it any bigger, it won't really fit on the shirt...or you'll have people looking at the side of your chest to read bits of it...



As to fonts, I used the same one that the classifieds section of the local newspaper uses...was that a mistake?



Wording! wow. The bits about physical deformity were pretty funny...thanks for the laugh, but I don't think that when I revamp this I'll be including any of that...



Thanks for all the suggestions so far!



a/j

ahhhhh...no...very no....sorry

Not enough to just say 'no' MR_DAVE. Every heard of CONSTRUCTIVE criticism?

mr dave has a limited vocabulary of 4 words, but he pad's it out well by extending letters and dots, lemme try that.



Greeeaaatt concept..... but Iiii think....its....poooorly....illustrated.



RESUBIT, do it with a an evil scientist type guy at home with some coffee reading the paper and a little circle thing which enlarges the type and it will be muy sexo - with that 5$



without 3

also, make it cartoony. and put it in a kitchen :]

The entire shirt should be a newspaper with all kinds of fake and crazy ads

change the shirt colour id say. also, yeah, put other ads around it. and the number should change to something evil



love hte concept, would like to see version 2

Hey, you guys are giving me great ideas for the new version of this shirt! While some people refuse to give actual critique (coughMrDavecough), a few of you guys have come up with awesome suggestions.



Pablicious: I'm playing with the idea of a gnarled hand holding a pen over the newspaper, having just circled the ad. And of course I would have to make it cartoon-ish!



Welovekatamari: wouldn't making the entire shirt into a newspaper make the ad harder to read? I mean, I love the idea, but I'm not quite sure I would want someone that close to my chest so they could read it...



linkpalmer: dig the idea of changing the shirt color. I think I'll put it on two colors next go round. Probably like natural or that really light gray, and maybe that athletic heather.



You guys are great! Keep the comments coming!!!!



a/j

Twice-daily tea = very amusing

(462) 384-5626



Give that a try. Make people think about it



I like the message, I usually instantly give shirts like these a low score, but I read it and I like it. I'd like to see what could come of this.

BIGGER.

i like it. it should be more newspapery though.

Im going to be a broken record!



Really play on the 'newspaper ad' theme - will help it feel less bare, and also provides another avenue for comedic hilarity with snippets of the ads surrounding it still left to read.



I love the concept though, who wouldn't want that job!?

ew no..

Wow Eddie, that was possibly the best comment I've ever read in my life

I like the idea of having the multiple ads on there. And the others could seem real but the more you look at it the more they become humorous, so that the main idea still becomes the focal point

I'm just waiting for some idiot to "say lose the text."



Personally, I love it. I'd like the idea of making it look more like it had been ripped from a newspaper, but I love it as is too.

Hmm...maybe put some jagged paper edges around the text, to give it that "clipped from the paper" feel (just for added texture).



Loves it!

Maybe you could leave out the phone number entirely.



I agree it needs something more. The torn from a newspaper idea is good. To make that work, we should see bits of the surrounding ads. That could add to the humour.

boring

I'd say make it look like it was ripped out of the newspaper. maybe on some kind of a grid with a few other ad fragments around it.

way too plain

right now, it kind of reminds me of something one could find at wally world. I'd say work on the specificity of the "requirements." :)

Good concept, poor execution.



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I'd buy it like this, but I'd love it even more if you followed any one of the suggestions mentioned so far, which I see you intend to do. Excellent!

I don't think the 'put ads around the main article' will work. You'll have people reading your shirt for 5+ min instead of just scanning it and laughing.

Perhaps a grey color for the shirt (Similar to the color used for newspaper) and have it look like the ad was torn/clipped from the shirt?

Plain white just dosen't do it for me.

5, with a $ if the T-Shirt color is changed to something less bland.

needs to be on a differant color, like black =) 4

i like the idea of the hand circling the ad, but also add in random ads for realism.

4+$ for now...

very funny, but hard concept to follow on a t-shirt.

I like the concept...and I know using '666' in the phone number would be too typical...but I think '555-4666' could work well when ya think about it...

I WANT THIS! Actually this would more suit my brother, (at times he seems evil) but. . . . . . . $5

maybe if the words were white and the shirt black?



i like it though, and the twice daily tea is a nice touch ^__^ even evil doers need some time to be civilized!

I think the concept is great but it doesn't keep your attention enough to read it if someone is wearing it; too bland. Here are some ideas:



Make it, graphically, look like an ad ripped out of a newspaper.



You could also make it look like aged paper. Like an old vintage ad. Vintage does well these days.



Put it on a darker shirt, medium to black color range.

could be better executed, but i like the concept. i like it plain, but i could see you making it better with the newspaper comments. 4

Thanks for all your suggestions. I think that my final design will be on a darker color, to make it look more like newsprint. That, and I'll do the ripped from the newspaper bit, along with a slightly more old-fashioned newspaper font and very minimal amounts of surrounding ads.



I agree with Brian.postal on the fact that having too many surrounding ads would make it hella confusing, as well as...who wants someone staring at their chest for THAT long? The hand circling the ad might be a bit too much, as well.



So here's the final word:



Natural/heather/light gray

older font

ripped paper look



NO BLACK SHIRTS! (this would be excessively hard to read~!)



Keep your eyes peeled for the redux.



a/j