Grow A Beard
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Apr 24 '07
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Haha, that's awesome!
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random line from beard going through the thumb?
question mark? change that and its good to go. |
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Ubër pwn, $5, I love your stuff
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please sub more!!!! $5!!!
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so, so true.
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franx on Apr 24 '07 i concur
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martiandrivein on Apr 24 '07 ha! my roomate always says, "Grow a beard, faggot"
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cute. but that line bothers me too
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YES!
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You're easily one of my favorite artists here, our great minds think alike!
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cronobeaker on Apr 24 '07 the line does bother me but i can live with it:) Great work again!
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I love it
lol at the medieval reference there should be an asterisk though, people would like you more if you grew a beard* *unless youre grizzly adams |
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bananaphone on Apr 24 '07 not everything has to look like it does in real life, I like overlapping lines but its not that big a deal.
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mezo on Apr 24 '07 Though I love the beard sentiment, and applaud the accompanying moustache, I can't help but yearn for more illustrative elements. As is feels empty and almost boring. Perhaps its the subdued color scheme? I am not sure. But this is still good. Especially his wide crazy mountain man eyes. 3
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i do think this would look a bit better if the beard was the same color as the hair and you kept the white text.
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bananaphone on Apr 24 '07 beard = too big to have a dark brown ink splotch.
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i'd still like to see it though...
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bananaphone on Apr 24 '07 I'm pretty sure I can judge things and their ability to work without your ok.
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i didn't say you couldn't. i was just making a request.
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speedyjvw on Apr 24 '07 heh
well done man 5$ |
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bananaphone on Apr 24 '07 urban have you been in the critique forum entries too long?
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He is kind of ugly but so cute
I love it! |
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probably. i just miss your attention bananaphone
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what a beaut,
and my beard comes in with that same color as well, and i too, have brown hair... 5$ |
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I love it.
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This would be awesome if it was awesome.
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bananaphone on Apr 24 '07 j-ray, find another fishing spot.
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OlliRudi on Apr 24 '07 dollah sign
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kaloyster on Apr 24 '07 I really need to grow a full beard instead of just the moustache and a lousy goatee.
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ew. dude lose that line! it is inconsistent with the image.
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bsweber on Apr 24 '07 i like that the model is takin a shot at growing that beard. $5
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I actually prefer the way the beard is a different colour to the hair... it enhances what the design is trying to achieve... like it.
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i'm feeling where this design is coming from.
see my gallery pic for justification. |
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stingerstyler on Apr 25 '07 This is not true. I never call out Freedom in shopping centres!
And the red beard with dark hair is actually possible! |
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I just shaved my beard off after 6 months, and I'm definitely less popular now. I'd consider buying this.
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The thumb should definitely be in front of the beard. Looks off with the beard line in front of the thumb. Also, the capital B on beard looks off. This is hella funny but the execution could be better. 4
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Never have I heard such truth.
Good job. |
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This is amazing. If this gets printed, there's no way I'm not buying it and wearing it whenever I can. 5$
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The wrinkle lines are surprisingly cute.
Lourve. |
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Love this... like the big ginger beard!
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i hate shaving
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the beard reminds me of a nest of bees for some reason.
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Beards are one of my favourite things on the planet. I need to have this.
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While I couldn't give a toss myself, I suspect this doesn't stand much chance of being printed unless you sort that thumb out.
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I don't know, beardedness is a mixed bag. Most people I know marvel and drop compliments like crazy when I lose my beard.
Hell, my niece is afraid of me when I'm bearded. |
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as a bearded dude, I love this. Simple, silly and clean.
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as an asian male, this is a little ostracizing. as if it were a snub at those who can't grow a FULL beard. i could be way off with this idea though, no offence.
also sucks ladies don't have this deal regarding leg hair. |
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bananaphone on Apr 25 '07 some women can grow facial beards too. Either way the thumb line isnt a big deal, if they noticed the colouring - the thumb is infront of the beard. IT was just a stylised thing that people want to whinge about for the sake of whinging about something. That's fine with me.
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I'm not whinging about it for the sake of whinging about something.
I think it looks like a mistake on an otherwise great design. I would want this shirt, except the line bugs me. It wouldn't be hard to remove it, and the design would be perfect. Plus, I don't think it should be on white. |
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bananaphone on Apr 25 '07 its not, its on natural.
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Sounds like to me that you subbed it and didn't catch the mistake but don't want to admit to it so you try to play it off as something you did to add style.
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especially because no other sub out of the millions you have are like that.
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Tonteau on Apr 25 '07 Have to say, it seems the opposite to me. Looks deliberate.
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nah, i like the fact that it's not perfect
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i cant decide whether i like it or find it incredibly dull..
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dacat on Apr 25 '07 Ha ha ha, that statement in the corner is priceless, I wish that was on the shirt in small print on the back or somewhere
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bananaphone on Apr 25 '07 The very way I colour my subs means that I couldn't possibly make a line like that by mistake. I wouldn't expect you to know that though mindtrance, since all your subs seem to play off actually knowing anything about typography.
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Oh... was that supposed to be a diss Matt? You must be getting soft in your young age.
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this is poo
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sorry but is "whinge" a word?
i'll give it a five but i don't like the color of the beard. should be blue. or some other color lol. |
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since all your subs basically look the same i can't imagine this taking you more than five minutes to make. I know it's your "style" but every design with a person in it looks almost exactly the same and it's quite boring. The whole random thing doesn't really work when you're TRYING to be "random".
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bananaphone on Apr 25 '07 yes whinge is a word, check out dictionary.com
and stars, this is a recomposition of an old design, its supposed to look the same. That's "the point" just incase you missed it. |
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bananaphone on Apr 25 '07 oh wait sorry, I thought i had the potato snake thing open, people should be complaining about randomness with that, not this.
And this person is drawn in a different style to my usual people, check out the differences for yourself. |
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that's not what i'm saying. It isn't much of a point that you're making. I had no clue that it's a recomposition of an old one, what i'm saying is that all your designs look the same and it gets boring.
you need to take your head out of your ass. |
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YES. I like the design. And it is the truth. Everyone would look better with a beard
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!Asstarsgoout... haha...
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bananaphone on Apr 25 '07 all of glennz's, d3d's, tom burn's, and so on's designs look the same too, go have a cry to them about their styles.
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bananaphone on Apr 25 '07 That's the beauty of threadless, if you think one artist is boring, there's plenty of others. Don't try to change me into someone else. If it's so much of a concern to you, why aren't you encouraging an artist you actually like instead of talking shit about one that you don't.
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i'm not trying to change you at all. And it's really not a concern to me at all, i just stated my opinion on the design.
You always have such a shitty attitude towards people who arent praising your designs. You're so rude to everyone here and your head is way too big from all the "omg banana phone is the best" comments. Your designs are poorly done and tired. It doesn't look like you put any effort into them at all. It's nothing that we havn't seen . . .85 times before. |
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Emily here's proof that bananaphone changes his style drastically and improves with every submission:
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d86/IcyDeadPeople/mattpalmer.gif hehe |
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oh, my bad. haha
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I still love jray's quote in my profile... that was some funny shit.
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lol
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this is kind of turning into a blog
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that quote is hilarious
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tesco on Apr 25 '07 lol at mead drinking. 5'd for the line of the beard going over the thumb.
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lmfao!!! i like u!!!!! gah, awesome
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I totaly love your style. Great stuff all together. Good luck especially with this one. Brilliant, what can I say? 5$
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i think you're onto something here. $5
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bananaphone on Apr 26 '07 J-ray, wanna know something funny? That you go on about how you don't know whether you're good enough to be a designer to girls on threadless in private.
Yep, ouch. I never said I could draw, and I certainly never sell myself as an illustrator. Yet somehow you'll see my illustrations in every coles store in queensland soon enough. Where are yours? What are you doing with your so called talent? Absolutely fucking nothing but whinging in other peoples posts, YET AGAIN. |
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Oh dear.
I liked this design, but all this bitching and point-scoring is just pathetic. And bananaphone - you need to learn to take criticism better. |
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bananaphone on Apr 26 '07 I dont mind criticism, but the 2 people doing it to be assholes, not to actually offer anything in the realm of constructive advice. Infact I am disapointed that I am not criticised as much these days. Criticism means im doing a good job. So get over the whole "he can't take criticism" bullshit, because I like it more than all the 5$s most of the time.
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noponies on Apr 26 '07 awesome fun work! $5
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I have a beard and I drink mead. I actually make my own mead (and beer and hard cider). I am a little concerned about the thumb. If the thumb was fixed, and this gets printed, maybe I will post of picture of me wearing the shirt while drinking mead!
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bananaphone on Apr 26 '07 you do that renfrew, you do that...
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Hmm, it looks as if he's holding up a fake beard. DAMN POSER!
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mikemills on Apr 26 '07 People do like me more because of my beard. Except for Mormons.
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NIIIIIIIIICE
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It just shows that you know absolutely nothing about me, Bananaphone, when you make up stuff like that, and think that I'll be impressed you're going to have illustrations in a bookstore that's as tasteful as K-mart.
By the way, I see you deleted your long and slanderous blog, as I predicted. |
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you want criticism? that's what my first comment was. i wasn't trying to be an asshole, i was criticizing your design.
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its funny that he thinks emily and j-ray are doing it to be assholes.
what do you call it when you do it to other people? exactly. |
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I'm sorry to break the news to you Bananaphone, but the only people giving you good comments are the ones scared of having you say B.S. on their own designs. You have been printed many times only through sympathy for your numerous lackluster efforts.
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Holy cow, you people grouse a lot at each other without saying anything funny in the process.
If you wanna have a bitchfest, could you please make it wittier? And...before someone gets nasty and wants to rip me a new one (I've noticed a trend), no, I haven't submitted anything because everything I draw sucks too much, so you're ALL better than me, okay? My advice is rarely very helpful, just my thoughts/observations/opinions. I was going to say that I liked the line through the thumb because it's unexpected. And I was going to say that beards are icky but funny...great on Santa, but a complete turn-off otherwise. I was also going to mention that I've known two large women with full beards that they quit bothering to shave...and one who had a soul patch/goatee thing going on. I don't think it made them more popular, but it definitely made it tough to talk to them--had to make a distinct effort NOT to let the eyes drift down and marvel at all that wild hair. Bananaphone, I think it's great that you have your own style, and I look forward to seeing it like I look forward to seeing all the phenomenal artists who post subs here. However, you really seem to take the bait on negative comments. Yikes. Now I'm done whinging (yes, it's a real word). |
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bananaphone on Apr 26 '07 "its funny that he thinks emily and j-ray are doing it to be assholes."
I was refering to you and j-ray actually. Emily is fine. You're apparently quite stupid. |
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bananaphone on Apr 26 '07 and meph posts like yours are far more helpful, criticism or not, than "this is poo" for the sake of being an asshole.
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i do enjoy the fighting.
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bananaphone on Apr 26 '07 houston, we have a fake account.
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why is emily fine?
sorry i don't mean to continue the conflict. it's a bit fun but it makes me sad. |
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actually i wasn't.
i was making a suggestion/opinion. |
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bananaphone on Apr 26 '07 because emily can express herself intelligently. Something urbanraptor and j-ray could learn from.
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renfrue on Apr 26 '07 renfrew on Apr 26 '07
I have a beard and I drink mead. I actually make my own mead (and beer and hard cider). I am a little concerned about the thumb. If the thumb was fixed, and this gets printed, maybe I will post of picture of me wearing the shirt while drinking mead! Oh my stars, another renfrue (frew) |
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brillianT! pogonphiles rejoice!
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er....pogonophiles that is
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yeah emily shows to be very intelligent in this blog
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oh right, it's not a blog lol
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You've been printed several times for a reason. Ignore the jealous people. I this is great. My boyfriend has a beard, I would buy two of these tees in a heartbeat.
btw, I love the shirt you did for vintagevantage.com, but I wish they had printed girls sizes as well.... why is it only for the lads??? |
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bananaphone on Apr 26 '07 I have no idea wimbels, they usually have a seperate page for girls and guys for each tee though. You might have some luck with the smallest guys size if you are desperate, their tees are slim fitting and nice fabric. They don't use AA btw, but its very similar.
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This has a good feel.
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I know quite a few people who would love this on their chest. I dont think It would suit me but I like it.
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(matthijs) on Apr 27 '07 I'm a beard man myself, so great stuff, you're on a good roll lately.
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bananaphone on Apr 27 '07 maki has commented, you may now return to your regular programming/actually talking about the t-shirt.
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I love the design, and the fact that the beard is ginger, as my dad, mate and boyfriends beards have all gone ginger, and I'm sure if my grans was a bit longer it would go the same way. I really want this so damn bad, I hope you put the text thing maybe on the back or something. Tis awesome.
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I'm not sure what the huge deal about the line is, but I think bananaphone needs to learn to deal with a little constructive criticism. (:
Don't mind me, but I personally think you'd be a better person if you learned to deal with criticism. But that's just my opinion. The design is nice and it has a definite style to it, which I think the infamous thumb-line is part of. I have no issues with it. My only concern is that the accompanying text, (the "Bearded people are very hearty," etc.) is funnier than the actual t-shirt and yet isn't on the tee. ): I agree with whoever said it should be on the back or something, because it's hilarious. You get my $5, plus some complimentary bitching. (: |
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personally i'm not a fan of this one which does not make it a bad design it's just my opinion... i like the concept but not the finish. Matts style works fantastically for some designs, and he has shown he is capable of changing his style to better suit certain situatons when neccesary. It is different look from the main stream which is a good thing, and we all know he is often blunt to the point of rudness so if you dont like his design it's fine to say so but in this situation it is important to critique the design and not the designer, save the other personal shit for the blogs and/or your inner monologue. Threadless has a real problem with design being judged on who created it and not on merrit... so score this as you see fit and move on... i give it a 2:)
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bananaphone on Apr 27 '07 ergh... I DO deal with criticism, I also deal with stupid wanks that troll around on my subs trying to stir shit. The 2 are very different things, don't mistake one for the other.
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I agree that some of it was just blatant pettiness with very little constructiveness (Like "This would be awesome if it were awesome." Wtf, J-ray?) but the only reason this whole thing happened is because you bit their bait. They're just trying to piss you off, and you're letting them.
Of course, I'm not doing much better. (: But at least I gave you some criticism, no? |
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bananaphone on Apr 27 '07 yes well it was either that or wed be up to j-ray saying "poo poo" for the tenth time now.
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J-ray, I am not trying to be mean, but you obviously don't understand art. All artists have a unique style and somewhat of a pattern in the way they work. Monet's paintings look alike; anyone with half of a brain can see that. I think that Banannaphone's artistic ability is unique to him and it is his style which cannot be compared to the likes of other artists. All of the Simpson' characters draw the same, and they make millions. :] Maybe he could change the way he draws; who knows? Maybe he just doesn't want to because it is his signature way. I enjoyed this shirt so I looked at your other drawings, banannaphone, and I must say that the “Let’s Make Art” makes me awfully sad. Poor birdy. |
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bananaphone on Apr 27 '07 lets make art is a parody of an old creative director I had. HE would never do anything quite like in the illustration, but he always claimed that everything in it's own way was art. So it was basically a sketch on the train to work taking the piss out of him a bit.
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Yesh, I am jsut in PETA. I never buy any shirt that has anything frowining on it, I liek to be happy.
j-ray's unnecessary stupidity makes me sad. Sorry you had to be at the sharp end of the sword. I like you're style. I support creativity, but I'm a tough critic. I gave it a $4. |
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im not gona buy this purley cuz this artist cannot take critasism or requests from this forum without getting pissed at them..
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sorry, i take that back, i didnt read the whole thread, good on you for standing up for yrself.
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so true... when I had a beard i couldn't keep my gf off of me! And people seemed to believe everything i said cause it made me look smarter
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lol. i couldn't stop laughing. awesome. 5.
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lol it's just a shirt, why such fuss?
but it is quite a clever shirt kudos to you bananaphone, kudos. |
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hehehehe :D
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yay i love beards!! Need this shirt... not so hot on the colour sceme but it wont take much to convince me to buy this thing!!! mwah love the idea
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I'm a fan of you, your designs, and this shirt! The trolling spammers are just jealous. :)
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holy balls all these comments could make book
a shitty book but this design would make a good tee 4 |
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oh, apparently it ended one day ago lol
good score bp |
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(print this threadless)
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oh god i hope this gets printed.
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graphicairlines on May 21 '07 This one also Cooool!!!
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godflammit I SAID PRINT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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impossiblejosh on Jun 08 '07 i have a story to tell you because your from australia, so it must be relevent.
i was walking to a concert in town, and there were these cooler than cool guys with beards and tight pants. me and my buddies were making fun of them. later on, it turns out that they were YOUTH GROUP, they were walking from thier hotel. so i made fun of one of my favorite bands. i hope you like them! too poppy? 5$ ! |
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i love this
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stickymike on Sep 08 '07 its so true.....
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i really like this one, anybody can tell how i can find the tshirt page?
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bananaphone on Dec 18 '07 it wasn't printed and thus there is no t-shirt page.
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print this
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Print! Unless this has been printed elsewhere without my knowledge?
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