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Jul 18 '07
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Ste7en
   Ste7en on Jul 18 '07
You've always had an undeniable similarity to glennz, but this one makes me think you two are the same person. This is really great, and to be clear, I dont think that you being "more like glennz" makes you better, as your stuff is usually pretty great, I just mean it as an observation of styles.
alphabetapi
alphabetapi on Jul 18 '07
best gladiator sub yet! 5

"Heed! Pants! Now!"
fatheed
   fatheed on Jul 18 '07
!!!

I only used 4 colours for this sub becasue I was in a resourceful mood. Here is the critique.

To be fair, not much of a critique, but you can see the pencil and ink version if it takes yer fancy M'Lud.
jpiatt
   jpiatt on Jul 18 '07
haha this is as good as it gets once again fatheed.
you piss me off sometimes cause I wish I could have even half the clever ideas you have.
BlameTheSuburbs
   BlameTheSuburbs on Jul 18 '07
i really wish you had another color or two(blue and red) to make the american gladiator stand out. Still cool though.
fatheed
   fatheed on Jul 18 '07
I scrapped the colour version as it was looking a bit cheap, and went for the 'Classico' look. Its a real look don't you know.
Edword
   Edword on Jul 18 '07
get'm nitro! great job!
BrobAZ
BrobAZ on Jul 18 '07
Nice! $5
burgz
burgz on Jul 18 '07
Yes Maxximus Nitrus, I am entertained...
T and M
T and M on Jul 18 '07
Very clever indeed. Nice.
xiv
   xiv on Jul 18 '07
5
Frank Vice
Frank Vice on Jul 18 '07
$5 ;)
ISABOA
ISABOA on Jul 18 '07
it is great! 5$
Leslee
Leslee on Jul 18 '07
Haha, great!
kalagrace
kalagrace on Jul 18 '07
fan-freaking-tastic. seriously.
jasper7777
jasper7777 on Jul 18 '07
$5 funny, and well executed!
sentimentalgeek
sentimentalgeek on Jul 18 '07
5! love it
travioli
travioli on Jul 18 '07
Gladiators suck 0.

Damn it, I've given into the "pretend to give fatheed a bad score" cliche. Awesome job! $5
dacat
   dacat on Jul 18 '07
I don't know Ste7en, I think fatheed / glennz are very different...I prefer this kinda humor over puns usually $5
Ant-i
Ant-i on Jul 18 '07
awesom.
Ant-i
Ant-i on Jul 18 '07
e,
Alex9651899
Alex9651899 on Jul 18 '07
i still like the sketch'd version better but this will have to do $4
opifan64
   opifan64 on Jul 18 '07
wow... this went up fast! awesome $5
rhythmdev9
rhythmdev9 on Jul 18 '07
you gotta giggle here... 5
jayparx
jayparx on Jul 18 '07
The $V at the top earned you a $
fade2red
fade2red on Jul 18 '07
another great design, damn u keep em coming $5
lunchbreath
lunchbreath on Jul 18 '07
yeah, fantastic. i think Nitro is actually a little scrawny...but who cares, it's sweet.
herky
   herky on Jul 19 '07
The shading, highlights and monotone colors are excellent. The $V is also a nice touch.
fatheed
   fatheed on Jul 19 '07
Thanks guys! It's not actually Nitro by the way. In the crits, he got labelled Malibu - but he's nobody in particular. The ambiguity of the monotone allows us to surmise that he may actually be a contender rather than a Gladiator. Perhaps we'll never know. You will go on my first whistle...
noponies
   noponies on Jul 19 '07
nice work all the way!
FRICKINAWESOME
FRICKINAWESOME on Jul 19 '07
Yet another clever idea by you that i need to possess a copy of immediately if not sooner. Sweet sweet sweeeeeeeeeeeet design and concept Fatheed. Nothing could be better about this one. Excpet if i got one of this surely printed copies for free! 5$
niasian
niasian on Jul 19 '07
$5!
mullmuggins
mullmuggins on Jul 19 '07
Threadless, you will print on my first whistle!

Fatheed, where do get so many good ideas from??? $5
BestFlatmate
BestFlatmate on Jul 19 '07
Oh, $5!
MrDomino
   MrDomino on Jul 19 '07
"$V" is the funniest part of the piece for me. I agree with Ste7en that you are approaching a mental symbiosis with glennz. Which is good in the sense that you are evolving, but bad in that you are walking a heavily treaded path. Puns and pop-culture references are what they are, and I really think we have our quota of those things here. What I'm saying is that I wish you'd bend your considerable skill to something more meaningful, or at least more you.

Let glennz do glennz. He's very good at it.
fatheed
   fatheed on Jul 19 '07
Haha. I'm not trying to do 'Glennz' and I'll carry on submitting whatever comes into my head - whether it's puns or pop-culture references or anything else I think will work on Threadless. Despite what you might think, Glennz doesn't have a monopoly on pop-culture designs.

And what do you mean, something more meaningful and something more me?! This is me! If you check any of my printed designs, you'll see that just about all of them are designed in this style. I'm not afraid to explore new approches (see last and pending designs) and I will continue this in the future. So I won't be taking your advice. Cheers.
MrDomino
   MrDomino on Jul 19 '07
I don't think he has a monopoly. I think he's the most successful. Whether or not you are trying to emulate him, I think the comparison is there for this piece. There are plenty of other subs you've done that are more idiosyncratic. The Cornelius sub, Peppered with Compliments, Takin it back to '82, Guernica the Musical, and even Stalemate at Old Chilpango are more interesting visually and conceptually.

It's not that I don't like your work fatheed, I really do, I just think you have the mind and the means to do some really incredible work. Take from that what you will.
fatheed
   fatheed on Jul 19 '07
Thank you MrD. I'm glad you like my work, but none of the designs you mentioned were printed and that is what it boils down to. I don't care for comparisons with Glen and I'm not trying to emulate him. He is the most successful designer at the visual pun, but he's been here 3 times as long, subbed probably 3 times as much, and got 3 times the prints. If there is a visual pun not done yet that I think will work, I'm not ever going to think - 'oh hang on, that's kinda Glennz thing'. Cheers for you thoughts though.

CheapProps
CheapProps on Jul 19 '07
i'd do it
MrDomino
   MrDomino on Jul 19 '07
I got you man, we all do this for different reasons. You're conscious of your reasons and that's what is important to me. Rock it if you love it, just do me a favor and throw a curve ball once in a while.
Ninjapanda
Ninjapanda on Jul 19 '07
FLIPPIN' SWEET!!
raxotoxin
raxotoxin on Jul 19 '07
a much better homage to The Gladiators than the other design I saw.
zempt
zempt on Jul 19 '07
Reminds me of the show American Gladiators.
sometimessane
sometimessane on Jul 19 '07
love the design and the colour. $5
kennybanzai
   kennybanzai on Jul 20 '07
Me and my friends would play american gladiators in the basement with nerf poppers and we'd also hang on the tree in the back yard and try and pull each other down with our legs. That was fun stuff. Nice Design Dude.
WhitneyBeth
   WhitneyBeth on Jul 20 '07
this is really super-funny! so well done. i used to watch this show (should i be admitting that?).
OlliRudi
   OlliRudi on Jul 20 '07
totally exellent
holynazi
holynazi on Jul 20 '07
add more color to it. kinda bland
dimatt
dimatt on Jul 21 '07
most likely printed methinks
Shamrockah
Shamrockah on Jul 21 '07
Outstanding 5!
everygirl
everygirl on Jul 22 '07
$V
kaloyster
   kaloyster on Jul 22 '07
If you check any of my printed designs, you'll see that just about all of them are designed in this style.

Party Pieces was not.

Good job on this one!
fatheed
   fatheed on Jul 22 '07
Thats why I said 'just about all of them'
fineyoungknives
fineyoungknives on Jul 22 '07
challenger ready
Mandyhello
Mandyhello on Jul 24 '07
holy guacamole!

you could use this shirt instead of carding.. if you're old enough to know what's going on, you're old enough to buy liquor :D
mezo
   mezo on Jul 24 '07
Great illustration, as usual. Looks nice as a tone on tone design, too. Also is the one on the right Turbo? I like to imagine he is. 5
yion072
yion072 on Jul 24 '07
I always wanted to be on that show. I forgot about it. Sweet design.
mephitine
mephitine on Jul 24 '07
I see this style and think Fatheed, not Glennz. But maybe that's just me? Similar, yes. Interchangeably similar? Not a chance. I'm giving this a 5 because of the skill and wit. If it was something I'd wear, I'd give it the $5, but the subject just isn't my thing. Excellent work nonetheless, and I hope it gets printed.
fatheed
   fatheed on Jul 24 '07
Thanks mephitine! Thanks all for the swell comments.
bobbyleonard
bobbyleonard on Jul 24 '07
yeah dude... this is great... i used to love that show
fatheed
   fatheed on Jul 25 '07
Not a bad score, per se. :-)
DShawn
DShawn on Jul 26 '07
there was a marathon of that show on
sometimessane
sometimessane on Jul 26 '07
how did this not break a 3?!
FRICKINAWESOME
FRICKINAWESOME on Jul 26 '07
wow....2.4 for this wunderpiece? I feel a lot better about my recent scores now.
15 days later
DShawn
DShawn on Aug 11 '07
dude it looks so cool and its pretty funny
73 days later
The Good King
The Good King on Oct 23 '07
Genius. need i say more!
165 days later
FRICKINAWESOME
FRICKINAWESOME on Apr 06 '08
me still wantie...i mean, with the re-emergance of that lame-ass american gladiators shoe ,we need SOMETHING to re-deem the respect of gladiators everywhere throughout history!
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